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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23

grams of the church. Rev. Leslie w
Sprague, the pastor of the church, be
lieves in the use Of motion pictures
for entertainment, teaching, and es
pecially for the dramatic interpreta,
ton Of religious themes. He is plan.
ming to try the use of the motion pic.
lures to illustrate evening sermon
themes, and if the experiment proves
successful he will attempt other mo-
ton picture m from time 20
time.
years, sOn Of Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Nelson
Of this city, was drowned in the Jim
river a short distance north Of here,
while skating, going through a thin
spot in the ice. He was alone at the
time, but Leslie Meigs of this city
was some little distance behind him,
saw the accident and attempted to
save him, nearly losing his own life be-
fore he was able to get out Of the icy
water. TIE body was in the water
about two hours, and life vas extinct
when it was recovered. Young Mel
son was a strong swimmer, and was
undoubtedly overcome by cramps.
Mitchell.-Freight rates to Mitchell
and other points in central South Da-
kota are excessive, it is claimed, and a
case has been started by the Mitchell
commercial club to bring about a re-
putting this territory on
an equivalent basis with other points
Of equal haul. Two expert traffic men |
from Chicago will be employed to in.
vestigate conditions and prepare a
to be presented to the interstate
commerce commission, according to a
decision recently reached by the ship.
ners Of the city in connection with the
.raffic committee of the commercial
hub. 1t is stated that freight rates
nto central South Dakota are from 10
o 80 per cent out of line on the Mis-
classification.
Rec Heights.-One of the most pc
uliar accidents of the year in this
art of the state occurred the other
lay when Henry Gillespie, an elderly
nan who had been working on the f.
Hague threshing machine, received
'urns which may prove quite serious.
gillespie had a lame thumb. He soak
d a cloth in turpentine and wrapped
p his thumb in it. He then went to
he clubhouse with the intention of
in for the night. The fire was
ow, and when he opened the stove
With the intention of replenishing the
Ire, the wrapping on his hand ignited,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETS

The 9th annual meeting of the
South Dakota State Horticultural So
ciety will be held at Huron, January
18th to goth, 1916. Prof. N. E. Han
sen of Bookings, secretary of the So
ciety, has written the following gen.
eral letter concerning the program:
I'VE need the help of every member
in preparing the program. 1t is neces
sary that We have many papers cover
Ing the various phases of horticulture
In this state. We want papers on fruit
trees. shrubs, vegetables, and flowers:
their packing, marketing and utiliza>
ton as well as their cultivation. We
need papers on parks and civic i'm
provement. We need items also on the
experience OF the past season. Any
help you a give in this line will be
appreciated. Please send the title of
your paper to the secretary at the
date SO that the program may
be prepared promptly"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23

Don't fail to read the classified col
umns Of the Rseistsr.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23
INDUCES PEOPLE TO BUY
What sarnum Meant, According to
Merchant, When He Said People
Liked to Be Swlndled.

THE American people like to be
swindled,'" quoted a well known mer-
chant the other day. Il believe it was
old P. T. Barnum who said something
like that, although l guess those are
not the exact words Of the noted
Snowman.
The idea Is exemplifed, however,
In our everyday life as is evidenced
by the modern world of advertising.
! want to draw a fine line distinc-
ton, however, and l believe that Mr..
Barnum really meant the same thing.
l don't mean that the people are
swindled through advertising, but that
they are induced by means Of adver-
Using to buy many things which
otherwise they never would have
thought of.
In the same way l believe that
Mr.. Barnum did o mean that he
swindled people In his show business:
he thought he gave them value re-
ceived, and l think he did, but when
he said that he meant that II it wasn't
for the way he advertised not half
the people would come to see his
show that did. And it is almost the
same way with modern business
houses. Did you ever stop to consider
that a really successful house has
something going on all the time?
They have a June sale and a July
sale and a white sale and a black sale
and a summer sale and a winter sale
and every other kind of sale for every
a OF every week of the entire
year.
And then through the ewspape
they tell the public of these sales and
the public reads and comes and buys.
And by that means the stores grow
and prosper. the newspapers grow and
prosper, the public lives better and q
higher plane, for after all this adver-
Using In a sort Of public educational
system. People may buy more than
they would otherwise, but they reap
ample benefits"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23

and before he could remove 1t, he suf.
fered severe burns. 1t is feared that
the hand wrapped in the bandages will
be permanently crippled.
Pierre.-In the last examination for
teachers certificates, applying to state
certificates and first grade, the failures
were unusually numerous. Supt. Lugg
states that a large number who failed
to get the lower grade certificates in
the July examinations, though the tx
animation for state and first grade
for the higher grades, accounting for
the large number of failures. Out Of
1879 applicants, there were 125 VITO
failed. Three were given state CERT
~icates, and Twenty-Five were given
first grade certificates. OF the remair
der who did not qualify for either state
or first, twenty-seven were given see.
ond grade and fourteen third grade
One is held for further credits.
Hot Springs.-A big irrigation pro
ject contemplating the reclamation Of
from 100, 900 to $50, 900 acres of land in
what Is termed the Angustura district.
has been started here and Is receiving
promises not only of federal but Of
aid as well. The association has
received considerable encouragement
from Congressman Harry Candy, who
Is going to make application for the
Sc, 000, 900 from the federal govern
ment due this state from the sale Of
public lands. Under the reclamat.on
act Of 1902, section 9 provides that the
derived from the sale Of public
ands shall remain in that state and De-
to reclamation purpose.
Should this sum be secured for South
Dakota, the Angustura district will
make a supreme effort to secure 81,
100, 900 of it for developing its land
The Angustrua district comprise
and in Custer and Fall River COUNTIES,
omprising the irrigation districts of
)ral, Buffalo Gap and Harrison Flat.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23
STATE NEWS

Clear Lake.-Harry Newcomer,
mail clerk on the Milwaukee living a
Clear Lake, was instantly killed a
North McGregor, Iowa, when he step
ped off from a moving train, slipped
and fell under the wheels. Mr.. New
conner leaves a wife and one child.
Deadwood-Commercial travellers
who make their headquarters in the
Black Hills have secured hundreds of
signatures Of Black Hills people to d
petition to the officials of the North
western railroad asking that the day
light train service between Pierre and
Rapid City and between Rapid City
and Deadwood be re-established as it
was last summer. This movement is
receiving with universal support all
along the line from here to Pierre.
Clear Lake.-A Deuel. county farm
er near this city has a COW that has
made a record since coming into his
possession. Soon after her purchase
she gave birth to a heifer calf, and
less than a year afterwards to a sec
ond ne. The next increase was twin
heifers, making four fine heifer calves
within twenty-five months.
Milbank.-While Ernest Johnson
was drawing gasoline from a barrel TO
fill the tank of his automobile, he had
a lantern sitting on the floor nearby.
The fumes from the gasoline were
ignited by the lantern with the result
that an explosion occurred, burning
Mr.. Johnson quite severely about the
face and chest. 1t is not believed that
the burns will prove fatal, but there
is little doubt but that Mr.. Johnson
will be badly d~isfgured as the result.
Mitchell.-Dr. Clarence V. GiIIiland.
vice-president of Dakota Wesleyan uni
versity, was severely injured in a COLI
sion of two taxicabs. The machine in
which he was riding was struck at
angles and completely overturn.
ed, pinning him beneath it and render
Ing him unconscious for two hours.
state that no broken bones
car be found and that unless some in
injuries develop, he will re-
from the accident. The driver
the cal escaped injury.
Sioux Falls.-A motion picture ma.
chine is being installed in the auditor
um of the First Congregational church
Tor use at one of the Christmas pro-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23
THE SEED CORN SITUATION

Considerable apprehension Is felt In
many localities over the seed corn
situation. In some parts of the state
there seems to be a small surplus. In
other parts there is an %undoubted
shortage.
The best seed corn this year is re-
ported from central and western coun-
ties. The eastern part of the state is
depending largely upon supplies of
1914 corn for seed.
Fortunately, a number have been
sufficiently forehanded to save over
considerable stocks of 1914 corn. AS
ISOLATION members have reported seed
from the following counties: Bon HON.
me, Hanson, Dawson, Hyde, Yankton,
Jackson, Lyman, Deuel., Butte, Custer
and Minnehaha.
These members have stocks averag-
ing from two to three bushels. This
will help materially in meeting the
unusually difficult conditions.
The dent corn, which seemed to ma
ture in nearly all localities, consisted
mainly of early selections of Silver
King. The Highmore 13 matured in
fairly good shape at the Highmore ex-
pertinent farm, and as much seed as
possible has been selected and hung up
to dry. Carl Lindell reports very good
results from the Ardmore Yellow Dent
at Castle Rock, in Butte county.
j. l.. Maxson of Custer county,
Logan Slaughter of Butte county, and
H. p. Kvernmo of Deuel. county, all
succeeded in maturing a crop of North
western Dent. Glen Hoon of Jackson
county, reports good results with
Brookings Is S. D. 953, a pedigreed Sc
lection of Minnesota Is direct from the
corn breeding block on the Brookings
farm of the experiment station.
Those who used early varieties were
fortunate this season. We don't hear
so much about finch corr being too
short for eastern South Dakota this
year as we did during the previous
three seasons
Whether it pays better to grow s.
inch corn and miss a crop of ears oc-
.casionally than to grow 7 and 6-inch
corn and mature the crop practically
every season is one of the ''unknowns"
in South Dakota agriculture. We have
investigations in progress that
we expect to throw considerable light
this problem. Meanwhile, we all
a right to our own opinions. For
tunately for the 1916 corn crop a con-
number of us believed in
early-maturing corr and SO matured
seed for next year
One of our Lake county members re-
that seed corn sold at a sale in
his locality for $1,000 per bushel. That
like a panic price and while re.
latlvely high prices will doubtless rule
It is to be hoped that the situation is
not so serious as the above incident
would indicate.-Dakota Farmer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23
ADVERTISING MAXIMS.
Nothing endures like truth
especially In advertising.

Nothing endures like truth
( especially In advertising.
Z Advertising isn't effective as
j an occasional treat, but az part
7 Of a regular business diet.
] II must be splendid to be a
! successful man; but much bet
! ter still to be a great one, even
In obscurIty.
/ We have known persons who
. could write a good advertise
! ment, and then revise II until
. there was nothing much left.
. A great many more thlnos-
!. some OF them pleasanter ones
would come to them who walt,
/, r. they wouldn't stand still to
walt.
Ono days work will mean
more knowledge hammered In,
TO stay, than could be acquired
by the book-Iearnlns process In
months.
What profiteth II q man to
sell 4 lot Of goods, and have his
customers come around the
next day and beat him up be-
cause they aren't satisfied
There 10, with some people,
such a thing az dishonest hon.
ssty-present honesty ~praetIeed
for the building OF a smooth, .
broad pavement to future dis T..
honesty.
II your advertising does not /.
pay 1t should be made to pay. ,
Right methods should take the !
place Of wrong ones. To stop
advertising will not reimburse I
past losses, and prevents the
possibility Of future profits.
Persons who read advertising 5
because Of it's sm~artness or hu- ]
NOR r SOMETIMES likely to :
think nor Of those qualities /
than Of the goods advertised. s
Show any man how to In !
crease his busIness-how to &
make more money-and he's 4
your friend forever. i. B. 3
Powell. !
A true sportsman does not &
quilt the field because he missed 4
the first shot. 3
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23
Store Service Valuable.

Louis ]. Heckler. In a talk on retail
advertising at the Pittsburgh Public
ity association. advised the use of all
novel methods In advertising for the
small retailer. He held that store serv.
lee to customers wal an invaluable
factor n modern merchandisine.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23

Loose Leaf System For mercantile
and all other uses. Stock forms made
to order. There's q big advantage jr
buying loose leaf goods at bc-rs
Register Publishing Co.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23
Goodnight Corns,
Good.B Boy "Gets.It"
New Plan Corn Remedy That Never
Fails. The Simple, Common
Sense WAY.

You poor corn-limpers, with corn
wrinkles and heart pains! Sit down
tonight and put a few drops Of "Gets-It.n
the simplest corn remedy In the world, on
your corns. You can apply it In lust q
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23

II a Register Want AID will not do i,
lit can't be done!"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-30
FEW CASES
REMAIN To
Be SETTLED
BELIEVED ALL CASES WILL BE
CLEARED SHORTLY AFTER THE
CITIZENS COMMITTEE RECON
VENES JANUARY 5.

OF the total number of cases filed
for damages against the Santa Fe
railroad as result of the recent ex-
plosion all have been settled, with the
exception of 1873, which will be passed
upon by the citizens committee and
the claim agents when they recon
vene in this city on the morning Of
January 3. Two thousand cases were
filed, and so far every case has been
settled without litigation. The Santa
Fe has paid out in cash to claimants
in this city eight hundred thousand
dollars. Their original estimate of a
million dollars loss will not include
their own property loss, which will
bring the total amount considerably
above this figure.
This money has been available
since the day the claim adiustcrs ar
rived in this city and began work.
It was Godsend to those who suf-
fcrcd loss. as it made il possible for
them to begin rebuilding and re-
stocking their stores. The Santa Fe
established a precedent i'm settling
claims which no doubt will be emu.
lated by other railway lines through
out the country, should disaster such
as this ever visit them. They as
sumed the responsibility at the start
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-30
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-30
CD. TREASURER
|S TAKING IN
THE MONEY
TAXPAYERS ARE FLoCKING TO
HIS OFFICE IN ORDER TO ES-
CAPE THE PENALTY FOR DE-
LlNQUENT TAXES.

Property owners are flocking to the
office of the county treasurer to pay
their taxes in order not to become de
lnquent. Yesterday over $4,000 was
taken in by the county treasurer and
his assistants Mr.. Yell stated this
morning that there seemed to be an
opinion prevailing that taxes would
not become delinquent until after Jan
nuary 18th, but this was an error. If
one-half the tax is not paid on or be
fore the first day of January, the en-
tire amount is delinquent and subject
to the penalty. Mr.. Yell states that
Carter county is evidently in good cir
cumstances financially. as more have
paid the entire amount of their taxes
this year than ever since statehood.
Tomorrow is the last day Of the year
and the crowds have been keeping the
treasurer and his assistants busy all
day taking in the money and issuing
receipts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-30
JAIL IS FULL
Of H0B0S WHO
WILL NOT WORK
BUT THEY ARE BEING RECALLED
ON eREAO AND WATER WHICH
is BEGINNING TO PAIL ON SOME
OF THE MOST HARDY.

The city Jail is full of hoboes who
absolutely refuse to do any work in
payment for the fines levied against
them, and as a result are being fed on
bread and water until the diet is be-
ginning to get the goat" Of some Of
the Ilost hardened of the bunch and
they are evincing a disposition to do
something to earn a few meals Of pork
and beans before their time expires.
This is part of a bunch rounded up
by the police the other night in the
freight yards and they are evidently
a band OF tourists to whom work is a
total stranger. When told they were
expected to work the streets for ten
days in lieu of the fine they did not
have, they said nothing doing" and
preferred to stay by the fire on bread
and water.
Chief Hutchins stated last night that
he was tired of this class and was go
ing to adopt more drastic measures
on the next bunch rounded up by the
police. Ample warning has been given
that ArdmOre had no place for this
class, and those who persist in coming
in the face Of this warning, will have
10 abide the consequences.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-30
To
HEAR REPORT Of
COMM TEES
HOTEL AND GOOD ROADS ARE
TWO OF THE VITAL QUESTIONS
CNFRONTING THE PEOPLE OF
ARDMORE TODAY.

The citizens of this city will be glld
to hear the report of Mr.. S. A. Apple
and other members Of the hotel com
mittee after the holiday season is over,
and to hear what progress they have
made toward securing "A modern hotel
for the city,
While Mr. Apple so far is non-com-
initial, it is reported upon pretty good
authority that a well defined move
ment. backed by some oil men, is on
foot to finance a hotel proposition, just
what the plans are, will not be made
known until Mr.. Apple and his asso-
ciates meet with the chamber of COM
merce at its next regular meeting and
luncheon.
It has been positively stated by Cap
tain Wilmington that he would not
attempt to rebuild a hotel on the site
of the old Wilmington, although he
has said he would take some stock,
but is not anxious for that. He pre-
fers rather to erect a business house
on the lot and let the hotel company
secure a site elsewhere. Several 9th
er sites have been mentioned, but so
far it is only rumOr.
Another committee that should be
prepared to report is that on the road
from the city to the oil fields. This
question is of grave Importance to
the city at the present time, but it is
going to take some high financing to
get the funds to build it with.
All committees will be heard at the
next regular meeting and luncheon of
the chamber of commerce which Will
be announced Immediately after the
holidays.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-30
NUT|NY Of
CONvICTS IN
COAL MINES
BECOMES SERIOUS - WARDEN'S
ACTION PROTESTED BY MEN -
SUSPEND WORK TO INCREASE
GUARD.

Leavenworth, Kas, Dec. 29.-The
mutiny or strike that started among
the convicts in the Kansas peniten-
tiary coal mine Monday afternoon be-
came more serious today and the
prisoners will not be put down in the
shaft tomorrow Soon after the
prisoners went to work today they
began coming back through the tun-
nels to the mouth of the mine and
started protesting the action of War
den Codding in placing McFaddcn,
Martin, Sergeant and Cole, the com
mittee who waited on the warden
Monday afternoon, in solitary cells.
Most of those who remained in the
rooms worked listlessly. At noon eN-
ira guards were sent down with the
dinner and the men behaved with a
sulIcn manner. The nine Kansas uni
ycraity students were brought out of
the mine at noon and a strong force
of well armed guards placed around
the top of the shaft When the con
yict- were brought up this afternoon
they were marched direct TO their
cells instead of the dining room. II
was deemed best to feed them in their
cells for fear rioting might start
when they mixed with the other pris
oncrs.
If is the opinion of the prison of
fcials that the complaint about the
food is a subterfuge to start trouble
The food is said to be about the sam,
as usual. 1t is declared that about
fifty prisoners who had soft jobs
as clerks and runners under the old
administration are much dissatisfied
over working in the mine and it il
thought they are back of the strike
w. r. Mayors, a holdoyer guard, in
whose division the trouble first start
ed, has been suspended. The wives
of some of the other guards are OBJ
iecting to their husbands going into
the mine, and it is believed that a
reorganization of the prison force
will be necessary before any real dis
cipine can be put on at the peniten
tiary.
Warden Codding is conducting al
investigation to try to learn the rea
instigator of the trouble.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-30
Allies Big Offensive.

London, Dec. 30.-Dispatches from
both east and west express the be-
lief that the winter weather is likely
to prove the most severe obstacle to
war operations on the principal
fronts during the next few weeks.
The most dreaded period of winter
is from the end of December to the
end of January, was General French's
reply a year ago to the demands for
great offensive. The same remark
would probably apply equally this
year.
Reuters correspondent at Western
Headquarters. after remarking that
the British staff is confident that the
allies are now so strong in men and
munitions that they can break
through the German lines whenever
the right time comes, declares the
weather is the chief reason for post
poning the big movement and adds:
"Such a movement needs careful
planning and extreme caution. Roll
ing-up tactics always involve the
possibility of counter attacks, which
may end in rolling up the aggressor
With the face of the country in a
porous and mushy condition, it is i'm
possible to effect that essential quick
movements of artillery, without which
anv big offense is foredoomed to fall
"The allied troops would probably
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-30

London Dac 90 Two Ans
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IN the Adrlatlc sea, accolull6
to adVlces reachlhg aIlo Iou"y'
The Austrian ShlpS intended "
lombard DuraZZo, bul Ihe al
hes squadron went west @lO.
met them. The remainder OF
the Austrian squadron was