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THE PRINCE or STORY rmLlEus.


tians Christian Andersen was born at
odcnse. Denmark, April 8. 1905
He was the son OF Il poor shoemaker
who wished Hans to learn his trade.
Ills father dicd when Hans was hut
nine years old. and Hams was left to
earn his living in the wide world IIans
wanted an education. but his parents
we're not able TO give II TO him
lie went TO Copenhagen to seek his
fortune. lie had n very beautiful voice.
which musician tried to train for
him.
For six months the hoy got along
very well. but after this his voice gave
OUT ana he could not sing any more
After this the boy hcvan to write
beautiful fairy stories. The people of
t'chmark made fun of these stories
'tans did not care for this. bu, kept
straight ahead.
Soon he wrote such beautiful stories
.nat the Danish people began 10 honor
MN. lie wrote The Bell" The Loan
frog. The Princess and the Pea and
he Constant Tin Soldier
Ills stories were printed in o.hor
languages. ana he cam. to 10 knnvp
as Inc most famous fairy tale story
writer In Europe lie died In 1875 a,
Tho age of seventy
inc people nf Denmark did not honor
him until II. WIS dead
MARGARET HIMER
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STUDY RULES CAREFULLY.

MY Dear Girls and Boys:
Here arc your rules. for which
have had so many requests. Now cut
them out and put them away-.that is.
Keep them where you will he sure and
lind them when you want to write to
the club. ] hate to throw away nice
drawings and puzzles and stories with
II" names signed to them. but il is
one of the rules of our club. SO watch
out about this. How are the measles
coming on? have really felt quite
worried that so many OF You should
have had them. When I was little
girl and had measles. my two sisters
ana brother had them with me- and
we had perfectly beautiful time shut
up in Il dark room with so many nice
people sending w good things to cat
and play with. Write and tell me
about yours.
Lucille Ncalc sent me tho most beau
tiful lilacs and violcts out OF her own
garden this week. They are still az
sweet and fresh as when she picked
them, aud have given me 80 much
pleasure. Now don't forget about the
Sha kespeare contest. and send in your
contributions for it by May Z? Above
all things don't copy anything any
body else has written. Sow I must
skip right of this page and mako
room for tn. rules.
YOUR EDITOR
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Editorial and Literary Department

g"od time playing basketball at recess.
IL is about $50 o'clock. and I am tired.
so | will close. Your nov friend;
ELIZABETH WHITE
letter in the paper sunday We took
long automobile ride yesterday. aud
got 10, of trailing arhutus, My
your city. She is coming home We'd
nesday Will be so glad. am in
and am ten years old | get very good
reports. Your member.
LEONORA c. DHEW0y
GInd You Were Pleased.
Dear Edttor,---I certainly was glad
to SIC my letter on the page. l haven't
found anything about Shakespeare. hut
will try I" find something about him.
and will send drawing this time Hope
to see this letter IN print. InClosc
drawing. Your loving member.
Gholsonviilc, Va.
A Sick Member
have forgotten the Il. u. G. g.. hut
have been sick IN bed. am s.-ding q
drawing of pig this evening. ! must
'' GLADYS vENELLEN
Another Member with Measles.
Dear Editors--1 am just getting over
the measles. have not written for
long time AM very glad the MAY
contest is going /" he T Sn ea%s snS
address Your old membsr.
KATHRYN WISENAN POOLE.
Rudrc Received.
Dear EDITOR certainly do thank
my drawing in The Sundays parer. and
! hope TO see It In tho paper sunday
did not sec my letter in the paper
Sunday. From HI1 1E,; WGmser: wERn.
wes,vicw. Va.
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THE PREACHER AND HIS sERyA MI.

once upon n time there was n farmer
VINO had Two children. One Of them
was named Jack
one day Jack said to his father:
II don't want to stay here any longer
I am tired OF working. want to
go around the world tn sec If I can
become merchant. Please give me
my wages" His father answered:
Jack. have $500. and will have to
give half to your brother"
Jack said: Three hundred dollars
arc enough for mo-" 80 nc went on.
Ito be continued.)
ItENA ASDREArH
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THE AMERICAN SPY.

Never thing has passed him by
The brave and daring American spy
That he did not SEQ or hear
For his brave country so dear
You can hear him as he rides ut night
And can hear the horses hoofH in his
flight:
AS they 20 along they seem q say
~ VIII ride for America until the last
day
MOSES CAPTAIN
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THE SAD END OF THREE I,1~r, r.,
KITTENS.

Ola Mother Gnose had kittens thrao
And they were black as black could ho
Two eyes, two ears. and one tail had
Dusty, ''''
And I'll" very same number had Mus,,.
and Rusty.
Iheir mammy's name was Lady GRAY.
she brought them food both might and
day. '''
sometimes bird. sometimes uouso
which she had caught under tho ho,,so
one day little chick she brought
Which she. from Aunt Bellies bnn h,d
cnueht
low hcile did rare. how Belle did cry,
she said that cat shall surely die.
she called 10 Mary, our colored cook
ana Ruano bag and string she took
rake her to tho water and throw her
In.
So deep she'll never come up again "
Mary beloved, but took her to the
water:
Twas dark. she was feard han,
might caught her
Splash. Went the bag; "shsottle" wen,
the cat;
The three little kits had no mamny
after that.
(Continued)
BELLE c. GIBBS.
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The attention of club members 4.
called ia tho ncccssity OF their let
terS being nddrrssed 10 the "Editor
OF the Chitdren's Pnge." Letters sent
addrcsscd to the editor of Tho
TimrH-bispntch" from GtrIs and hoyS
rnUSc much confusion and needless,
work. Sign letters and .torIes with
name md address In full. and write
on ono side OF the paper only.
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,HE wEEK's PRIZE WINNERS.

Jennings l.. Hunt. Of Kittrcli, " G.
Margaret Hincr, V. S. -. B, Staun-
ton. Va.
City.
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\ New Member

PeHr ItditOr.-l +
] thank you so m
looking for my ietto
as | did not see il
Ccived my badge. | t
get IL. | hope 10
print sunday. Yer.
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Another Ncu Member.

Dear Editor-I received my badp.
ami J think II Is very pretty. We arc
gong 20 CLOS" school on Nav 10 am
In play for commcnC"mcrI W.
have some very pretty flowers AROUND
our sch"oihousn. like TO r-n TO schoci
very much, because have such "A
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Try Hard.

Dear Editor,
forgotten me.
regular contrib
send in a flra So
Contest" and !,
the gold medal
one. We'll, |
wishes, {
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good time playing basketball at recess.
il is about $50 o'clock. and I am tired,
SO | VIII close. Your now friend.
ELIZABETH WHITE
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'I'hink. Contcnt Fine.

IJclr F1ultUr,-T am scnNinE Tho rCSl
OF my verses Aren't we having some
lovely spring days? just feel like
nave to he out all the time. il is &C
nice. My cousin is coming this after
noon 20 stay week with me, so YOU
know | feel fine. am crazy over oul
contest. Am going to try and send in
composition. | haven't written one
for 50 long ! reckon I havo forgotten
how. | must close. Yours.
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y j HOY
likes Badge,

Dear Editor.-
am delighted alb,
before and have
inSS. but have
paper ! hone I
sunday paper. |
for my pin: it
I our new nenb
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1920 Della ware

Dear Editor
some time AGO.
am sending IN 4
skip Mir. Waste
happt and 10
truly.
iioN III, Mar
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Deaf Editor.--i guess sou think
haT' forgotten the T. y. <. c. but
have been quite busy with my school
" orlE ! haven't rad time. [ am hav-
ing so many tests" now, first on ora
lesson and then another. Well. I uu"Sa
| had better close. before | make This
letter any longer Your member.
Pauline
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Hone You Sr. Ecttcr.

T'ohN ENltOT.--I rccIN0m YOU nave i0r-
gotten me. bat nave n"cn III with
tn" measles After got over the
measles had another spell for TWO
weeks. am goiug around some nov
ana have not had time to write II.
YOU am not Hoiuc back to school
any more thi. session After ! gct
well enough am going dorn 10 Rich.
'uoud to spend Is few days think
the pag" Is improving every dav
have Twenty-Five chici,.ns am sond-
Ing IN story. rionsc print s, II YOU
can. We are going a. nav" an Easter
cp. hunt SATURDAY nope ! wiiI be-
Wei enough 10 10 | ann in The rouffl,
grad" ~ school. Mother has about zoo
chickens. Your member
ANNIE DEAN LEWIS
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We've Missed You.
Lilies Prize,

bear Editor-l should have written
TO YOU long ago and thanked YOU for
my prize. hut have been busy study
ms for Test and was exempt from
ali the examinations | have read my
book. and IL was hne. Thank YOU so
much for it, Am sending in some jun :
blcu names for Easter. which ] hope
VIII escape the wastobaSkrt Your
member RICHARD CARTER
ID Va
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Names OF Girls In Numbers.
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ELIZABETH WHITE.
J"mhled Names of Flowers.
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2-I.acil.
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4-Yachinht.
6--Nmiazo
G-Amancs
MARY MCINTOSH.
Jnmblcd Names OF F;sster Things.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-05-18

treasury. 1t has one Of the most up
to-date club rooms in the state where
the various undertakings for the bet
terment of the community at large are
nurtured and financed. The club and
it's record reflect much credit upon its
personnel. NJ f. Culhane, of the Cul-
hane Adjustment Co, and c. A. Gull
lick, county treasurer, are president
and secretary respectively.
Per Capita Wealth High
Brookings is one of the richest cities
per capita in the United States. On
October 10, 1915, there was an average
of 1911 deposited in the three banks Of
the city for every man. woman and
child within the city limits. This is
not counting the money deposited in
the local banks by outside banks. In
Brookings county the total deposits
amounted to $1,000 973.64, of which
about So per cent was in the city
banks The per capita deposits in the
county We're $3.50 and the per capita
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wealth now is believed to be much
greater as since these figures were
taken the farmers have sold their
grain. The deposits in the county
exceed those of last year at this time
by many thousand dollars, giving ma
terial proof of the wealth which
abounds in Brookings county and the
stability of its banking institutions.
Following is list of things OF in
terest that Brookings is proud of: NO
saloons, best schools in the state, eight
churches, two bands, a good creamery,
$4,000 city hall, one machine shop
seven auto garages, four weekly news
papers. two cigar factories, three lum-
Der yards, five grain elevators, fine
lake near city, $125,O00 court house
where state circuit court is held, Car
negie public library, good water near
surface, marble and granite works,
$4,000 hugh school building, $4,000
government building, two cement
block factories, $4,000 brick school
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BROOkINGS CITY OF MANY AD
VANTAGES
Continued from Page One)

Dr. G. L. Brown dean and r. A. Larson
secretary.
City Schools Good
The Bookings public schools are
enjoying record breaking attendance
and never in the history OF the city
were educational conditions in general
better than they are at present. The
schools are quartered in two large
handsome buildings, the total valua-
ton of all property reaching around
800 100000. The high school Is on the
accredited list and is enjoying many
facilities for practical work, including
domestic science department, manual
training, voice, music, oratory, debat-
ing and penmanship. The enrolment
of the schools is more than 1000 and
30 teachers are employed. Graduation
exercises will be held this week at
which time 43 high school students
will be given diplomas. Prof. ]. w.
Browning is finishing up his fifth year
as superintendent of the schools and
has been an important factor and
worked untiringly in placing Brook
ings city schools on the high plane
they now stand. Prof Browning has
been elected to serve another year as
superintendent. On July the bonded
indebtedness of the schools will be re-
duced to 100000. The school board
has watched this feature with great
care.
One of the most prosperous organi-
cations of the city is the Brookings
Commercial Club, with membership Of
over $50 and more than $4,000 in the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-05-18
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

CBy Manley Champlin, South Da-
kota State College)
A careful study of the statistics of
production by counties for the state of
South Dakota will show that Brook
ings county is one of small group of
counties where diversified farming is
the rule and was the rule as long ago
as 1910. Those figures show that this
county produced corn, oats, wheat and
barley in amounts more nearly equal
than most counties. Some leaned
heavily toward corn, others toward
wheat Bookings was at neither ex-
IRENE but nearer the middle and safer
ground.
Granting that, and that progress
and prosperity, are in the very air, as
evidenced by the strong odor of burnt
gasoline, it may be that there Is still
opportunity for Improvement and de-
velopment.
Room for Improvement
If we assume that there is still room
for improvement and that improve
ment of the agricultural resources of
the county Is desirable we arrive no.
where unless we can point out definite
methods of procedure with that end
in view. These things are not funda-
mentally different than the things that
are necessary to the Improvement of
South Dakota as a whole. They diner
only in the details of application. To
me- they array themselves as follows:
l. Use the best variety or varieties
of the crops grown, when known.
2. Rotation Of crops according to a
definite set of plans, worked out in ad-
vance and readjusted to suit ones
needs, but not hit or miss rotation nor
no rotation.
3. Selection of the best for seed.
4. Improvement Of tillage methods
which inevitably goes with good crop
rotations.
S. Continuation of the work now in
progress for the improvement Of live
stock.
s. Giving the crops a more nearly
balanced ration, partly by rotation and
partly by making a thorough study Of
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back for many years acted as treas
urer and through him and H. f. har-
oldson, the First National Bank was
its good friend. The present direc-
nard +. l.. Squirting, Geo. Duff, w. A..
Caldwell, Fred Killing, S. J. Rudolph,
f. c. Sheldon and Ed. Jermstad Mr..
Kcnnard is president Mr. Sheldon
vice president, J. f. Brooke secretary
and the First National Bank, treas
urer.
Worked Early and Late
SO many people have done their
best to make the fair a success that it
would be impossible to give all due
credit, but special mention should be
given to the work of f. l.. Squirting,
f. J. Carlisle, S. J. Rudolph, Fred Rill-
ing +. c. Olson, c. ID. Cole, II. F..
HaroldsOn, r. f. Kerr, G.. n. Kennard,
j. w, Wilson and p. G.. Murphy, ds
Bookings residents who have worked
early and late for it's success. Farm
ers and business men all over the
county have bought stock and boosted
for it in many ways. 1t is a big coun-
ty wide success and every resident of
Bookings County can feel proud of
the record and glory in the reputation
of the Brookings County Fair.
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Loose Leaf System-ror Mercantile
and all other uses. Stock forms made
TO order. There's a big advantage In
buying loose leaf goods at home,
Register Publishing Co.
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BRooKINGs COUNTY FAIR

The Brookngs County Fair Associa-
ton was organized in the spring Of
1891 Stock was sold and the forty
acres on Mcdary Avenue. one half mile
south of the railroad track was pur-
chased some buildings and a race
track erected and the first annual fair
given September 80, Oct. l and ., 1891.
Il, l.. Squirting was the first presl-
dent and remained at the head until
1907 ID. X. Sweeney was the first sec
rotary and Horace Fishback treasurer.
In 1893 f. j. Carlisle became secretary
and occupied that position until made
president in 1907. Fairs were held on
these grounds up TO and including the
year 1898, but their remotness made
the attendance sparce and the fair was
for a time disbanded Later the
grounds were sold and the new prop
erty purchased in 1907 and the build
ing of the present splendid equipment
started.
Improved Each Year
Each year since the moving of the
fair to a place near the city, the build
ings have had to be increased to aC-
commodate the exhibits and the attend
ance has been getting larger and larger
when the weather was good After
holding the fair for many years during
the latter part of September, or as in
some years even in October, it was de-
cided to change the dates to the first
part of the month. This has been a
wise change and the fair has eXprr-
fenced the best of growth and largest
attendance since this was done.
In 1915 the number of individual ex
hibitors was over three hundred and
nearly five thousand distinct articles
were on exhibit The poultry display
has always been one OF the biggest in
the state, and only in the past two
years has it been exceeded by any
show except the state fair. The Wo-
mans building, built in 1910, has been
outgrown and a second floor Is being
finished off this year. The Children's
building built in 1913, is already too
small for the juvenile and school
work and will have to be increased in
size. The big stock pavilion was over
run in 1915 and new quarters will have
to be provided for some of the mem
bers of the live stock family, in the
near future.
Several years the weather has prov
ed unfavorable and made things I'M
profitable for the fair for part of the
time. But at no time has the whole
fair been a failure. Each year since
the location on the new grounds, all
premiums and purses and every dollar
Of expense has been paid.
Generous Premiums
The premiums offered each year are
the most generous of any county fair
In the northwest and are only exceed
ed in South Dakota by the state fair.
The driving track is the fastest in the
state, the speed horse barn is COM
modious and well arranged. Electric
lights and water are on the grounds.
Stock in the Fair Association Is own
ed all over the county and the value
of the grounds and improvements is
nearly twice the amount of stock issu-
ed. This year will see the biggest and
best fair in it's history.
OF the original organizers e. L..
Squirting, ]. B. Messerschmidt, T. w.
Morris and o. J. Bitterness are all that
are now residing here. Horace Fish
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the soil with a view to giving it what
it needs.
7. General improvement of the farms
by drainage when needed and by add
ing to the efficiency of the farm equip
ment.
Thus there are seven ways. The
order in which they appear does not
necessarily indicate their relative i'm
portance They are all important.
Whether one is more important than
another depends upon the particular
case involved.
The experiment station of State Col
lege has determined by long years CT
comaritive trials which varieties ol
wheat, oats and barley are best. Ex-
periments are in progress to learn
which varieties of corn, potatoes and
alfalfa are best. When the best var
ety of crop is grown, the increased
profit is all net. Why not get some
of it?
Systematic Rotation
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building, United States experimental
station, finest county fair grounds in
the state. as well as the up-to-date re-
tail business houses.
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DR.. G. L. Brown dean and r. A. Larson
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-04-27

Lightning played some freakish
stunts about town last Wednesday
afternoon. At the Fred Chinook
home, which was struck, traces of
its path could be found in nearly ev-
cry room, yet no one felt the shock.
1t snuffed out each of the kerosene
lamps and turned down the wicks.
One bolt entered a cardboard box,
making a clean cut hole, like the
path of a bullet. In the box were
several glass jars and the metal tops
were badly battered, one being melt
ed into the glass to which it was at
tached, but none of the jars were
broken. At the Victor Molie home a
stray bolt made tiny hole through
the bulb Of an incandescent lamp, a
stunt that we believe no other agen-
cy could perform without exploding
the bulb.
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METHODIST NOTES

Friday evening at 7:30 the Pro-
theon class invites all ages OF people
to attend spelling contest in the
social rooms Of the church
The Junior Standard Bearers will
meet next Monday at 5 p. m. This
is the meetingto bring in your thank
offering and don't forget your dues.
The trip will include trip to Cal
cutta and other points of interest IN
India in company with Jack and ia
net. A picnic supper will be served.
Correct spelling has not gone out
of date. Let us have a try-out be-
tween the spoilers of the past cen
tury and the present. The Crab
tree Speller will be used for text
and Supt. Amy will pronounce the
words. Home made candy will be
on sale. Admission 10 cents.
The Easter Cantata, Cross and
Crown, was presented to a capacity
house Sunday evening. The church
is to be congratulated upon having
so efficient choir consisting of all
solo voices The audience showed
it's appreciation not only by it's rapt
attention but also by words Of hearty
commentator and the expressed
wish that they might more often
have a like privilege.