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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13
LDER-HOUGHTON

Tuesday evening at the United
Presbyterian parsonage occurred the
wedding OF John Q. Elder and Mrs.
Jessie c. lioughton, the Rev. A. N.
Porter officiating. Louis and Westina
lIouGhton, son and daughter Of the
bride, were the only witnesses to the
ceremony outside of the minister's
family. After the ceremony a wed
ding supper was served by Mrs. Port
er and the evening spent in visiting.
Mrs. Houghton and her two chill
dren have been residents of the city
for the past year, while the son and
daughter were attending school. Miss
Westina will remain in the city to
continue her studies. Yesterday the
family were packing and loading the
household goods preparatory to going
to the former home Of Mrs. Elder, at
Timber Lake, in Dewey county, to
make their future home.
The Register joins the friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elder in extending to
them the warmest congratulations.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13
U COUNTY FAIR

The County Fair is over and we
have been unable to get any report
from Secretary G. ID. Cole as TO the
attendance, or as to the premium win
ners. We are told that Mr.. Cole is
attending the State Fair, and so it is
impossible to go into details as to the
outcome of the fair. This also makes
it impossible for us to give the sum
maries of the races.
Thursday the attendance was not
as large in the daytime as it was the
day before, and on Friday il was ever
We have no report or figures at hand,
but this is the impression We got from
attending each day. The attendance
each evening was very good and this
will be one of the things that will be
a feature in making the fair fnan-
cially successful.
Friday there were no races as the
track did not seem to be in proper
condition for racing, the rain of the
night before being responsible. We
have heard no reason why the balloon
ascension, that was advertised. did
not come off. but suppose that the
officials of the fair have some good
reason for not having it. The parade
on Friday was not what it might have
been If the project had been started
soon enough to get word to all the
drafted men in the county, so that
they could be present. We under
stand that on Thursday there were
quite a number of such men on the
grounds, but they did not hear of the
parade planned for the next day. AS
1t was, the band, Company c, the
G.. A. r. and four of the men who are
drafted for the National Army pa
raded in front Of the grand stand.
The crowd cheered and applauded
them showing that the proper spirit
was present in the hearts of all.
state Senator NJ. G. Carlisle made a
short address to the citizen soldierv
and the people, from the judges
stand, which was thoroughly endorsed
by the applause with which it was
greeted.
The Register will hope, at a later
date, to give some account Of the
suits of the 1917 County Fair.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13
To BID
BOYS FAREWELL
COMMERCIAL CLUB AND PEOPLE
OF COUNTY TO GIVE GOOD
BYE BANQUET TO BOYS
FOR DAY NOT YET COMPLETED
The Second Quota OF Brookinqs Coun.
~ Mer Will Leave Here Next
Wednesday Evening

The citizens of Bookings and of
the county are not going to allow this
second contingent of men, who go to
join the new National Army, to depart
without some testimonial Of the pub
lie feeling that is back Of them. Plans
are now being made for a demonstra-
ton to be made the day that the men
leave for Camp Funston.
1t would be far from pleasant for
us to ask these men to parade and
make a show for us who stay at home,
when it is us who should do the enter
tanning. 1t seems to be the general
opinion that a farewell dinner to the
man will be a more concrete showing
of our good will, than a meeting that
is largely composed of display. 1t
will be something that they can re-
member with pleasure, unless they
eat too much, and will be more in
clined to make them realize that we
who stay at home to furnish the
sinews of war are really interested in
those who go forth to put them into
action.
The Commercial Club will open
their rooms to the men all day, for 4
place to assemble, rest and meet their
friDnHG anI than nt aiu A'laal. a.
idea is to entertain them at some
hotel or restaurant at a dinner. Some
other plans for the days entertain
ment may be adopted and there are
many of the smaller details that will
have TO be worked out.
This matter will be considered at
a meeting of the Commercial Club
tomorrow night, and the club will act
as the administrator of the wishes
of the people in carrying out this
goodbye demonstration.
Several things have been suggested
IN an informal way, among them be
ing, that all the people in the county
who so desire, be invited to come to
a general mass meeting in the after
noon. Another, that badges be pro
vided for the boys to wear on their
trip to Camp Funston. Another. that
a fund be provided and placed in the
hands of the man in charge of the
quota, to be spent for fruit, tobacco,
etc, on their railway journey. In all
of these suggestions, It is well to re-
member that the men cannot take
with them anything in the way of
baggage.
This Is an opportunity for all OF the
people OF the county to get in on this
showing of their appreciation of the
work that these men are about to do
for their country, and Brookings coun-
ty should respond to this chance to
manifest their approval as a loyal
community.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13
STATE OF A

The state of trade all over the coun-
try reported by Bradstreets this week
shows expansion. Distributive trade
grows with fall festivals, cooler
weather and enlarged number of buy
ers in markets. Wholesale and job
bling trade good. Retail trade and col.
lections fair to good. Crop reports
good, but warm fall needed for corn.
Wheat crop estimates still increasing.
Government buying enormous, but
profits lighter than expected. Indus.
try active, but price-ixing uncertain
ty dominates most large lines. Ebb
in ordinary building continues, but
government work swells demand for
materials. Failures few. Clearings
large.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13
CAMP LIBRARIES

The Library War Council appointed
by Hon. Newton d. Baker, secretary
of war, has plans under way for "a
nationwide campaign to raise money
sufficient to provide Libraries in the
thirty-twO great cantOnments.
These Libraries were at first part
and parcel of the work of the Com
mittee Training Camps Activities, ap-
pointed by President Wilson, Of which
Raymond B. Fosdick is chairman. The
Red Cross, being unable to meet this
extra demand, in addition to all it's
usual relief work, Mr.. Fosdick has
asked the American Library ASocia-
ton to raise the necessary funds.
There will be thirty-two buildings
to cost approximately s1O,00O.0O each;
these are to be provided by the Car
negie corporation. Each library will
be equipped with about 5000 books,
magazines, and papers. A large
equipment, but it must be remem-
bered that each cantonment is a large
city. The million dollars to equip
and maintain the libraries must be
provided by the American Library
Association.
That South Dakota might do It's
share, the State Library Commission,
in session last week at Pierre, has
arranged for a campaign to be under
the direction locally of the members
Of the State Committee of Defense,
assisted by the librarians and library
trustees.
A meeting was held at the CONNER
cial Club Tuesday evening to take ac-
ton on this plan. f. l.. Squirting,
county committeeman for the state
council Of defense, presided, and w.
f. Purdy acted as secretary. After a
presentation of the work by Prof.
Powers, a general discussion followed.
A committee composed of Messrs.
MINER, e. II. Sexauer, Powers, G. J.
Flittle and Blakely, was appointed to
formulate a plan by which to raise the
$175 which is the allotment for Brook
ings County to this fund.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13
COMING THEATRE SEASON

The following list of attractions
have already been booked for the
coming theatrical season at the Grand
Opera House. There are quite a num-
Der Of open dates, and these will be
filled In as soon as the class OF at
fractions that Messrs. Carlisle & Akin
desire to present have been secured
September 21-Fiske O'Hara and
his splendid company in 1.-The Man
from Wicklow"
September 27-"Madame Sherry" a
very pleasing musical show.
October Pin Old Kentucky" un-
der the same management that gave
such good satisfaction last year.
October 6-"Kalama Of the Golden
Gods" a Hawaiian play with native
Hawaiian singers and dancers.
October 18-"The Girl Without a
Chance"
October 22-"My Soldier Girl" a
musical comedy Of the right sort.
October 29-"Hjs Bridal Night, a
musical comedy by one of the best
producers.
November 17-Denman Thompson's
THE Old Homestead"
December 3 to 8-The old favorites,
Clint and Bessie Robbins"
December %17-"Stop. Look, Listen"
another musical comedy by the same
producers as His Bridal Night"
January 12-Return date Of Fair
and Warmer"
January 28-"Mutt and Jef d.
v0rced."
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13
NAMES COAL COMMISSION

Gov. Norbeck has named the com
mission to investigate the coal pos
sibilities on the state lands in the
western part of the state, which com
mission was provided for by the last
legislative session, which appropri-
ated $4,000 for the expense Of such In
v~estigation. The selections are o. S.
Thompson, of Baltic. Minnehaha coun-
ty, a prominent farmer and former
member of the legislature from that
county; c.. M. c. Woodland, publisher
of the Redfeld Press, and Fred H.
Rugg, mayor and prominent business
man Of Rapid City.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13
STATE COLLEGE
TO OPEN MONDAY
EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR
IN HISTORY OF COLLEGE
PRESIDENT PER|SHO RECEIVERS HEALTH
New Professors And Instructors Have
Been Added To Faculty To
Increase Efficiency

Monday morning the new year OF
the State College will open up, and
from the outlook there will be a very
fair attendance. Notwithstanding the
fact that many Of the young men OF
the state have gone to war, there
seems to be many who will take the
advantage offered to get an educa'
tional start in life.
Everything at the college in the
way of equipment has been over
hauled during tho vacation period and
is now in first class condition for the
work of the coming year. Prof.
Series will be the acting head of the
pharmacy department, with Anton
Hogstad as his principal assistant.
Mrs. Gray takes the place made va
cant by the resignation of Miss Nina
Spencer has been added to the staff
as pr%eceptress in charge OF the WON
"Ai . hNloi tllltlll, oIlt 10 Il SlSlcI VI
Miss Della Spencer, of the modern
language department. A Mr.. Wright,
from Ames, has been added to the
dairying department. All of the fac
ulty are back from vacation trips
and other summer r%ecreations and the
new students, as well as the old ones,
will have the attention of as GOOD a
corps of teachers as the college has
ever had at any one time.
President Perisho has beer resting
for some time, to recuperate from his
illness of the summer, and we are ad-
viSed that he is very much better and
ready for all of the strenuous work
of the coming year.
A blonch postal station of the
Brookings p~ostofice has been eetab-
lished at the college, and will be To-
Gated in the central building. This
is a regular branch Of the postofice
and will be in charge Of Claude Swift
and will be known as Station a..
Money orders will be sold. letters and
packages registered, in addition to the
selling Of stamps and handling Of
mail. 1t will be in operation with the
opening of college on Monday.
State College is the largest educa-
tional institution in the state anti
merits every one of the good things
that have been said about it. The
great record made by this college in
the men it has graduated and who
are holding responsible positions. is
something that any college can emu
late. The State of South Dakota is
proud of her College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts. And we in Brook
1ngs who are personally acquainted
with the faculty that is making all
this possible, are proud Of them. The
Register wishes for the State College
a year of unsurpassed prosperity.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13
f. M. ENRiGHT WRITES

Have passed through the first week
Of the officers training camp and
while the work is extremely hard and
the hours of work and study are from
500 o'clock in the morning until
HOO o'clock at night, l am thorough
ly enjoying It,"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13
OUR BOYS LIKE
NATIONAL ARMY
NEWSY LETTER FROM ONE OF
BROoKINGs BOYS NOW TRAIN
ING AT CAMP FUNSTON
SPLENDID LOCATION AND SURROUNDINGS
No Uniforms And All Are Drilling In
Overalls And Jackets-Every-
body Happy

Ray Bunday sends home a letter to
surroundings of the first boys who
went from here to the camp of the
new National Army. From this de-
scription there need be no fear On
the part of either men, their mothers
or their friends, but what the camps
will be conducted properly:
Camp Funston, Kas.
Sept. s., 1917.
Dear Folks: As | have about an
hour before mess (supper), | will
write and try to give you some idea
as TO how we are situated here.
Camp Funston is located on the Union
Pacific r. r., about Is miles to the
west of Manhattan, Kansas. 1t is
about 3 miles east of FIT. Riley proper
and is in the valley Of the Kansas
River. To the east and the west of
the camp the country is rolling and
the hills are of a p~lateau-like nature.
They are not wooded on the top, but
in the small depressions there are
quite a large number of trees. | do
not know how many buildings there
are altogether, but there are at least
400. and more are going up all the
time.
I have not been around the camp
to know much about it as yet, as |
have been kept pretty busy since l
arrived here at $50 Friday morning.
We had our federal physical examin-
alton after eating (about 500 Friday
morning.. and were issued such cloth
ing as we have. What do you sup
pose they issued us for drilling
clothes? Overalls and Jackets. We
were issued regulation underwear,
toilet articles together with barracks
bags, but a man has hard work to
think himself a soldier when he is
parading about in overalls. | certain
ly will welcome the time when they
issue us our uniforms. I'm told that
that will be the first part of next
week.
Yesterday we spent a pretty solid
afternoon drilling. Today we drilled
all forenoon and got our first "shots
in the arm" for smallpox and typhoid.
We got two small scratches on the
left arm which they covered with the
smallpox serum and a needle under
the left shoulder for typhoid. Just
about now begin to feel it too.
The physical examination they give
here is quite an affair, too, Each
your finger prints are taken and any
scars are noted for identification
marks.
They are putting most of the South
Dakota troops in the machine gun
battalion and We are assigned to Com
pany A of the 340th Machine Gun
Brigade. If anyone wishes to know
our address, you may give it to them.
We are stationed temporarily nea
the west end of the camp in the third
row of barracks from the west end
of camp on the south side of the main
line OF the Union Pacific r. R. There
are two other branches of that rail-
road going through other parts of the
camp.
All the buildings are wooden. frame
structures and are electrically lighted.
They are two-story buildings. The
upstairs is used for a bunk-rOom and
the lower part is divided into dining
ROOM, order room. supply room, etc.
The entire camp has sewer facilities
and everything to make one comfort
CONTINUED OH page Four)
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13

MI. and Mrs. Oscar H. Johnson re-
turned last evening from their wed
ding trip and will soon be at home to
their friends.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-13

Mrs. l.. A. Won ARK went to Elkton
yesterday for a visit with friends.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-10
EXPOSITION OPENING IS OFF.
New Date For Celebrating AnnIver
sary Of Magnolia State 10 Set On
Washington Birthday, In 1919.

President Woodrow Wilson was the
first person to be notified when mem
bers of the general commission Of the
Mississippi centennial exposition, to
be held at Gufport, adopted recon-
mendations of the executive commit.
tee to postpone the opening date OF
the exposition, as patriotic move, in.
spired by the spirit of the times and
based upon requests of the nations
chief executive that everything be-
come subordinate to the work of ma,
ton at work in increasing food pro-
duction, practicing economy and as.
sisting in army reinforcement.
A telegram was sent to President
Wilson, embodying resolutions which
clearly state the patriotic motives
which prompted the postponement of
the exposition from Dec. 10, next, to
Feb. %, Washington's Birthday, 1919,
when, If peace shall have been gain
ed, it is proposed to hold on the ex-
position grounds monster event to
celebrate not only the one hundredth
anniversary of Mississippi's state
hood, but the triumph Of information.
al democracy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-10
DOAN'S h P12ns
SOC Box All Stores Foster Mbum Co, Buffalo, T. Mfg Chemists
Arras Before the War.

Tapestries are no longer woven in
Arras, but the city was thriving In
dustrial community at the outbreak OF
the war, its chief articles Of manufac-
ture being hosiery, irOnware, oil prod
ucts, beet sugar and agricultural nipple
ments.
In the Petite place and the Grand
place Arras boasts some curious archi-
tectural relics Of the period Of Spanish
occupation In the seventeenth century
houses of hewn stone whose upper
stories project beyond the foundation
walls and are supported by pillars
which form arcades over the side
walks. Beneath the streets are huge
cellars or magazines which were orig
inally quarries. The Hotel de Vile
is an interesting sixteenth century
building with belfry 245 feet high.
in which hangs great nine-ton bell
called "Joyeuse."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-10
Luminous Radium Paint.

A luminous compound containing RAJ
dunn has been developed by an Ameri-
can manufacturer for use in locating
electric-light switches in the dark,
marking watch dials, etc. In powder
form the compound is of about the
same fineness as ordinary talcum
powder, and is nearly as white, says
Electrical Merchandising. This pow
der may be mixed with adheSiyeS or
varnishes and used as a paint. The
compound is also furnished in flexible
sheets which can be cut and shaped as
desired, and can be applied to uneven
or broken surfaces. This form can be
used In making self-contained brass
backed buttons to glue on electric
switches already installed and for
manufacturers to fit into the hard
rubber portions of new switch but
tons. The enamel is said to be water
proof and immune to damage from vi
bration, and may be applied to watch
dials and indicating devices of all
sorts.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-10

The world is tOpsy-turvy today, but
normal and permanent equilibrium
must and will be restored in time. 1t
is going to be big task to accomplish
this. Whether this restoration be
what it should be, the new order of
things will affect every country in the
world, every nation, this nation; every
individual, you. 1t is incumbent upon
you to be a factor, an influence, in the
right result, no matter whether as hui
man values are rated you aSe small or
great. And the time to begin Is now,
now, now; for the way Is long, the prob
lens ahead are almost insuperable, and
the world is in sorry need Of the com
bined thought and wisdom Of ah.-The
Three Partners.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-10
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No fooIishness! Lift your corns
and caIiuses off with fingers
It's like magic!

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns OF
any kind of q corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers IL you
apply upon the corn few drops OF
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority
For little cost one can get small
bottle Of freezone at any drug store
which will positively rid ones feet OF
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
it is applied and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while ap-
plying it or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many Of our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-10
WAR ON INSECT PERIL NEXT
' determination of Winged and Creep
ing Enemies of Mankind Held to
Be of Vital Importance.

A writer in an English journal has
suggested that the next great war will
be between man and the insect world.
This war would be waged not only on
insects that actually attack man him.
self, but also on all those winged or
creeping things that are his enemies
In less direct ways-those species that,
to use the writer's phrase, 'exist at
the expense of human progress and
happiness"
We all shuddcr with horror at the
thought of scorpion or of cent?
pede. although few Of us ever see one
of them, but We do not shudder enough
at the thought of the millions Of un-
told disgusting things that we are put
ting up with all the time. Perhaps 1t Is
unfortunate for US that many Of these
harmful, and even death dealing, in
sects are very small. If they were as
large as they are bad we should soon
rid ourselves of them. When we see
the housefy or the mosquito hugely
magnified we realize at once that, COM
pared with them structurally, the tiger
is charming and beautiful thing; but
we go away and forget the magnified
picture and submit to the original of it..
The death toll that vermin have
caused in the present war so enforced
it's lesson that the world has reused
itself to clean things up. The knowl-
edge that certain insects were disgust
II - hn
sufficient reason for action, but the
knowledge that these same insects are
quite as dangerous as so many bullets
is strong argument.-Youth's Com
DaniOu
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-10
Aspersion Resented.

The village show was being held, and
among the. competitors was certain
worthy whose exhibits were suspected
of not being the bona-fide property OF
the exhibitor, according to the rules.
Accosting him, one of the officials said
Jamie, were the roses you're shown
grown within the proper radiusT !
"No, they werna," retorted jamie,
haughtily. "They were grown L the
open air L the guild auld-fashioned
wey."-London Tit-Bits.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-10
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN
SYRUP
Panacea of the Home the World
Over.

Why will you allow cold to adj
vance In your system and thus encour-
age more serious maladies, such as
pneumonia or lung trouble, when by
the timely use Of few doses OF
Boschee's German Syrup you can get
relief. This medicine has stood the
test of fifty years. 1t induces good
nights sleep with easy expectoration
in the morning. Fol sale by druggists
In all parts of the civilized world In
rs and rs cent bottles.-Adv.