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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
METHODS

When the Germans crushed their
way through Belgium in the attempt
to reach Paris, they apparently took
a iendish delight in destroying every
thing Of beauty and value that came
in their way. Churches were de-
stroyed, and valuable pictures and ar
ticles Of art were taken to trenches
and used in innumerable common
ways. There did not seem to be any
commercial instinct in the German
mind, that with a possibility of hold.
ing the land, that these things would
be of value to them. They were ruth.
less without cause, and In most in.
stances without sense
How different has been the conduct
of the Italian troops under Gen. Ca
dorna. Every effort has been made
to spare the buildings In the country
in which they are advancing. Every
care is taken not to harm or destroy
the edifces that beautify the country
Care, has also been taken as to the
property Of the people. and precau
tons have been observed In every
way to safeguard human rights.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
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from his crops or his business there
was never a better time to pay them
off than the present. According to
government reports the amount of
money in circulation per capita is the
highest in our history, somewhat over
$44. That means cheap money and
consequently higher prices for every
thing we have to buy or sell. Not
many years ago the per capita circu-
lation was around $2S. If a debt was
incurred at that time it can be paid
off now with approximately sixty-cent
dollars. For that reason it is a good
time for the debtor to get out of debt
if he has had a prosperous year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

There seems to be a rather general
opinion among men who are In a po-
sition to know conditions. that many
of the emergency measures now being
taken by the government for war pur
poses, will become permanent fea
lures Of our business life. One man
high in finance and production, says
that the price fixing idea will become
30 general and prove SO valuable to
the whole people, that we will have
government establishing maximum
and minimum prices after the war
for the proper regulation of trade
When asked If this would not drive
men out of competitive business, he
said that government would continue
n enter so much into business in gen
eral. that men would stop trying the
competitive part Of the business 1t
aeif. In order to 60 into the govern
mont and show BY their work thu
rame high quality of development
renius that they have formerly ap
rl,ed TO the development OF a singh
INDUSTRY. or business.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

If this turns out to be true, and we
pray il may, then the class of men
who will be handling the affairs of the
nation will be of a higher grade than
they are at the present time. Gov
eminent never has paid as good re
enumeration as private enterprise. And
comes the place where scientific and
trained men can best show the pos
sibilities of their creative skill, then
we can believe hat most all of the
questions that have been bothering
capital and labor will be adjusted on
a reasonable basis.
There will be one factor however,
that will fight this. That is the dem
agogue, the walking delegate, the
wind jamming orator, who like the
lily of the field, tolls not, neither does
he spin. Such as these are the water
in the stock of labor organizations.
They are just as useless as the water
in other stock, oil stock for instance.
They must be squeezed out even in
these days before labor and capital
can get together on any settlement OF
the questions that are continually ris.
ing.
If this can be one of the things that
grow out OF the war, then it will not
be in vain that the United States en-.
tered and began to prepare and to mo-
bilize the forces of her industrial life,
as well as the power of her military
strength.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
FREE SPEECH

There is and is going to be consid-
cradle talk in the United States. and
probably in South Dakota, about free
speech. Wherefore it is well to re-
fleet briefly on what free speech
as guaranteed to Americans, implies.
When we boast that this is the
Land Of Liberty" we do not mean
that it is the land Of absolute unre-
straint. Individual action is hedged
here as in other lands. The differ
ence is in the extent Of the %restric-
ton and the source of power which
prescribes the restriction.
No good American wants this coun-
try to be one in which every man can
do as he pleases. For that would
mean the absolute abrogation of
every legal restraint. There are,
there must be, limits.
No man is allowed to advocate
crime. No mar may stand upon a
street corner and incite his fellows
to murder. No man may publicly or
privately urge others to lawlessness.
AS a people we have always enforced
the principle of accessory before the
fact.
Treason and sedition are two Of the
most Odious crimes in the American
legal calendar. In time Of war, es-
pecially, treason ranks with the gross
est of offenses. 1t consists In giving
aid and comfort to the enemy, and
the penalty Is death. Open advocacy
Of treason and sedition are no more
to be tolerated than advocacy Of muir
der and theft.
The right of free speech is bounded
by this limit. The right of free press
does not extend that far.
These are a few thoughts to keep
In mind when you hear some trouble
maker, seeking to use this right as n
cover under which to give aid and
comfort to the enemy. prating and
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

The government proposes to pay
all expenses of the coming bond sale,
except the advertising, and that is
what il wants the newspapers to con,
tribute. 1t is an unfair proposition,
and the policy of asking so much from
one class of business men is mighty
close to discrimination. Please re
member that advertising space is what
the average newspaper man makes his
living out of, and is a all ne has
to sell.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
THE CROW'S=NEST

Il want America to beat Germany,
but | want Germany to beat England
says the half way loyalist.
There are only two flags in the
world that have any black in their
composition and one of them is the
German national emblem. In olden
times the black flag on the seas meant
no quarter 10 commercial vessels.
May not the black bar in the German
flag, in the light of recent events, be
interpreted to represent a reversion
to former acts of terrorism on the
high seas?
Will it be just and right for ali EN-
ployer to fill the place of a young man
selected for service by employing an
exempted alien? If an alien has not
interest enough in this country to be-
come a citizen and share in the re-
sponsibilities Of citizenship he has no
right to profit by the temporary alb
sence of the native born young mar
who answers his call to duty.
There was a noticeable improve
ment in the department of the i'm.
mense throngs at the state fair at
Huron this year. Last year drinking
and tipsyness was very much in evi-
dence in and out of the grounds and
it was the subject of much comment,
so much so that many people declared
that the fair should be moved to some
other place If the saloons could not
be voted out. This year there was
no disorder on the grounds or in the
city and it is generally believed that
the increased attendance at the fair
was due to the fact that there would
be fewer temptations thrown in the
way of the young who wished to have
a pleasant and profitable outing after
harvest.
II any one has old debts hanging
! over him and is having good returns
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

~ranting because the government does
not permit him absolute freedom to
carry out his criminal intention.
Free speech is not absolute; never
has been.-Watertown Public Opinion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

Germans claim that food scarcity
has bettered them mentally and spir.
itually. When they cannot get a
handout at Sweden's back door any
more, they may be uplifted quite a
bit.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

The Peoples Council will do well
to stay away from South Dakota.
Governor Norbeck can administer the
Order Of The Boot, and confer the
thirty-third degree, without any eff
fort.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

A German admiral complains that
the Americans may make themselves
unpleasant. How sad, if someone
should slap him on the wrist.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
To the Young People

Through the Savings Department of this Bank, We offer the young
people of BrookingS and Ilookings County the convenience and service
Of The only SYSTEM in he United States for banking by mail.
This excellent System, coupled with the good rate of compound
interest W e pay YOU 0 your savings. is a constant incentive to YOU to
save some of the money YOU earn: a constant inducoment and help to
you to attain Il place of prominence in the community, and to attain
success and al. the GOOD things hat come with it.
Any member of the Bank will deem it a pleasure TO place YOUR
name o II the mailing list in order that you may take advantage of the
convenience of this System, and to assist you in every way possible and
advise with YOU in connection with your savings plans.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
BANQUET BOYS GOING TO ARMY
Continued from Page One)

gent, and in order to be prepared for
any shortage Of men at the last min
ute by reason of sickness, or other
unavoidable delay. they have called
fifty-five men to report. The re-
quired number is forty-one and the
first forty-one on the following list
r the ones who are expected to go.
If any substitutes are necessary, they
will be called in the order named.
s54 Emil Stuefen. Elkton.
1855 George Lunde. Astoria
1926 Alfred Bergh, Volga.
GIG VIM. Garlic Coleman Altus.
Okla.
1O7 Theodore Hemmestad. volga.
4SG Sigurd Nicholson, White.
500 JOY Miller. City.
437 La wrencc J. Byrnes, Aurora.
s04 Clyde William Mcknight, City.
AZ Edward Frank Ecker. Bush
nell.
lO45 Arthur Henry Peterson. Bruce.
1881 George William Montgomery,
White.
1882 Geo. Orr Hoffman, City.
1929 Erharth II. Preusler. White.
927 VIM f. Brandt, Elkton.
1903 Frank Ray Goodfellow. Bruce.
1895 Willie Norgaard, Arlington.
COG Henry Paterson Kinsler, Black
water, Va.
5l3 Chas. clinton Marshman, City.
1920 Bert NJ. Tollefson. Bruce.
223 Hugh James Getty, Volga.
144f Geo. Sorsen, White.
1885 Ramald Kozowski. White.
$50 Frank Eugene O'Leary. Elkton
1914 Fred Ernest Cook. Arlington.
1884 Willie Bernhart Hanson. city.
9S2 Russell BAIL Blair. EIkton.
l1l4 John Clarence Clark. Bruce
$50 Alexander Lynch. Elkton.
1876 William Clarence Jarman, City
> Charles l.. Harman Bushnell.
$40 Henry Ralph Nelson, Elkton.
1872 Ross Nowal Francomb. Bruce.
14S5 Carl Furman Hickman, Aurora
l01s William Fred Taken. Estelline.
1913 William McCuen. White.
1856 John w. Sponsler. City
957 Nalclav SimaEovsky. Elkton.
i1l2 Raymond Cleveland. Bruce
345 Allen Warner. City.
1896 Oscar Westgaard, Astoria
1895 Ira Floyd Kleinjan, Bruce
l1l7 Carl Theodore Bortness, City
275 Horace Ralph Kerr, Bruce.
500 William Allen Richison. City.
ll78 Dick VIM. Miller, White.
1886 Andrew Oleson. Arlin gton.
$50 Elmer r. Egeberg. City.
739 Albert Mehl. Volga.
III BYRON Evenson, Volga.
602 Henry August Massman. Au-
rora.
721 Hans Felberg. Arlington.
1876 Ole Peder Bakken, Astoria.
Is Simon p. Overend. Elkton.
$50 John Joseph Green, City.
AS this body of men is to leave az
ter the paper is out, We will not pub
lish time of departure and fuller de-
scription of the event until next week.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

A German general has offered 400
marks for an American, dead or alive.
1t will be safer for him if he gets him
dead.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

Poor Sweden. She is between the
devil and the deep sea-" And the
devil seems to be doing his best to
crowd her into the sea.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

From a comparison of the Italian
and Russian armies, it looks as if the
latter needed a spaghetti diet.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

The nan who advertises has a rea-
son. Read his advertisement and
learn that reason.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

from abroad no one has recently men
toned the present location of the
Greek army.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
To Our Depositors

As YOU know, banking is purely competitive business
Dcpositors change from bank to bank, in search for greater safety.
better satisfaction.
These are. the conditions under which, as the above comparison
shows W e continue to grow bigger, stronger, safer.
There are many reasons One is hat we are liberal to borrowers,
vet never sacrifice absolute safety to III depoSltors. Another is he
spirit of kindly courtesy and hlpuncss that l~rvades the entire
organization.
Safety first; with n other features neglected That gives You
the assurance that when YOU rec commend the FlNt National Bank 10
our. friends, they will thank YOU fol having done Sc.
And we extend to you on thanks for the growth that has come
TO us from such recommendations
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

II a Register Want Ad will not do It
lit can't be done!"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

In the multiplicity of dispatche.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

AS this body of men is to leave az
ter the paper is out, we will not pub
lish time Of departure and fuller de-
s~cription of the event until mex week.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

An increase of IA per cent in the deposits of the First National Bank during the pa
th business growth of Bookings City and County, and represents in ar eX
renders to the farmers, business men and private individual
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

times; no. as little as I thinl; of your taste and judgment, I really don't think as badly of you as that; so my conclu- sion is that you've been doing early Christmas shopping for someone else; out with it, MT. Caudle. What is it you got at the Jewellers and who was it for? Can 1t be that you would squander money on that little Tattletale girl, when little Willie needs new shoes. and listle Johnnie needs q new overcoat, and little Sally hasn't a new dress to her back and little Susie is positively shiverlng in the cold for want of a warm coat?
 "Mr. Caudle, let me tell you some thing. sir. If I find out that you've done such thing as that. it will b3 good thing for your bones when get through with you that Christmas doesn't come but once a year, for if 1t did you'd never live to tell the tale, sir Indeed, MT. Caudle, you can afford to sit up like a tightwad and declare that you haven't any money to give me fer Christmas shopping this year and all that and you think early Christmas shopping is all bosh. but let me tell you, sir. you've got an. other guess coming to you if you think I'm going to be stuffed with such nom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

"Hers lsarly Christmas time again, caneie. and you have said no wor6 ina about how much money may sad aad when you will turn over yol Aahk bpols to me so that l can be my Christmas shopping early. Wh hag it's all foolishness to buy up le af truck and things so far in Advance. and it would take woman t. suggest something silly like that? Well, maybe so; but it strikes me that the longer we live the more the fact is being proved to me that what George Elliot said is true; that there's no denying that the women are foolish because God AL mighty made them to match the mem And besides, nobody could accuse early Christmas shopping of being silly.
 Whats that, MT. Caudle? Suppose body should die after they had bought all their Christmas gifts, what would become of them? Well, of course, Mir. Caud1e, there are some people silly enough to suggest such a thing but that's all poppy-cock; you might as we'll say that a housekeeper shouldn't order her meals until just pefore the family sits down to the ta . ble for fear somebody might die and they'd have a lot of food left on their hands! People with no foresight never get anywhere, and that's the reason you are at 8 standstill now, Mr. Cau- ale; you never see two inches ahead or your nose. What's that? You man. age to get along as well as the rest?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

creature for Christmas. I'll leave you, Sir. then and there. Whats that? You never have spent money on any body but me? Tell 1t to the marines Mir Caude: why l know positively that you sent that Tattletale girl a bouquet Of flowers on her birthday. How's that? You thought nobody ever went to the florist you patronlze? Well, maybe they dont, but you've got a mighty careless florist. What did he do? He sent the bill for three dozen roses here to this house and l opened it: I knew I hadn't bought any flowers, so I called him up to ask him about it, as any dutiful wife should, and he said that you had pur- chased the roses. Of course I knew the worst and let me tell you, Mir. Caudle, if l ever catch you at anything like it again-our paths in life separate from then on
 Besides, while you are decrying the idea of early Christmas shopping, let me say that one of my neighbors told me the other day that she supposed I was going to get a very lovely Christmas gift, as she saw you coming out of a jewelry shop the other day. Now. MT. Caudle you know don't wear jewelry:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
How Old Is the Earth,

From the Popular Science Monthly
 The salt of the ocean has been made 10 give an answer to the question of the age of the earth. The general idea seems simple enough to be worekd out by anyone with a plentiful supply of good long pencils and sufficient paper
 Salt is carried down year after year into the sea, where it accumulates. If then, we can divide the entire amount or salt at present in the ocean by the amount carried down in a year. tho quotient will be the probable age of the earth. Simple? Oh. yes. Pro- lessor Joly has worked 1t out to so,- 100000 years, but to be on the safe side he reduces that number to 90,- 100000. A little matter of 5000. GOO years is negligible to those who can think in such numbers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
What an Atlas Did for Janan


 hy aertrude Lee Crouch in World Out look
 When Joseph Neesima was Is. an at las of the United States was sent him Dy friend ana, boring over it. he began ~ ie0hAe that there was great world beyond his island home, and his thirst Tor knowledge about it became insa tia hIe Ills admiration for AmeMca was un- bounded. As he expressed it in his ovn quaint fashion:
 T read it Ghe atlas) many times and was wondered so mych as my brair, would be melted out ol my head because I liked II very much. Picking out one President, building free schools poor- houses, house of correction and machine working. and so forth, and I thought that government of every country ml1st be as President of United States. and | murmured myself that, o governor of Japan why you keep down lis. as dog or pig? We are people of Japan. if you govern us you must love us your children. From that time I wished tn iearn American knowledge, but alas. | could not get any teacher to learn if
 Encouraged by young Japanese friend who clerked in an English store. ha re- solved to embark to America. His mo- uves were unselfish, for in leaving the country he ran the risk of forfeitine his life, since Japanese law forbade any subject to leave the kingdom on pain of death; or if he did escape, he exiled him self forever.
 When he returned to his country it was not as frightened stowaway. but as cultured gentleman with a host of friends in America and group of influ- entiai friends in Japan
 Many times after his return to his na- tive land he was urged to accept high official positions by the statesmen who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

Perhaps so; but that isn't my idea of the situation. No; I understand ex- actly what you are getting ready to do this Christman; I haven't lived with you 25 years for nothing, MT. Caudle; I haven't spent 25 Christ masses with you for nothing; l know exactly what's going to happen; you are going to sit around grumbling and growing when you are at home which is seldom enough goodness knows, until the eleventh hour, and then upset the plans of everybody on the place by wanting me to go with you to select presents for eight chil- dren, your wife, five servants, old Tattletale, and the Lord knows who else.
 Yes, there is some one else; that lit- tie Tattletale minx; I suppose that's the reason you won't give me any money, nor approve of my idea of early Christmas shopping; you are waiting for that little blonde thing to say what she wants for a Christmas present. Let me tell you something. MT. Caudle; if I hear of you giving so much as sprig of grass to that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
SC|AT|CA SUFFERERS
 SOON RELIEVED.
Peculiar, darting, piercing pain of neuralgia i'll sciatic nerve relieved by
 Sloan's Liniment

Don't think there's no help for your Sclatica because you've tried other remedies. Sloans Eminent is so pene- trating and effective, 1t gets right down and stops the pain by relieving the pressure the arritated nerve. Probably some inflammation or con- gestion is causing this irritation. The counter-irritant effect of Sloan's Lini- ment soon quiets the nerve and stops it's paroxysms of protesting pain
 Simply bate the aching part with a little Sloan's Liniment. This clear clean liquid will not stain the skin. It gives you immediate relief without rubbing. The wear and tear of suf- fering from Sciatica, Neuralgia Sprains, Bruises or other external aches not only makes you less able to endure the pair, but may have weakening effect Oh your strength. You can always get Sloan's Eminent. Generous size bottles at druggists ey- anywhere. 25c, soc, $1. as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

wants drum and a hobbyhorse and sled; and the bis girls want bar rettes and suitcases and all sorts of lovely things and they are going to have them, too, believe me. or my names not Mrs. Caudle So, get busy. MF. Csudie. Get out your bank book and fix up your affairs so you can do some early Christmas shopping with me. Tn not going to be trudging through the stores st The last minute picking up old ieft-overs. and being charged 10 different prices for things. no, indeed. You and I are going to spend :he coming week shopping-do :. ing cur Christmas shopping early. Sc bs pleasant about it, sir. You may as well, because it's going to be donc and done quick"