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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-08
Thetford Center

Mrs. Jennie Sanford spent Monday in
Flint.
MIR. and Mrs. Geo. Pound were in
Flint, Friday.
Otis Scott. wife and son, Mervel,
spent Friday in Flint.
Geo. Fisher and wife were guests of
Miss Laura Jobson, Sunday.
William Harrison spent the week end
with his parents in Battle Creek.
VIM. Harrison came from Flint,
Monday night, to register here Tues
day.
A family from Chicago have purchas-
ed the farm formerly owned by Otis
Scott.
A great many acres of corn were
planted during the few days of good
weather.
Mrs. Joe Cummings spent Sunday at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Geiger.
Mrs. Clara Felt, of Flint, spent Mon
day forenoon identifying the Felt lot in
the cemetery here.
Mervel Scott and Wallsce Pound at
tended the ball games at Gaines and
Grand Blanc, Saturday.
Will Brown and wife and Elmer Jen-
kins spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Mcknight, of Dawson.
Henry Scott and wife entertained a
large company from Flint and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Gates, of Otisville, Sunday.
Sam Brady and family and Miss Mil
dred Reynolds spent Sunday at the
home of Elmer Drudge, of Geneseeville.
Otis Scott and wife and Mrs. Sarah
Scott visited at the homes of George
Buell. and Alex Richardson, of Clio,
Sunday.
Herman Geiger, wife and sons, Earl
and Billy, and Mrs. Henrietta Geiger,
of Flint. spent Sunday afternoon at the
home of Geo. Geiger and family.
Mrs. Earnest Beer has returned from
a visit in Traverse City. She was Ac-
companied by her aunt and neice of
that place who will remain here in
definitely.
Mrs. r. M. WILDER. Mrs. Jennie San
ford. Mrs. VIM. Harrison and daughter.
Elizabeth, and Miss Dorothy Sanford
motored to Otisville, Sunday, where
they spent the forenoon with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Watson.
The Decoration day exercises were
we'll attended. The program was we'll
rendered and the Otisville Boy Scouts.
under the direction of Scout Master
Bird, acted in a pleasing manner and
headed the march from the church to
the cemetery. Mr.. Spickler, the one
remaining veteran in the town COM
manded the youthful army of boys and
girls while they strewed the flowers
over the flag bedecked graves and gave
the order to ''break ranks" as they
surrounded the mound in honor CT the
unknown dead in the old cemetery.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-08

The o. E. S. will hold special
melting at the lodge rooms, Wednes-
day, June Is, for the purpose of in
itiating new members.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

ASK only for the ears needed, and
when needed.
Combine shipments to the same
destination in one car when possible.
Buyers Of many commodities can
and should order by maximum car
loads instead of by the customary
trade units.
Adding only two tons to the aver.
age loading per car would increase
for public use the available number
of cars in the country by over 200,-
900. Quicker loading and unloading
by everybody would render available
for more ira ffic a still larger number
Of cars.
This commission requests and
urges that the railroads and their pat
rons cooperate most heartily to in
sure the highest efficiency of our
transportation system during the
war"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
GEO. ETTiNc PASSES AWAY

Last Thursday afternoon after a
%protracted illness George Etting
passed away at his family home, S24
Williams street. He had been rapid
ly failing for some time and the end
was expected. He has been ill for
SO long and with a knowledge that
his condition was beyond the help of
physicians, the shock was tempered
to his family. All Of the children
were at home at the time.
Mr., Etting was born in Dubuque,
Iowa, January 2Sth. 1852, and while
yet a young boy his parents moved
to Wabasha county, Minnesota. Here
he worked on the farm and attended
school and grew to manhood. In No
vember, 1876 he was married to Miss
Florence MILFORD. and to them were
born eight children. Edith died in
infancy and George died about four
years ago. aged twenty years. The
six living children are: Bessie, now
Mrs. r. T. PIERCE, OF Dawson. N. D.:
Maud. now Mrs. U. r. Mills, Of this
county; Ethel, now Mrs. Earl Nc
Even. OF this county; Ruth, now Mrs.
Glenn Wiley, Of this city: Doris. now
Mrs. Guy Washburn, of this county,
and Walter. who is unmarried and
lives at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Etting came to Dakota
Territory, in 1879, taking a home
stead In Richland township, and be-
coming pioneer settlers OF the
ty. There they lived until 1891, when
they moved to the city and have since
inhabited the home on Williams
street.
The body was taken to the family
burying grounds at Wabasha, Mimi,
on the evening train Saturday, for in
torment. accompanied by the widow,
all the children, and Glenn Wiley,
one of the sons-in-law.
Besides Mrs. Fitting and the six
children, there are sixteen grandchil-
dren and three sisters who survive to
mourn his death.
Mr.. Etting had prospcred in all Of
his land and farming operations in
Bookings county and leaves his fam
lily in comfortable circumstances. He
was a hard worker and careful man
ager and bis financial success In life
was entirely due to this.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
APPEAL TO SHIPPERS

The Illinois Commission has issued
a circular to the public, which so
well expresses the shipping situation,
that we feel that it is Of value to the
readers Of this paper. An observance
of these instructions will greatly aid
the nation in doing all its part in the
handling Of the present years crop.
''In the crisis precipitated by the
war, the uninterrupted maintenance
Of railway transportation is Of vital
Importance to the nation and its al
lies.
1T is the duty of every American
citizen and institution to aid and co
operate with every agency which IS
helping win the war.
This cooperation IS particularly
necessary to enable the railroads to
meet the demands on them to handle
an enormous volume Of freight and
passenger traffic for the government,
III duullIOD " lHC Ia SNSt Iihi
traffic ever known.
"The plain truth is that the rail
roads have not and will not have dur
ing the war enough freight cars to
meet the demand. They cannot get
cars which were ordered many
months ago, because the government
requires for munitions and military
supplies, the materials necessary for
the building of cars.
Therefore, the Public Utilities
Commission of Illinois, in the sole in.
terest of conserving in this crucial
period the most important resources
of the country, makes this appeal to
all shippers and receivers of freight:
LOAD every a promptly and to
the maximum marked capacity at
least still heavier IL permissible, as
will be in many cases.
UNLOAD every car with the great
est possible dispatch.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

Last Sabbath we had good audi
ences in spite of the rain in the even
ing. We hope for still better next
Sabbath. Will be glad to welcome
both old and new friends to all our
services. Preaching at 1890 a. m.
and 1880 p. III. Sabbath school at
HAS a. IN. Juniors at 500 in the af-
ternoOn. Young Peoples meeting at
$50 p m. Plans have been made to
observe the Four Hundredth annivers-
airy of Luther's mailing his ninety-five
Theses on the church door at Witten-
burgh, which resulted in the refOrma-
ton which gave us all the religious
and political freedom which we enjoy
in this day. Isn't it strange that we
must go to the same land with our
armies to retain what our fathers so
dearly bought for us? We will have
S. S. Rally Day on that date with a
red and blue contest in the mean
time and a real feast of good things
at the end.
First Presbyterian Church-Next
Sabbath morning the theme of the
sermon will be: The Benefits of
Christian Fellowship" In the even
ing there will be a popular service
of song with an address on Making
the Landing" We are specially anx-
ious to have every member and friend
of the church and congregation as
well as any strangers who may care
to worship with us present next Sun,
day morning and evening. The pas
tor has some practical things to say
about ~ opportunity and our priv
lege. A cordial invitation is extended
to the students who have lately come
to town who may care to worship with
us to come and find a place and a wei
come. The Sabbath school meets inn
mediately after the morning service
for one hour. There are classes for
all who may care to attend this ser
vice. You will find the Sabbath school
a busy interesting place where you
may find fellowship and help in the
study Of the Bible. Everyone cordial
ly invited.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
FOR WAR CAMP LIBRARIES

Brookings county will mex week
raise its share CT the funds necessary
to provide books, librarians and in
structors for the Libraries Of the sol
der boys in the t~hirty-two canton
ments. South Dakota's apportion-
ment is $500. The raising of the
county share should be easy, since the
burden is extremely light upon each
locality. Beadle county found an easy
solution by getting a man in each
township to advance IS for his neigh,
bors, who reimbursed him later.
The American people propose to
raise a million dollars to equip these
Libraries. The Rockefellers pay the
cost of the propaganda while Carnegie
provides all necessary buildings.
That South Dakota might do her
share. the State Library Commission
has arranged that the campa..n shall
be conducted under the direction of
the members of the State Committee
of Defense. assisted by Libraries and
library trustees, E. L. Squirting being
the defense committeeman for Brook
ings county. Sheriff F. S. MINER IS
chairman of the county committee,
while Prof. w. H. Powers is treas
urer, to whom money should be sent
at Brookings as soon as possible af-
ter Sept. "a. Other members of the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

got into Kansas City at $50 and were
there until 11:20, when we were
moved out on the Santa Fee. | got
some fine pictures, at least | think
they will be, and visited with the boys
from some of the other troops. | am
in charge of a car so | go where /
please and can get off whenever we
stop.
We had the boys out for exercise
at X, c., and are to detrain at En-
poria at PAS to exercise the horses
and let the boys stretch their legs a
bit. We are still on Watertown grub
and although we eat most of the time
We still have enough for several
meals. Those ladies surely did nobly.
People along the way have been
the train with a dray load Of water
melons, tobacco, post cards and
stacks of reading material, which has
largely been thrown out. There is
no time for reading. The trip alone
is worth at least a years hard labor,
but they paid us at Omaha just the
same. That ~paymaster was an artist
at handling new bills-we got our
money almost as fast as we walked
up.
We are having one grand and glori-
Gus time all the time, Dow, and there
surely is a pile to see. The buildings
alone spoil the beauty of the scenery
Both in the towns and through the
country the buildings are largely I'M
painted or else they were painted
years ago. Every little while a field
of sugar cane shoots by and there are
countless fields of alfalfa and corn.
Negroes are very plentiful and most
towns have a large section made up
of shacks. 1t is getting warmer fast.
We notice it even on the train and il
looks hot outside. | suppose we will
find out more at 2:15.
! must quit and see that we are
ready, but will probably write again
In a day or 50.
Love to all, Earl.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
CHURCH NOTES

= = = . . . =
The NJ. f. Ladies' Aid will meet
Thursday, Sept. 81, the September
committee entertaining.
Mrs J. Enright will entertain st.
Thomas Guild at her home, GA 18th
avenue, Thursday, Sept. q.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid will meet
Thursday, Sept. q, at the home of
Mrs. Z. f. Mcknight. The Septem-
Der committee will act as hostesses.
st. Paul's Guild will meet with Mrs.
Paul Roberts, at the rectory, on
Thursday. Sept. 9th. Everyone in
terested in the work of the guild is
urged to be present, matters of i'm
portance are to be considered.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Sunday service at II o'clock a. m.
Subject, Matter" Wednesday even
ing meeting at s o'clock. Reading
room open Wednesday and Saturday
from 2 to 4 o'clock. Everyone well
come.
Methodist Notes-Only three more
weeks before conference. Let's rally
and make these three remaining Sun
days great days. Subject Sunday
morning, "Christ's Need of Me-" Sun.
day evening subject, THE Foot and
Mouth Disease" Don't miss the spec
ial music Sunday night.
United Presbyterian Church Notes
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
THREE LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS
Continued from Page One)

was some boat, and | wish | could
have been one of the crew.
suppose you folks hear more about
the war than we do, for hone of the
navy men ever say anything about it.
They send out of here at least 500 fin
ished marines every month for Eu-
rope.
A touching event took place last
week when 500 marines left the island
for France, and there was quite a
demonstration. The marine band
played when the boat pulled out and
every whistle on the island blew and
everybody waving a last goodbye, re-
a~lizing where they were going, and
the band playing so pretty it sure
made it one of the saddest things |
ever saw.
and | like it much better than sleep
ing on deck as it is much less work.
We are making the barracks more
like home every day. We have a
piano and several of the fellows are
good players, and the place is sure a
long ways from being asleep.
| am getting pretty well acquainted
with most of the head officers, owing
to my job. as | am in most every of
g. -. 1,nr4 oy,nn >v tltaA n ln, MO
have to take material, contractors, etc.
around the island as they are not Civ
en- passes, and besides we areat liber-
ty every day.
| am feeling fine, have gained Is
pounds, don't see anybody looking
very thin around here, Here is a
fair sample of a Sunday dinner:
Roast pork with dressing, mashed po-
tatoes and gravy, apple sauce, sliced
tomatoes, two kinds of bread, and but
ter, scalloped corn and brick ice
cream. All good and plenty of it.
1t has been quite cloudy here Of
late, but it wouldn't rain on a bet. l
would not know how to act if it start
ed to rain.
We had a big U-boat tied long side
of our ship for a week. They are
sure quite interesting.
Yesterday we got released from our
old job, which | have had for three
months at the main gate, and we
found out something definite as to
what We were going to do. About $50
of the general electricians who have
been waiting for several months, are
going to put on the equipment in the
new electrical school, which | hear Is
to cost some two million dollars. 1t
will take until about the middle OF
October to get the machinery in and
the wiring done. This will. be good
experience as the work is to be done
in ship style. Then when that is
lone we are to be the new class start
ing in the new school.
] got the Register you sent and am
interested in everything that goes on
in Brookings.
don't know just how far Palo Alto
is from here, but ! think 1t is quite a
ways. If | can, ! sure would like to
see the boys from home.
Can't think of anything else to write
as nothing out of the ordinary has
happened Of late. Your son.
Way!and Borst.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
CROP REPORT

A summary Of the September crop
report for the state of South Dakota
and for the United States, as COM
piled by the Bureau Of Crop Esti-
mates (and transmitted through the
Weather Bureau), L.. S. Department
of Agriculture, is as follows:
Corn
State-Sept. /. forecast "a. 40O, 900
bushels; production last year (Dec.
estimate). S4,075.000 bushels.
United States-Sept. / forecast, s.
100000 bushels; production last year
(Dec. estimate). 1858, PAL 900 bushels.
Spring Wheat
State-Sept. l forecast, 1890, 900
bushels; production last year (Dec.
estimate). 22,O50.O 900 bushels.
United States-Sept. / forecast.
250,000, 900 bushels: production last
year (Dec. estimate), 15s,142,0 600
bushels.
Oats
State-Sept. ! forecast, 5000, 900
bushels: production last year dec.
estimate), 56.425.O00 bushels.
United States-Sept. ! forecast, L.
$4,000. 900 bushels; production last
year (Dec. estimate). 1881 ,992, 900
bushels.
Barley
State-Sept / forecast, 23,4o0, 900
bushels; production last year dec.
estimate), 1928, 900 bushels.
United States-Sept. l forecast,
2O4. zoe, 900 bushels; production last
year, (Dec. estimate), 1S0,927,OOO
bushels.
Rye
State-Preliminary estimate, 1890,
900 bushels; production last year
(Dec. estimate) 4 500 600 bushels.
United States-Preliminary esti-
mate, 6,044. 900 bushels; production
last year (Dec. estimate), 47,3S3,0 GOO
bushels.
riaASeeo-
State-Sept. l forecast, 1900, 000
ouShe'N' p'ou'''ion '"'' y" Wv"
estimate), 1895 900 bushels.
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

committee are G.. j. Flittie, Rev. Paul
Roberts and Supt. Herbert Blakely.
Every dollar contributed entities
the slver to a book plate in one Of
the camp books.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

did YOU miss your first HUSBAND
very much?"
mot until after l married my sec
ond ."-London Opinion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

Somewhere Near Emporia. Kas.
2:10 p. m. Sunday.
Dear Dow: You'll see by this that
we have moved some just lately. We
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
STATE NEWS

Gus Seeing, a farmer residing cal
Huron. is not complaining over the sea-
son yield OF grain on his farm. One
forty acre field averaged 25 bushels
to the acre and the rest made II
bushels Henry Clifford. another farm
er, has threshed a thirty-five acre
field Of oats which yielded 1886
bushels. and averaged 52h bushels an
acre. This is the best yield reported
this easo
The city of Pierre is making great
preparations for the annual confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church which meets there October 10
to II, inclusive. This will be the
first time that city has W enter
tanned the conference, and the conf
mittees ~ charge are leaving nothing
undone in the way of entertainment
for the visiting delegates. The con
ference will be presided over by
Bishop Charles Mitchell of st. Paul.
Addresses of far reaching importance
will be delivered by national notables
of the church.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

The Joint boards Of county comm's-
s%ioners now have completed estimates
OF the probable cost of the immense
Lake, Minnehaha and McCook county
drainage ditch, which it is proposed
to construct for the purpose OF re-
claiming several thousand acres OF
valuable farm land which for some
years has been too wet to be culti-
waited. The preliminary estimates
show the ditch will cost about s9S,ooo
A great part of the cost will be FOR
hauling the material. The main
ditch is to be about five miles in
length, and the project will affect
about ten sections of land. 1t is hoped
to have everything in readiness SO
the work of constructing the ditch can
commence this fall and be pushed TO
completion as speedily as possible.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

Construction of a new railroad
from Mitchell to a point near High
more as an agent in making Mitchell
more of a jobbing center thar 1t is at
present, opening up a large area of
new trade territory and developing
several new towns is being promoted
by +. r. ~Tillinehast, Of New York
City, aided by local men. His prop
osition has been approved by the
Mitchell Chamber of Commerce which
body has made a resolution to do all
in their power to secure a right OF
western railroad"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

Having again urged the early des-
ignation of the homestead lands IN
South Dakota which are subject to
entry Under the grazing homestead
act. Senator Sterling has been ad-
vised by Secretary Lane, of the IN
terror department, that a force or
classifers in the employ of the geo
logical survey is now at work max
ing examinations of the lands applied
for prior to the first OF last july.
While the work is necessarily $40"
because Of the great number OF APP
plications, it is expected that II can
be completed this fall and that rec
concentrations can be made to the de-
partment for the designation or prac-
tically all lands of the proper char
acter before next spring.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

Donald Mclean. for three terms
state senator from Day county, has
announced his candidacy for the re-
publican nomination for congress
from the Second district, to succeed
Royal C. Johnson, the present incum-
bent. Mr.. Mclean is of Canadian
resided in South Dakota since 1888,
and was for many years one of the
leading Methodist preachers of the
state. About fifteen years ago he re-
tired from the ministry and has since
devoted himself to the cultivation OF
his large farm neal Webster.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

The potato marketing situation in
South Dakota will be discussed, and
if d~elegates consider the project ad-
visable. a South Dakota Potato Grow
ers' association may be ORGANIZED at
a meeting called by the state depart
ment of marketing to convene In Wa
tertown on Tuesday, September %, at
10 O'Clock in the morning. Announce
ment of the meeting to which all po-
tato growers in the state are invited,
is sem out by F. 0. Simonson, assist
ant director of the marketing depart
ment from the office in Pierre, who
has charge of arrangements for this
conference in the absence of Don Liv-
ingston, state market commissioner,
now attending a conference on gram
grading in Washington.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-02
GEORGE DUDLEY'S
CONDITION BETTER

]. HI. Dudley has received the fol-
lowing item from Seattle paper
which says that his brother, George
Dudley, is improving. George Dudley
was formerly with the Chicago &
Northwestern at Baraboo and is well
known here. The item reads as fol-
lows:
According to DR.. J. A. Benshoof, at
tending physician, Improvement was
noted Saturday evening in the condi-
ton of George Dudley of 1910 Con-
cord street, who was reported Satur'
day morning in dying condition as
a result Of injuries received in an au-
tomobile accident on July 16. Dudley
was knocked down at 14th avenue
south and Sullivan street by an auto.
mobile driven by Raymond Skews, OF
1043 Cloverdale street, and sustained
internal injuries besides bruises on
his shoulders and chest.