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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-08-30

clude special inquiries to gather in
ditions.
Hog and poultry production to be
stimulated as far as practicable.
Increased production and conserya-
ton Of dairy foods to be encouraged.
Animal diseases 10 be combated on
larger scale.
Increased efforts TO be made to COM
bat insect pests of plants and animals.
Further steps to be taken to destroy
animal pests and predatory animals
which injure crops and kill live stock.
Work for the ontro of plant dis
eases to be extended.
Survey of seed supplies and needs
to be made and results published so
that farmers will be assisted in OBJ
tanning a sufficient supply of good
seed. Seed to be purchased and sold
TO farmers by the department if nee
essary in restricted areas.
Demonstrations to be carried out
in the proper handling. packing. ship
ping and marketing of perishable
fruits and vegetables to decrease
spoilage.
News service for various farm pro
ducts to be extended so that produc-
ers and consumers can be better in
formed as to the supply and demand
and can sell and buy with less ex-
pense, less spoilage, and less lost mo
ton.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-08-30

. .
For the Week Ending Monday Night,
Furnished by
BROOKINGS co. ABSTRACT co.
Ole Eyenson lIaavi to Simon b. Svccn
wd E14 SEA 13-1o9-51. $4,000.
c. II. Duffus ct al, James w. Pratt,
wd Ne 6-109-47 and SEA 311lO47
@ " G.,
Pearl Wright to George w. Cobel, wd
Lot 1 and NJ Lot >. Henry's Add =,
$4,000.
Harold Davis to Horace Fishback, wd
l'ndiv. Is Lot 9, Blk. 2. 3rd Add,
city, $500.
+. II. Williams to B. T. Green, wd
Undiy. y w "A it. Lot IA, Blk 3,
city. 81 o. v. c.
Robert II. Larson to Marvin A. Peter
son. wd Lot 8 and VIZ Lot Q. Blk
/, Sinai, $2,025.
Western Town Lot Co. to Clifton II
Walters, wd Lot II, Blk IS, Bruce,
$4,000.
II. /. Ennis to Anton Thompson, wd
Lot II, Blk 15h, Bruce, S. d., 81
Clifton +. Walters to David T.. Lundin,
wd Lot II, Blk Is, Bruce. 5000.
f. f. Riostein TO Herman c. Stilw"ll,
wd Lot 2, Blk %, Bruce, 81 o. V. c.
NJ. A. Peterson to Ida Skordal. wd Lot
4 and ER Lot 5, Blk /. Peterson's
Add Sinai, 81 900.
Henry Bahls to G.. w. and F. II. Aus
tin, wd So SEA 4 and EA NEA
%9-112-55O, 81 o. v. c.
James J. Ehret to VIII Sayre, wd Lots
~7-8-9-1O-11 and u, Blk !, O. p. White
SO, 500. 90.
Chester l.. Severson to o. II. Johnson,
wd Lots Is and II, Blk 3, Iienry's
Add. City, 81 o. v c.
John Kopp to August Kopp wd NEA
35-111-49, $4,000.
C. Henning to w L. Mall, wd an
Undiv. Int. in SEA |1t10949, $3.50.
Araminta +. Campbell to Elmer NJ.
Void, wd Lot 4, Blk 2, LIST. Add.
City, S $1,000.
II. NJ. Hillyer to r, b Raleigh, wd
NJ NEM and NJ NWh 81 and
SWH 3o-11148, $30,2S3oo
Susan Snelson TO Sheridan Selix, wd
Lot 8, Blk /, Thornber's Add. City,
81 O.. V. c.
George Holland to 7 NJ Holland, WI
N % #. Lot 3, Blk !, o. p. Volga,
81 o. V. G.
Anna Mclaughlin to Mary A. Ham
mer, wd Lots % and "a, in Blk q
o. p. Elkton. 81 100000.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-08-30
MANY FEEL THAT WAY

Two negroes were caught in a ter
rife thunderstorm in the South and
took refuge in a barn, but before they
could enter they were completely
drenched.
The thunder crashed and pealed be-
tween flashes Of lightning and blind
ing dashes Of rain. One of the dark
les thought maybe a little strong lang
uage would ease his mind, but his
companion demonstrated with him.
Look heah, yo' Charles Richard
yo' quit yo' cussin.' Don't yo' know
dat Gawd's got yo' completely in his
power jest ow?'-Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-08-30
SOME HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Wet peach stains with cold water
rub on soap, lay in hot sun. Repeat
until stains vanish.
A glass of vinegar put into the
water in which salt fish is soaking
will draw out much of the salt.
One tablespoonful of t%urpentine
boiled with your white clothes will
greatly aid in the whitening.
A clean damp mop passed rapidly
over mating removes dust and lint
and much busting of furniture
Cream that is too thin to whip may
be made to do by adding the unbeat
en- white of an egg before beginning
to whip.
Scorched stains can be removed al
once by rubbing with peroxide; ap-
ply until it vanishes and then finish
ironing.
Mice do not like the smell of pep
permint and a little oil of peppermint
placed about their haunts will soon
make them look for other quarters.
Baking soda gives instant relief to
a burn or scald. Applied either wet
or dry to the burned part the sense
of relief is magical.
Turpentine and soap will remove
ink stains from linen.
To test a nutmeg prick it with a
pin. If good the oil will Immediately
spread around the p%uncture.
If water bottles are stained or dis
colored put them into some vinegar.
to which salt has been added. Let
stand for a few hours and shake well.
Keep paraffine paper and rubber
bands in the pantry. and when put
ting away a pitcher of milk or a lit
tie leftover" dish these will be
found very useful.
Allow cabbage water to become
quite cold before pouring down the
sink and there will be no unpleasant
odor.
If an article has been scorched in
ironing wet in cold water and lay
where the bright sunshine will fall
directly on it. This will take .he
mark completely out.
The Briny Wa,
Instead of canning stli.c beans
put them up in brine, and in winter
they taste like freshly picked beans.
Put a layer of dry salt one-fourth
inch thick in the bottom of a crock.
Next put a layer of beans one and
one-half inches high just as they are
picked from the garden. without
washing.
Next a On~e-fourth inch layer of salt
and so on until the crock is filled.
On top invert a plate and put a heavy
weight.
When YOU wish to use them soak
an hour or so and then boil like fresh
beans.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-08-30
WORK FOR BLIND

Hitherto the blind have made ar
ticles that were costly than ma.
chine made articles and were only
bought by c%haritably inclined person.
DR.. S. S. Wheeler. Of New York CITY,
sought to find a place in the work a
day world where the labor of the blind
would command a price for article
universally needed.
II knew that the blind must be
taught to do necessary work." he sad
cor they would not fill a recogniaed
plate in the economic scheme. | felt
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-08-30
COMFORT THE RECRUIT.

The man who desires To live on his
monthly stipend and be a real sol
der, cannot afford to pay a tailor to
make repairs even though his regi-
ment happens to have a tailor, which
is not always the case while in the
field. To meet emergencies of this
kind a sewing kit, called a house
wife, is the proper article. This part
of the soldiers kit may be purchased
at prices ranging from % cents up
ward, although the writer made his
own from a piece of condemned can
vas and purchased the articles which
he needed to make it exactly meet
all requirements.
The subject of toilet articles is one
Of considerable Importance, as
~"cleanliness is mex to godliness"
even in the army.
A few articles which viii be found
of great usefulness are a pair of
sneakers. or m%occasins. to be worn
about camp so as to rest the feet;
a can Of solidiied alcohol with which
one ear prepare a cup of hot coffee,
utes; a small pocket oilstone to keep
the knife sharp; an absolutely water
proof match box; and a ~pocketknjfn.
The soldiers p%ocketknife is not by
any means the gentleman's penknife.
nor is it the big i|ackknife, as many
persons imagine. The ideal knife
for a soldier is one made alone thr
line of the boy scouts knife, n with
a cutting blade, a cap litter. leather
punch, can opener, and screwdriye
The screwdriver is often VALUABLE for
adjusting the screws in the rife or
pistol, and no one who has not been
through the mill can appreciate the
great value of a can opener in the
army. Another knife is provided with
two cutting blades, a hoof hook.
leather punch, corkscrew, can opener.
screwdriver, pliers and hammer, and
is especially suitable for mounted
men, such as cavalry or artillery. The
leather punch is handy for shorten
ing or repairing straps, the hoOf hook
for pulling stones, etc, from the
horses hoof, the pliers for breakina
off or bending horseshoe nails and the
like.
Bodily cleanliness is necessary 1T
all times, but especially so WHOM
large bodies of men are thrown to-
gether in close contact with one ar
other. In permanent field camps ta-
~cilities are usually provided for bath
ing. but on the march the situation
entirely different. OF course one can
take a bath in a single pailful of wa.
ter, though it could hardly be called
a real bath, but men who are rrs-
vided with the issue poncho can gene
orally have a regular tub bath by
digging a trench and lining it Wit
the poncho and then filling it up win
water, the poncho preventing the MAJ
ter from getting muddy.
The above are excerpts from ar
Illustrated article in the August Pom
ular Mechanics by George NJ. Petcf-
sen, a member of the N. Y. National
Guard who has seen service on the
Mexican border. The practical in
formation given by him is invaluable
to each recruit and is of a kind that
every one will appreciate in the read
ing.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-08-30
NO MORMON

She-"You're a waster! Very few
girls would marry you"
He-"Well, very few would be
enough."-COlumbia Jester.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-09

son. He was on the route to Pitts
field and refused to journey TO Pough-
kCepsie or New York. In his talk he
said that travelling by automobile was
an easy way to get home. as the mo-
florists were always obliging where
they had accommodations in the way
of an empty seat. He had also found
them obliging in the way Of money
anC had lived we'll en- route. He ask
ed for and received money from many
/ who could not accommodate him with
a ride. and said hat travelling by mod
err means was far better than the
brake beam route, with which he was
familiar.
Another gentleman Of the road who
travels far and fast is the soldier boz
or the navy man bound for his home
from some one of the many encamp-
ments all along the well travelled tour
ing routes. Every one nowadays likes
the soldier. and especially the state
trooper or regular who has been at
the border. One of these, a man of
the Second regiment, was picked up
by the writer in New York state and
taken from Fonda to Albany. He was
one of fOur brothers. all in the army
ard hailing from Troy, and was on
guard at one of the barge canal
bridges. A friend with him had agreed
TO take his trick for a couple of days
ard he was homeward bound when
he asked for a ride, and got it-with
pleasure. His talk of army life more
than repaid carrying him, and on leav-
ing he gave his name and regiment
AID promised to write frequently from
the front.
Some of the tramps on the road are
passed by, for no one would want
them in the car. Most, however, take
care of their appearance and knowing
that a certain harbinger of success
is looking neat. they take care of their
clothes and keep faces and hands
washed and boots looking neat. such
men have little difficulty in securing
a ride.
There is. however, a certain element
Of danger in picking up the road gen.
try as all may not be of the real sort
OF mar one would like to encounter. In
this respect there is the reports from
California of real danger in carrying
these road side h~arbingers, as there
have been reported in that country as
saults and even killings by the pas
senger who has then run away with
the car Nothing of that sort has APP
peared in the east, but it may come
some day. The tourist is not always
safe in taking any one along and
and would do well to look carefully
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-09
Destroying Old Letters.

There is only one good way to clean
your desk of old letters. That is sim
ply to take out each drawer in its turn
and turn it upside down over the
waste-basket, without regard to wheth-
er there is anything valuable in the
contents. There isn't anything valu-
able there, or you wouldn't have cast
it among the old letters in the first
place. Furthermore, if you begin re-
reading letters, you know it, and you'll
wind up with almost as burdensome
an accumulation as you started with.
And you know before you start that
the letters you'd like to keep r the
ones you dare not keep, especially If
you're married. So throw them all
away at once. 1t will set an admirable
example to your wife, who has an at
tic full of the same grade of junk
Kansas City Star.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-09
ALTO BUM TAKES PLACE
OF THE BRAKE RIDER

Now that the railroads are exercis-
ing more stringent precautions to keep
hOboes out of their yards and off the
right-of-way, the automobile hobo
has come more into prominence, says
the Deseret News. Every traveller in
the states where population is thick
has come in contact with these gentry,
and even in the Rocky mountain states
where the road-plodding tramp is far
more %infrequent, one meets an occa-
sional specimen of the genus. But UP
TO this year. the average hobo has
chosen the easier method of riding the
rods or the side-door Pullmans, rather
than to walk until a kind-hearted mo-
torist approached and consented to
give the pedestrian a lift.
Since the declaration of war, how
ever, the railroads have been watch
ing their yards closely, and the aver
age vagrant has found it indeed a diff
ticGlt matter to board a train without
being challenged and elected. And
therefore this summer has seen an
increase of MAN. hundred per cent in
the numbers of the automobile tramp.
In New York state a number of the
modern gentlemen of the road were
met on a recent trip. One had left
Taunton, Mass, to join a wild west
show in the middle west and had not
secured a job, so started for home by
the automobile route. He had worked
his way to East Cheltenham, n. Y.
a point on a detour not far from Hud-
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-09
HAD HIS OWN EXPLANATION
Man Viewing Millais' "Trust Me" Gave
Novel Interpretation of Picture
to Companion.

A lady and gentleman were standing
before a picture by Millais, called
Trust Me-" in which an elderly squire
confronts his daughter, who holds a
letter behind her back.
The picture admits of more explana-
tions than one, for Mr.. Millais has that
rare faculty Of putting blended express
sions into his faces which puzzle us,
as the expression of real faces do, says
London Tit-Bits.
But the one this gentleman vas v
heard giving his companion is as new,
we will be bound to say, to the painter
as to u readers. You see" he said,
"she has got a letter in her hand which
she is keeping back from the man in
the red coat. Well, he is the pOstman,
and has just given her the letter; ]
suppose it's from abroad. She hasn't
the money to pay the postage, so she
says, Trust me-"
The explanation was given with per
feet gravity, and in apparent good
faith. 1t was gratefully accepted in
the same spirit, and the lady seemed
proud Of her companions intelligence
in so rapidly reading the riddle.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-09
THIS DOC HAS SOME
TALE; WE'LL TELL 1T
lamentations News Service


PORTLAND, ORE. Aug. 9.-F. A.
Pierce, a goat raiser of Canyonville.
Ore, has little to do except market his
goats and collect the money. His collie
dog "Shep" does all the work and
shoulders the responsibility of herd
Jig and protecting the animals.
"Shep" has a method all his own in
taking care of his charges. Instead
Of driving them, "Shep" leads the
goats. At sunrise "Shep" is stirring
around trying to get someone to open
the gates. After that he starts Off
for the mountain pastures with his
flock scampering along behind. All
day he leads them to the choicest
spots for feeding.
Late in the afternoon "Shep" gives
the signal and the procession starts
Tor home. If he arrives before the
children of the household have come
home from school, "Shep" leaves the
goats at the gate and rushes to the
schoolhouse to notify the children that
it's time to open the gates.
If molested by animals or strangers
the goats run to "Shep" for protec-
ton.
Pierce, with the aid of "Shep," rails
Ell the champion goat exhibited at the
San Francisco exposition. The ami
mails hair measured Al II inches
long.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-09
WHAT HIS FACE DISCLOSED
innkeeper Decided Famous Traveller
Would Let No One Stop Him From
Having What He Wanted.

In his new book of personal rec
objections, I'm Good Company" Coul-
son Kernahan tells a characteristic an
ecdote about Edward Whymper, the
famous traveller and m~ountaineer.
The two men had gone for a Sunday
morning ramble, and after walking
some four miles they came to a way
side inn.
Said Whymper: 81 had some very
salt bloaters for breakfast. Do you
mind if I call in here and Stake my
thirst?'
1t was within the prohibited hours,
but Whymper, nevertheless, knocked
full way. and when the door was
opened by a frowsy-looking man in
sh%irtsleeves, said dryly, in more senses
than one:
81 am thirsty and want a drink,
please"
Are you a bona fide traveler?" in
quired the man.
This rather tickled Whymper, who,
glancing down at his dusty attire, in
quired of the landlord if he didn't look
like one.
81 don't know" replied the man,
looking at Whymper very hard in the
face, "but I'll tell you what you do look
like if you wish. You look to me
like Il man who, if he's made up his
mind TO have a drink, would have it
whether he was a bona fide traveller
or not. and, what's more, wouldn't let
no one stop him from having it,"
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-09
On CLOSING the Eyes.

Going to and from your place of
employment in street cars or in autos
close your eyes. There is nothing to
see worth seeing. The streets through
which you pass are lined with COM
monplace shops. The boulevards are
lined with horrid b%illboards that adj
vertise tobacco and liquors. The wom-
en- and girls on the car + not worth
flirting with. The men are all closely
shaven. They look more like women
than the women look like themselves.
Close your eyes. Shut out the beastly
spectacle of modern civilization. Glad
stone used to always close his eyes
when there was nc need to use them.
He rested his eyes at every opportun-
ity. Do you then likewise. Gladstone
got along without glasses until a ripe
old age.-Los Angeles Times.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-09
Some Neglected Foods.

Among the foodstuffs that American
housekeepers have scarcely utilized are
turnip tops, radish tops, mustard
plants, sorrel and chick peas, among
the vegetables, and the cheese product
that can be extracted from whey. The
green's mentioned may all be cooked
like spinach or they may be made into
delicious cream soups, as they have
been for centuries by European house
wives. Enough sorrel grows in the
average vacant lot in every city to
make many purees or cream soups.
Chick peas are Is nutritious as
beans, and when served in a broth are
just as tasty. They also can be made
into a PURGE. Radish tops and mus
tard leaves make a cheap and appe-
tizing salad.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-09

and judge quickly of the nature of the
man before stopping to pick him ID.
At a glance many may be judged and
then again ones judgment may be off
by a number of degrees.
The fact remains though that tramp
ing on nerve and cumming" a ride
by automobile has come to be a GUS
tom and the rough experience of trav-
cling brake beam or blind baggage is
giving way to more comfortable trav-
cling in soft seated automobiles.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-09
OR HE MIGHT WANT
TO WIND S-DAY CLOCK
international News service)

MEMPHIS, TENN, Aug. 9. = A
young farmer from Arkansas walked
into the Federal building here, went
to the engineering department and
made application for a job as night
Waterman. He explained that he want
ed to be sent to one of the cantonment
camps to guard the soldiers" He
was told the soldiers were able to
guard themselves. both day and night.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-09
Sure Thing.

Yeast-They say, as a rule, tears
do not accompany a baby's cries until
II Is three months old.
Crimsonbeak-Well, suppose they
don't. If you get within earshot of the
kid you'll know it's crying, all right.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-20
OF course Michaelis and the kaiser
want peace. So does the devil.
MORE THAN $4,000.

Martin Sweeney, famous jockey IS
years ago, had been missing nearly
that long. To find him his sister in
Chicago advertised that fortune OF
$4,000 awaited him.
1t didn't. The fortune was a myth
And one might have thought man
so careful to conceal his whereabouts
so long, would be peeved If lured
from hiding by a ruse, with disap
pOintment as the sequel.
But Fate saves Martin Sweeney's
sister from his displeasure, because
the sister has probably saved Swee
ney from prison. Her advertisements
found him in Sing Sing, where he had
served II years of 2o-year sentence
When Governor Whitman acknowl
edged receipt of plea for clemency
the facts came out. And the freedom
his sister may thus win for him will
be to Sweeney an acceptable substi
tute for the $4,000 fortune existing
only in her Imagination.
Freedom from prison or $4,000!
In Sweeney's place which would you
rather have!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-20

infuence,is shed from the remaining
hand of the one-armed peddler who
passed through Brookfield, Mo.
Because, the minute that peddler
touched the head of fourishing
Brookfield cat the hapless cat reclin-
ed suddenly upon its back and re-
linquished all of its nine lives in one
gasp.
Such digital power over the lives
of cats is remarkable, but it is no
less remarkable than the presence Of
a volatile atmospheric essence fatal
to cats. And unless somebody has a
third explanation the peddler's power
as a cat-killer might as well be &C
cepted.
After they discovered that similar
sudden demises in the feline kingdom
marked the one-armed peddlers trail
they arrested the man-which is no
way W LIcdI pCuuloI VIII CdH NIL
cats with wave of the hand, just
like that.
Some men whose homes are prolific
of cat families would almost be will
ing to lose one arm in order to
achieve the power of killing cats
with the other arm. After a man
has dragged bag of cats to the near
est creek in dry weather the arm that
held the bag feels as if 1t had been
amputated, anyway.
The only real mystery about the
occurrence is this. If a man possess
es miraculous cat-slaying power
which, like the wand of Midas. would
pour the riches of the world into his
lap-if properly advertised-why
should he remain a peddler?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-20
TAGGED FOR LIFE,

g. Willie Goss, 7, started this week
from the home of his father, Harry
Goss, in Champaign, ILL.,, on 1000.
mile journey to Los Angeles. His
destination was printed on a tag pin
ned to his coat.
What a chance his parents took to
send that little shaver all that way
alone, guided just by a tag through
all the worlds perils!
Let's see. How's your boy tagged
Hes starting out on life's journey
isn't he? More than 1000 miles
A journey perhaps all over the face
of the earth, journey of maybe three
score and ten years.
You will not be with him all the
time. He'll go9where he lis tagged to
,gos& Have you otaggedo Thin at AN?
And what destination have you print
ed on his tag? n g.,r,
Have loving care, and thoughtful
direction and wise discipline and thor
ough education written on his way
bill, Success City? Or is his tal
blank? Or so carelessly pinned a.
about the 25.year station it will dro]
| off, lsr"ra 90. "ft e.. ''.,.r
What chance? Well, how is YOU
boy tagged?