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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-19

Washington indicates that three
months from now they will be in the
very thick of the fight. Shall they go
without some tangible expression Of
the love and good will of the town
whose name is part of their designa-
ton in the regiment.
Company c, of Bookings. That
sounds fine. That sounds as If we
were personally at the front. That
makes US feel, if we have any feeling
at all, as if We were taking actual part
In this great war for the institution of
a lasting peace. 1t makes US feel As
If We were in person. almost, doing
something to ayengc the rap Of Bel
GUM and plant the idea of a true de-
rocratic government in the hearts of
Ii will make US feel, every time the
Stars and Stripes go forward in the
hght, that We here at home are doing
something TO wave Old Glory aloft, Il
is good to feel that way. The feeling
expands our hearts to the expression
of other humanities. And the question
now is. do We feel sufficiently enough,
deeply enough, to open our pockets and
start a fund that will be with these
boys all the time as they 80 forward in
the fight and pass through the many
hardships that war entails.
What will Brookings do to make her
name a loved one to these boys in
olive drab who go out as her repre-
sentatives? They are not all our own
town boys, but many a mothers heart
here, as well as in other places. will
be wrapped up in the company. Many
a mothers heart Will bleed. many eyes
will be wet with tears, many minds Will
be weighed with anxiety. Shall these
mothers feel that their sacriice-this
gift to the nation of their hearts blood,
this offering on the altar of liberty of
the flesh of their lesh-is unappre-
GATED by those who are less fortunate.
We have no boys to give to the u
try's call. but We have that other
thing that will help give these boys
comfort. relief and a little happiness,
we have money. Money, the cheapest
commodity now on the face of the
earth. Money. the thing that will buy
the other things that the boys need and
want. Shall Brookings show these
boys that their sacrifice is welcomed?
Shall Bookings get together a com.
pany fund to minister to the boys
when they are far away? Shall Brook
ings do a thing that will make her
name loved and her memory a green
spot in their young hearts? The an
swer lies with you, people Of Brook
ings. and you alone can make that an
swer weak or strong. Which shall it
be?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-19
CAMP "BE

Scouts Sanders and Russell Dreyer
are working north of town this week,
The regular cooks have been relieY-
I'd by the arrival of Mrs. G.. II. Blakely
no viii solve the problem of supply
ing home cooking" in quantities sui
ficient to meet the needs Of a bunch OF
healthy appetites. That's more than a
saturated solution.
The camp is developing quite a
squad of signal men. There are eight
or ten scouts who can receive about
forty letters per minute in the soma
sore. \ telegraph line > being es-
lablished connecting with each tent,
Scout Bracket serving as chief elec-
trician, and a number will have a
foundation in the Morse service code.
Please note that the things that the
scouts are learning at camp are really
in the nature of accomplishments, and
very practical ones at that. With
swimming, farming, telegraphy and
signalling besides preparation for End
class tests which will be given this
week, the boys are not in mischief.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-19
DR.. PERlSHO ILL

President f. c. Perisho of State
College is unable to fill his many speak
ing engagements just at present, being
confined to his home for a rest upon
oder of his physician. He is worn
ont with the strain of delivering pat
riotic addresses at the rate Of ten or
conferences at Washington and ST.
Louis which he attended. During the
rast few weeks DR.. Perisho has been
in great demand. frequently to the ex-
tent of -four addresses a day, in which
he especially featured. among general
pleas for patriotism, the Red Cross,
conservation and production of food,
and other matters connected with the
State Council of Defense of which he
is a member.
Among the patriotic expressions
presented by DR.. Perisho looking to-
ward a successful. intelligent and Wig
orous prosecution of the war in recent
addresses at Big Stone and other
points is that. IF the five hundred
thousand young men constituting the
first unit of our army by selectiye con-
scription are to be sent to Europe be-
fore they are thoroughly trained-it is
my opinion, and | speak only for my
self, that they should be taken to
England first for guard duty, until they
are Well seasoned and acclimated. This
release 500, 900 of her soldiers who are
guarding the channel and send them
10 fight the Germans. When the second
unit of SOC. 900 men is drafted-for | be-
lieve that it will take more than two
units of our new army of conscrip-
ton, rather than less, to win this war
then send them also to England for
duty until they are fully prepared for
the battle-ields of France and Bel
GUM. This method would make our
young men much more efficient when
they reach the front, and at the same
time would increase the forces of the
| Allies in the trenches.
"This is not Americas war or Eng
lands war or Frances war-but it is
our war, the war Of the Allies. What
ever this country car do to add to the
effectiveness of the army of England
or France We will gladly dove con-
fdently believe that any Of our Allies
would do the same for us.
america has put her hand to the
plow-she cannot look backward. It
is not now a question of the past--but
it is one Of the present and the future
1T is not now a controversy as to
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-19
THEN AND NOW

II. l.. Hoard. president of the Wis
consin Press association and publish
er of the Jefferson County Union at TT,
Atkinson is one of those who is put
ting up the subscription price of his
paper in order to meet the increased
cost Of production. In doing so he
says:
The Union, three years ago, was
losing money at $100 a year net.
Papers all around us were charging
$3.50 per year. We have just got up
to $3.50 net and it is not near enough
expense of printing it. This year the
cost OF the paper will go close to $500
for each paying subscriber; that is,
S12, 900 for 1000 subscribers.
Next fall we have decided to put
the price up to s1,75 net or $500 if
rot paid in advance to all subscribers
living within our advertising zone-20
miles. Beyond that zone subscribers
must pay $500 net instead of $1.75
as now.
To give some idea of the slim pay
we have to take and live on and how
our subscribers have been squeezing
us, let us submit a few figures. Thir-
ty years ago when our price was $500
per year farmers were paying us as
follows for one years subscription:
/ cord of wood; now its a quarter
cord.
Sc pounds of live hog; now its 10
pounds.
90 dozen eggs; now its 5 dozen.
s bushels of potatoes; now its IL
pecks.
3 bushels of wheat; now its 40tb.
s bushels of corn; now its / bushel.
80 pounds of cheese; now its lib.
Is pounds of butter; now it's 5fb.
so quarts of milk: now its IS quarts.
If u farmer subscribers paid us
$500 a year for the Union we couldn't
get as much to eat from them in ex-
change as w used to get. When it
comes to hiring help. we are in just
as bad a boat. We used to get good,
efficient men for 800 a day; now
the same sort of help demands $500
or more. Ink and paper have advanc-
ed enormously, but we have to pay
the price or quit. So you see that a
raise to $500 for weeklies like the
Union Is only a handful OF sand
thrown on the creased incline to
bankruptcy. 1t will slow us up some
If any farmer will give us the amount
of produce for the Union this fall tina,
ne would have had to give thirty
years ago. we will caress him like q
longlost brother.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-19
DUFF SOLDIER BOYS

A little touch of military flavor is
now added to u daily life. by the
presence in town Of the modified
Company C of the National Guards.
This is a light reminder Of wars grim
hand. Will the touch be heavy enough
70 move rs to do our full duty by these
our representatives on the field of
hattie. These boys are going right
non 10 the front. Every report from
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-19
E CROSS NOTES

There seems to be some misunler-
standing among those ladies who are.
or wish to become, workers at the
Red Cross rooms. as to when they are
welcome. Any paid up member Of the
Red Cross is welcome at any and all of
the regular work days. We are open
now on Tuesday afternoon, Wednes-
day forenoon and afternoon, Thursday
afternoon and Friday afternoon.
Several groups of ladies have chos-
en- among themselves to come at some
specified time, such as the Episcopal
Guild, the Baptist aid, the Campfire
girls or members of the Women's
Clubs, but none of these mean to mo-
~nopOlize the room, and all express a
desire to have any others join them at
viii. Our soul aim is to make of our
Red Cross room a veritable hive of in
dustry, and our desire is to accomo-
date everyone as far as we are able.
Efficient leaders are in attendance at
each class to direct the work and to
instruct those who do not understand
the requirements.
Come. Fill up all the space We
have, all the time. When cur room is
Overlooking ii will be time enough to
establish rules to regulate the attend
ance. This work of mercy is for every
one. Let us feel ourselves as much
soldiers in this terrible war as do our
boys. Let US do our part gladly and
get our work across the water in time
to be of use when it is needed.
Concerning wool-at the present ex-
tremely high price of wool we do not
feel justified in spending the Red
Cross funds for wool. We have writ
ten in to headquarters to see if some
better terms can be made. While We
are waiting for a reply, many k|nitters
are idle. | wonder if some who cannot
knit would not be glad to furnish yarn
for those who can, as is done in some
other chapters. The rules call for 5
ply gray yarn.
Perhaps one of the most striking
lessons of this great wal is that it il
not won by a sudden brilliant cam
paign, as was hoped by the Central
Powers at the beginning. Victory Will
come only after the longest. most per
%severing and grinding work. So il
must be in our Red Cross work. Sew
ing for a few minutes and then giving
up. or giving one contribution, and
then sitting back more or less salts
fed is not the sort of work that will
be of real service to the army. We do
not expect our boys to desert if camp
life happens to become tiresome, and
rcither must we desert if Red Cross
work seems to grow monotonous. 1t
may be a year. 1t may be two years.
We have no way of knowing, but w
must stick by it all. No matter how
efficient a person is, if they are not
faithful and pprsevering they are next
to useless. we must make up our
minds that it is going to be a long
rard pull for everyone of us, and we
must make up our minds that we viii
not desert the cause when it begins
to grow a bit tiresome and becomes
hard work. "Sticktuitiveness" is
v hat the Red Cross needs as much as
does the army.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-19

My boy-born in the pride Of loves
sweet thoughts;
My boy-bred in the love of purest
hearts.
Long have most glorious hopes been
mine.
But now. America. he is all thine,
My heart is trembling lest thou
should'st take now
I bore him and / kissed his infant
brow
And nourished him to civ him
strength to walk;
And taught his baby lips to lisp and
talk:
Can'st thou not wait?-he seems as
such a child
How can he heht-his manners are 50
mild?
1 trained his hands to do no one an
Think'st thou that he can ever learn
to kill?
My boyle seems as but a tender
youth
America. taught him God and Truth:
II thou must have. l give him all TO
thee
He's braye-I'm brave, and veto
woe is me-
That something in my breast still
holds him fast:
'Tis Mother love-a tie that's made
TO last
Tho thou wouId'st take him far
across the sea
Thou can'st not take this mother love
from me;
Thou hast his Manhood in its perfect
flower
Ny boy-your Man, will serve thee in
this hour,
Thou can'st not know the anguish in
my heart
Though brave am. l fear the hour to
part;
Yet not a tear shall show within mine
eye,
And | shall stifie every sob and sigh,
America, | give him up to thee!
Flesh of my flesh-heart of my heart
is he,
A,I -, ,hol1 1.nxyA ,.f-o nr,, - h. +,
To fight for thee and do the best he
Deep in his eyes there is incipient
fire,
And in his heart %ennobling thoughts
inspire:
And /. his mother. understand them
all
lie hears-he heeds. and answers to
they call,
SO short a while upon my breast he
lay:
| rocked and crooned and sang the
day away,
But now he hears the Turing of thy
voice.
And /, his mother, have no other
choice
Than give him up to thee with all my
heart
God grant that he may do a noble
part:
/ surrender him, America, to thee
My babe-my boy-thy Soldier Man
to be!
Agnes Neville-Davis in Atlanta
Constitution.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-19

With remarkable contentment she
lived out her days and did her duties
with beautiful fidelity.
The funeral services We're conducted
by Rev. William A. Mast Tuesday af-
ternoon at her late residence. Inter
ment at Greenwood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-06
How Spirited Music
 Helps in Battle

THE importance of the military
 4 band is universally recognized, but by many army officers it is re- garded more as an enlivening diver sion that as factor in battle. Drum and fife corps are usually in the din.
 But if the band be of the best quality ard is led by a man of mar tial feeling the psychological effect upon the rank and file on the firing line is of the highest value. Officers of all nationalities can testify to the fact that music has helped to win great battles.
 Signor Arthur Toscanini, the dis tinguished Italian conductor, for many years director at the Metropolitan opera house, New York, has been decorated by the Italian government fop remarkable bravery under fire. The New York Suns Rome cor Respondent says: "Toscanini, so ac- counts from the front disclose, kept his band playing during the battle of Monte Sano, in the present offensive on the Italian front, the soldiers storming the positions of the enemy to the strains of this martial music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-06
Birmingham's Citizen Soldiers

YESTERDAY Birmingham bade farewell the first quota of
 drawn for the national army It solemn sion whose deep significance realized by the crowd of friends relatives and wewshers who gathered the Term nal station.
 If there tears and catch many hroats few if any there the trong who did feel that sacrifice would be too achieve the purpose of America going war; the enanchsment of all nations the liberation of world threatened with the domination of ruthless military power and the establishment of peace which will forever banish the of horror and deoaton created by such war as that now being fought in Europe.
 The young who have started the first stage of their journey to France and the trenches exalted duty to perform In they volunteers for it the will of the people that Prssan miarism be put down. The national army the America has made to the wanton violation of international law the trampng under foot of weaker nations and the atrocities committed against the Unit ed States by Germany.
 Whatever the future hold in for these young and those who to follow them short while they will be sustained by the thought that they enlisted righteous that America fights not for conquest spos but for humanity The presence of American troops France that democracy has closed in death struggle with autocracy
 The destiny of the world at stake Victory will that the ideals which have made this the greatest democracy the world have rumphed The rights of the individual will be cured
 Birmingham wishes her citizen soldiers Godspeed They will not be found wanting when the time prove their age in scenes that try mems souls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-06
Much Expected of
 Selected Draft Men

1.-THE country honors all men who 4 are in the fighting forces of the United Statcs-regulars, National Guardsmen, volunteers and the men who are selected in the draft for the national army. This week will wit ness many movements of the first draft quota.
 All the soldiers-to-be are to go into training shortly. Many of them are already on their way to cantonments. The most encouraging thing about the draft is the patriotic spirit in which the men selected accept the situation.
 Tuesday and yesterday were pa- triotic days. No stacker dared show his face Those who go to fight Ger many will be of our bone and sinew.
 This war is going to be fought to finish and America will be at the finish. If there are any Americans who do not understand why the United States is at war with Ger many he has only to reread what President Wilson has said and to see what every broad-visioned American sees and knows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-06

In the midst of the fighting and at a time when the Austrian barrage fire was at it's height Signor Toscanini led his band to one of the advanced positions where, sheltered only by a huge rock, the Italian musical celeb rity conducted a concert which did not stop until word had been brought to him that the Italian soldiers had storned and taken the trenches of the Austrians to the music of his band"
 Toscanini has been chiefly known as classical conductor. The Italian
 grand band" of sixty or seventy pieces, such as would be fit for musician of Toscanini's attainments, plays great deal of music that is heard as rule only in symphony orchestra; but in war a different va riety is needed--something on the order of Sousas marches. But Tos- canini, being man of versatile taste, gave genuine military music-tunes with accelerated tempos.
 Some of the musical journals in this country are publishing story that President Wilson is going to send the United States Marine band to France to help win the war and that Sousa, recently made lieutenant in the navy, retired, would direct it. There is doubtlessly some mistake about the report. Sousa as band master stands second to none in this country or Europe, but Lieutenant Santelmann, director of the marine band, is also great leader, and the President would hardly allow anyone to supplant him, even temporarily.
 Why not send both Sousa and his band and Santelmann and the marine band and let them play in friendly rivalry. Each bandmaster is patriotic and plucky and the chances are that each would prove second Toscanini in the stress and storm of battle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-06

New England were in like manner in-
 adverse feeling toward the system which the public at one time manifested is pass ing away.
 There is perhaps no record of vicissi- | tudes met with in very short time by any of the great American railway sys-
 tems which compares with the experience of the New Haven Railroad company. Only a few years ago it's stock was quoted at figure in excess of 200. This stock was favorite investment for the New England people and colleges and philanthropic institutions as well as trus- tees of estate were glad to invest their funds in it.
 There may have been some mistakes in management, although the best railway minds are convinced that the principle first advocated by the late William D. Bishop. whereby consolidation of the original New Haven railroad with the earlier organized New Haven, Hartford and Springfield road was secured in the early seventies-is the true principle for New England. For at bottom it reflected coordination, unification, whereby the ASHCSL cL4ClSllCy COulQ D6 SSCuTSu
 Then came the attitude of the federal government toward this combination which was followed by a complete disso- lution of the New Haven system. At the same time a plan whereby some S67, ,000,000 in cash could be secured was necessarily abandoned by reason of the action of the Massachusetts court. There were many investigations into the company's affairs, all expensive and all diverting attention from the operation of the system. Bust ness depression which began in 1914 and continued for more than year also af- fected the property The property is still inherently one of the best railway prop critics in the United States, but the early development of 1t depends upon the will ingness of stockholders to aid in paying its debts and the willingness of the pub lie to pay rates sufficient to improve the credit of the company. It has been ob- served that since the railway war board at Washington was organized and be- gan to demonstrate the efficiency which can be secured through cooperation and coordination, what was formerly adverse public sentiment toward the New Haven railroad has changed as it has changed also toward many of the other railroads of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-06
RETROSPECTIVE DIPLOMACY onn tha New York World


 Having been accused by Dr. Won BethI mann Hollwegg of practicing shirt-sleeve diplomacy, former Ambassador Gerard retprts that he prefers diplomacy of that description to the back-stair diplomacy in the dark which plunged the world into the greatest of all wars.
 The ex-chancellor of Germany forgets that on memorable occasion he took his place among the shirt-sleeve fraterni- ty. On August f. 1914. he publicly ad- mitted that Germany had violated treaty and law when it invaded Luxumburg and Belgium, that the protests of the gov- ernments of those countries were just and that the wrong committed should be made good.
 This and some other humane express sions eventually cost Dr. Won Bethmann- Hollweg his office. but "shirt-sleeve' as they were, they constitute the most cred- itable part of his long diplomatic record, for they embodied the truth. spoken openly and boldly. They will be cited at the council board when the represen- tatives of free nations meet to consider the question of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-06
Mobile is Entering
 Upon a New Era

1.-THE Mobile Register devotes mucf
 0 space in it's seventy-seventh an .nual trade review to terminal expan. sion, port development and ship building. This edition, recently issued contains 76 pages and reflects admir- ably the new era of prosperity or which Mobile has entered, an era in which the United States Steel corpor- ation, through the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, is des- tined to play an important part.
 The citizens of Mobile see at last the early fruition of their dreams for this old and delightful city, which has always been recognized as one of the most attractive resident cities in the United States, but for various causes has not advanced as rapidly as it should. There is every indication now that Mobile has come into her own at last and is destined to be a great seaport, steadily growing in impor- tance. The great shipbuilding plant to be erected there by the Steel cor poration assures Mobile of splen- did future, even if there were no other advantages to make the city prosper.
 Numerous photographs and draw ings give to the reader of the Regis ter's 1917 trade edition very com prehensive idea of the extensive de- velopments under way and the su- perior claims Mobile has to take first rank among American seaports. An interesting feature is full page pie ture of George Gordon Crawford, president of the Tennessee company
 Birmingham and Mobile are des- tined to be drawn closely together and the relations will be mutually ad- vantageous. The cordial relations al- ready existing between the two cities will make business entercourse pleas ant and profitable. The people of Bir- mingham are glad to know that Mo bile will share in the southern expan- sion of the Steel corporation.