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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-17
Mr.. and Mrs. N. P. Cavett and NJ,

Mr.. and Mrs. N P. Cavett and Mr.
and Mrs. Sylvester Cavett motored to
Lake City last Sunday, where they Wis
tied cousin whom they had not seen
in many years. The relatives is 81
years of age and his wife IS. They
have in their possession peace pipe"
that was used by the Indians at the
time they made peace with the French
and this is valued relic, handed
down from generations.
1t is not unlikely that the residents
Of Crawford county seventy years from
now will wonder whether the monu-
ment adjoining the court house square
was erected in memory of the soldiers
who fought in the civil war or to the
county auditor and board of supervis-
ors who were in Office in 1917. 1t is to
be regretted that the handsome bronze
plate does not include the names OF
each county officer and his deputy %
the record could be handed down from
generation to generation complete.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-17
VETS CARRY
THE COUNTY
Election on Monday Brought Out ;
Large vote-A Surprise to Both
the Vets and Orys.
STATE PROBABLY GOES WEI
City Of Denison Placed in the We.
Column by Only % votes-Tab.
ulated Vote Of County and State
bulletin,

At 1:30 this afternoon the Re.
view was In communication with
the Des Moines Capital and
learned that the vets lead with
from 500 to 500 votes, with but
twelve precinct in the state to
be heard from. The Capital would
not make a statement az to the
probable outcome for the vote in
any one Of the twelve missing
precincts might change the re-
suit
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-17

Walter Grau, who is stationed q
Camp Cody, Deming, N. NJ. has been
in Denison the past week visiting Aiss
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.'H. Grap,
Walter enlisted in the medical corps
and has charge of the drug depart
ment He will return to camp Friday.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-17

The St. Rose of Lima circle meets
this afternoon with Mrs. James
O'Meara, Mrs. l.. w. Powers and Mrs.
J. P. Jones as hostesses. Mrs. F..
N. Olry resigned as president at the
last meeting and Mrs. Alfred Wright
was elected president for the ensuing
year.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-17

William Finn, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
P. T. Finn, met with an accident at
the high school gymnasium which re-
suited in breaking bone in two
places in one of his arms. William
was working with some of the appara.
tus and fell to the floor. He did not
imagine the injury was a serious one,
but walked to a physicians office to
have it examined and was greatly sur
prised to find the bone was broken,
After having it set he walked home.
to tell his parents of his experience.
Fortunately the break is not a serious
one and he will be able to resume
his school work the last of the week.
H. l.. Fitch, manager of the Doud
Milling Plant in Denison reported the
theft of his Ford touring car to the
local officers Tuesday morning but
before night the Car was returned to
the owner. Mr.. Fitch has been keep
ing the car at the mill and about 10
o'clock Monday night he put it in the
he went to the mill and to his sur
car gone. He at once notified the
the afternoon the car was found
abandoned at the new bridge which
is being put in east. Of town on the
Lincoln Highway Twoo extra cases
were missing, however. Officers
have been unable to secure any clue
to the thieves and they are Of the
opinion that the car was abandoned
when some motor trouble developed
Mr. Fitch is congratulating himself
over the fact that the car was found.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
J.. c. JENKINS GOES HOME

John c. Jenkins, lawyer, Iandown-
er, ~ex-statesman and all-round Amer
lean citizen, who has been LOOKING
after the land in Bookings and
Kingsbury counties owned by him
self and wife, left Monday evening
on his way to his home at Portland,
Oregon. We have greatly enjoyed
Johns visit this year and wish that
there were lots more men like him.
With n boy in the service already
and another getting fitted for it, he
is certainly doing his part in stand
ing by the government. We won.
dered about his politics a week or 50
ago, but have decided that it does not
matter, as he is firmly behind the
president in all moves for the coun-
try. The Register surely hopes to see
Mr. Jenkins again, looking just as
young and genial as he did this time.
He and his family have the best
wishes Of all their old friends IN
Brookings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
BREAKS NOSE FOR COUNTRY

II. II. Jennings was not satisfied
when he was not called for the second
officers camp. So he went to Omaha
to be examined for enlistment in the
aviation corps. They told him that
his nose, broken while a football
player at State College, would inter
fere unless it was reset. Nothing
was going to stop Hollice, so he went
to the hospital, had his nose broken
V again and properly reset. He
passed all other parts of his examin-
ations and is now back in the city to
attend to his business for awhile, un-
til there is more room in the schools
for aviators. Then he will be called
to report to one of the ground schools
situated in the middle west. Break
ing your nose to win a football game
is glorious for a college student. and
then getting it broken over to serve
your country is a glory Of a little
higher type.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
MAJOR BENTLEY HERE

Major w. S. Bentley, medical chief
of the Fourth Infantry, s. ID. n. g.,
was in the city yesterday. He accom-
panied his daughter, Miss Norma,
from their home at Rapid City to as
sist her in entering college for the
coming year. She has been a student
at the School of Mines and becomes a
Junior at State College. A little later
Mrs. Bentley will join her, and the
two will make a temporary home in
Brookings during the doctors absence
with the regiment. DR.. Bentley re-
turned home last evening. being I'M
able to see many of the old friends he
knew in the days when he attended
State College.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
RETURN FROM NJ. D.

Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Sheldon, accom-
panied by their daughter. Miss
Rachael, returned home Friday morn
ing from their long visit in North Da-
kota. They would have arrived home
late the evening before, but three or
four miles west Of VOlga their light
ing apparatus gave out and the fog
was so thick thtat they did not enjoy
trying to come on. SO they threw a
large canvas they had with them over
the car and fastened it down and
passed the night in comfort. After
dawn the next morning they safely
proceeded home. Mr.. Sheldon states
that this is the first time he ever
was marooned within ten miles Of
home and had to camp out on the
prairie. Some Of the early timers
here could tell worse tales than this.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
THANKS TO MINNESOTA

The Minnesota state Public Safety
commission has issued an order pro
hibiting the sale Of liquor in Pipe
stone and Martin counties except for
immediate consumption at the H.
censed bars where sold. and requiring
the saloons there to close except be
tween 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. on week
days. The order is effective from
and after September II. Action by
the commission followed a special in
vestigation of conditions in Martin
and Pipestone counties and an eX-
haustive discussion in executive SEES
sion. The saloons affected are locat-
ed at Welcome, Ceylon and Triumph,
in Martin county, and TrOsky, Pipe
stone county, which are supplying
liquor to the large dry" ares sur
rounding those places. according to
the citizens complaining against law
enforcement conditions
People in the eastern counties of
South Dakota thank our neighbor
state for this kind act. 1t gives as
surance that our local laws will be
more easily enforced. After this, po-
lice officers will only have to observe
the individuals, instead of searching
the auto, or suitcase.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
BANQUET BOYS
GOING TO ARMY
CITIZENS OF CITY AND COUNTY
TO UNITE THIS EVENING IN
BIG DEMONSTRATION
FAREWELL TESTIMONIAL CHEERS BOYS
Every Man To Know That Brookings
County Appreciates Their Devo.
ton To Country

That the men who are called to &C
realize that the people of the county
appreciate the sacrifice that they are
making, a farewell supper and recep
ton has been planned. This will take
place this evening. and the program
which has been arranged by the en-.
tertainment committee of the Com.
mercial Club, of which DR.. Jackson
has been the acting chairman, is as
follows: The forty-one men will be
invited to assemble at the G.. A. r
hall at six O'Clock and there will sit
down to a dinner to be served by the
ladies of st. Paul's guild. Music and
flowers are to be furnished and for
an hour the men will be supposed to
give themselves up to enjoying the
repast that is before them.
After the dinner, the men will be
c to the street in front of the City
Hall. There Prof. F. f. Brown will
deliver one or more appropriate re-
citations of a patriotic nature. Then
the men will be invited to the Com
mercial Club rooms upstairs in the
City Hall and for another hour or
two will be given the opportunity to
meet all of their friends who desire
to be present and tell them goodbye.
1t Is the purpose of the committee
to give the men a dinner and recep-
ton, and not to ask them to make
any parade or demonstration for the
enjoyment of the people who stay at
home. These men are going to war
and it is to be our privilege to enter
tain them as a farewell testimonial
of the regard in which they are held
in the community. Each man will be
furnished with a name card at his
place at the dinner and will wear that
during the reception, so that people
who shake hands goodbye can know
with whom they are talking. Red,
white and blue ribbon badges will BE-
given the men to wear on the trip.
identifying them as the men from
Brookings county, who are on their
way to join the National Army.
The citizens of the county are in.
vited to attend the reception and to
hear the recitatiOns in front of the
city hall, but no one will be invited
to the dinner except the men and a
few others whose duties have brought
them in close connection with the
enrolment of the men.
The local board have picked out the
men who are to make up this contin-
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
COLLEGE ATTENDANCE GOOD

State College opened this week with
an attendance that averages well
with previous years, the freshman
class registering 100 yesterday. the
same as a year ago on the third day.
This is extremely gratifying to the
college authorities, in view of the fact
that a general slump in attendance
was anticipated by the colleges of the
country. Many drafted men doubtless
awaiting their call. Apparently State
College is immune. With the tardy
enrolment of former students and
other freshmen who expect to come
late on account of farm work, the at
tendance probably will not show ma
terial decrease. Some large institn-
tons, notably the University of Ne
braska, report decrease as large as 90
per cent.
President Perisho is back in his Of
fee greatly refreshed from his short
vacation at Ipswich. Glasses began
work in all departments as usual yes
terday. with especial interest in the
work on account of the great need of
students trained as food producers
and engineers.
The new dining Don in Wecota
at Only half capacity, and Is a great
The need of foodstuffs here
should afford a market for local grow
ers Of truck and fruit, who doubtless
will investigate this opportunity at
once.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
Y. w. BOARD MEETING

On Friday, Sept. II, the Y. w.
board held its first monthly meeting
since Miss Foelker's return for anoth-
er years work. The general review
of the past years work was very en-
.couraging and the outline for the pres
mt years work showed that there is
still a great deal 70 do. The further
extension of county work is to be part
Of this years schedule.
The board has planned to help Miss
Foelker, the Y. W. G.. A. secretary,
more directly through several sub
committees that have been appointed,
and with the support and cooperation
of the community back of them these
Y. w. c. A. workers will be able to
give Brookings permanent results.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
STATE OF TRADE

The state Of trade all over the cour-
try reported by Bradstreets this week
Is more active. Fall trade expand
despite price uncertainties. Best re.
ports from surplus crop regions. Cold
weather helps retail trade, but re-
duces quantity and quality of LATE
crops. Corn, beans, tobacco and gar
den truck most hurt. Prices Of food
commodities higher. Exceptions "a
industrial activity are whisky distil
lers. -four mills and pleasure auto
Regular building quiet, but govern.
ment work enormous. Labor scare
and strikes numerous. Stock market
bearish.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
A NEAR ACCIDENT

Sunday evening the local railway
yards were badly congested at the
time of the arrival of the evening
train from the west, and a freight
caboose standing on the main track
was bumped into the engine of the
passenger. This bumped the passen-
ger train, and it very nearly caught
Car Inspector Ben Swedlund, who
was in between two Of the passen-
ger coaches attending to repairs. A
brakeman was also nearly caught,
and both of the men escaped injury
by a very small margin.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
BOYS TO NORTH CAROLINA

The Register is in receipt of the
fers to the South Dakota soldiers.
We have also had an intimation from
another source that railway cars have
been ordered to Bookings for the
latter part Of the week. This would
make it look as if Sunday or there
abouts is the time when we can eX
pect to bid goodbye % Company C.
One thing we do know, is that If the
boys go to Charlotte, North Carolina,
they are going to one of the most
healthful and beautiful parts of the
Eastern United States. This is the
note received from Jens NJ. otter
ness, secretary to Senator Sterling:
Senator Sterling has what he on
War Department to the effect that the
South Dakota Infantry Regiment and
the separate Machine Gun Company
are to be stationed at Camp Greene.
Charlotte, North Carolina; and that
they will entrain for that point about
September 23rd. Tentage and field
ranges are now enroute to Camp Cody
for the Cavalry Regiment, but the de-
partment does not expect to be able
to furnish them with wooden clothing
until November. The department is
first supplying the troops going
abroad and those remaining in north
ern camps and as soon as a supply is
available the troops in southern train
ing camps will receive their equip
ment of wooden clothing"
From another ource of informa-
ton received since the above was
sent out from Washington, we are told
that no preparations are being made
by the officer of the regiment in
charge of transportation. That It
would take ten days after orders are
received to get the regiment started.
And that no rations have beer or
dered for the trip. 1t is conceded
from all sources that the North and
South Dakota regiments will be the
first to move, when the time comes.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
WATCH FOR J. w. SPONSLER

Watch for John Sponsler." That
Is what the Commercial Club did last
Friday evening at their regular month
ly meeting. They did not watch long.
for him TO watch.
j. w. Sponsler is the first member
Of the Commercial Club who has been
called to war and in order that he
might not forget that he vas a mem
Der and that he might know that the
other members would not forget him,
the club presented him with a fine lit
tie silver wrist watch, with illumin-
ated dial. to wear during the time that
he is doing duty for his country. The
presentation was made by President
Cheever in well chosen words and
that Mr.. Sponsler did not respond as
gracefully was perhaps because he
felt more than he could put into words
to say.
The meeting was we'll attended by
members and several of the past pres
idents of the club made addresses
along lines Of club work and on pat
riOtic subjects.
Young men like John Sponsler are
the kind of men that we all hate to
see go. But they are the very kind of
men that Uncle Sam wants. The men
who can do things, who can work and
can do what they do intelligently.
Such men will make the new National
Army a success from the very start,
and We have no fears, from the quail
ity of the men who are going from
~Brookings county, but what our army
will be favorably compared with any
body of fighting men that are assem-
bled on the field of battle.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

A letter from Wayland Borst, who
is an electrician in the navy, given
below, tells some of the life one of
Bookings boys is experiencing:
San Francisco. Cal,
Sept. 9th. 1917.
Dear Father and Mother: re-
ceived your letter yesterday and was
surprised to learn that you had not
received my letter which ! wrote as
usual Sunday afternoon, and gave to
one of the boys to mail, and l guess
he must have carried it awhile before
mailing it.
This is the first time l have been
off the island for two weeks. We
left Mare Island yesterday at 2:30, got
down to Frisco at 4:30, some 80 miles
by boat, and it is a delightful trip. A
person can have a good time. and see
a whole lot for a small amount of
money, if he knows how.
/ am in San Francisco with a boy
from near Arlington, and he knows
lots of the fellows l knew back home,
and it seems kind of like running into
an old friend.
A few days ago there was a big
U-boat destroyer launched here. 1t
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

Oscar Wetterberg was down from
the last of the week n
not forget the Register office.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20

The following interesting letter has
just been received by Miss Beulah AL
ton from her brother, Dr.. b. H. Alton,
now on the French front with an
American hospital unit:
Care II, c. G.. S.
August s, 1917.
Dear Sister Beulah: Just a note
this morning. Last night was a short
night as far as operations were con-
cerned, so that l am up for a while
this morning, then back to bed.
We are on twelve hour shifts. At
present | am on night work, but come
off the twelfth, then | will be on day
duty.
The work is hard and continuous
here, working twelve hours straight
with but a few minutes off for meals,
puts n in great form for sleep. You
can picture me toiling away over
wounded soldiers at the operating
table for twelve hours straight, and
sometimes sixteen hours and one day
twenty-five hours. This long stretch
happened during the last push at
Ypres.
AS soon as one wounded is repaired,
in ONE another, an endless chain,
day and night. You can imagine our
fatigue-hot, close theatre, with the
perspiration rolling down our faces
and bodies. 1t is work and the fatigue
is awful. One simply falls in bed
with the hour to rise coming much too
soon.
The last offensive near Ypres was
fire of the bombardment lasting all
through the night. There were $780,
900 gas shells sent over into the Ger
man lines. Millions of large caliber
shells were sent over. The day fol
lowing the attack rains set in and
lasted several days, thus preventing
the Allied armies from pushing ahead.
But the fun will start again soon.
There are many shells coming over.
and they scream while coming
through the air. The airplanes bomb
by night, so there is always something
doing.
Do not worry about me, for | am
quite safe. I would like to say more
concerning the war and what we see,
but time does not permit.
I received your letters and also Har-
rvs, and will write to him soon.
With love, from your brother,
Ben.
In another letter to a friend in the
city, DR.. Alton says: "At present l
am at No. 10 casualty clearing sta
ton, but will move tomorrow and go
further north. AS the line moves for
ward we follow. l have been here
during the Ypres offensive and the
din of bombardment is always in our
ears. Air raids occur daily and fights
are frequent. They are wonderfully
interesting to watch. The German
shells scream over us, coming from a
distance Of fifteen to nineteen miles.
Villages are shelled daily. l will be
home some day after this war is over
and the Germans have been sufficient
ly cleaned up"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
THREE $
FROM SOLDIERS
DOCTOR BEN ALTON WRITES OF
THE SCENES ON THE FIGHT.
ING FRONT IN BELGIUM
WAYlAND BORST TELLS Of NAVY LIFE
Earl Miner Describes The Travels
OF The South Dakota Cavalry On
Way South

The following interesting letter has
just been received by Miss Beulah AL
ton from her brother, Dr.. B. H. Alton,
now on the French front with an
American hospital unit:
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-27
POULTRY AND PETS

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TYPEWRITER AND OFFICE
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