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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-30
STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE

At the recent meeting of the State
Council of Defense, to which were also
invited all of the county chairmen in
the state, some very important mat
tiers were decided on. Brookings
county was represented by Olaf Eidem
and DR.. E. c. Perisho, members of
the state council, and z. L. Squirting,
county chairman.
Action of the council in forbidding
the use of the German language in
South Dakota vas taken only after
the matter had been gone into in all
its phases, and the feeling was prac.
tically unanimous among members of
the council that only by such action
could pro-German propaganda be
stamped out in the state.
In addition to adopting the resolu-
ton requiring all idle men between
the ages of 16 and 81, and past the
age of 81, to register, the executive
committee was instructed to take up
the matter Of wages with the councils
of North Dakota and Minnesota, in or
der that a wage scale might be adopt
ed which will be just alike to the
farmers and the laboring men.
The profits on ice were fixed at 10
per cent and prices of other products
were put up to a special committee
for conference with the Federal food
administration. The woman's council
of defense was recognized and pro-
vided financial assistance by the de-
fence council.
Discussing the question of permit
ting pool halls to continue in bust
ness, an element among the members
of the council was in favor of abolish
ing them. Others expressed the
opinion that they should run, holding
that they gave the floating population
a place in which to congregate, there
by making it easier for the authori-
ties to keep track of such persons.
Furthermore they afford the only
place for wage earners to enjoy a lit
tie recreation after their days work.
In some Of the larger cities, there
are pool rooms in commercial clubs
and lodges, and it would be unfair to
drive out the public pool halls and
permit the club pool room to continue.
1t was determined to leave the whole
matter to the county chairman, each
OF whom was given authority to act
as his judgment dictated.
Practically every county in the
state was represented at the meet.
ing.
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He has learned to what degree sue
cess in the wal depends on big crops
in the allied nations during the com,
ing spring and summer, and how much
will be required from America, involv-
ing both increased production and de-
creased consumption.
Stories of trench life, Of the English,
French and American armies in
France, and of the general situation
in both England and France fill Mr.,
Trefz's address. He has lived with
the allied soldiers and the American
troops, eating the food that is served
at the front. And his impressions o.
Paris and London, where he conferred
with governmental officials, are par
ticularly vivid.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-30
BAPTIST

The First Baptist church OF Brook.
ings will be dedicated on Sunday, June
End, at 10:30 a. m, the Rev. DR.. S. D.
Shaw, secretary of the s. d. Baptist
State Convention, will preach the SER
mon Of dedication; a musical response
to the dedication prayer, a solo by Mrs.
H. L. Button and appropriate anthems
by the church choir. In the evening
there will be special music, with a solo
by Miss Marion Carlisle, and a sermon
by the Rev. DR.. Earl V. Pierce, Of the
Central Baptist church OF Minneapolis.
Monday evening there will be a pub
lie reception to the citizenry of Brook
ings with a musical program and light
refreshments. On Tuesday evening an
address will be delivered by the Rev,
G.. Elton Harris, of the Baptist Temple
at Sioux Falls, and the sacred cantata,
1.-The Daughter of Jairus" will be rem
dered by the choir. On Wednesday
evening there will be an address by
the Rev. F. E. Stockton, of Water
town and a musical program by the
choir directed by Mrs. Nina King
Thompson.
To all of these services the people Of
the city, and especially the member
ship of other churches who have nc
service, are cordially invited to be
present and participate.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-30
RIGHT FROM THE FRONT

A soldier right from the fighting in
the front line trenches in France will
be in Brookings on next Wednesday,
June 5th. The County Council of De.
Tense will arrange for a great big pa
triotic meeting, if the weather is fine
and warm. 1t may be held in the
school house grounds, as more people
can be accommodated than in any
building. Sergeant Manning Grimes,
1O3rd Field Artillery, is the soldier
and he to tell us of the actual
wal conditions and the needs on the
fighting front.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-30
RED CROSS FUND GROWS

In addition to the figures given in
last weeks Register, there have been
additions to the fund Of the Second
War Fund. Bruce has reported and
goes rs per cent over her quota with
s2,19O.75. Bookings City has added
to her report and now has turned in
s5,015.S5, with more to come. The to-
tai for the county up to noon yester-
day vas s~17,5S3.7O. All Of the lists
of subscribers published on another
page of this paper are from districts
in the Bookings division who have
completed their work. We expect to
be able to give the lists from the four
wards of the city next week.
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EVERY HAT OFF
TO SOUTH DAKOTA
THE PRoMPTNESS AND RECORD
AMOUNT MAKE SPLENDID
ADVERTISEMENT
OUR STATE WILL Be WATCHED BY NATION
Patriotic Response OF Our People TO
Nations Call Brings Forth Tribute
From District Officials

In the Liberty Bell is an article by
j. E. Neville, who writes on behalf
Of the Ninth District Committee,
which is such a fine compliment to
Jul state that we believe all should
read it:
South Dakota, the state whose ap-
portionment of $22. 900 900 of Third
Liberty Loan bonds not only stag
gered everyone within it's own boun-
daries, but astonished all the other
states and communities in the Ninth
reserve district, is the honor state in
the northwest.
South Dakota has not only made
good in its own district, but now has
a chance for at least one honor of
national character and every one in
the whole district that had anything
to do with the campaign will wish
the Sunshine State good luck.
Hats off everywhere to South Da-
kota, the brave state that did not
wwelch" or back UP" OF "side-step"
when it was given such an allotment
as made it's committeeman, bankers,
merchants and farmers gasp and won
der where the money was coming
from. Instead, the state lapsed, mo-
mentarily into a s~emistunned condi-
ton, and then-why then 1t just got
up and put it across, and that is all
there was to It.
every kind of opportunity existed
for invidious comparison. There were
ne%ighboring states that, population
considered and from other viewpoints
as well, had very small apportion.
ments. There was everything that
might have inspired a mean state
to say it would not come across and
to plead unfairness. South Dakota
just wanted to know what it was all
about, and how it came that with 9th.
err state allotments the same as in
the second Liberty Loan, or much
lower, its own quota had been jumped
from $1O,O 600, 900 to 1920 0 900, a 1900
increase.
when the executive committee ex.
planned that 1t was not altogether a
matter of population, or land area, or
bank deposits, that determined the ap-
portionment, but that the prosperity
of the state with regard to crop pro-
duction in recent years. last year es.
pecially, and the prices paid for farm
CONTINUED on Page 12-Column 81
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-30
HOME GUARDS ORGANIZE

The meeting called to organize a
company of Home Guards did not
bring out the number that was ex-
pected, but an enrolment list has been
circulated in the city and about forty
have so far signed it. The majority
of the names are of men who are
not within the draft age, and this
should furnish enough to make a com.
pany Of sufficient strength. The list
was at Sharp's jewelry store, and the
Register presumes that any citizen
win be welcome to sign 1t and become
q member Of this organization.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-30
TO ARMY

On Saturday morning three men will
be sent by the local board to Camp
Lee, Virginia, as stockmen. These are
all voluntary inductions and include
the following:
Jens X. Jensen, city
v. w. S%laichert, city
E. C. Quinn, Elkton
Jens X. Jensen has been employed
at the Bookings Creamery and is the
fourth man from that establishment to
20 to war. The other two are expert
enced men who have had to do with
stock Also.
In the detail of men who left Sun
day morning there were four who did
not go as part of the Brookings county
quota, being sent as representing 9TH
er districts, these were H. r. Filkins,
registered at DeSmet, Albert J. Hoe.
man, at Milbank, James H. Kinney, at
Butte, Mont, and H. F. Barton, at
Milwaukee, Wis. Mr.. Filkins has been
the Atlas Elevator Co. agent here for
some little time and H. F. Barton, Is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Barton,
and is originally a Bookings boy.
In the list published last week as
called to report, the following men
were not sent: A. A. Anderson, Chris
Anderson, Albert Helling and John
Starkenburg.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-30
BIG PATRIOTIC RALLY

A big patriotic rally will be held in
Brookings at the College Auditorium
on Friday evening May S1st. A
special program will be prepared, to
be announced later, and the principal
speaker will be Edward r. Trefz, or
ator and newspaper man. who went to
France for the United States Food
Administration. He has unusual abil
ity as an orator, and brings first hand
information from England and France
at war. Mr.. Trefz visited the battle
front in France, and also the agricul
tural regions of France and England
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ATTEND STATE MEETING

Mrs. Geo. F. Thayer, Mrs. S. Mar.
win and Mrs. L. E. Rowe went to
Huron Monday as delegates to the
state convention of the Degree of
Honor. They are expected to return
today.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-30

Mrs. Edward Wady and children
came down from Hetland Wednesday
morning to make a visit at the home
of her father, A. M. Pultz.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-30

+ Statistics complied by the war
department from reports on the
examination Of over two and one
half million men prove the center
of the North American continent
the state Of South Dakota-to
be the ~heaIthiest spot ia the union.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-30

Of HIGH SCHOOL
FORTY-FivE YOUNG LADS AND
LASSES HAVE COMPLETED
THE FULL COURSE
EXERCISES HELD COLLEGE AUDITORIUM
One Act Play And Splendid Program
Furnish Program OF The Closing
Event OF School Year

The annual graduation exercises of
the Bookings high school occurred
at the College Auditorium last even
ing. The audience was almost the
capacity of the vast house and dis
played an enthusiasm for the class of
1918 that put them on their metal and
led them to do themselves justice in
all the numbers. The one thing that
was noticeable was the number of alb
sent faces among the male contingent,
but we remember them with affection
as they are in the service Of the ma
ton.
The following program was rendered
and evidently met with the approval
of those present, if the generous ap-
plause was any indication:
Piano Solo. ........ Elizabeth Solberg
Salutatory .......... Emma Bracket
Vocal Solo-"California Night Song.
Byrne Smith
One-act Play 1.-THE Tragic Man"
("The Tragic Man" is an interpreta-
ton by the Scotch %dramatist, James
M. Barrie, of the plotting of the
German emperor and his ~counsellors
prior to the fatal day, August 1,
1914. The Spirit of culture appears
to the Emperor in a dream and pic
lures the doom awaiting that nation
which breaks all the laws of human
ity.)
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Cast
Emperor .......... Abner Brictson
Oficer Harold Sharp
chancellor ............ DeXter cole
Spirit of Culture. ....... Edna Riley
alag of Our Country" (GerbeD ......
High School Quartet
Class Prophecy ....... hessclass of rs
Duet-"The Wind in the South To-
day" 80. Claire Wiley, Byrne Smith
Advice to Juniors. ... Lillian Sedan
Response to Seniors. Elizabeth Brown
Vocal Duet
.......Helen Peddicord, Edna Riley
Valedictory Rose Lynch
Presentation Of Glass .............
E. E. Lenander, Principal High School
Presentation of Diplomas ..........
......S. E. Hargis, Supt. Of Schools
Music-"Rosebuds" (Grebel) "March
Onward" (GrebeD ....H. S. Quartet
america" Audience
The following is the complete class
CONTINUED on Page 12-Column Al
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-30
COcliSe County Will
Have to Hurry
Appeal of the County Chairman
Sale of War Savings Stamps

December 81 is the last day OF
the period for the sale Of the 1915
series of War Savings Stamps. Our
quota for the year is 81 ,061 $4,000.
At the close of October we had
bought $653, 581. 90. We can safely
estimate sales at the close of No
ve1nber of 500, 100000, but this
will leave the amount of $751;
1900 for the people OF this coun-
ty to buy during December if we
are to maintain the record and rep
utation we have made in all other
branches of war work since the de-
Claration of war with Germany.
Cochise county has set a pace in
the purchase of Liberty Bonds and
donations to all welfare work and
the alienation of the suffering peo-
pies in the western countries of
Europe. Shall we fall short in this
one task and let shadow dim the
splendid record we have made in
all others.
During the month of June
great number of people pledged to
buy certain stipulated amounts be.
fore the close of the year. Let us
all check up and make these
pledges good; then see if it is pos
sible for us to buy more than we
pledged, for it will take the COM
bined effort of every man, woman
and child during the whole month
of December to put us over the
top" Postmasters, bankers, mer-
chants and people in all the other
walks of life must push the sale of
stamps and baby bonds, if we are
to make our quota in one short
month.
This will require more individ~
ual work because of the limit of
the amount any one individual can
have redeemed, 81, 900, face value
January 1, 1928. This effort must
have your help if we succeed.
This is just to remind you.
Respectfully submitted.
J. N. GAINES,
County Chairman.
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Words of Connn1endation
Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 20, 1918.

Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 20, 1918.
c. L. Rucker,, Editor
The, Signal, Benson, Arizona.
Dear Sir: AS you know, Arizona
made wonderful showing in the
United War Work Campaign.
feel that this result, which again
makes us all so proud of Arizona,
was accomplished largely because
of the splendid cooperation we re-
ceived from the press Of the state.
With influenza and quarantine the
speaking part of Our program was
not nearly so valuable as it could
have been, SO it fell to the duty
and bnrden of the press to help
pull us through.
Every item in your paper which
[ have been able to locate pertain
ing to this campaign has gone into
scrap-books for national headquar-
ters. These books will show the
national leaders better than any re-
port of mine could how the loyal
papers Of the state have backed up
another big, patriotic move as they
have backed up every other patri-
otic move in the war.
For the State Committee and es-
pecially for myself, whose work
you have made SO easy, 1 thank
you. Fraternally,
H. w. HALL,
State Publicity Director.
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France, Oct. 20, 1918.

France, Oct. 70, 1918.
Dear Mother: l received yours
of September 20, at the front. Had
a bad night that night out repair
ing the telephone lines that the
shells had cut. Got back to head
quarters at a. m | was lying
down to rest, and along came a
Whlz- bangor which burst over my
hut. Some fragments Of the shell
came through, hitting me and an
other boy in the leg. ! got mine
i'll the left thigh. It is only a flesh
wound = enough to sever the mus
Gle. 1t panied me for some time.
[ got my first aid after walking
two miles to an ambulance. Was
soon Oh the operating table under
X-ray; then ether. Next morning
found myself in a comfortable bed
III q ward with sixty other wound
ed and sick, with several nurses
watching over us. Next day we
were put on an American Red
Cross train and after two days
travel am way down here where
you can walk out and enjoy your
self if you are able. [ ain shaking
hands with myself to get off so
light. | think l will be O K in d
few weeks; will be glad when I am
able to sit up.
| have been under machine gun,
fire and shrapnel fire where the
boys were killed only few feet
from me. | can tell you some
thing of the terrible things that we
have experienced when I get back.
/ have been at the front since Aug
ust 1st, and these huts are SO
damp. But it looks like Bill is
about sick of his own game. Re
ports are glowing but still the guns
are roaring.
Will write you soon again. With
T. n
II. Q. Co. 355th Inf, A. E. f.
France.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-30
Official Vote on Amendments

Phoenix, Nov. 28.-The Arizona
News Bureau of Phoenix has COM
piled the amendments voted on at
the election of November 5, the
results given below. 1t is reported
that although the two Land Code
measures, 1O4 and 1Oo, carried, yet
they have lost because of the fact
| that in order to make them opera
tive it was necessary that $40 carry,
but it was defeated by $50 votes
Capital punishment is restored by
a two to one vote The worst
beaten was the Workmen S Com
pensation bill. Legislative Redis-
tricting, one of the best bills on the
ballot this year, has a majority Of
$500 and carried every county in
the state except Coconino. The
vote on the amendments follows:
Workmen S Compensation
Amendment 100, Yes. 2,873
Amendment 101, No. ...... 27,177
Legislative Redistricting
Amendment 102, Yes ...... II, sos
Amendment 1O3, No ...... 1865
Land Code
Amendment 1O4, Yes ........ 6,371
Amendment los, No ,....... 10,847
Land Code
Amendment 106, Yes......- 1920
Amendment 1O7, No ....... 1O,O79
Restoring Contract System
Amendment 800, Yes........ 1928
Amendment 3O1, Mo-. 1853
Anti-Gamb1ing-
Amendment 3O2, Yes........ 10, ,7o3
Amendment 3O3, No ........ 10,066
Red Light Abatement
Amendment 3O4, Yes ,....... 19, ,102
Amendment 3O5, No -. $500
Capital Punishment
Amendment 800, Yes~..... 2O,443
Amendment 3O7, No......... 1O,6O2
Anti Compulsory Vaccination ,
Amendment 3O8. Yes........ 1888.
Amendment 800, Mo-. 13.411
Amending Land Code Statute
Amendment $40, Yes...... 1925
Amendment 311, Mo-. 1O,o75
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-30
About Group

IF your children are subject to
Group, or if you have reason to
fear their being attacked by that
disease, you should procure a bot
tie of Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy and study the directions for
use, so that in case of an attack
YOU will know exactly what course
to pursue. This is a favorite and
very. successful remedy for Group,
and it is Important that you OBJ
serve the directions carefully. At
Moss Pharmacy.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-30
Greatly Benefited by Chamberlaln's
Tablets

I am thankful for the good I
have received by using Chamber
lain's Tablets About two years
ago when l begun taking them I
was suffering a great deal from dis
tress after eating, and from head
ache and a tired, languid feeling
due to indigestion and a torpid
liver. Chamberlain S Tablets cor
rected these disorders in a short
time, and since taking two bottles
of thsm my health has been good, -
writes Mrs, M. P. Harwood, Au-
burn, N. Y. Moss Pharmacy.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-30
Pomerene Victory Teams

The Victory Boys and Girls
teams of Pomerene under the direc-
ton of Miss Alice Sabin, principal
of the Pomerene School, made a
fine showing in the War Work
Campaign. Following are the
names of the boys and girls, their
ages and the amounts subscribed:
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-30
Examination Pcstponed

Miss Elsie Toles, county school
superintendent, in a phone mes
sage, states, on the authority of
State Superintendent c. O. Case,
that Oh account of the influenza
epidemic the regular quarterly ex-
animation of teachers has been
postponed. Unless something i'm
foreseen occurs to prevent the ex-
animation will take place Deem
Der 23d and oath. All expiring
certificates will continue in force
until this examination.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-30
Sleep and Rest

One of the most common causes
of insomnia and restlessncss is i'm
digestion. Take one of Chamber
lain's Tablets Immediately after
supper and see if you do not rest
better and sleep better They only
cost a quarter. Moss Pharmacy,
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-30

SNA~~N~~~~V
It's like locking the stable door
after the horse has been stolen to
advise preventive measures against
the flu, now that its worst seems
to be over. However it may be of
interest to know some facts con
corning it and method Of treatment
The following is by DR.. w. A.
Evans, a prominent medical man,
and published in an eastern news
paper.
The present influenza is nothing
but grip. Now known as Spanish
influenza, it was called Russian in
fuenza in 1891
It seems reasonably certain that
it is caused by Pfeiffer's bacillus,
the cause Of the grip epidemic of
1891.
The average person stands an
even chance of escaping the dis
ease. A person can improve his or
her chance Of escape materially
by
Keeping away from people with
colds.
Keeping out of crowds.
Avoiding lily ventilated places.
Keeping warm.
Changing from wet socks, shQes,
or clothes promptly.
Avoiding undue fatigue.
By following the above rules the
average person should increase his
chance of escape from l to l to, at
least to l.
If person contracts the disease
he need not become panicky.
If he has mild case the chance
is about 200 to / that he will not
die from it. A disease that kills
u, -, ooo41, of41,ooo - o+4oo,.a
r..7 o1o.4
The greatest immediate danger
is pneumonia. The danger of pneu-
monia is not past until the temper
ature mas been normal for three
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The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-30
Moss Pharmacy

SEHHE most expensive piece
a of lumber that a man
can purchase is the lumber
for which he pays the small
est price. The most reason
able kind of wood that he
can buy is the properly priced
lumber that islands up"
under adverse atmospheric
conditions.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-30

We must keep our army equip
ped to enforce the terms of peace.
War Savings Stamps help to pay
the price Of safety. DO your Share
and buy them.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-30

Tucson Marble Works. Illustra-
tions and samples Of stones shown.
Work guaranteed. Mrs. Mary F
Titus, Agent.