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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-20
CARD OF THANH S

We wish to return our sincere
thanks to our friends for their kind
ness and sympathy manifested at the
death OF our husband, son and broth
er. Also for the music and beautiful
flowers. Mrs. Richard Hoy,
Mrs. Joseph Hoy,
II. II. Hoy and Family.
ChaS. Sample and Family
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-20
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING

The adjourned meeting of the stock
holders OF the Fraternity Company will
be held at the Office in the Grand
Opera House on Friday, June rs, 1918,
at eight o'clock p. III.
Geo. Purdy, Secretary.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-20

c. A. Swanson, a former county SUI
perintendent of Kingsbury county, and
now farming near Sisseton, was in the
city for a brief visit Saturday. He
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-20

Mrs. C.. A. Mair and two little daush-
ters, arrived Thursday night for a
visit of several weeks with Mrs, Mair's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dull.
Later Mr. Mair will join her and the
family viii return home in their auto
to Worthwhile.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-20
OLD FALSE TEETH WANTED
DON'T NATTER If BROKEN

We pay up to 5 dollars per set. Also cash
for Old Gold, Silver and broken ~Jewelry.
Check sent by return mail. Goods held 10
days for senders approval OF our offer.
Mazers Tooth Specially, Dept. A. 20o7 S.
5th ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-20

was on his way to Pierre to meet with
the state educational survey, of which
he is a member, leaving for that place
Saturday evening.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-20
THE Y. w. c. A. PLANS

Mrs. A. b. Dalthorp Of Nolga has
been appointed chairman of the coun-
ty finance committee on which there
will be a representative from each dis
trict. The budget of $500 which is
to be raised during the next few
weeks will be used as follows:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
IS YOUR DESK MAHoGANY7
More Than Fifty Different Woods Are
Put on the Market and Sold
Under That Name.

The name mahogany" is applied
commercially to more than fifty differ
ent woods. Perhaps half the lumber
now sold under that name Is not true
mahogany, for the demand greatly ex-
ceeds the supply.
The tree Is only native to the limited
area between southern Florida and
northern South America. Nowhere else
does 1t really flourish. But the public
will have mahogany. Women want it
for furniture, business men prefer 1t
for Office fixtures, and teak and mahog-
any are rivals in the affections Of ship
builders Therefore substitutes -four
lsh.
It is not surprising that the real
wood is so expensive when 1t Is learned
that 1t takes from 100 to $50 years for
a mahogany tree to reach merchant
able size. .s.
Most Of the substitutes bear little
more than q general resemblance to
the genuine wood, but skillful finishing
makes them very much alike. Experts
can usually distinguish between them
by the aid Of an ordinary pocket lens.
The efforts Of the superficial, however.
to Judge the wood by its appearance.
weight, grain and color often lead them
astray.-Popular Science Monthly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
RABBITS EARS NOT HANDLES
Belief That Seems Commonly Accept.
cd 10 Incorrect, According 70 Writer
In Boy Scouts Magazine.

Some people seem to think that be-
cause rabbits ears are so long It ID
q good reason to use them as handle,
says Harry Bradford in Boys Life, the
Boy Scouts magazine. They have
told me that "the mother rabbit car
ries her young around by the earsr'
Ihave had a pretty,good opportunity
to observe such a feat, but I have new.
er seen such a performance. It is
all right to hold them by the ears, but
I always put my hand or arm under
their hind legs to lift them up. and
then I know I am not hurting them. :
One peculiarly I have always mo-
uced about rabbits is their apparent
lack Of clear vision. II you will notice
their eyes, you Will see that they
scarcely, II ever, move the eyeball to
look up or down or at either side, az
a sat does. You can't tell when they
are looking directly at you as you can
with cat.
II you throw carrot to them. they
will not sight 1t and 60 directly to 1t,
but will smell about with nose to the
ground till they find It, and they may
60 six inches past 1t a few times be-
fore they strike It'll :
Put a rabbit on chair, table or box.
and he will 60 carefully to the edge,
leaning his head over and seemingly
wondering how far he Is from the
ground, whereas q cat would thini
nothing of springing down from such
height.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
sunday Battles In History.

Some Of the fercest engagements o.
the present war have been fought OF
Sunday, the so-called day Of rest, for th'
German seems to like that day for =
bombing raid on some defenseles'
town, as well as for much bigger oper
ations at the front, possibly on &C
count Of the old adage about the bet
ter the day the better the deed.
$ The f1ercest Of the battles In tht
Wars Of the Roses was actually fought
on Palm Sunday, observes London An
swers. This was the Battle Of Tow
ton in 1881, and ten years later thu
Battle of Barnet was fought on. East
er Sunday. Families was fought OF
Whitsunday, 1708.
Both Bulls Run and Shiloh, In ths
American Civil war, were fought OF
Sunday. It wns on Sunday that Well
ington issued that famous order. aCt
udad Rodrigo must be carried By AZ
sault this evening" esq y
4 glad Sunday for the British EN-
pire was that '1oud Sabbath" whei
wellington defeated Napoleon at Wa
terloo In the last attempt on the par
Of one man to dominate the world
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
IncombustIbIe ceIIuIoId In Japan.

About year ago a considerable
amount Of interest was aroused In the
United States by the announcement
that a professor in one Of the Japanese
universities had invented successful
'incombustible substitute for celluloid.
to be manufactured from soy bean
cake. At the time 1t was not found
practicable to secure any more definite
information with regard to the project,
but recently further data have been
received by the bureau Of foreign and
domestic commerce. The new product
has been given the trade name OF
"satolit," derived from the name OF the
inventor, Frof. s. Sato. and company
for Its manufacture has been started
with a capital OF 100000 yen $1.OO0-
OOOl Satellite is galalith made OF the
glucine Of soy bean, coagulated by
formaline. 1t is said to be produced
much more cheaply than ordinary Gel
luloid, and to have several advantages
for industrial use not possessed by the
latter. The factory is to be built In
the Kukojlma district in Tokyo, and
the actual production will begin this
autumn.-Commerce Reports.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
FIRST AERIAL MAIL IN 1903
To President jefferson Really Belongs
the Honor Of lnstltutlng Some
thing New In Message Line.

While all unite in praise Of Post
master General Burleson In inaugu
rating an aerial mail service between
New York and Washington, Americans
should not make the mistake Of cred
iting the present administration with
the first aerial mail service betweer
the two cities.
As a matter of fact, that honor falls
to the administration Of Thomas JET
ferson more than a hundred years ago
It all attended the transmission Of th'
deeds Of the Louisiana purchase to
France.
Mr.. Jefferson, Of course, was very
anxious about the matter, and afte'
the deeds had been sent from Wash
ington to Paris, and the time had come
when the vessel bearing the signed
deeds back to this country was due
Mr.. Jefferson, unable to withhold i'm
patience, sent some carrier pigeons to
New York to be held until the vessel
arrived and then released. bearing
word Of the fact Of their arrival. This
was done, and accordingly the frst
aerial mail service dates back not to
this spring but to the year 1903.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
Demon stratlon Farm In Maine.

P. W. Sprague, Boston merchant,
who has long spent his summers at
Prout's Neck, and who owns ono of the
largest farms, or series Of farms, In
Maine, has just made an arrangement
with the Maine Agricultural and In
dustrial League, whereby that organlza-
ton 10 to use al much of his land a. IL
wishes for demonstration purposes.
His farms, five In number, aggregating
an area about 1000 acres, are located
within the town of Cape Elizabeth.
Richmond's Island contains about $50
acres, part of which land 10 devoted to
hay and winter feed crops and the re-
mainder to the pasturage of 65 Hereford
cattle and 85 Shropshire and Scotch
Highland sheep. Breakwster farm,
which skirts the shore opposite Rioh-
mond's island, has produced this year
hay enough to fll It's big barn, an abun.
dance OF silage and feed corn, more than
100 tons of beets and heavy crops of oats
and turnips. Ram Island farm, with q
long shore frontage opposite the island
whose name IL bears, has . fine acreage
of winter crop land, and is also a sum.
mer show place, with flower gardens, q
conservatory, artificial ponds, spacious
lawns, winding paths and artistic bridges
over running stream.
Another farm In the series is located
near the mouth of the Spurwink river,
and Is known az Spurwink farm. There
the league will make q speciality Of
breeding pure blood Hereford cattle and
sheep, enlarging the barns and increas-
ing the winter crop acresge for that
purpose.
Two more farms, one devoted to fruit,
and the other to breeding fancy game
birds and water fowl, complete the list
Of Sprague lands. The bird farm will
not, however, be included In the leagues
demonstration plan.
At the Breakwater farm Q modern
hog house is being erected on the sunny
slope of wooded bill, half mile from
the farmhouse. All the windows are
located In the roof. The building will
accommodate so brood sows and zoe
hogs.
The demonstration farm 10 to be man
aged by the leagues agricultural
director, E. Thornton Clark. He Is
native Of CRANKY, Mass, was graduated
from the Massachusetts, college, bad
charge for time Of the Sears farm ir
Southboro, was aft6vsrd manager oi
the state school for boys at Shirley
Mass. He went with the league last
spring from the management ofthe Bon
ME Brook farm In Sudbury. Mr.
Sprague has not surrendered the equity
in any of his land, but being . member
/ 80 ,hs lsaUua and muoh Interested In it,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
Royal Academy Dean I. EIohty.sls

Royal Academy Dean 10 EIshty.slx.
The doyen Of the Royal academy is
B. w. Leader. the landscape painter,
who, although eighty-six, is still going
strong and painting his lovely Surrey
downs as well as ever.
But there are others not far behind
him in age who write "R. A." after
their names, London Answers says.
G. A. Storey is eighty-four, g. D. Les
lie, eighty-three; w. B. Yeames the
same age, the president himself (Sid
Edward Poynter), eighty-two, while
Briton Riviere, Marcus Stone and Sir
William Richmond are far past three
score and ten, and there are dozen
others verging on that limit.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
Flint Corn Experiments.
BREEDING WORK AT H1eHxooR rARn.

In 1914 the Maine Agricultural Expert.
ment Station began some work In breed.
ing flint corn at Highmoor Farm. The
nrst years work was In the form of .
variety test In which about 20 different
strains and varieties were grown for
comparative purposes. The majority of
these varieties were secured from local
growers In the state but . few were
obtained from other New England states
and from Canada. The chief object Of
| this test was to secure foundation stock
for further breeding operations.
One OF the principal characters CON.
sidered In this test was time of maturity.
In this state corn which will not ma
ture safely every year 10 too uncertain q
proposition to be worth while.
A word should be said upon this
point. The ideal corn is one which will
give maximum yield Of grain and fod-
der and will still mature before frost.
1t 10 impossible to secure Q corn that
will give the same amount of grain and
fodder a. can be grown 800 miles south
OF this and still have the plant mature In
season. Something must be sacrificed
because the longer growing season and
the warmer sunshine enables the south.
ern grown plant to store away more
food material. It has, therefore, been
our object to secure corn which would
certainly mature and which would give
the largest possible amount Of grain.
We have paid but little attention to the
fodder character since We regard this as
the least important Of the characters
mentioned.
From this variety we selected . strain
OF IL rowed flint which came nearest to
meeting our requirements. This corn
was grown In large plot In 1915 and
careful selections were made. These
selections have been continued year after
year with the result that We now have
. very excellent II rowed corn. This
corn has not yet been bred to an entirely
satisfactory stage, In that it has some
tendency to produce barren stalks. It
In expected that this tendency will be
overcome within the next year or two.
1t can be safely said that this corn will
mature under any ordinary conditions.
1t has matured ct Highmoor every year
since 1914. The grain IL of Q deep
bright yellow. The ears are we'll formed
and well shaped although not 90 long ~
many rowed flints, but owing to the
closer set grain and the larger diameter
the ears yield well In grain.
A small amount of seed of this strain
has been distributed to farmers In the
state. The reports 1e have had Indicate
that It Is exceptionally satisfactory. One
prominent grower remarked that be
thought this corn was one Of the most
inn mn rtane nroduCktona ~ ui0hoohr
Farm and placed it second only to the
Maine $40 oats.
During the past year the Station has
begun some work with very promising
strain of rowed flint but 1t 10 too early
to say how satisfactory this will be-
Chss. D. Woods, Director.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03

An advertisement has appeared IN
one of the Christiania papers Offering
for sale motors that can be operated
with peat gas instead Of benzine or
petroleum. The alterations have been
made IN accordance with Danish In
yention that makes Is possible tn use
peat gas as fuel for motors. It Is said
that several thousand Of the motors
are being used in Denmark, and that
they have met with success. The new
system is stated to consume from one
to two kilos Of peat t22 to A. pounds)
per horsepower hour, according to the
quality Of the peat.-C Commerce he
ports. ai
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
ONLY BUSINESS THAT OF. WAR
Parisians In Every Walk Of LIE Have
But Ono Thought % Defect the
hatsd Enemy:

In Paris one realized at last tho
meaning Of the business Of war" Il
had entered into every phase Of life.
As our men commute to business, 30
the Poilus commute to the trenches,
each trip Of uncertain length; and In
place Of competition, financial or 9TH
erwise, they 60 to q business Of life
and death, writes William Beebe In
the Atlantic Monthly.
Few men could show the same vigor
and enthusiasm as do these Poilus. For
years they had faced high adventure
that most men know, II at all, only in
an annual vacation. To myself and to
others whose life work carries them
into dangers from the elements and
from savage men. war held no absolute
novelty. (The writer Is q famous
naturalist.) But think Of the gunner,
formerly a travelling salesman for wom-
ems hosiery, Of the stretchef bearer
who was q floorwalker In q depart
ment storel Did the florist whom !
met ever conceive that he would be re-
moved from sausage-balloon duty be-
cause Of unconq1erable air Acknessl
Think Of the children IN Paris old
enough to talk and walk, who have
never known a world free from univer-
sal war, and It will be easier to real
lie the daily, monthly, yearly labor
and worry which have worn for them
selves ruts deep into the life routine
and emotions of this Latin people. AS
the medical student loses all sensi-
tiveness concerning the handling Of
human fingers and feet and hands, so
the participants In the war. without
being really callous or insensitive,
come to take danger, wounds, disabil-
lty, as Incidents, not finalities.
Ones geography Of Paris would
read: The city is bounded on the
north by supply depots, on the south
by hospitals and on the west by air
dromes. Its principal imports and ex-
ports are bandages, Grape, wooden legs
and Colonials; Its products are war
bread, war literature, faith and hope.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
Pockets for the Government

The movement of the government
toward q conservation Of wool through
the curtailment of masculine pockets
should not be greatly disturbing
Economy and the trend Of times now
make many pockets as useless as the
vermiform appendix.
Why should q man have five pockets
in his trousers, six in his vest, and the
same number In his coat7 Legislation
has put the pistol pocket out Of busi'
ness, and from southern states the
flask has vanished.
Except for decorative purposes WON
an rarely has more than one pocket In
her gown, and in most cases none
There are religious sects which abhor
pockets and even buttons, yet they
seem to prosper.
Three outside coat pockets Is the
number set forth in the new request
which Is a very moderate demand
What we should all do Is to help f1ll
Uncle Sans one big pocket 30 that he
can wallop the kaiser in the quickest
possible time.-Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
Prevent q Chill

Il you feel chill coming on begin
10 exercise. Battle your hands and
wrists In hot water and rub them Wig
orously. Jump up and down before
a fire or a radiator. Drink hot water
or Q cup Of hot tea or chocolate or a
giassful, Of hot milk seasoned with a
little grated nutmeg. II the chill ex-
hausts you, lie down. warmly wrapped
In blankets In warm but well-aired
ROOM. With all the hot water bags and
electric pads you can lay hands on
about you. "A chill should never b
nsgiected. II is a symptom that the
system has received a severe shock In
the way Of cold. Il It Is persastent
Of severe physician should be called
Often q chill neglected has led d
serious resuitS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
Atlantic FlIeA. No. New Idea

0UoUSW Vss0WS WV WV SOVs
Transatlantic air flights are By no
means new. In 1890 Professor Lowe
announced that he would make trip
'ocross the Atlantic In giant balloon.
carrying a boat to be used In case Of
accident. He advertised that he would
take mail for al parts of Europe at
d small rate Of postage. he planned
10 take with him two scientific assist.
ants and sea captain to navigate the
boat. II this should prove necessary.
Flight date was set for late In the
fall Of the year. but the plan never
materiali1ed, although the machine
vas on exhibition In New York fos
weeks and was visited by. Thousands
m persons who believed the feat pese'
ticabla
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
AMERICAN SPIRIT g
RELIED ON TO WIN

In the light Of succeeding events It
Is interesting to recall the confidence
with which the United States Food
Administrator viewed the gloomy out
look in July Of 1917, when this coun-
try had been In the war for less than
four months and the Germans were
steadily sending the western front
nearer and nearer to Paris.
"Even though the situation In Eu.
rope may be gloomy today" he de-
clared In a public statement mo
American who has knowledge Of the
results already obtained in every d.
rection need have one atom OF fear
that democracy will not defend itself
In these United states."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
SUGAR SHOWED
OUR BACKBONE
American Willingness to Give Up
Luxury Demonstrated Ma
tons War Conscience.
STAND WITH THE ALLIES.
BY Reducing Consumption People et
the United States Averted q
Famine at Home In Spite
Of Low Supplies.

The fact that the people Of the
United States were able to reduce by
more than one-half million tons their
July, August September and October
consumption Of sugar proves conclu'
sively that their war conscience was
thoroughly awakened and that the
country as a whole stood ready to fol-
low the injunctions Of the Government
Our normal consumption Of sugar In
the four-month period beginning with
July has been 100000 tons per month,
a total Of. 100000 for the quarter
year.
In July, when our sugar stringency
began to reach its height, consumption
was reduced to 100000 tons. In Au-
gust only 825.000 tons went into dis
tribution and in September only 279,-
600 tons. In October the distribution
fell to 100000 tons.
II the general public had failed to
observe the injunctions Of the Food
Administration this country would
have been In the throes Of sugar
famine before the end Of August. Our
visible supplies were 30 low as to bring
great anxiety to those familiar with
the sugar situation. They feared that
II would be absolutely impossible to
reduce consumption to point where
sugar would no longer be mere lux.
ury In the American diet
Few accomplishments Of the Food
Administration will stand forth so pre-
dominantly as this reduced consump-
ton Of sugar. By 1t we have been able
to bridge over the period Of stringency
until the new beet and Louisiana cane
sugar crops were In sight
Now the nation Is In position 70
that II we choose we may return to
our normal home use Of sugar, and
Europe, with the release Of ships to 90
far afield, can maintain Its recent re-
strleted rations. If, however, those
nations are to increase their use OF
sugar very considerably 1t must be by
our continued sharing with them
through limiting our own consump-
tiOn
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-03
What. the uss,

Phil Brown, manager Of local pic
tu-e house, got word the other day that
his film, Missing" scheduled for the
week Of June 23, was missing. Then a
day later he was glad to get word that
'.Missing" had showed up and was nc
longer missing. -,as..
Logically, Missing has always been
missing" It never was found again
because It had never been missing
before. But what's the use?-Indian'
apOlls News,