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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
LOCAL A NOTICE

The local board will not have ready
the list of the nineteen men who will
be called to go on April 26th until
x week. Medical examinations in
terfere with making the list now.
They will also make a call for thir-
teen men to go On May LIST, this or
der from the war department just hav-
ing been received. 1t is not definite
ly known whether that list will be
ready for publication next week or
not. They will give out the lists as
soon as possible.
Twelve thousand men are wanted in
skilled jobs by the department in a
short time. They want boiler max.
ers and helpers. air brake inspectors
and commissary men and storekeep-
ers. Men qualified for these positions
will be enlisted and placed on the re-
serve to be called as needed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
FIRST SETTLER IN
COUNTY IS DEAD
MARTIN N. TRYGSTAD WAS THE
FIRST PERMANENT INHABiT-
ANT OF THIS SECTION
CAME FROM MINNESOTA SPRING Of 1869
Representative In The Territorial Leg
i~slature And Member OF The
State Senate

Sunday morning the first Of the
pioneers who came to make this part
of the great northwest Il prosperous
and happy abode for mankind passed
over the divide after a life full of
honors and years. Martin y. Tryg-
stad was the first white man to make
a permanent home on the prairies of
Brookings county, coming here in the
spring of 1869 with his father and four
brothers. The Trygstads had been
living in eastern Minnesota lear Kas-
son for about two years, since their
coming TO America from Norway. Mar
tin being born in the old country May
27th, 1913, had been educated in the
country schools and later joined the
army, serving as a member of the
Kings Guards. This early education
and experience had fitted him for lead
ership and after the removal of the
acted in many ways as the leader in
their choice of a home. 1t was this
spirit that led him and another broth
to make a preliminary survey OF
the new Dakota territory before the
family made the final move here to
locate. At this time he selected a
piece of land in section 8 of what is
now Medary township and filed "A pre-
emption thereon, but as the land was
not surveyed it was two years before
his claim was allowed and then he also
filed on a homestead in section 20.
This first house on section 8 was the
first p~ostofice north Of Flandreau and
was established in the fall of 1871.
In January, 1871. the governor of the
territory appointed Mr.. Trygstad and
two others as commissioners to organ
ize the county of Brookinss, and on
July 3rd, of that year, they met at
the house on section 9 and organized
by appointing officers to fill the coun-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
~PRESBYTERY MEETING

The Central Dakota Presbytery is
today. Rev. w. A. Mast and J. L. Jar
Wis are present as representatives of
the BrOOkings church. About thirty
ministers and elders are in attendance
and the sessions are being held in the
Volga Presbyterian church. A report
from there last evening stated that
the people of that town were doing
their utmost to entertain the visitors
and succeeding with their usual abil-
ity. The meetings are fine and full of
interest and instruction.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
REGENTS COMMITTEE MEET

The regents committee for the State
college held a short meeting in the
city Tuesday. J. w. Campbell came
down from Huron in the morning and
with friends pending the ar
rival of T. w. Dwight from Sioux
Falls. They spent the afternoon at
tending to business at the college and
in the evening held conferences with
various interested parties concerning
the welfare of the institution. They
we're principally concerned with the
building operations going on at pres
ent and gave a portion of the time to
the inspection of the work and going
over the plans for arrangement OF the
buildings for the coming year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
A MUSICAL TREAT

Monday evening at the opera house
occurred the presentation Of the OPP
eretta, "A Nautical Knot" under the
direction of Lila Alton Nergote, for
the benefit of the Red Cross. The
house was filled for the performance
and every one there was loud in their
duction. 1t would be hard to find in
any other town of this size so many
good voices among the young women
and girls. We are specially favored
by having such a number of really
good singers, and it would be almost
unfair to pick out any one or two of
them for mention, as the work Of all
OF them was far above the average,
and showed fine direction and great
ability on the part of the directress.
Mrs. Nergote. Some were attracted
by the high soprano notes, others
were just as greatly pleased with the
contraltos, tenors and baritones, it
was simply a case of everything done
well with each in the audience taking
their pick from their own personal
preference. The entire cast was fem
mime, though doubts were felt as to
the identity Of several of the charac-
tiers. The comedy of some of the
young ladies went to prove that wom-
an has a sense of humor, for which
she does not always get full credit.
The only male appearance on the
stage was the recitation of Poe's "Rav-
en-" between the acts by Adds Bart
lett. 1t was given to a musical ac-
compartment and was certainly a
poetic masterpiece. One man said it
spoiled the rest of the performance,
but he had been laughing so much
at the antics Of Ned Bluff, that he
could not catch the spirit of the great
poem. Miss Frances Carlisle as ac-
c%ompanist, could not have been ex-
celled, her work is always good, but
Monday evening she was just a little
bit better. The Red Cross is to be
congratulated on having the assist
ance of Mrs. Nergote in staging this
delightful entertainment and Mrs. Yer
cote is TO be thanked for her labor
and patience in bringing about such
a success.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
THE SUM MER SCHOOL

Twenty-Five college and review
courses will be given by the regular
State college faculty in the six weeks
summer session, June 10 to July 10,
inclusive. The list includes general
courses for those desiring to continue
college work or to prepare for teach
ing, in addition to the regular agri-
cultural and mechanical subjects. In
agriculture, courses will be given in
elementary agriculture, horticulture,
agronomy, animal h%usbandry and ru-
raj sociology and economics. The
mechanical work will include wood
working, ironworking, tractor manage
ment, and truck and automobile run
ming and repairing. The home econ
omics department will give courses in
cry, methods of teaching, domestic
science and industrial art. The gen.
eral science subjects will include
chemistry, hygiene and physiology,
physics and mathematics. The follow
ing general cultural and educational
subjects will also be offered: Edu-
cation, pedagogy, English, civics, pub
lie school music, geography, American
history and primary methods. Special
commercial work will be given In
stenography, typewriting, accounting
and penmanship.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
GERMAN DISCONTINUED

The teaching Of the German Ian
guage was discontinued in the high
school of this city last week on ac-
count of the lack of the usual text
books being absent from the school
room on Friday morning. 1t seems
that on Thursday evening, some time,
hour not known, these books were TAX
en- out into the play ground and Of
fered up as a sacrifice on the altar
of patriotism. OF course this way of
showing patriotism is not counter
anced by the authorities as the sher-
if and states attorney explain in a
notice in this weeks Register, and the
chances are that the burning Of the
books was the result Of misdirected
zeal in "A good cause. The city super
states hat no one had OBJ
jected to finishing the term study of
the language and it would have been
discontinued at once on notice to him.
Brookings seemed to be the only high
school around this part of the country
that was continuing the study of Ger
man and the action taken was per
haps a means Of showing that we
should not wait too long 20 show where
the city stands on patriotic questions.
The books are one no one seems to
at all Sorry-at least they don't
far as the Register can learn. That
is the best way all around.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
BACK Of LINES
LAND DESOLATED
VIVID PICTURE OF THE TERRI
TORY TO WHICH n S APP
Piled TORCi
PEASANTS BACK IN WRECKS HOMES
Claw Burned Bricks Out O orner Of
The Cellar To Make v time
Dwellings
BY II. c. ENANSS
(COpYriehted 1919

With American Forces in France
Before | left home my brother, who
was stationed at Camp Cody, wrote
me that Deming was the place that
God forgot. Back OF the front" in
France, of which | have just had my
first glimpse, looks like the place that
God has forsaken.
This weird region of woeful desola-
ton is grippingly picturesque. Here
there is both tragedy and comedy, and
the pathetic gets all mixed up with
glimpse of the tragedy. Three and a
half years ago the German legions
broke through Belgium and came
smashing southwark through France
to the gates of Paris. Here they were
beaten, and their retreat became a
rout.
Backward they went, pellmell, faster
than they came, the French at their
heels. The invaders found time as
they retreated through villages and
cities to apply the torch. A portion
of the French army vas disarmed and
set about the business of extinguish-
ing the fires. BY this means many
towns were saved from utter destruc-
ton.
But so thorough was the work of
tho nEAn1in rinC tho torch having
been applied to everything inflamable,
that many villages and towns were
in ruins by the time the pursuers ar
rived. | have been told by French
men how precious were the minutes
that interviewed between the time the
Germans left a own and the French
entered it. If the time was two hours
the town was badly damaged or de-
stroyed. If but a few minutes. the
town could be saved.
So it is that all the way from Paris
to the lines where the fleeing Ger
mans were halted by the masses of re-
serves they had brought up-France
- SlllStu, anu SNOiNh't' oHN
Utterly desolate is that portion of
France which the Germans have sur
rendered, or from which they have
recently been driven. As they went
back they burned or RACED every build
ing in country, village and town; they
cut down every forest tree and every
fruit tree; destroyed every well; sawed
in two or broke the beam of every pillow
and the handle of every farm imple-
ment, and twisted the iron-provided
they hadn't sen them to Germany;
shipped to their own country or de-
stroyed all household furniture; burned
all haystacks and granaries they could
not move; dynamited holes in the
earth at every crossroads deep enough
to put a six-story building in-in short
left the country utterly lifeless and
desolate.
During our civil val, just after
General Sherman captured Atlanta,
Ga, fire broke out in that city and
Continued on Page Twelve)
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
MAKING GOOD IMPRESSION

The county emergency agent is now
getting around the county and inter
viewing farmers in different sections.
He made a visit 60 Volga a short time
& and the Tribune has the following
mention of his visit: up. V. Finley,
the new government emergency agent
for this county, was owe this way
several times the past week. Mr..
Finley is devoting his time largely at
present endeavoring to secure seed
corn and in finding help for farmers
who are in need OF men. He is TAX
ing hold of the work in fine shape and
appears to be the right man in the
right place"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
LATEST WAR NEWS

Special to Register, 9:34 A. NJ
london-Out Of chaos Of tremend-
Gus battle along Lys river, thun.
der Of which audible fifty miles,
come reports encouraging to Al
lies. British retaking then losing
two towns under heavy attacks.
Most disturbing news ome from
Berlin that Germans capture Peel
cahelle and lanemarck north of
Ypres, not confirmed. On bal
ance front British lines hold like
granite wall.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
A GRAND SINGING EVENT

The Viking Mandskor of this city
gave their second annual concert at
the opera house on Friday evening.
The house was filled to the doors and
the audience was enthusiastic in their
applause for the different numbers.
Under the direction of Carl Christen-
sen the singers have attained SPLEEN
did ensemble effect and the chorus
work was a delight to all. 1t would
be a case of discrimination to speak
of the singers personally. as each one
was doing the utmost to promote per-
feet team work. and their efforts were
eminently successful. A duet by Ger
hard Oyloe and Laurence Olson was
well rendered, this being the only vo-
cal number outside of the chorus
work. The cornet solo by Hubble
Picket and the trombone solo by Miss
Saltmarsh were both splendid num-
bers, showing the ability Of these we'll
known musicians in an admirable
manner. Mrs. |. b. Johnson, who ac-
cOmpanied the Mandskor, and Miss
Carlisle. who accompanied the soloists
were in their usual good form and
did much to make the rendition of
the program a success. The Mand-
skor has been singing throughout the
county at meetings to push the Lib
erty Loan and everywhere have been
meeting with a hearty reception and
we'll deserved words of praise.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
A OF A

The state of trade over the country
reported by Bradstreet's for last week
shows it active. War needs have first
call and essentials show expanding
demand. Some quiet in distribution
following Easter rush. Weather, sleet
rain, snow and cold affect trade in
eastern half of country. Manufacture
ing driving faster. Early crop out
look best in years. Rains benefit ce-
reals, and wheat crop estimates will
grow. Increased areas in spring
wheat and oats here and in Canada.
Prices at new high. Building at half
speed. Housing becoming scarcer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18

ty positions. This house was for a
time the county sea- and was at all
times the central place for the meet
ings held by the settlers to advise over
public matters. In 1872 Mr.. Trygstad
was elected a representative to the
territorial Legislature which met at
Yankton in December of that year, and
in 1878 he was elected again to the
same position. After the territory be-
came a state Mr.. Trygstad was elect
ed a senator from Bookings county
to the legislature that met in 1903. For
twelve years after the organization of
the county in 1871 Mr.. Trygstad con-
tinued by successive elections as a
member of the board of county com.
missioners.
Martin Trygstad's house in Medary
township, both before and after the
establishment of the town Of Medary,
was a meeting place both for newcom-
ers looking for q location and for the
settlers when they desired to hold re-
ligious services OF plan things for the
good of their little settlement. He
gave freely of time and money to the
newcomers and helped them select
good pieces of land and when their
necessity demanded it he would help
them in other and more material ways
to get a start in the new country, For
quite a period he also taught the
young people of the neighborhood, as
At this time there being no minister
among the settlers be would open his
home on Sundays and would read the
CONTINUED on Page EleVen)
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
n. S. POSTER CONTEST

About a week ago Miss Ann vii
son, Of the high school faculty, orig
mated a Liberty Loan poster contest
among the students of the high school.
Each one Of the -four societies appoint
ed two of their artists TO prepare
drawings for the competition and the
same have been submitted and judged.
Paul Jerde, Lillian Sedan, Blanche
Pearson, Irene Reinecke, Bernice Bar
telt, Byrne Smith, Hall Miles and FL
len Spangler were the students who
submitted proposed posters. They
have been on display in the poStOffice
lobby and are certainly fine work,
none of them display anything of the
amateur either in design or execution
and Brookings has reason to be proud
of the work these young people have
done. Blanche Pearson was awarded
first and the design by Irene Reinecke
was considered possibly the second.
This singing out of two is no criti-
'cism Of the rest, as there will be
many who will disagree with the
opinion of those who judged them. All
OF them have exceptional merit and
there is bound to be a difference of
judgment in the selection. of a first or
even a last. The Register hopes to
be able to publish several of these
posters in the very near future, as we
are making arrangements for the use
of them.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
LAST CALL, FARM HELP

The state commissioner writes that
the Huron state employment office
has plenty of farm help for this sec
ton of the state. Sixty-five men Of
fered in one lot this past week. and
if applications are not sent in at once
the men will be turned over to Can
ada, where they are badly needed.
Brookings county farmers must get
busy at once If they will want any
help assured them for the coming sea
son. Don't put this of, attend to it
at once. Write State Employment
Bureau, Huron, S. D.
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News from PendletOn, Oregon,
where Miss Jennie Hegeman is stay
ing, report her recovering
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Continued on Page Eleven)
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-01-26
SALVATION ARMY FUND
!. CAMPAIGN OPENED

tCEIAlRIl ESTON, w. Va, Jan. "a =
State Auditor John s. Darst, head of
the committee in charge of the Sal
walton Army campaign in West Vir-
ginia, the purpose of which is to
raise $4,000 in the state for Saliva.
ton Army war work. has appointed
several district chairnlen so far as
completed. the list is as follows:
H. Hood, for Wheeling and North
ern Panhandle district; Wells Goody-
koontz, of Wiliamstown, for the
Norfolk & Western district; former
Governor A. b. White, OF Parkers-
burg, for hat district; and former
Governor W. A. Macorkle1 for the
Charleston and Huntington sections.
Mass meetings have been scheduled
for Charleston, Huntington, Parkers-
burg, Wheeling and other centers on
February 3 and 10, to inaugurate
and end the weeks drive in the
state. =
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-01-26
NEW MAXWELL Agency
OPPOSITE (! THE HOTEL | !!
s

Mr.. l.. o. Carr, representing the
Carr Motor Company, viii open
about March 1 new and handsome
display and supply room in the
Hobbs room, opposite the Hotel
Berkeley and formerly occupied by
barber shops.
The location is generally con-
ceded to be one of the best in the
city. and win put the agency ON a
good basis at the beginning.
The present room will be thor
oughly overhauled and remodeled for
the new business.
Mr. Carr until last November con-
Quoted an agency for the MAXWELL
people at the garage in the old skat-
ing rink on South Queen street,
which burned down night before last
Previous to that time he was prac.
tical garage man in the city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-01-26
Other Communities

GLENGARY, Jan. 24-On the night
of January Is a surprise party was
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W Z. Lanp in honor of Miss Nora
Mauzy. Those present were as fol-
lows: Misses Pearl DeFIaven, NeYa
eDIIayen, Harriet DelIIaven, Mabel
Dick, Margie d4eIIew, Clara Sion
aker, Edith Slonaker and Halle
Whitacre, all of Whitacre, Va;
Misses Onita Lamp, Paulina Lamp,
Charlotte Harrison and Clara Della
ven, of Glengary; Ida Mason, Leona
Mason, Ethel DeIIaven and Name
Masters, of Ganotown; Messrs Roy
De,Haven, Addison DeHaven, James
Lamp Mark Durham, Leslie Brannon
and Cecil Boher, of DeIayen; Law
renee Parkinson, Jack Hutton and
Calvin Weidman, of Gerrardstown;
Homer Harrison, Elmo Parkinson,
Alvin Lamp, Ray Lamp and Howard
Lamp, of Glengary Hillary Della
ven and Raymond Frye. Supper was
served at a late hour. and at IL: so
the guests bid the hostess good
night and departed. Many games
were played and everyone enjoyed
themselves.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-01-26
RECRUITS WANTED
FOR US. GUARDS
HEADQUARTERS FOR EASTERN
DEPARTMENT URGED TO
GET MORE SOLDIERS.

NEW YORK, Jan. 24-1IIeadquar-
ters of the Eastern Department of
the United States Army on Cover
nors Island has received word from
the War Department in Washington
to speed up recruiting for the branch
of the National Army known as the
United States Guard.
These men are. wanted for service
with the United States for, the. period
OF the war. or longer if necessary, AS
soon as this force is recruited and or
eanized it will be utilized TO replace
regular troops now engaged in the
enforcement of the Presidents enemy
alien proclamation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-01-26
ts HEAD OF SHEEP.

II ewes. will have lambs by day
of sale: one Dorset buck, one year
old. These are a nice lot of sheep.
18 HEAD OF HOGS.
Ten fat hogs; eight nice shoats.
TERMS OF SALE:
A credit of nine months will be
given on all sums of ten dollars and
over. the purchaser to give his note
with approved security, negotiable
and payable at the Old National
Bank of Martinsburg, with interest
from date, but if paid at maturity
interest will be remitted. Under ten
dollars cash. The fat cattle and fat
hogs will be sold for cash. No prop.
ertv to be removed until terms OF
sale are complied with.
w. E. VAN METRE.
Dodd e Huffman, Auctioneers.
HARDWOOD Bur1hart, Clerk.
/ "a cod I'd
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-01-26
DUPONTS ERECT NEW
PLANT IN VIRGINIA

WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. Pine
Dupont Powder Co. it was stated TO-
day, is erecting a large shell LOADING
plant at williamsburg, Va, to eXecute
orders for the federal government
The capacity Of the plant viii be
determined by the estimated extent
of the demands and will be kept equal
to them at all times.
The construction of homes i'r
workmen; which may reach the pre-
portions of large village, is incloleu
in the operations. The total cost ]"
is said, will not be less than Sl0'0p'
OOo.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-01-26
MORE ILLNESS IN
MILITARY CAMPS
SEVERE WEATHER CAUSES IN
CREASE IN PNEUMONIA
DEATH LIST LARGER.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-The sick
rate in the National Army and Ma
itional Guard camps shows slight
increase for the week ending Janu-
airy Is.
Deaths in the National Army for
the week numbered 149 as against
147 the preceding week. and in the
National Guard, 66 deaths, against
49, or these deaths 100 in the Ma
tional Army and as in the National
Guard were due to pneumonia
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-01-26
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