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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-03-28
Local and Personal
J. 4. Brooke, Local and News Editor, Phone Ii

l.. II. Skiff left Tuesday for Jordan
Mimi, where he viii take treatments
for rheumatism at the springs there.
The chairman of the Red Cross chap
ter asks all who desire information re-
garding Junior work, to call on Mrs. f..
T.. Mcknight, who has supervision OF
the work.
AL Young left Saturday evening for
when she is operated on this week. No
report has been received from him up
to noon today.
A class in surgical dressing will be
started Monday, April Sth, at the Red
Cross rooms in the Court House. 1t
will meet at 9 a. m. and all who Ear
assist in this work are urged to join
at the start of the class.
Mrs. j. ID. Morrison left last week
with the children to join her husband
at the ranch near Elbon. Mr.. Morri
son has given up his work with tn
experiment station and viii devote this
year to the raising of much needed
crops.
Mr.. and Mrs, j.. w. Catlett and Miss
Marguerite were called Wednesday
telegram announcing the death Of Mr.
Catlett's sister, Mrs. G.. b. Pope. Mr.
Pope formerly lived at Estelline and
is well known to many in this city.
Kenneth l.. Barnes was sent by the
postmaster to Huron last Saturday tc
join the army and will be assigned tc
the division having charge of 'camou
fage." Tomorrow morning Earl NJ
Stegeberg will be sent to the same
place to be enlisted in the Coast Artil
lery.
Word from San Francisco says that
Will Chappell is the proud father OF
a fine boy who arrived at his home
the first Of the week. Will Is busy
installing electric machinery on yes
sells built at the government navy
yard there, doing a tour of shore duty
before going to sea again.
Miss L. Gussie Kruetter, teacher OF
English in the school of agriculture,
left last evening for her home at Nod
away, Iowa. Miss Kruetter has been
on the school faculty for two years and
is n Of the best liked and most eff
cient teachers working with Director
Stivers in this most important divi-
sion Of the instruction given at State
College. Her return next year is both
expected and desired.
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sharp counter attacks on various ex-
posed points and then drawing back
to another line of defense. The loss
of troops as captured shows that Haig
is not sending men in to sudden death
In mass attack. but is allowing them
to be captured as they protect the re-
tirement of the main divisions. In do
ing this he is taking his troops back
without any loss of spirit and they
Will. when the time comes, be in NOR
ale strong enough to rally to the de.
mands Of the counter attack which is
bound to come. The German drive
was at the first sudden, strong and
well supported by the artillery and the
big planted guns. Every mile that they
now advance takes them away from
the great guns on which they relied
and also takes from them the strength
and force Of their fighting attack. 1t
would be a fair guess to say that tn.
British and French never moved their
emplaced guns after the Hindenburg
retreat and that they are now able to
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-03-28

Floyd Langdon was called to Clear
Lake last week on account of the seri.
Gus illness of his father.
Charles Fl. Gilbert of Clark, has
been appointed county agent for Faulk
county and went to Faulkton Monday
to begin his work.
Charles Graves departed Thursday
for a few days visit at Ashton before
reporting at the aviation school at
Berkeley, Cal.
Mrs. Wooley visited her daughter,
Miss Alma, over Sunday.
Vollmar Finley, IL, who has been
appointed county agent for Brookings
county, arrived Monday night from
Red Wood Falls, Mimi, where he has
been instructor in agriculture for the
past five years.
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Mrs. L. f. Sedan visited Elkton on
Tuesday with friends.
Miss Edith Poole went to Water
town this morning to visit an aunt who
is in the hospital in that city.
Joseph Overlie, one Of the good farm
ers Of Lake Hendricks township, was
in the city today and called to sub
scribe for the Register.
Mrs. William Anderson returned
home last Thursday from Langford,
where she has been spending the Win
ter with her granddaughter, Mrs. b. j.
Wickre.
jobs Bjerge, who is in Fairview Hos
pital, Minneapolis. after undergoing an
operation, had a relapse the first of the
week, A telegram from his sister, just
before noon today says, condition
poor, but not dangerous"
Lester Fleming. who was ordered tc
be ready to leave for camp on Satur
day, was operated on yesterday fol
dppenuIcltlS AT JHe DtdcOneSS HoSplld
and is getting along nicely. His goine
will Of course be postponed.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Fryer of Doland
spent a couple of days this week visit
ing at the home Of their brother, f. G.
Fryer. They were on their way from
a visit to the gulf coast in Alabama
and left for their home this morning
Swift & Company of Chicago. have
an adv. in this weeks Register In
which they offer to send their year
book to anyone who asks for it. This
is a valuable little publication and
dustry. 1t Is well worth sending for
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COLLEGE NOTE

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Grace Lanphier went to her home in
Millbank last Thursday to enjoy a visit
with her family while her brother, Ira.
is home on a furlough. Ira is a gradu-
ate of State College and is a Lieutenant
in an engineering corps.
Ben Lawshe. a former secretary to
Director j. w. Wilson, was here last
week attending a meeting of the Elk
pertinent Association and visiting old
friends.
Mrs. Perisho has been enjoying a
visit the past week with her sister
from Minneapolis.
A. c. Dillman. '07, stopped in Brook.
ings Thursday on his way to Belle
Fourche from Washington, d. c., where
he spent the winter working in the De
partment of Agriculture. Mrs. Dillman,
'06, accompanied him home but went
on to Waterfowl to visit her mother.
Mrs. Bonesteel.
Miss Eva Bickel went to Waterfowl
last Thursday morning for a day of
shopping. She was accompanied by
Miss Corlie Dunster.
Joe Smith, who graduated from the
School of Agriculture last spring, visit,
ed here last week.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Oscar Wolber are
at home this week having arrived Sun.
day night.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-03-28

Robt. Plumb our sailor boy who
went to the navy as IN %apprenttet.
writes the following letter to his Sis
ter, who is now living with her par
ents in Arlington.
Brooklyn. n. Y, March -, 1915.
Dear Sister Pearl:
VIII write you a few lines. Received
your letter this afternoon also one
from mother. We are always glad 20
get letters. | am feeling fine now al
though Ernest Prentiss and | just
came out of sick bay this morning
Last Saturday we both took a chill.
Our temperature was 1922. We had a
terrible headache. They put us in
bed and all they let me have to eat
was some toast. | had not felt well
since | came off the U. S. S. Georgia.
| wish | was on the ship now as it is
a great life. | forgot to tell you
when we were on the Georgia We took
a trip around Cuba. 1t was fine, nice
and warm down there. We saw flying
fish. When We We're north We saw
two seals on the ice also a spou,ing
whale. We went over and saw the
Statue of Liberty. 1t is the most beau
tiful thing | ever saw. Cannot begin
to describe it's beauty TO you. | just
came ashore. | am going down to the
Y. NJ. c. A. You will never know what
the Y. NJ. c. A. means to us Navy
boys and all the rest. | wish | could
get home but | have to make a trip
acros to France and back again be.
fore | can get a %furlough to come
home as | am a guard on the ship. Err
nest is a pointer. | am a trainer. An.
trainer so we tipped to see who would
be trainer. He won so | commenced
loading with los pound shells. I set
one down and some way it got on my
thumb. Made a blood blister but
am trainer again. | don't suppose you
know what a pointer and a trainer is.
Al pointer is one who looks through
a strong glass to see the object. The
trainer is the one that moves the gun
left or right which ever the pointer
says, then pull the trigger if necessary.
Don't know how long we will stay
here. Robt. Plumb,
Armed Guard detail, City Park Bar
racks, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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LETTERS FROM FRONT AND CAMP

Mrs. c. A. Wills has received an
other short letter from Ernest, which
she kindly permits the Register to use
for our readers.
France, March 9, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Feel very well and believe | am get
ting along O. X. as before. Am send
ing you our weekly news sheet so you
can see how everything is coming
along. Be sure and thank Henry Get
ty for his contribution to the box for ]
certainly appreciate it | tell you as
they are a little shy on things like that
over here. Have a very nice Y. M. G. A.
near the barracks with frequent NOV
les and other little amusements |
heard Hugh Getty vas over here but
havn't met him yet, but it wouldn't
Jones, who went to college with me,
who entered the school at R%antoul,
near Champagne. am receiving the
Register regularly and Jones was sure
glad to see a paper from Brookings.
Now be sure and don't worry about
me for / am being taken care of well,
and what more could be expected?
With love,
Cadet Ernest Wills,
End Aviation Instruction Center. A. +.
F., France.
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All kinds spices, per pkg. Toe
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MacaronI, 8 pkue Csc
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If a Register Want Ad VIII not do II
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Jack Vrenegor has just received a
Letter from Hollace H.. Jennings, who is
now in France, lieutenant in the bal.
loon section Of the signal corps. He
says that they are working hard, hav-
ing a good time and feeling well. He
was in England for a time, but likes
the people and scenery of France much
better than he did those Of the British
Isles. He says that he is sorry that
be cannot write of the things that he Is
doing. as he has been in several impor.
tant services. He wants Jack to re-
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GREATEST BATTLE IN HISTORY

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Save the waste and win the war.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-09

tects the relatives of SO per cent of
the men in the military and naval
service of the Unitedo States:
Il will establish him as chairman of
the board of the war finance cor
poration as soon as that institution
is authorized and therefore head of
a corporation capitalized at $780,
100000 and with power to issue
$4,000, 100000 in securities;
1t has placed within his control the
expenditure of money by states,
counties and municipalities through
the capital issues committee of the
Federal Reserve Board;
It has made him the largest collector
of taxes in the woorld;
In addition, the war has given Nc
Adoo half a dozen odd jobs any one
of which might be considered man
sized, such as chairman of the Am
erican Section of the International
high commission, custodian of port
and of foreign properties, head of
part of the nations secret service,
and eX-offioic chairman of the Farm
Loan Board.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-09
TOUCH OF WINTER
IN UKIAH SECTION
Galena Stockmen Move $50
Head of Beef; Other News
by Ukiah Correspondent.

/ UKIAH, April 9.-The first of last
week was disagreeably cold with high
winds and snow. and Monday evening
an inch of snow fell making it look
like winter had returned
/ Mrs. Mary Casteel, who has lived
in town during the winter. returned
to the ranch last Wednesday.
Mrs. Jennie Moore of Ukiah receiv-
ed word a few days ago that her
granddaughter, Winnie Moore, had
recently undergone an operation for
appendicitis at St. Anthonys hospital
in Pendleton and was recovering nice
ly.
Mr.. Hale of Pendleton, manager of
the Ukiah electric light plant, was in
town the first of the week, looking
after his interests here.
Mr.. Garfield, formerly of Ukiah.
but now of Idaho, who has been in
Camas prairie for the last week,
looking after his business here, dis
posed of his dairy cows while here
and left last Friday with his team for
his home in Idaho.
George Ness returned last Sunday
from Pendleton with a bunch of
dairy cows which he purchased near
Pendleton. Mr.. Ness will milk for
the Ukiah creamery this summer.
Ed Thrasher of Dale passed
through town Monday with his cat
tie, which he wintered near Echo.
Frank Chamberlain and j. H.
Wagner left Monday in their auto
mobile for Pendleton, returning Wed
nesday.
J. d. Kirk made trip to Bridge
creek the first of the week to get his
horses, which he wintered in the re-
serve, and they came through the
winter in good shape.
Lyle Beeney and others of Galena
passed through town Monday with
$50 head of two and three year ola
steers. Mr.. Beeney will furnish some
good beef for the Sammies.
Among those from Ukiah return
ing this week with their cattle were
Charley Lorenz, Charley Hynd, Mos
sic Brothers, Sturtevant Brothers.
Hugo Lenz, Buck Welch and A. Kot-
meier of Alba.
L. G. Huston has sold his property
in the west end of town to j. H. Wag.
ner, and Milford Martin has moved
into the house.
Butter creek short time ago, has
accepted an eight months summer
school near Willow Springs.
Fred Grooms and son Jack of Dale
were in town Thursday trading.
The farmers are all busy plowing
and getting ready to SOW their grain
as soon as the grain warns up.
John Ewing. father of Mrs. Chas.
Hynd, who wintered in Portland, re-
turned Monday to the Hynd ranch
for the summer.
Warren Gibbs, who has been with
the Ukiah Mercantile co. for the last
two years, left Thursday for Vancou-
yer to work in the ship yards. Mrs.
Gibbs will take his place at the store.
Mrs. L. G. Huston and daughter,
Geneva, will leave Sunday for on
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-09
FARM NOTES BY THE COUNTY AGENT

The income tax law has made it
necessary for farmers to keep a
closer account of their business This
feature of the income tax alone may
in the end prove a great blessing.
Farmers generally have not taken
kindly to bookkeeping because books
made for that purpose have been 400
complicated. We now have a book
that is so simple that any person can
Keep his accounts very accurately.
This book was designed by the de-
partment of agriculture and the Ore
gon agricultural college and is the
only book published that gives a COM
plete vet simple summary at the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-09
HELIX HIGH SCHOOL
HAS UNIQUE RECORD

Every boy and girl in the Helix
high school has qualified for MEM
bership in the Junior Rainbow Divi-
sion of the state by selling $50 worth
OF War Saving Stamps or more and
this high school, so far as is known
is the first to make a 100 per cent
record.
Despite the Liberty Bond cam
paign. the sale of w. S. S. is not
stacking at all and reports from over
the county show that the recent cam
paign has been big stimulus to the
buying of Thrift Stamps. Hermiston
yesterday reported reaching the 100
per cent mark in the establishment of
selling agencies in the business hous-
es of the town. Every place of bus
mess there will offer stamps for sale
during the balance of the year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-09

tario, oregon, to visit Mrs. Huston's
brother. who is in Glass IA and ex.
poets to be called at any time. They
Will be absent two or three weeks.
Ila Sturdivant Vesta Kirk and
Irene Kirk left Friday evening for
Bridge creek to spend the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. sanford ChilsOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Alison, Perry
Simpson and Clarence Daley left
Monday for Frazier station, where
Mr.. Allison has some work to do.
Sam Reynolds and Wilbur Rey-
nolds were guests at the Ukiah hotel
Thursday night.
Mat Jones of Range passed through
Ukiah Thursday with 145 head OF
cattle which he had wintered on But
ter creek.
Louis johnson lost valuable horse
Thursday.
H. Blackwell, S. Reynolds, Jr., and
Elmer Welch passed through town
Saturday with 200 head of cattle
which Mr.. Blackwell has been winter
ing in the southwestern part of the
Ben Colvin, Tony Jenkins and Mrs
Gladys Goff were registered at the
Ukiah hotel Friday night.
j. T. Hale and Jack Hutsell came
in from Pendleton Sunday in Mr..
Hale's ear which was the first car
over the mountain this year. and Mr..
Hale reports the road good las he
made the trip from Pendleton to
Ukiah in three hours.
f. b. Moore, forest ranger, arrived
tuesday and will go from here to
Frazier station to assist Walter AL
lison in the construction of the gov
arnmentfence from Lehman springs
to Williams station, a distance of 21
miles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-09

close of the year showing the years
business.
that l viii give away to farmers or
to farm boys and girls who wish to
keep farm accounts.
/ will assist in entering the invent-
ory and will explain the use of the
book. I will visit each cooperator
during the year to check up on the
work and at the end of the year will
help close the book and summarize
the years work. If interested, write
or call on the county agriculturist,
Pendleton. NJ, S. SHROCK,
County Agricultural Agent, Pendle-
ton, Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-09


$40 acres close to town, 800
acres of same fine bottom land,
good improvements, 200 now in
grain, balance alfalfa.
1Gs acres on the river, 40
acres in alfalfa, house, barn
and orchard. viii take house
and lot in Pendleton in ex-
change.
500 acres fine foothill land,
80 acres in grain, house, bar
and orchard, some alfalfa, no
= better land in Oregon.
9, houses on North side of
Pendeton, four of them strict
ly modern.
72O acres, 500 of same seeded
to wheat, price $25 per acre.
3 Lease on 4sO adjoining it trans
ferred free of charge. VIII sell
outfit, good horses and machin-
cry to run it,. at reasonable
price. viii give terms to right
party. 1 cannot call out prices
and details on all these ranches.
You make a big mistake If you
do not Investigate.
1 will tell you, and show you.
e. II. WADE,
Temple Bldg, Pendeton. Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-09
TAKE pEPTIRON NOW
Needed in the Spring by Pale, Weak,
Nervous People.

Peptiron is in the form of pills,
chocolate e-coated, pleasant to take.
easily assimilated, and is the most
successful combination of iron of
Lowell, Mass, have any knowledge.
You must have an abundance of
iron in your blood IL you are to be
keen, quick and fit in the battle OF life.
overcome obstacles and know no such
thing as failure. For several reasons
lack of iron in the blood is more
noticeable in the Spring than at any
other time.
Besides iron, Peptiron Includes pep
sin, nux. celery and other tonics. nerve
helps and digestives. 1t gives strength,
color and body to the blood; reddens
pale cheeks, steadies the nerves, i'm
proves the digestion, nourishes and
gives stamina to the whole body.
1t is the tonic Spring medicine for
YOU and for your family.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-09
WHAT ONE YEAR
OF WAR HAS DONE
FOR WM. McADOO

1t has placed him in charge of billions
of the nations wealth and billions
in loans to the allied governments
as secretary of the treasury;
1t has made him director-general of
American railroads, in chage of
275,0O0 miles of track and 1,75O,-
900 employees;
1t has given him a voice in the con-
troll of all imports and exports by
virtue of his representation on the
war trade board;
1t has made him head of the Wa
Risk Insurance Bureau which pro-
The sun., 1918-11-03
Beaded Handbags Are More Attractive

beading the bag Is fad. Indeed
Classes for beading instructions are
conducted in some Of the smart shops,
and in all canvas il sold on which are
stamped designs to be beaded. II one
Is clever and quick ard not OF n ner-
vous temperament This beading at
home is easy enough to do; but when
the size OF the beads and the number
required are taken into consideration
am sure most of us will fly to the
lovely things all ready to be bought,
make our choice, pay our money and
he satisfied.
Color Effects Are Lovely.
1t Is hardly possible to describe a
beaded bag. for its beauty lies in the
color effects rather than In the design.
Some of the very old bags show small
houses and trees. little landscape,
so beautifully done that they are
really museum treasures. These OF
course are rare and costly. but the
beaded bag of to-day is round. with
the beads threaded round and round
the outside, with small blossoms set
In in brilliant and lovely colors. Some
of the smartest bags have chenille
flowers poisoning among the beads
These OF course came from Paris and
The sun., 1918-11-03
R PRIME ESSENTIAL IN EVERY NEW SPORTS SUIT

sorts the knitted sport suits have sup
planted all others. They are made by
hand and have trimmings OF lovely
Angora or brush wool. One finds this
trimming also on some Of the domestic
sport frocks. For instance. a dark
blue jersey cloth with deep sailor
collar has two wide tan Angora strips
two inches apart to set IL off The
tan Angora trims the top Of the smart
little pockets which button at each side
of the skirt.
Some very pleasing sleeveless sweat
ers. which will serve az vests Under
meath ones winter coats, since every
new thing demands vest. are made
OF heavy Angora cloth in light colors.
such as reseda pink and light blue.
With these vests are round tam like
caps. The vests have long panel in
front, flaring out from underneath
black belt Very smart. indeed, are
the bags which go with these and
which are made Of the heavy rough
cloth.
The accepted sport hat Ia thing
OF beatty. 1t Is no longer just any
old thing. Many women choose crush
hats of some soft material. but these
crusbable things are apt to look dow
dy. Not SO with the new and rather
stlff brlmmed hats. One Of these OF
a peacock blue felt edged with very
narrow strip OF patent leather has
n handsome design Stimulating n
feather laid on nat. done in black
chenille along the upper brim. 7'he
only other trimming is a very narrow
black ribbon band tied in small fiat
bow ut one side.
| Since tho demand for materials
with shaggy surface Is great, the
| beavers have not been neglected,
though they are made up in the rather
shorter pile than the beavers 30
ubiquitous on our streets. These new
shaggy hats have very wide brims.
usually edged with a good contrast
ing color. as for instance one OF brown
beaver felt which has a little burpls
corded edge. A purple grosgrain rib
bon runs around the crown and Is
stitched In place with long loose
threads of brown wool in a block
design.