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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
A CELEBRATION
AT THE COLLEGE
WASHiNGTON'S BIRTHDAY WILL
BE OBSERVED BY APPRo.
PIRATE CEREMONY
CITIZENS Of THE CITY ASKED TO ATTEND
A Pageant BY The Senior Girls viii
illustrate War Service
Of Women go.

On tomorrow morning at the College
Auditorium will occur fitting ceremon
les to observe the birthday Of the
Father of his Country. These special
ten O'Clock and the citizens of Brook.
ings are cordially invited TO attend and
sion will be addresses by Governor
Peter NOrbeck and Regent T. w,
Dwight; a pageant by the senior girls
in home economies. representing WON
ems work in the war, such as Red
Cross, farming and food conservation,
followed by raising the State College
service flag which bears more than
200 stars, representing students and
alumni in war service. This will also
be a celebration of Charter Day. A spe-
cial musical program will be offered
by the department Of music.
This is the only observance OF the
day that is planned for the city and il
is hoped that everyone will make il A
point TO swell the audience that greets
the chief executive of the state. In
the afternoon a celebration will be
held at Nolga, and our neighbor Is
making great provisions for its sue
cess. The governor will address the
Volea meeting and then go at once to
Sioux Falls. The meeting that was
planned for Brookings in the evening,
with the governor as the speaker, will
be at the G.. A. r. hall and will be ad.
dressed by =. w. Dougherty, head OF
the state railroad commission.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
STATE OF A

The state of trade all owe the coun
try reported by Bradstreet's this week
is more active. Milder weather helps
industry. fuel supplies and transporta-
ton. Largest grain movement of sea
son. The east slowest TO feel improve
ment. Warm weather enlivens sprin2
demand. Supplies in wholesalers and
Manufacturers hands restricted. Gov
eminent orders have priority. Sno"
covering leaves wheat in better shape
than in December. Improved car sup
ply helps Pacific coast lumber. Stock
market reflects renewed peace talk.
new high levels for prices Of commod p
ties on February /. Building slowest
for a decade.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
KING OF TRAILS ROAD

Newspaper dispatches of yesterday
state that in order to definitely locate
the King of Trails in South Dakota
on its north and south route from
Winnipeg to Mexico City, South Dako.
Ia men sprang a coup Monday when
they incorporated under the South Da.
kota laws the National King of trails
Association. This locates the trail,
after it enters South Dakota at orion
Vile, Mimi, in Milbank, Clear Lake,
Colman, Dell Rapids, Sioux Falls,
Worthing, Beresford, and Elk Point.
Through all of these points 1t is well
marked and the organization will pro
coed to hard surface it through the
state. Minnehaha county has already
made its appropriation for this and
other counties are expected to follow
shortly, work to commence as soon as
weather will permit.
The locating of this trail through
South Dakota ends a spirited contest
and adds to the highway facilities OF
this state.
The incorporators are all men well
known in the promoting of good roads
in this part of the state. They are A.
]. Lockhart of Clear Lake, II. V. Har-
Ian of Dell Rapids, A. H. Houf Of
Worthing and II. f. Brownell of Sioux
Falls.
The elected officers are as follows:
A. J. Lockhart, president; \. II. HOuf,
vice-president; and II. V. Harlan, sec
rotary and treasurer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
BOARD To
POST DESERTERS
LIST OF FOURTEEN MEN WHO
HAVE NOT RETURNED
MISSIONARIES
LAST QUOTA TO CO WITHIN TWO Weeks
Definite Date When Men Will Be Sent
To Fort Riley Not De-
cided Yet

The local board desires to give no
tice TO the men named in the list be.
low that they must send in their CUES
tionnaires at once or they will be class
ed as deserters. This is a very seri-
u matter for the persons who have
not complied with the law, and there
be a sufficient eXcuse. 1t seems i'm
possible to believe that there are even
fourteen men in Brookings county who
did not fill out and send in their ques-
tionnaires, even if they are aliens it is
necessary to return the document to
the local board or the person viii De
classed as a deserter. The board
knows nothing of the status until the
return is in. Attention must be given
to this matter Immediately by the men
named in the following list.
The first number is the serial mum
Der and the number after the last
known address, is the order number.
1888 Russell w. Hartman. Bruce, 1855
1116 Gus \. Brigholts. Bruce, 927
1913 a. E. Frykman. Bruce, 1875
1877 Joseph Welsh, Arlington, 56S
III carl Peterson. Arlington, 1905
541 Olaf Agre, Bookings, 1901
1926 r. Nunes. White, 1876
1907 John Valsquez, White, 1850
1909 Frank Lane, Bruce, 534
101 Roy Miller, Nolga, 1867
PA Paul Hardy, Volga, Gel
1912 Peter Rohrer, Bruce, 1858
81 Elgego CLANCY, Sierra, n. NJ,
1886
1894 Oscar Herman Nelson, Arlington,
1904
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
LUTHERANS MAKE DRIVE

The members OF the Lutheran
church of this city will make their big
drive for the money needed to meet
their quota of the big $3.50, 900, 90 fund
that is being raised by the church
throughout the nation. 1t is their idea
that they can accomplish the task in
one afternoon, just as the Red Cross
did some weeks ago. Sunday next,
February cath. will be given over to
the work and teams will be organized
to make a systematic canvass of the
city. Grin o. Olson. vice president Of
the First National Bank. is in charge
of the campaign and that is a sure in
dication that it will be pushed to a
successful close.
The use of this money will be under
the direction Of the National Lutheran
Commission for Soldiers and Sailors
Welfare, with headquarters In New
York city. They are planning for a
work covering three years and this
amount TO- to be raised is for the first
years maintainance. The budget for
the work includes all of the fields that
embrace the activities that cover camp
and trench life. Chaplains. secretari-
es. camp pastors. intcrncd aliens, the
French front. buildir2s and enorgen-
cies, all enter INTO the work that the
commission expects 10 cover. 1t is
truly another one of the great ideas
that the world war has called into be
Ing. ( IS wO"thy Df the fighting spirit
of the old Lutheran church whose
foundations are laid on the rock of re-
~ligious. as well as personal liberty.
With a vast number OF the commune
cantS of the church in the army, in
camps and on the sea, this work Is as
much demanded as the work of the
other Christian organizations. The
report that will be made by the mem
bers of the Lutheran church Of Brook
ings. after this campaign is over, will
be another of those creditable per
formances that the spirit of liberty
has made possible among the people
of this community.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
SOUTH OAK OTA EDITORS

, A dispatch from Mitchell says that
the South Dakota state press associa'
ton closed its mid-winter meeting last
Friday evening with the election OF
officers and the transaction of minor
routine business. L. B. Yule, editor of
the Alexandria Herald and one of the
best known newspapermen in the
state, was chosen president Of the as.
ISOLATION. Other officers chosen were,
NJ. NJ. Bennett, Yankton. first vice.
president: l. d. Aldrich, Bigstone City,
second vice-president; j. F.. Halliday
%Iroquois. secretary and w,
c. Lusk, l.. V. Doty and c. w. Dow
ney, were chosen to compose the exc
cutive committee.
Something bordering a sensation
was sprung during Fridays session
when Professor j. CT. Harmon, superin-
tendent of the city schools of Yank-
ton, announced that it was the pur-
pose of Governor Norbeck to call a
special session of the legislature early
in March. The speaker called upon
the newspapermen to approve the
extra session, which was done by un-
animous vote. Mr.. Harmon said that
wal measures would be considered
when the lawmakers met.
profoccor Harmon Snont most Of his
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
BANK GOOD

The combined showings of deposits
Dakota at the time Of the call of No
vember 20 last was 1897 ,093 1895, which
was an increase of 1870 1913 over the
deposits at the time Of the previous
call in September. OF this increase
about 81 600. 900 was in the state bank
deposits and the balance in the nation,
al banks. With the normal increase
in deposits. by the time Of the next
ca. the people of this state will have
over 5000. 000, 1000 in the banks of the
state.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
PIONEERS

A letter from Colonel c.. II. Engles-
by, former commander of the First
South Dakota cavalry, now distributed
among other regiments, to an Aber-
deem friend says he is nov stationed
at S~partanburg, S. c., where he was
sent on telegraphic orders from the
war department at Washington. At
Spartanburg, Colonel Englesby was
placed in command Of a regiment Of
Pioneers. Pioneers" Colonel Engles-
by writes. "as Of course you don't
know, are special troops. attached di-
rect to the he Lquarters of the com
mander in chief and receive orders
from no one else. There will be seye-
raj regiments of Pioneers attached
to the headquarters of General Per-
shing. There will also be Pioneers
attached to corps headquarters, keep
ing up the lines of communication
from headquarters to the front, build
ing roads, field Notifications, etc. It
is really a very desirable assignment.
We will have many automobile trucks,
mules, machine guns. etc, besides full
equipment Of infantry and engineer
corps. We are prepared to fight any
thing. too"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
FARM LAB0RERS
FOR THIS STATE
SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRIcUl-
TURE ABOUT MATTER
HOW FARMERS CAAASSURE THEMSELVES
In Getting The Help They Viii Need
Without Taking Any Amount
of Risk

The help question is going to be
vital in this state and the Government
Employment Service office at Omaha
suggests the following idea as being a
safe way to expediete the matter.
THE chances of placing men with
the people needing them are excellent
if they be willing to take care Of the
transportation and then deduct the
money from the wages. My sugges-
ton is that these farmers make a de-
posit of the ear fare with their local
agent and then when | get a man TO
accept the offer Of any of them. l can
wire the employer and he a order
the money released to the Omaha tick
ct agent. OF course, no one would be
sent unless he has sufficient baggage
to fully protect the party advancing
the transportation. The points to
which the help is TO be sent is quite
a distance from here and "A great many
Of the men would not have the car
fare, so | thought it best to take up
the transportation matter now before
the call for men is made"
This idea has the approval of w.
c. Boardman, the farm help special
list located here, and also of T.. l..
Squirting. the secretary of the Com.
mercial Club. who is handling the To-
cal situation. If you have any need
for help this coming year call on Mr..
Squirting and talk the matter over.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
THIS MORNINGS FIRE

This morning shortly after five
o'clock the fire alarm sounded and
the box-car shanty near the round
house used by the railroad company
for the storage of oil was found in
flames. They also dry the sand used
on the engines in this shanty and It
may have caught from the stove used
for that purpose. The loss was confined
to a number of barrels of engine and
other oil and the shanty. The hose
and chemical companies were prompt
ly on the ground and did all that
could be done to save the property,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
NEW library o

The Library has received the valu-
able gift of a years numbers Of the
Engineering News-Record" from j.
II. Roberts. We have ten new books
for the little folks: "A Dog of Elan
ders." "The Seven Plaits of Nettles,"
"The Tanning of the Shrew." what
Sam Sings With the Birds" PUSSY
Meow" "Dicky Downy." Adventures
of Johnny Chuck" Adventures of Mr..
Mocker," Cinderella" and Divided
Skates"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21

Walt Reeves, former South Dakota
boy now with the hospital corps in
France, in writing to some friends in
California who sent him a remem-
brance at Christmas. writes the fol.
lowing.
"The W. packages sen by the
Northside Red Cross Auxiliary ar
rived a couple of days after Christmas.
A plain thanks does not seem to fully
express my observation-disclosures.
will say just plain thanks and trust
you will accept it in its fullest sense.
Sugar and chocolates, by the way,
are always welcome over here; not
so much as a necessity as a highly dc
sirable and very acceptable luxury.
As a luxury sugar is almost as scarce
as fresh Plymouth Rock eggs or Cal
ifurnia oranges.
If there is anything at any tine that
| want, | shall certainly let you know
about it. Just now | do not know of
anything | could con%scientiously ask
for-for myself or other members OF
the unit. Being a base hospital, we
are, | believe. better fixed than men
in other branches of the service.
This hospital is one of the first six
American hospitals to arrive in
France.
We are at the present time loaned
to the British government and ac-
cordingly are under some Of their
army rules and regulations. probably
gaining there some Of their privileges
and, at the same time losing some of
our own. We are one Of a group of
hospitals located about one hundred
miles back of the trenches.
These hospitals are run by the Aus
tralians, Scotch. English and Ameri-
cans. Another American unit, the
Cleveland unit, is in this vicinity. Be,
ing so far from the front line trenches
we do not consider ourselves in much
danger from the genus homo" specie
"Boches" our most dangerous enemy
is rather of the genus "Bacter.a."
We receive all sorts of sick and
wounded cases from quite a stretch
of the British line-amputations,
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
STATE HIGH SCHOOL MEET

On March / and . eleven High
Schools of District No. . viii meet in
a basketball tournament at the South
Dakota State College. Other dietric'
tournaments Will be held throughout
the state and the winning teams will
battle for State Championship honors.
Huron, Bookings. Volga. Elkton,
Watertown, Clear lake, Doland, Get
tysburg, Clark, Henry and Frankfort
will be represented in the tournament.
The preliminary games will start At
900 Of the first day and it is expected
that the semi finals will be played in
the evening. The final game will be
played the afternoon of the second day
thus giving the two best teams plenty
of time to recuperate from the heavy
work of the first day. This tourna-
ment will be governed by the rules
and regulations adopted by the South
Dakota High School Athletic Associa-
ton.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
TO REGISTERED ALIENS

Enemy aliens must call in person
between February % and 25, CO the
postmaster where they registered. to
get their registration cards. Failure
to do this will make the alien liable to
arrest. The cards cannot be mailed
because each must be receipted for
In person.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21

The local board have been advised
that the call for the men to fill out the
first draft viii be made between the
4th and 9th Of March. Brookings coun-
ty Will send fifteen men this time. and
they will be called to report as soon
to Fort Riley, near Camp Funston, as
the Accommodations at the Camp are
liable to be oVertaXed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
Sincerely yours,

To anyone who wishes to write 10
the boys at the front we will say
that all that is needed for the adj
dress is the name, company or bat
terry, number of regiment, branch Of
service, and the words. american
Expeditionary Force" This will
reach them alright. 1t is more like
ly that our letters to the boys will
get through to them promptly, than
that their replies will get to us as
soon. If you have a friend at the
front, write to him, ii will do him lots
of good.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
NEWS FROM OUR
BOYS IN FRANCE
LETTERS FROM THE HOSPITAL
SERVICE AND THE FOREIGN
TRAINING CAMPS
CLARE WEST WRITES A NEWSY LETTER
Very Evident From What BOYS Write
That They Are There
For Business

Last Saturday evening the mail to
~Brookings contained a host of letters
from the boys in France to their home
folks. Nearly every family in town
received something, but from the con-
tents of some of the letters it is evil
dent that there are letters written
previously that have not yet arrived.
The Register was fortunate in get
ting a short note from Lieut.. A. e.
Anderson, which we give to our read
ers.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-21
Somewhere in France.
January oath.

Dedf
We are safe in sunny France and
have had a wonderful trip. | can't
say that | would want to take it
again right away. however, it is one
that We can all look back on and be
clad that we had the experience.
All the men are full of pep and anx-
ious to get a shot at Fritz.
We saw some German prisoners
this morning and they seemed to be
either old men or else very young.
Everyone seemed to have a blank
expression on his face. One or two
smiled at us, but the rest did not
seem to know they were alive. France
does not seem to have felt the effect
of the war very much in this part
where we are located. Everyone is
well fed and clothed, and the chill
dren are not any different from any
American children hat you see in
our towns. The climate here is fine
not a bit cold.
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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24
will acknowledge their defeat.

VIII aCNnoWiedge their aefeat.
This is simply a personal letter. II
you find in it anything you think might
interest the public, you may use it. Give
my love and best wishes to all the people
of Rockingham and Richmond county
have not heard from Rockingham since
coming over. Any mail addressed to me
at IL Rue d'Agnesseau, Paris,
France, will reach me if it ever gets over
the seas. Mail is very much delayed
coming this way.
l have seen no boys from home. did
meet Mr.. J. Locke Everett, of Monroe,
the other day, in Paris l was with Mr..
F. L. Pickett and Mr.. Hall, son of DR..
]. H. Hall, for several days in Paris. l
do not know where they are stationed.
Will write again when l get an op-
portunity.
Cordially yours
BRUCE BENTON,
IL Rue d Agnesseau, Paris, France"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24
Continued from page sne.

The flu situation in Albemarle
is worse. The school has been
turned into a hospital. 1400cases
in that town, with IA deaths
Tuesday.
The situation in the army
camps is improving, especially in
the camps in North and South
Carolina. Todate the total cases
in army camps has been 298,650,
with 15,345 deaths. And right
here let us give the latest figures
for deaths in the fighting in
France: Killed in action (includ-
ing 293 at sea- 1880; died of
wounds $3.50, died of disease
5.140; died of accidents and other
causes 2150; this is a total deaths
overseas of 49, $50, but only 10,350
were actually killed in battle.
The total wounded 28,9OO; miss
ing in action $3.50; or a grand
total of 54,440.
In Raleigh the deaths have
reached lis; in Pennsylvania &c.
500.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Miss Jennie Baldwin returned Saturday
from Biscoe.
Mrs. A. L. Mcdonald went to Florence
Monday to see her sick parents.
Ray Baucon came Sunday from
Pennsylvania for two weeks visit.
BILLY" Covington was taken i'll with
influenza Monday andis now at his home
recovering.
A new, Food Administration ruling "a
that soft drink manufacturers will be
given only rs per cent of the sugar nor
maliy required in their business.
Mrs. George BrockenborcuQh came
from Charlotte Sunday night to be with
Mrs. Eugene Payne. MI. Payne has been
confined to his bed since Saturday with
acute neuralgia M
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24
Marriage License.

Lacy Pemberton and Evy Dunn
as, colored, issued 18th.
SIN. Ingram and Pansy Col
trane, colored, 22nd. license
sent to Hamlet by mail.)
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24
PERSONAL

Mrs. J. T. Lyon returned
Thursday of last week from
Rocky Mt.
Born, Sunday night to Mr.. and
Mrs. John L. Everett, a daughter
Miss Terrell Oliver, named for
Mrs. Everett's mother.
Mrs. VIM. Anthony White died
at her home at Duke Oct. 18th
She is we'll remembered here as
Miss Susan Rawlings, of Wilson,
Miss Lois Gibson returned to
her home on Watson Heights
Saturday from the Normal at
Greensboro, until the epidemic is
over.
Jerome Pence returned to his
home near town Saturday from
the University with influenza.
The quarantine at the University,
by the way, has been lifted. There
were 300 cases among the student
with only three death.
Glenn Garrett returned Mon.
day from Raleigh where he spent
10 days taking the Pasteur treat.
ment. The head of the puppy
that had died was sent to Ra-
eigh and rabies was found.
Hence Glenn's going to Raleigh.
A number of casesof flu in the
family of Carrier J. D. Pence
prevented his making his Route
g rounds this week. Carrier
Black and assistant postmaster
Rufus McNair have doubled up
and have carried his mail.
AS mentioned so often in this
paper, all letters and communi-
cations intended for publication
must be accompanied by the
writer's name; we have several
that could have been published
this Issue had the names been
signed thereto.
Miss Mary Cliff Bennett is visit
ing her parents here, and will
remain for two or more weeks.
She has been home demonstration
agent at Wilmington, and expects
to so to Bellevue hospital, New
York, in November to take a
course in army dietetics, for ser
vice overseas.
S. S. Lockhart, of Wadesboro,
last Monday received this cable
gram from his brother, 1t. Jas.
A. Lockhart, France: Doing
well in base hospital twenty
three. Lockhart." It is presumed
from this that he has been
wounded.
Mrs. E. P. Covington and four
children returned from Raleigh
Monday night, where they had
been taking Pasteur treatment.
While there one of Mrs. Coving-
toms children was ill with cry
sipelas. Others who returned
Monday night from taking the
treatment were Mrs. B. w. Thorn
as and two children, Mrs. John
Jenkins and one child, Mrs.
Bailey and children, Mrs. Lum
Warner and child.