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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-11
AlTON--RICHtANO

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hilton and chi.
dren were Sunday guests at the Geor4a
Garrison home.
Miss Martha Karstan left Sunday
Il, assist with the housework at percy
Moore's.
Mrs. Arthur Eckman and baby haze
been visiting with her sister, N.
Herman Melcher and Mrs. Will Bush
nell.
Liberty Grange met Friday r"-ot
with a large crowd present. Nue
new members were initiated. A ma-
81 al program was put on by the mtn
which ended the contest and judge
voted in favor of the men. SO the
ladies have to furnish supper al 4
next meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Karstan spent
Sunday at the A. w. K~arstans hone.
near Aurora.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Mills and chil.
dren and Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. McRae
were Sunday evening guests OF Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Washburn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morrison and chilltea
from near Bruce autoed over and at
tended the silver wedding of Mr. and
Mrs. Chambers, the former a brother
of Mrs. Chambers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Moore welcomed
a little daughter to their home Wed.
nesday. April 4th.
Friends and neighbors gathered at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. WINS
Chambers Thursday evening, April
18th. to help celebrate their 25th wed
ding anniversary. Music and a social
good time passed the fore part Of the
evening. followed by a mock marriage
with the bride and groom t|astefGlIy
attired, attended by NJ. Satterfeld. AS
best man, and Mrs. Faulkner. as
bridesmaid. Mr.. Armstrong %performud
the ceremony which was very much
enjoyed. Refreshments of ice cream
and cake was then served. A silver
Offering was presented in honor Of the
occasion. All returned home at a late
hour wishing this worthy couple many
more happy and prosperous year of
welded bliss.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-11
MEOARY

One of Mike Sutton's children and
also the hired man has a light attack
Of smallpox.
Mumps and Liberty" measles are
also prevalent in that vicinity.
All the difference most of the farm
ers see in the change of time is that
now automobiles run all night instead
of laying up from half past twelve
until half past two.
NJ. n. Bowles was driving here Mon
day.
Arson l.. Crawford was a Medary
caller the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moe entertained com
pany Sunday afternoon.
Oscar Mattson called at the O. c.
Atkins home Sunday evening.
Wilbur Atkins marketed a load of
hogs Friday.
John McMaster was driving here
one day last week.
1t IdS Dttu lttLllS Itdl nara dl
night lately so as to allow the farmer
time to get the morning chores done.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cummings of Aurora.
were motoring here Sunday.
1t rains, then SHOWS and then it
blows-just April.
Mr.. and Mrs. JAS. Maher were very
pleasantly surprised Sunday by some
of their relatives who called to spend
the evening. Before leaving they pre-
scented Mrs. Maher with a gift of sill
W that the wedding day might
be joyOusly remembered in the future.
Also their many friends wish them "A
longer happy married life than they
have already enjoyed.
Martin Trygstad is very i'll at this
writing. Most of the children are at
his bed side. and as he was stricken
with paralysis they are not sure
whether he recognizes them or not.
Mike Gum called in Trenton Sun
day.
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NORTH

Mr. and Mrs Z. W. Wright and Miss
Ann Wilson were guests for Sunday
dinner at the j.. W. Dunlop home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Miller have
had a good deal of sickness, although
not OF a serious nature, in their home
the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsey and Mr.. and
Mrs. Dunlop attended the party at the
viii Chambers home Tuesday evening
OF last week.
Charlie Thurston of Spencer. Iowa,
visited his niece. Mrs. John d. Miller
the past week on Saturday and Sun
day.
Congratulations are extended to Mr..
and Mrs. Roscoe Searles on the arriv-
al of a son to their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pike took sun
day dinner at the +. a, Tatge home.
Mr.. me Mrs. j. II. Halstead and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. viii Halstead
and family and Mr.. ana Mrs. c. P.
Scott spent Sunday afternoon at the
II. W. Lockwood home.
Merritt Dunlop visited Clarence Sol
berg Monday evening.
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ARGO

James Nelson and family were Sun
day visitors at the Dyson home.
Gladys Ottesol. spent the latter part
Of the week with home folks.
Mrs. r. A. Vincent spent Friday af-
ternoon at the home of her brother.
Marion.
Elmer and Albert Michel were
welcome visitors il Argo SO Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. Head assisted Mrs. Bechen
clean house last Friday.
Earl Nelson spent Saturday after
noon with his school mate, Fred
Green.
A large crowd attended the barn
dance at Lester Rau's Saturday night.
Mrs. James Nelson spent one day
the fore part of the week with her
friend, Mrs. Bechen.
Miss Mary f. Blakely went to To-
ronto, S. d., Friday night and stayed
until Sunday the guest of the Vincent
family, former residents of Argo town.
ship.
Lester Flemming came home from
the Brookings hospital last Friday
He is doing as well as can be expected
after his recent operation for appen.
dicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Packenham
and children spent Sunday with the
formers sister. Mrs. r. A. Vincent
who lives at Toronto.
The youngest daughter of Peter
Green was taken to Brookings LAS
Friday and DR.. Stoll performed an op
Grafton on little Bonita's limb. Al
present Mrs. Green and little daugh
ter are staying at Nels Reshoi's.
Mrs. Head got a surprise party or
Mrs. John Bechen. and she invited sew
eral friends to help Mrs. Bechen cele
brate her birthday. At the usual time
a delightful supper was served by
the guests and before they left they
presented Mrs. Bechen with a dozer
soup bowls. They stayed until TIT
early morning hours.
The Jensens were entertained a
the Otteson home Sunday evening.
Edna Jensen spent Sunday with hel
friend, Nettie Kaldowskd.
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J., .
OAKWOOD

Jodmer Aaugstad called at ole An.
derson's one day last week.
Hartman, the ~iyear-old son OF Gust
Leite, had the misfortune TO fracture
his leg just above the knee. DR.. Tor
wick was summoned to set the bone,
and it is hoped that he viii make a
speedy improvement.
Tom Fish and wife are enjoying the
comforts OF a new Ford car.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Schiessor spent
Wednesday at the Daum home.
Wayne Steinhart returned Saturday
to his camp at the Great Lakes train
ing school at Lake Superior.
Mrs. LevenkGmp and father. Case
Vanderwall visited at the Daum home
Tuesday afternoon.
Fred Schwartz is the proud posses
sor of a new Buick car.
John Kleinjan. Aerrit Bowman and
T ID. Nesbit were among those who
attended the joint officers and teach
ers' meeting held at Brookings last
Monday. They report a very inter
esting and largely attended meeting.
Those neither absent nor tardy dur
ing the month of March were Lucille
McClernon. Nellie Nesbit, Mildred
Bowman, Floyd kleinjan. Matthew de
Blonk, Gerret de Blonk. Absent only
n day: John Bowman and Theo-
dore 3owman-lda B. Nelson.
John Kleinjan and son, Floyd and
Miss Helena, were Brooklngs visitors
Saturday.
Vim Lee of Volga, spent Sunday at
the Daum home.
Miss Ida Nelson and Mrs. Chris Mel.
son spent last Thursday with the
Misses Kate and Clara Daum.
John Gruseth and family visited at
the Leite home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bye, Norma and
Gretchen were Sunday visitors at the
Ira Loban home.
Robt. Loban and family spent a few
days at the home OF Mrs. Loban's sis
ter, Mrs. Oscar Wetterbug, near south
OF Arlington.
The good weather and excellent
roads enabled a great many teachers
and officers to attend the annual
meeting at Brookings last Monday.
AS usual Supt. Blakely had provided
excellent speakers and the program
was enjoyed by a great many who
were not in the teaching profession.
The children of the county will I'M
doubtedly feel that an interested and
able official has served them during
the two terms OF Mr.. Blakely's office.
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PRESTON

Mr.. and Mrs. George Lee were Wa.
tertown visitors last Wednesday.
Mrs .Wicken recently renovated her
dwelling house with a new coat OF
paint.
Mrs. William Blumeyer spent Wed.
nesday at the Joe Harms home.
A number of the residents of this
vicinity transacted business in Brook
ings last Thursday.
Miss Lillian Ridout arrived Monday
from near Astoria and will make an
extended visit in the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. A. J. Lee.
A few of the members of the A. ].
Appel family are i'll, suffering with
tonsilar complications.
Mrs. Dora Carbine spent Thursday
and Friday of last week writing teach.
ers' examinations In Brookings.
The William Blumeyer family spent
Sunday evening at s. L. Shalley's.
Wallace Simonson was absent a few
days of last week on account of Ill
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lee spent Sun
day with relatives near Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arson Swift arrived
nom Brookinss q short time age
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FOUNTAIN

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry FELTON, of east
Of Bushnell. were entertained at the
George Garrison home Sunday.
Gail Seas and Miss Harriet Bane
spent Monday in Brookings visiting
friends.
Miss Ethel Hubbard was a caller
at the A. ]. Engel home Monday ever
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vinol Norton and fam.
lily spent Sunday at the Herman Mel
cher home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seas. Mr.. and Mrs
Elmer Pullman ate Sunday dinner at
the Fred Luelf home.
Miss leila Buettner visited from
Wednesday to Friday with her sister
Mrs. Frank Swanson of Prairie Home
Mrs. Searles and children spent
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Lane
Mr.. and Mrs. Luelf were callers al
Elmer Pullman's Wednesday evening
Frances Engel spent Saturday after
noon with Helen Lievan.
Mrs. Amelia Hubenthal of Sioux
Falls. is visiting her parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Fred Wiseman this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buettner entertained
the following to Sunday dinner: Mr.
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PARNEll-EAST TRENTON

Frank Reynolds Of Toronto. S. D., is
now visiting at the home of his sister,
Mrs. j. Z. Phillips.
Those who visited at the Fred Hus-
ka home Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy LovejOy, Frank Reynolds and
Reuben Phillips.
Miss Elsie White vas visiting Clara
Jensen last Sunday.
Several from here attended the
movies at Aurora Saturday evening.
Word was received from Washing
ton, d. c., that Floyd Kirby was on
his way to France.
Ralph Lovejoy was in Aurora the
first Of the week.
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AURORA

From the Review:
Miss Lenora Brightwell was taken
sick last week with appendicitis and
was taken to the Bookings hospital
at once where the operation was per-
formed.
c.. B. Severson moved his house
hold goods into the F. T. Baker house
Monday. This move is the beginning
of a series of moves. II. A. Hoy will
occupy the place vacated by Mr.. Sever
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and Mrs. Pogue and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Swanson and children and
Mrs. Aug. Swanson and Miss Ella
Swanson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Pullman of
B%rookings spent Friday afternoon at
Elmer Pullman's.
August Swanson was called to Iowa
the last of the week by the serious
illness of a brother.
Miss Gertrude Buettner of Brook.
ings spent Sunday with home folks.
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preparatory to spending the summer
on their farm west of Estelline.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus Solmonson
and family were visitors sunday even
ing al George Taken',.
a son recently arrived in the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Dempsey of
Laketon.
The members OF the Degree Of
Honor and others Of this community
attended the funeral of the late Mrs.
Thos. Ford, held in Estelline Satur-
day.
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ARLINGTON

From the Sun:
Rev. l. NJ. Hargett of the Brookings
NJ. +. church, was secured to help
Rev. Kearton in the special services
at the M. E. church, and has preached
every night this week. Tonight (Fri-
day. will be the closing night. Rev.
Mr.. Hargett, who is one of the strong
est ministers in the northwest, and
one of the busiest men, consented to
come here when it was a sacrifice for
him. Our people greatly enjoyed his
sermons.
Nv. S. S.
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Frank Reynolds was a Brooklngs
caller Monday.
Wallace White visited at he jerks
home northwest of Brookings Satur-
day and Sunday.
The weather of late has sure been
fine.
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Elmer Michel spent Sunday at the
K%aldowski home.
The Persial family spent Sunday at
Chris ChristiansOn's.
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son and F. A. Pike will take the place
Mr.. Hoy leaves and w. j. Hahn the
place F.. A. Pike leaves.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19

States when 19 years old, said he
mad many times seen stern officers
slap the young soldiers. Cash taxes
are paid by all workmen, mechanics
and working girls for the mainte-
nance of this army.
The factory where he worked 900
men and women were employed. At
lO am. a short time was allowed
Tor the laborers to get light lunch.
AL noon hour they were not allowed
to return to the factory until one
o'clock. This order, q strict one. was
to prevent employees blockading the
sidewalk. During that time Mr.
Morris usually visited the Art Mu-
scum, a wonderful sight, at Berlin.
The very poorest of poor people
are workmen for the large land
owners in Germany. They work on
the 500 to 1000 acre farms and are
furnished small shack and al
lowed to raise their food. Some
times they are given goat by the
landowner to use for the milk. But
the goat is always the property of
the landlord. The family may be
small or large, no difference, they
are paid the sum of $50 a year.
They eat meat once a week, live
practically on potatoes, salted her
ring and other fish.
Travelling in Germany is differ
ent for the poor and rich classes.
their being four classes. The first
class passengers on trains have the
best, but the fourth class put their
trunk in the baggage car, which is
like our freight car, and are allowed
the privilege of sitting on it. The
crippled soldiers were usually work.
men on the trains
OF course, the redeemfng feature
about Germany is her system of
education where every child, ages
6 to IA, is compelled to attend
school. In this way every German
has at least a grammar school edu-
cation and can read and write,
Mr.. Morris landed in New York
July 4, 1876, when the country was
celebrating her centennial. The city
was mass of flags, fireworks were
booming in every direction. what
land Of liberty and good times and
how they are celebrating our ar
rival! calculated Mr. Morris as he
sailed into harbor after two weeks
of nothing but blue sky and green
water. "a great, great country, this.
If you see any fellow talking for
Germany, tell him to come to me,
can tell him more of why a man,
born poor, remains poor in Germany
always.
wants to know the facts, ri tell
him more of why man, born poor,
remains peer, in Germany always"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
Onr Government COntraStGd
With Old Kaiser Bills

Sam Morris, the "Buy-Now-Pay-
Later" man, gives out The following
interview. Sam is a native of that
country, born 80 miles from Berlin,
lie lived in Germany till he was 10
years old, has lived in Mexico 80
years:
II you are born poor in Germany
you stay poor forever and. IL anv
German sympathizer wants to know
why, I'll tell him. Live, | saw. hut
L mean exist, for that is what every
poor person does under German au-
tocracy. Four years 1 worked in a
cigar factory in Berlin and lived in
tenement with 700 people. These
tenement houses are several miles
from the factories which are in
downtown districts. They are large
buildings built on the square, per-
haps ten stories high. First thing
you do when going to the city to
work is to engage a room in ten
ement, paying strictly cash.
Breakfast is served in their
rooms by the landlady-cup of cof-
fee and roll. Dinner and supper
are obtained near the factories.
Cash always for meals, and as the
workman's wages are paid weekly,
Mr.. Morris laughed and said his
watch nearly always found a pawn
shop about Thursday or Friday.
ut was either that or go hungry,
and the watch could be redeemed,
just to go in again at the end"
People wonder ana question why
the people of Germany cannot now
make plans, hold meetings that will
lessen their bondage and tend for
a freer state. WELL" he said, "it is
because before public meetings, the
leaders have to go to the burgo-
master( same office as our mayor)
and register the place, street num-
ber, and time of meeting. Then at
the appointed time on the scene ar
rives officers and policemen of the
Government to watch and listen to
any plans that may be made. There
is no such thing as free speech in
Germany. 1t is prison for any man
who dares an utterance against the
state or government in any FORM"
Mr.Morris says he saw the Kaiser
nearly every day on the streets OF
Berlin. Wilhelm's father, then Kais-
er, was adored by his people as on
ly a god could be. At the gate in
Berlin stands the massive statue of
two horses. This was taken from
Alsace-Lorraine, 1871, by Germans.
From this German army there is
no escape. Every young man at age
of 20 goes into training for period
of three years. The discipline is Sc
we're. Mr.. Morris, who just escaped
training by coming to the United
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
CORN STALK POISONING
WATCH YOUR CATTLE.

JEFFERSON City, Mo-, Sept. 14.-Dr.
D. F. Luckey, State Veterinarian
OF the Missouri Board of AericuI.
ture, authorizes the following state
nenl Whlch Is OF emergency impor-
lance to live stock owners:
the recent drouth has stunted the
corn, kafir corn and sorghum more
or less all over Missouri. When these
plants are stunted in their growth
they generally develop a poisonous
principle more or less deadly to hor-
ses and cattle. Unless extreme pre-
cautions are taken to avoid tronble
there is bound to be a heavy loss of
sock this fall
trouble has already occurred in
some sections of the State. In ono
place the owner avs his COW getting
thru the fence into a patch of kafir
corn. lie rang the telephone and
called the veterinarian and then
rushed to drive the COW out. The
veterinarian Immediately jumped in
to his automobile and rushed to the
farm, but the COW was down and so
far gone that he could not save her
This illustrates the extremely
POISONOUS nature of some patches of
sorghum and kafir corn. 1t is possi-
Bile that, with late fall and plenty
or moist warm weather, this poison
may largely disappear from these
folders.
BY observing the following direc-
tions lot of trouble may be avoid
ed:
Put as much of the corn as possi-
BILE into the silo. This will make II
absolutely safe
Where no silo is available. cut
the corn up into shock fodder, and,
II possible, put it in dry sheds. The
fodder will lose the poisonous prin-
ciple sooner or later.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

On Active Service with the Amer
ican Expeditionary Force, is the red
triangle stationery head of the Y.
M. c. A. on which Ed Klusman
writes to his sister Dorothea here.
Aug. 16, 1918, Dear Folks:-
l must write, it has been long
since l wrote last. Gladly received
the No. 2 letter. Not that I'm home
sick. No. I'm feeling fine, having
good time, plenty of good eats on
the side. / have no expenses at all,
only if we want a beer or light wine
which they sell here fer 40e a
quart, but don't like either beer
or wine. Uncle Sam keeps us in
plenty of toilet articles. You know,
when we started for France they is
sued each soldier and acting soldiers
a new Gillette razor. The other day
we had to turn them in and draw
new ones.
Guess you will have finished
threshing. Let me know how the
wheat run out, and corn is coming.
won't have the chance to SOW
wheat this fall. Ed Klusman.
Co. X. 354 Inf. American Il. f:
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
Lightning Hits
A Barn Burned
A Big Barn Burned, Another DAM
aged-Four Horses KiIIed-A
Church Also Hit, .

Early Sunday morning there was
a heavy thunder cloud passed over
this section. For time the thunder
was quite terrific. J.P. Jeffries' house
in South Mexico was hit by light
ming and flue torn to pieces. VIM
Eisele's large barn, out northwest
of Thompson, was struck by light
ming and four horses killed which
were housed therein. Bethlehem
Baptist church was also hit.
Lightning also hit the large barn
of G. o. Black, northwest of Mexico.
The building was entirely destroyed.
Corn and hay, Mr.. Blacks winter
supply of potatoes and all his farm
implements and a young calf, all
lodged in the barn, were lost. The
full insurance was $1,100. The to-
tai loss, we understand, is put at
$4,000,
We are sorry to hear of all these
misfortunes.
There was goodly rainfall fol-
lowed the cloud.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
SOME CANIOUFLAGE.

In past years when there has been
an election on prohibition amend
ment in the State, st. Louis has ex-
eused herself for casting such a
small prohibition vote and so large
a wet vote from the fact, as they
claimed, that the city was so largely
German. Since the war is on il is
not popular to be so German, and
they have now discovered that St.
Louis is the most American city on
earth. Hence, therefore, we shall
expect them to vote in November as
an American city.
Vote Eyes" on No. Six.
You may say what you please and
think what you please, but the fact
remains, as has often been observed
of late, that tens of thousands of
young men now across the sea will
return to this country more or less
imbued with the old world ideas
and old world standards, and if we
don't clean up before they return,
II will be more difficult to do so af-
terward.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
THE AMERICANS MAKE
THEIR FIRST DRIVE.

The victorious American offensive
in Lorraine has not only completely
eliminated the st. Mihiel salient
and resulted in the taking of at
least $4,000 and probably many
more prisoners, but has carried the
American line right up to the Ger
man border.
In little more than "a hours
Gen. Pershing's men had all the
important towns, villages and stra-
getic positions in the sector within
their hands and were standing on the
banks of the Moselle River at Pag-
ny, looking across the stream into
German tel ritory. And the southern
outer fortifications of Metz, the
great German stronghold in Lor-
raine, were only four miles away,
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
IN A REST CAMP,
Rests While Pushing A WheeIbar-
row, Laying A Railroad Or Work.
ing Steam Shovels-Soldier's Busy
Life.
LUNCH BETWEEN SHOTS"

Inc QuaTtermaster Corps has
worked out special reserve emer-
gency ration for the Army consist
ing ,of hard bread, corn beef hash.
roast beef, salmon, sardines, soluble
coffee, sugar and salt, to be hacked
in camouflaged galvanized iron tins
hermetlcally sealed against gas as
well as moisture.
Wheat, meat and sugar make up
most of the menu of this "lunch be-
tween shots for the American Army
in France. That is the reason, ac-
cording to the Missouri Division of
the Food Administration, civilians
are asked to eat corn bread, to buy
one pound of substitutes with every
four pounds of wheat flour, to save
the heavier cuts of beef and to make
the national allotment of sugar go
around.
The abundant American harvests
have brought riffs in the food
clouds, 1t is true. But now is the
time, officials of the State Food Ad-
ministration declare, for a national
reserve ration to make impossible
any such dire condition as faced the
Allies last winter when Lord
Rhondda, food controller for Great
Britain, said on hearing the surplus
wheat of America had been used
up: "The war is over; we are beat
en-"
America did her part then, "
food officials say, land she must do
her part now by preparing against
any possible repetition of that call
of distress"