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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From the Register

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f. L. Hughson was over from Volga
Saturday.
Editor West, of the Times, was UP
from Aurora Tuesday.
Geo. Kephart and Mart NJ. Van
Osdel returned to college or Monday.
August King, residing north Of
Brookings, was in the city Tuesday.
Prof. j. NJ. Parkinson has arrived
and entered upon his duties at the
college.
judge C. S. Palmer has been APP
pointed commissioner of the Soldiers
Home at Hot Springs. The term ex-
tends over a period Of six years.
The new department of steam en-
gineering at the Agricultural college
is in a thriving condition. Prof. Sol
berg Will graduate twenty engineers
next commencement.
f. G Davis has been appointed city
engineer by the council. The selec-
ton Will give general satisfaction as
Mr.. Davis is thoroughly competent
and will always be on the job.
Prof. Harvey n. OFT, Of the Uni
versity Of Michigan, has been called
to the chair of biology and animal
pathology at Agricultural college and
is expected to report for duty next
week.
Ripley S. Lyon departed for Utah
Monday. Mr.. Oldham will not go
west. but will remain in Bookings
until the worlds fair opens and after
visiting the exposition he will return
to ENGLAND.
Mrs. Mary Comstock has leased the
Farmers Home hotel and will con
duct the same. ed. note). This
building at that time stood on the cor
ner of Main and Williams street now
occupied by the Kendall block and
was the building recently torn down
on the alley at the rear Of the Kendall
block and across the alley from the
city telephone building.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04
notice.!

Much interest is being shown at the
Business Girls club in doing Red
Cross work. Last Monday evening
there were about thirty girls sewing,
but they are handicapped in the work.
Three machines have been loaned TO
the girls by ladies of the town and
the club would greatly appreciate
other machines if there is any one
who could loan one to be used While
they are making the Red Cross gar
ments. Please notify Miss Cora Gull
lick, phone 1856, and she will see that
it is taken to the club rooms.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04

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This department is edited by Mrs. RIA l.
Liegler and anyone having social news OF
interest viii confer a favor on the Register
BY 'phoning Mrs Ziegler. BIG.
Surprise-On Saturday afternoon
Mrs. A. j. Kendall was invited to
spend the afternoon with Mrs. L.. j.
Kendall. On her arrival she found
some of her old friends there to greet
her and help celebrate her birthday.
A season of fancy work and social
chatting was much enjoyed until the
serving of a most delicious two-course
dinner, a~-la-cafeteria. A number of
remembrances were left with the hap
py honoree.
Woman's CIub-A most interesting
meeting of The Woman's Club was
held at the home of Mrs. Collins who
was assisted by Miss Spencer in en-
tertaining, on Saturday. The follow
ing program was much enjoyed:
Current Topics $40. Mrs. f. E. Brown
Russia's Gifts to the World. .......
Mrs S. p. Miller
Dainty refreshments and a social time
was enjoyed at the close of the pro-
gram.
Dacotah Camp Fire-Miss Amber
Ellis was the charming hostess to
The Dacotah Camp Fire Girls at "A
$50 dinner on Tuesday. The fine
menu was served in two courses.
Lively chatting and a general good
time were enjoyed the balance of the
evening.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04
'
THE CROW'S-NEST

.
Want what you have and you'll be
happy" Want what you can't afford
and you will be counting misery.
Many of our own faults are reflect
ed in what we criticize in others.
@ @ @
Think over the many subjects of
the days conversation and try to re-
call whether you have spoken Ill OF
anybody without cause.
There was no storm this year with
in several days of the vernal equinox,
before or after. This knocks out the
old e%Quinoctial storm superstition.
Another old saying has gone glim-
mering this year, that of the lion and
lamb theory of March weather. We
had lamb weather at the beginning
and end of March.
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To get q somewhat adequate idea
OF the extent Of ground over which
the last t~wei.eday battle has been
raging On tia western front in Eu,
rope, imagine IN area represented by
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04
HAS SEED CORN

Davidson county has an adequate
amount of excellent seed corn, accord
ing to w. NJ. Brennan, county emer
gency agent. Tests range above &C
per cent and one farmer, Nick Doulin
ger. has 200 bushels Of the 1916 cror
which tests SO per cent termination
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04

The senate has passed a law impos'
ing 20 year and a $4,000 hne on
whoever shall by word or act favor
the cause of the German empire or
it's allies in the present war or by WORD
or act oppose the cause Of the United
States therein" This can a lot OF
revised political speeches for the
spring campaign.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04
s. s..

Massachusetts, ratified the national
prohibition amendment on Tuesday,
being the first of the northeastern
states to do so. 1t will take twenty
five more states with the same mind
to add the provision to the federal
constitution.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04
Aw o.

twenty-five million is the quota for
South Dakota to raise in the Third
Liberty Loan. This is no kids play,
but calls for hard work.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04
.W. s. s..

New York, who used to laugh at
Kansas. has an auto for every thirty
five inhabitants and Kansas has one
for every ten. The laugh is now on
the other side.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04
@W. &. SO

A far sighted soldier at the front
went into one of the Libraries behind
the lines and asked for a guide book
to Berlin. That boy knows his bust
ess
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04

One splendid compensation Of war
is in sight. There were three thous-
and less new books published last
year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04

Russia went dry" in 1915 and crazy
il 1913. Any connection between the
two?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-01-11

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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-10-11

On Monday the master numbers in
the new draft were drawn, President
Wilson taking the first from the bowl.
The classification of the men is pro-
crossing well. but the sending of those
selected to the training camps may be
delayed by the serious spread of the
epidemic of influenza. Rigorous meas
ures are being adopted TO check the
disease. with prospects of success.
Considering its nature, the number of
deaths is not extraordinary.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-10-11
Farming i'm Australia.

Conditions governing agriculture in
Australia are described by Commercial
Agent Juan HONS in his report on
Agricultural Implements and Machin-
cry in Australia and New Zealand
Special Agents Series No. 1855"
American farm tools and machinery
are well liked in Australia, but thew
are not, in some instances. ADAPTED to
the needs Of the native farmer. There
would be greater demand for Amer
lean tractors If they could be used on
ground that has not been cleared Of
stumps. Many other details regard
ing the farms and their requirements
are discussed in the report.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-10-11

The most spectacular exploit of the
week was the raid on the Austrian
naval base at DuraZZO. American,
British and italian warships made
their way through the mine fields and
completely destroyed the base and all
the Austrian vessels in the harbor ex-
cept a hospital ship. The only dam
age to the attacking force was the
slight injury of d British cruiser by
torpedo.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-10-11
Sinister.

The latest German defense of bosn,.
tai bombing led Representative Tog,,a
to remark:
THAT defense is as sinister. and :,
shows conditions as rotten. q. tha
speech OF the rich. business man, who
chuckled:
l ought to get myself a new tvna-
writer The PART is all coming off
this one. Just look here ON nav
coat" NY
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-10-11

The progress, step by step, of a shell
aimed at the kaiser's head keeps peo-
pie in the nations capital informed
of the effectiveness of the Fourth Lib
erty Loan campaign. A sign, almost as
tall as the building, has been erected
on the south front of the treasury.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-10-11

Necessarily all this had great effect
in the Teutonic nations. The excite
ment in Berlin approached panic and
the newspapers made no attempt to
conceal the gravity of the situation.
The first concrete results were the res
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18
Peter P. Carney Tells
How Draftees Learn
to Handle Shotgun
Score one for Atlantic City.

Score one for Atlantic City.
1t is the first town in the country
to teach it's draftees the rudiments
CT handling a shotgun, one of the
most effective weapons yet brought
ino play against the Huns, actually
in advance of their being called to
the colors.
This is the result of a patriotic
offer by the proprietors of the trap
shooting school on the Million Dollar
Pier. The owners offered to provide
free the cost of guns. targets. shells
and instructors for ten draftees
weekly. the students to be designated
by the draft boards.
Mayor Harry Bacharach promptly
accepted the proposition. In doing
so he made inquiry as to the cost of
providing for the training of so
draftees weekly because of the great
Importance which Provost Marshal
Crowder is attaching to markham
ship in the preliminary preparation
of draftees
The lately become 21 year old
young men will go to the Atlantic
City traps first.
The Atlantic City idea will more
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18
Old "Pop" Geers
Wins With June Red
at Atlanta Races

Pop" Geers, Nestor of the
turf, figured again yesterday at
Atlanta when he piloted June
Red to victory in the feature
event of the day, the Georgia
Railway and Power Company
Club race, for 2.07 trotters and a
$2,500 purse. June showed a re-
markable reversal of form and
won rather easily, despite the fact
and Esperanza were among her
competitors. She finished last in
the opening heat. Heir Reaper
took second money.
The free-for-all pace for a ST.
200 purse, was carried off by Miss
Harris NJ, in a hot battle with
Jay Mack, which was second in all
three miles. Hal Boy ran third
and showed absolutely no form.
Murphy drove the winner and also
took first money in the two-year-
old trot. He was behind Doro-
thy Day, which won in two
straight heats. Mark Stout was
second in both, and Wiki Wiki
was third.
The track was again in good
condition and a good crowd at
tended.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18

Easton, Pa, Oct. 1S.-Ursinus will
be the attraction on March Field on
Saturday afternoon. taking the place
of p M. c., whose team was origi-
nally scheduled to appear. but who
Cancelled on Wednesday because of
the influenza epidemic there. Lieu
tenant Wohl,, commandant at Ursi-
nus, was at Lafayette yesterday, and
after a conference with Captain
Parker, telephoned to Ursinus, or
dering that preparations be rushed
for Saturdays game. The news that
the season would be sure to open on
Saturday acted as an excellent tonic
for yesterdays practice. Coach Cor
bett put the men through long
signal drill, and then lined up two
teams for regular game with eight
minute halves. Reeves, Gebhard,
backfield on the first team, and
proved to be an effective combina-
ton.
German medical and surgical
treatment is too awful for words"
reported Harry Banks. London Rifle
Thigh broken In two places, he was
thrown in q cattle truck after being
captured, with twenty other men, all
nelDleSS and given no attenLiOn Tor
eight days. The Hun doctors only at
tended him then to shorten his leg
and make him a cripple.
How shall we treat the Germn thug
When this dire war In WONT
Why, just like any criminals
Imprison every Hun.
And when the warden gives his word
That Hun wants to reformt
Probation him, and thus we will
Prevent another storm.
A series of international boxing
matches. will be put on at the Ma
tional Sporting Club. London. in the
near future.
Many English, French and Ameri-
can boxers are with the Allied armies,
and IT Is proposed to match these
men for the benefit of war charity.
Among the American boxers who will
probably be seen in action there are
Mike O'Dowd. the middleweight cham
plon, and Joe Lynch. the New York
bantamweight 1t is believed that the
latter will be matched with. Johnny
Wilde the diminutive English cham
pion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18
|Star Chamber" Football Planned
For Tarsus at Middleton, Sunday

state College, Pa, Oct. 10. - The
football situation at Penn State is
similar to that prevailing at many
other colleges this season. Every
regular and most of the experienced
substitutes of last season are in the
service. Out of a squad of fourteen
letter men, not a single veteran is
on hand for Coach Bezdek's team this
year.
In his reconstruction efforts, Bezdek
is depending on players from last
and a few substitutes from the 1917
varsity. With this limited supply of
material at his disposal. he is push
representative wartime eleven for the
four scheduled games.
OF the nine contests originally
planned. there are remaining on
States slate only Bucknell, Rutgers
Lehigh and Pittsburgh. Bucknell is
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18

A dispatch from The Hague says
that Prince Frederick Karl is learn
ing Finish so that pop may send
him up there to be king.-Finish
will come readily to Karl now.
Common Pleas Judge Stevens yes
terday at Cleveland dismissed the in
junction barring the National Base
ball Commission the National League
and the Boston National League
team from interfering with Pitcher
Scott Perry's retention by the Phila-
delphia American League team. Tho
injunction. granted last June on petit
ton of Manager Connie Mack. of
the Philadelphia American team,
was dissolved on statement of at
torneys that the controversy had
been settled out of court. Perry,
formerly with the Southern Associa-
ton, was taken by Boston on a
thirty-day option but, it is said, was
released before the option expired,
Philadelphia signing him. Later
Boston tried to get him back through
the National Commission, on the
ground that the option agreement
had not been fulfilled.
Bethlehem, Pa, Oct. 1S.-Coach
Ready has uncovered among the
football material a sensation in the
person of Wey Chinese, who plays
end on the scrub and who is touted
the fleetest man in the squad. At
any rate, in the hard scrimmage he
intercepted forward pass and got
away for a touchdown after a fifty
yard sprint Wey IS developing
fast and is a good tackler.
Annapolis, Md, Oct. 1s.-Yester-
day afternoon was the last oppor-
tunity for real preparation of the
Naval Academy football team for
its opening game on Satur6 ay, when
1t will meet the eleven of the Naval
Pay School from rinceton. To-mor-
row only short period Is allowed,
which will be used for signal and
formation work. Lobie drilled his
men persistently In the forward pass
plays, which are big portion of the
Academy teams attack.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18
Soldier Athletes Fooled
in Catching Baseball
From Height Of 900 Fl.

Last July at Kelly Field. Texas.
Corporal Bessolo, a member OF
the S19th Aero Squadron, estap-
Tished a world record when he
caught a baseball dropped from
an airplane flying 700 feet above
the ground. Since then several
attempts have been made by aVi-
ators in camps here and abroad
to equal or break Bessolo's rec
ord, but all attempts have failed.
Recently in France several
American fliers tried to smash the
Texas record. On the athletic
grounds close to where the Amer
leans are quartered, a 15O-foot
white circle was marked, and the
contestants, numbering fifty, stood
within the white lines. A few
moments later a small plane, pi-
loted by Lieutenant Coleman,
came into view, flying low over
the field. The machine rose TO
a height of $50 feet and then
turned so that it was directly
above the circle, and then the
pilot received a prearranged sig
nal to drop the white basepalis.
After Coleman released his grip
on the first ball it could plainly
be seen gllStenlnB III the sun oiA
its downward fight.
AS soon as it was dropped the
men in the circle, faces skyward,
moved about rapidly, first trot-
ting. then walking, in order to
nudge the ball as a catcher does
n high foul. But the white oo-
iect came down too swiftly, ana
fell inside the circle untouched.
The aviator again flew over the
circle at the same height and
dropped a second and third ball,
and the result was not dlfterent
from the first. While the second
bali dropped from the plane was
on it's way to the earth high
wind suddenly blew and the
white object was carried out of
reach of those in the circle.
With the wind increasing the
airman ascended to the 9OO-foot
level, nearly 200 feet above the
noint from which the ball caught
by Bessolo was dropped. From
this height several balls We're
dropped within the white circle,
but none was caught. After the
white pellets had struck the
ground the soldiers examined
them, and they were surprised to
find that they were not damaged
by the fight. The baseballs
dropped at Kelly Field were bad
ly damaged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18
Flagg's columbia" Is
Dead in Baltimore

Baltimore, Nd. Oct. 1S.-Mrs.
Margaret Eyre Stirling Baldwin, wife
of Willard A. Baldwin, of Baltimore
and New York, is dead of influenza
and pneumonia at the home of her
father-in-law, Homer Field Baldwin.
Mrs. Baldwin was a grandniece of
Admiral Yates Stirling, U. S. N,
and the "prettiest woman in Balti-
more" who recently posed for James
Montgomery Flagg as Columbia" to
aid the fourth Liberty Loan drive
Mrs. Baldwin was a leader in the
younger married set. Her death oc-
curredd almost at the very moment
that the body of her brother, Cap
tain Archibald Stirling, quartermas-'
ter corps, U. S. A, who died of the
same causes, was brought to this
city from Newport News, Va, for
burial
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18
ALL NEW JERSEY
HUNTING DEER
First Day of Season Sees 200
Founders Shot; Hunters
Look For Great Season

Reports from New Jersey to-day do
not indicate that the deer hunters
will help food conservation to any
great extent. They blame the poor
kill on too much foliage on the
trees" and poor weather" However,
some were lucky. Gloucester per-
haps sent out more gunners than any
other section although nearly every
town had an auto load or two, many
leaving the night before, so. as to
get an early stand"
Game Warden Avis, Warden Folker,
of Camden county, spent the first day
of the season around Williamstown,
and while neither got a shot at one
of the fleet-footed animals, they saw
a couple of nice does. Albert john
son, of that town, who was among
the party. brought down a two hun
dred-pound buck, having twelve
snags. Johnson took his prey into
town and placed it on exhibition.
Hunters report that it is almost i'm
possible to have any success without
dogs, as the deer hide in thick woods.
Another deer of two hundred
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18
Water Bucket Race
Is the Latest Sport
For the Blue Jackets

And now its the water bucket
race" that is occpying the atten-
tion of sports directors of the
Navy Department Commission on
training camp activities. This
brand new recreational novelty,
which has been introduced in the
naval training camps throughout
the country, was devised by
Walter D. Powell, who is in charge
of athletics in the Sixth district,
the headquarters of which are at
Charleston, South Carolina.
Every participant in the race
travels with a bucket half filled
with water, balanced on his head,
and held there with his hands.
The men who finishes the race
with the most water left in his
bucket wins. The race is invari-
ably fraught with amusing acci-
dents, all of which serve to en-
hance its popularity among the
jackies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18
HUNTING today UNCLE SAM URGES GOLF PLAYING S0LD
Uncle Sam Ordains Golf as
Capital Sport For Soldiers

for golf facilities in the various
training camps of this country. 1t
has conclusive evidence that golf
provides a form of recreational ac-
tivity which plays an important part
in counteracting the tension of in
tensive training.
This association has been asked
by the War Department to assist
in making the game of golf possible
in the training camps. To do this
the necessary equipment is required.
The department will provide the
grounds and the golfers of the coun-
try are asked to assist in obtaining
the clubs, balls and other essentials
for the game. The United States
Golf Association feels confident that
this suggestion is all that is neces-
sary to gain the hearty cooperation
of the golfers or the country in the
plan to provide their favorite form
of recreation for the boys who are
going through preparatory training
prior to their departure for active
service overseas
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18

Washington, Oct. 1S.-The need for
golf as a means of recreation in the
training camps is apparent, accord
ing to reports submitted to the Ath-
letic Division of the War Department
Commission on training camp activ-
tiles by athletic directors of the vari-
Gus cantonments.
1t is impossible to construct stan
dard golf courses in the training
camps, it was said, but this need
not prevent the soldiers from play
ing the game in a modified form.
Cross country golf, miniature courses
and putting contests readily conform
to the informal schedule and find IA
vor with both afficers and men.
The following letter has been sent
by the United States Golf Associa-
,.op To the secretaries of the organ
ization's affiliated clubs throughout
the country:
The commission on training camp
activities of the War Department,
Ifter a survey of existing conditions,
has decided that there is a real need
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-18
Swell Golf Weather
at Atlantic City;
knight Medal Scorer

Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 1S.-
Never has there been more per-
feet weather and never has the
course of the club been as fine as
that which was had by the en-
trants in the fall tournament of
the Atlantic City CountCy Club,
which opened yesterday at North
field. There was hardly any
wind, the greatest hazard to visit
ing golfers, and the day and con-
ditions certainly were conducive
to low scores. There were fifteen
players who broke under 80,
within one of being sufficient to
complete the first sixteen. c. N.
Phillips, of this city, got around
in 90 and was lucky in the draw
so that his name went in with the
first flight.
The low medal was taken by F.
w. Knight, of this city, who was
the only man to play the course
in less than so. knight took a
10, while his clubmate, Maurice
Risley, came in with 81, which
was the second lowest score.