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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-11

Mich, and Mary Celia McLouth were
united in marriage at the M. E. church
by Rev. c. r. Waters. There were
about one hundred invited guests. The
bride is the youngest daughter of DR..
ana Mrs. Lewis McLouth, president of
the South Dakota Agricultural Col
lege.
Harold H~aroldson rave his Brook
ings friends and the people of Water.
town, who witnessed the bicycle race
on Tuesday, the surprise Of their life.
Harold has only rode a wheel since
last spring and when he entered the
five mile race with the champion of
Minnesota and of WATERFOWL, every
body thought he would not be "in it,,
but the young mar not only kept in
sight but made the pace until the last
eighth of a mile was reached and then
took third place. But with all the
speed made by the champions they
could not get away from our represen-
tatiye and the three wheelmen finished
in a bunch with Mcintyre of Water
town in the lead. One more mile
would have finished Mcintyre as he
was winded when he reached the
scratch, while Harold was fresh and
ready for another whirl. In the mile
race Haroldson took second prize.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-11
DR.. Jackson, Osteopath.
Let Cornell wire your house.

DR.. jackson, O~Steopath.
Let Cornell wire your house.
Get your pictures framed at Oyloe's.
Miss Alice Montgomery left Friday
morning to make an extended visit
with her sister, Mrs. F. H. Mitchell,
at Mitchell.
Mrs. q. Z. Purdy, accompanied by
her little granddaughter, Betty, went
to Hetland last Wednesday evening
to make a short visit with her friends,
the Misses Nelson.
w. II. Schaffer, who quit the en-
ploy of J. l.. Jarvis expecting to go
with the last draft quota, has gone to
his home near Aurora to wait until
the next call for men to go.
O. d. Plumb and William Achteberg,
two of Arlington's good citizens, were
in Brookings or the Fourth visiting
friends and taking in the various en-
tcrtainments offered to visitors.
liver Iverson left last week on the
first trip or vacation that he has taken
in six years of continuous service
with the c.. & n. w. Railway. He
went to Killeher, Mimi, to visit with
his brother, John Iverson, and fam
lily. He expects to return to work to-
day or tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. H. Mitchell re-
turned by train Friday morning from
O%watonna, Mimi, where they left Mr..
and Mrs. j. L. Mitchell, who were on
their way home to Austin, MINI. Mr..
j. l.. Mitchell and wife autoed here
from their home and were Joined by
F. II. and wife, and together they
made a long tour of over a thousand
miles through eastern North Dakota
and the lake region of Minnesota. Mr..
Mitchell reports that general crop
conditions all over the country they
visited are of the most excellent pros
pect.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-11
TWENTY-FIVE Years Ago
From the Register

Wallace Mattice departed for Chi
cago and other points east on Mon
day.
While riding in a race at Water
town Tuesday, Walter Cheever was
thrown from his bicycle and a couple
of wheelmen a over Walter and his
wheel.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Beynon returned
from Chicago on Wednesday. Mr..
Beynon says the South Dakota exhibit
is all right, reports TO the contrary
Notwithstanding.
>. A. Evans, living near Bookings,
threshed his wheat last week. The
grain had stood out all winter in
stacks and the grain buyers state that
it was In prime condition.
On Wednesday. July 5th, 1898, Mr.
Arthur Burton Cordley of Pinckney
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-11

regard of his employers is a fitting
recognition of his faithful and valuable
service.
The L. A. Tatge farm, north of the
city several miles, was sold this week
by A. b. Allison for the sum of 5000
per acre. This is the highest price
ever paid for farm land in Bookings
county and establishes a new record in
the way of values for Bookings coun.
ty soil. Mr.. Tatge has purchased a
farm in Minnesota, near where he
came from, and will return to that
section. He has made his farm one
of the finest around here and de-
serves the success he has Rad.
Mrs. Margaret Webb, a sister of w.
S. Elliott, who has resided with her
brother for the past two years. passed
illness. Mrs. Webb was s%eventy-fye
years of age and had been a widow
for four years. She was born in New
York state and moved to Iowa in 1865
where she spent nearly all Of the bal
ance of her life. No children ever
came to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Webb and being alone after her hus-
bands death, she came to live with
her brother. The body was taken to
Usage, Iowa, on Sunday evening for
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-11
Local and Personal

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Paul spent the
Fourth in Brookings visiting relatives
and friends.
Attorney Olaf Eden went to Phillip
Thursday evening to attend to some
law matters, returning the first of this
week.
The Crosse & Wilson and Nissen-
Hinkley garages will be closed on
Sundays, except at certain hours, see
their adv. in another column.
Phil Schlarb went the first of the
week to lie Beau, on the Missouri riv-
er, to look over a position offered him
there as the manager of a large ranch.
Miss Johanna Olson accompanied
her friend, Miss Olga Swenkrud, as
far as Mankato Monday, on her trip
to Chicago, returning home Tuesday
morning.
Prof. Paul GRADER, and agronomist
and alfalfa expert of the University
" NiSNoAiSib, Nop q pAh Il oNoh
College on Monday consulting with
the technical experts of that institu-
ton.
Miss Elma Salk, who has been visit
ing her friend, Miss Grace Duggan,
for a week, left Monday for Elkton
to visit at her former home. She will
] tbop rat,rn 70 ho, homo OF Cor+o Ana
Calf.
T. Tolagson went to Elkton Monday
and will take charge of the watch re-
pair work in the Fjerstad drug store.
Mr.. Tolagson is a watch maker of
experience, having learned the trade
in Norway before coming to America.
c. G.. Porter, for many years depot
agent at Tracy, Mimi, was in the city
for a short time Thursday evening.
He has resigned his employment with
the G.. & N. w. and will enter the
Citizens State Bank of Tracy as one
of the officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Cochran and
Mrs. Paul Girman autoed to Fairmont,
Mimi, last week to spend the Fourth
and for an outing. 1t rained all the
time they were at the Minnesota re-
sort and Mrs. Girman returned home
on Sunday morning.
Mrs. Geo. w. Cobel returned last
week from Berkeley, Calf, where she
was in attendance at the wedding of
we'll, doing we'll with his aviation
work and having successfully com
pleted his first practice flight.
Miss Lila Skinner and Mrs. E. H.
Beatty, accompanied by Harold Beat
ty, left Monday evening for the Black
Hills where they will spend a portion
of the summer taking a vacation and
outing. They will be near Memo, and
may be joined later by others from
Bookings.
James Natesta has received a let.
ter from his son, MILFORD, since his
arrival at Camp Kearney, and he re-
ports that he is doing fine, likes the
work and has recovered from his in
EQUATIONS. He seems to like the army
and says he is there to stay until the
victorious end.
Mrs. Swenkrud and daughter, Miss
Olga, have been visiting at the home
of Mrs. H. C. Olson, sister Of Mrs.
Swenkrud, and with Mrs. Borsvold, n
other sister. Miss Olga returned to
her home in Chicago Monday morn
ing, but her mother will visit her sis
ters for some time longer.
John Dokken autoed down from his
farm home near %Strandburg on the
morning of the Fourth and remained
over the day and night. He reports
that a hail storm has done a lot of
damage to his crops and some of his
neighbours, but that he was insured,
so that the loss will not be so heavy.
Generally crops are looking fine in
Grant county.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-11
OLD FALSE TEETH WANTED
DON'T NATTER IF BROKEN

We pay up'to IS dollars per set. Also cash
for Old Gold, Silver and broken Jewelry.
Check sent by return mail. Goods held 10
days for senders approval of our offer.
Mazers Tooth Speciality, Dept. A. 2OO7 S.
sth St, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-11

interment beside the grave of her hus-
band. The friends Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elliott extend to them their sympathy
in the time Of mourning.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-11
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If You Buy aUsed Car

If you buy a used car you
probably buy a used battery
and you can't tell how it has
been used. Better come in and
let us test it.
Such a battery may seriously
affect the operation of your car;
you can't tell whether it does or
not unless you put a really new
battery on it.
When you buy a Sill Better
Willard with Threaded Rubber
Insulation you know it is new,
because it is shipped and stored
Bone Dry and begins its life for
your car.
You'll know the Still Better
Willard by the Mark branded
onto the box. Get all the facts
about this remarkable battery
in the booklet "A Mark with a
Meaning for You"
We test, repair and recharge
storage batteries, and always
carry a full supply Of battery
parts, new batteries and rental
batteries. Testing service is
free.
Brookings Battery Service Co.
Trysstad Building : Breokinss, 5. D.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-11

All odds and ends are placed on special
tables and you will find more bargains--which
we cannot enumerate. :. All these items ad-
vertised are worth more than double at the
present market price, so come at once and
prepare yourself. ;. REMEMBER---there
will positively be no Charges, no Alterations,
no Exchanges. Every Sale Must Be Final.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
AUsTRIANs FAVOR DIRECT
 PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
Socialists Demand Negotiations With
 the United States.

Amsterdam, Feb. 21.--The Austrian socialists have convoked mass meet ings to support their demand that di- rect peact negotiations shall be opened with the United States.
 The Austrian emperor has warned the leaders of the different parliament tary parties that he will prorogue the reichsrath and govern the country by absolute methods if q majority is not secured for the provisional budget
 Wild scenes in the re:chsrath on Tuesday on the occasion of Premier Won Seydler's speech are described in a Vienna despatch to the Berlin Vos- sische Zeitung. The CZechs and Slavs at one point ostentatiously quilted the house and during the greater part of the premier's speech maintained a continuous din. There were shouts of "Lies! Treachery! Tell them that in 4Berlin!" and similar expressions
 The premier was audible only to those nearest to him.
 Czech protests are laod against. the advance of the German troops in Rus sia.
 The Poles are extremely dissatisfied with the Austrian government and de- marld that the Uvrainian frontier shal be fixed at the River; Bug and that Count Czernin, Austro- Hungarian for eign minister. shall be dismissed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

ment can be amended to meet the carpenters deands. The signers in cluded navy and shipping board off, clais and representatives of 1T unions whose members are engaged in ship yard work. The carpenters organiza- ton was the only one whose members are employed in shipyards that did not become a party to the meoran- dunn.
 Hutckeson Dissents.
 Hutcheson has declined to leave to the board decisions respecting condi- tions of labor, but has agreed to let 1t adjust questions concerning hours and wages. Today he presented to the conference proposal for signing the memorandum if it is amended to permit representative of the car penters to have a say in the boards findings.
 Officials Oppose Discrimination. If the agreement is amended it is believed that it will be changed so as to apply to all union organizations alike, since both government officials and the other union heads oppose dis criminations in favor of the carpen- Rters. The agreement has beer amended once to provide that al agreements subject by board com prising one representative each of the
 navy. the shipping board and the emergency fleet corporation and three representatives of the American Fed
 eration of Labor.
 At the end of today's conference!
 Hutcheson left for New York, an
 nouncing that he would not attend further meetings until the governmen had agreed to accept his proposal.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
THREE POUND
 LOAF OF BREAD
Is Now Permissible - Victory Loa'
 Starts February 24.

Hartford, Conn. Feb. 21-Bakers
 may now manufacture a three-quarter
 pound loaf of bread, under an amend
 ment to the federal banking regula-
 tions, according to a telegram receiv-
 ed from Washington tonight at the office of Robert W. Scoville, federal food administrator for Connecticut Variations of three-quarters of ar ounce over or under this weight is permitted in the individual, load but the ayera ee weight of every 25 loaves must be not less than the prescribed weight. Tie new foaf may be baked singIy or in pairs. It; manufacture is subject to the sane rules as other bread ;, The new weight simply adds an other loaf size to the output. it is pointed out It is not intended to dis ] place the one pouni unit. but has been adopted as a wheat saving measure on the showing that in some large cit 1 ies there are many families which re- quire less than enc pound Of bread
 9 day. It's price. the telegram says,
 should be relatively lower than ths pound. loaf.
 | The federal administrators office tcalls- attention to the fact that be- ginning Feb. A all baker must he making the Victory loaf containing 20 per cent. of cereal substitute.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
THREE MILLION PERSONS { ARE FACING STARVATION
In Tursssy, Armenia, Persia and Syria
 Presbyterian Board Reports.

New York. Feb. 21. - Information that three million persons in Turkey, Armenia. Persia and Sylria now face death by starvation has been received by the Presbyterian board of missions. In addition cablegram from United States Minister John L. Caldwell at Teheran, transmitted today to the board by the state department, says:
 "Beggars multiply and hundreds swarm the streets piteously crying for food and at time in their desperation assan1ting those beseeched. Similar conditions are reported from all prov iaces and cities of Persia" | According to Charles E. ViclSery, seceetsrY of the Armenian relief com nittee, here, conditions are expected to grow worse before the harvest which is not due for four or five months. The capture of Jerusalem by the British, MT. Vickery said, enabled the American committee to feed fifty thousand refugees in the Holy City and the advance of the allied forces has improved conditions in southern Palestine.
 There are $50, o,eoo Armenian refu- gees in the Russian Caucasus" said Mr. Vickery.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
PLENTY OF SUGAR FOR THE COMING SEASON
To Meet the Requirements of Manu. lecturers and Households.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Ample SUD- plies of sugar will be available dur ing the coming season, the food ad- ministration announced tonight to meet the requirements of manufactur- CTS and for household preserving pur. poses.
 All manufacturers of essential food products" food administration statement said. "are advised that they will be able to obtain their full me- cessary requirements. This applies particularly to the packers of fruit condensed milk and such vegetables for the preservation of which sugar mey be necessary as well as to the housewives for usage in preserving purposes. As the car shortage is re- lieved supplies of sugar will be avail able for the necessary preservation purposes. Shipments from Cuba are steadily increasing"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
GERMAN SPRING DRIVE
 CAUSING LITTLE CONCERN
Report by Major General Greene, Just
 Back From France.

An Atlantic Port, Feb. 21.-Maior General Henry A. Greene of the Nine ty-First division of the United States army. is back from France on his way to resume command at Camp Lewis American Lake, Washington. With other American division commanders he was sent to the front to gain first hand knowledge of fighting in France, He will return. to Camp Lewis after reporting to Washington.
 Major General Greene was quoted today as saying that the threatened spring drive by Germany on the west ern front is anticipated with little con cern by the British French and Amer ican troops. General Greene related a conversation he had with high British and French officers, one of whom said:
 They may bend our line in places. but they can never break it."
 Regarding the condition of the American troops in France the gen eral declared: "The morale of our men is perfect They are doing exact ly what was expected of them and do ing it well. was particularly proud of the Pacific Coast boys. They are fine physical and mental specimens of the true soldier and have great spfrtt. i"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
SPAIN AGREES TO ALLOW A
 SHIPMENTS TO PEasHlNG
In Return for Certain Commodities # i from the United States.

Washington. Feb. 21.-An. economic agreement with Spain under which General Pershi-lg will get mules, army blankets and other materials in that country in return for cotton, oil and other commodities from the United States was signed today in Madrid The state department was so advised tinight by -Ai.abassado Willard.
 The terms cf the Agreement could not be learned tonight and it was not known whether they had any bearing on the rate Of exchange between the two countries. which the United States has desired to adjust by the recent depreciation of the American dollar is Spain, where it is now worth only about 75 cents Success of the negotiations for ex : change of commodities was welcome news to officials here as the ability of General PershinS to buy supplies in Spain will. save ship tonnage and enable the general to build up his reserve stores much more rapidly than probably otherwise would have been possible
 The negotiations had been in prog ress for upwards of month and they followed refusal Of Spain to ssuppI 3 Large nulnbara1of mules, 299 900 bfaffk
 cts and other. materials ordered by General Pershing last month. The of ] ficial reason given for the failure te i fill the order was said to have beer j that the Spanish railroad system haG
 broken down and it was impossible tt handle goods destined for France. Majors Belmont and Brown, U. s A.. are understood to have conducted
 the major part of the negotiations fol the United States, while Spains rep
 resentatiyes were Senor Urquijo,
 banker. Senor Garnica. under secre tary of finances, and Senor Pima, for
 mer Spanish ambaddasor to Washing
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
AERO CLUB OF AMERICA
 AROUSED BY REPORTS
That the Germans Had Secured Con.
 troI of the Air.

New York. Feb. i21-The executive committee of the Aero Club of Amer ica, reused by reports that the Ger mans had secured control of the air above the sector held by the American troops in France, tonight urged Sec retary of War Baker, by telegram, to issue a statement covering the Amer ican aviation programme and detail what steps have been taken to secure an appropriation from congress and to place orders for the necessity air. planes and motors.
 'Tn view of the fact that it has been published that the war department asks for pay for 1200O aviators, and that there is every reason to believe that the Germans will concentrate their efforts to meet that increase in the allied fighting forces" the tele- gram said. 'it cannot give aid and comfort to the enemy to learn that the Len is actually being put into effect Tut it will be a great relief to the C. rtry to be assured of that fact"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
CENTER OF GERMAN, ESPIONAGE IN FRANCE
Discovered at St. Etienne, the Heart
 of the Industrial District.

Paris. Feb 21-An important cen- ter of German espionage has been dis covered, the Figaro reports, at St. Etienne. capital of tie department of Loire, in the heart of the industrial district of France. According to this account, the purpose was to influence workmen, by means of a carefully or ganized system. with a view to caus- ing strikes and riots.
 A high official connected with the section of military justice said today that the plot was 8 serious affair, but that it should not be exaggerated into a countrywide conspiracy. Searching investigations were being made into the laxity of certain officials in is- suing papers and would probably re- suit in their removal, he added.
 Stern measures are now being taker in connection with the issuance o1 papers permitting foreigners to reside in France. In one case recently z German deserter obtained document. permitting him to travel at will.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
A BILL TO AMEND THE
 FEDERAL BANKING LAWS
Would Secure Better Representation of Smaller Banks on Federal Reserve |. Direetorates.

Washington, Feb. z1.-A bill to amend the federal banking laws, de- signed Q secure better representation of smaller banks on federal reserve bank directorates, extend bank priv ileges to wider scope of fiduciary business than as executor and admin tStrato- and to clarify existing law in other ways, was introduced today by Chairman Glass of the house banking and currency committee.
 The bill is. the result of conferences between Chairman Glass and the fed eral reserve board. One of it's chief aims is to make the federal reserve system attractive to small state banks and trust companies It has no con- nection with the twenty bills submit ted by Comptroller Williams for the improvement of the national bank sys- tenn. The intent of the present law was to have one federal reserve bank director from the largest banks one from the medium sized banks and one from the smaller banks, within a fed eral reserve district, but ii? some in- stances this purpose was evadcd. The proposed amendment is intended to make evasions more difficult and to give fair representation to all classes of banks.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

Like a great tidal wave, the German invasion of Russia rolls forward From Leal in Esthinia, the Russian prov ince on the south shore of the Gulf of Finland, on the north, to Rovno, one of the famous triangle of fortreSseS which stood as a Muscovite bulwark in the early days of the war, on the south, the Germans are still advanc- ing.
 The advance of the Teutons has taken the form of a crescent, with its convex face toward the heart of Rus sia- Minsk, which was occupied yes- terday by German troops. according to an official report from Berlin, is at the extreme eastern curve of the wave.
 The formal message of surrender sent to the German high command in Russia, after Berlin had refused to accept a capitulation by wireless has not as yet been received, and ii is probable that there will be nc halung of the German invasion unti Russia's abject acceptance Of peace terms is in the hands of the German general staff-possfbly not then. 7
 From the official reports emanatins from Berlin, it would seem that tho Russians were not destitute of SUD- plies with which to continue the war De5patehes received on Thursday were to the; effect that the booty captured at Royno is enormous. Among tht items enumerated were 1858 guns, 12t machine guns, 4.000 to 5000 motor car. and trains with about 1000 carria ges many of which were laden with grain scirplanes and war material of al amount said to be "incaiculable.''
 The decision of the Russian work mems and soldiers deputies to accep the German peace terms was no reached without a struggle and tn final vote on the question showed majority of only one vote in favor ( surrender.
 Should the German armies continu to advance after the formal messa 2 of surrender is delivered, it is probabl that the Bolshevik leaders will orde guerrilla warfare against the invader It was announced on Wednesday g