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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30
ASKS AID OF WORKERS

Use your influence with your city
t2therS. your selectmen, and other
town officers TO start at once munich
pal and town improvements" This is
the message which the Department OF
Labor is sending to wage workers
throughout the country.
The secretary of labor, Hon. w. B
Wilson, has no fear as to conditions
after the readjustment period is over
He believes that then everything will
take care of itself. He further is OBJ,
timistic even as to the reimbursement
period if states, cities, end towns will
now commence public works to take
care of the labor slack which may ex.
list during the readjustment period.
He is therefore urging the wage
earners of the country to use their in,
fuence in their own communities to
have school houses, engine houses,
roads, canals, and other improvements
begun at once Such Improvements
are beneficial to everyone, can easily
be financed and offer the greatest op-
portunities for all classes Of labor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30
DEATH ENDS SUFFERING

The following notice from the Wa.
tertown Public Opinion records the
death of one who was a resident Of
Bookings during the time her father,
+. J. swanson, was city engineer. 4
wide circle OF friends in the city will
join the Register in expressions OF
sympathy.
Mrs. Ralph H. FRAZIER of Mobridge,
passed away after an illness Of several
months at $50 o'clock Sunday after.
noon. She had been with her mother.
Mrs. F j. swanson, and other rela-
,tives in Waterfowl since November
and died al their home in the Goepfert
fats. The remains were shipped 10
Spencer. Iowa. for burial on the Mon
day morning train. Mr.. FRAZIER is a
conductor on the Milwaukee railway
west from Mobridge. which has been
their home. He arrived here last
Wednesday for a visit and the condi-
ton OF his wife seemed to be improy.
ing. Besides the husband and mother.
the young woman is survived by a
sister. Miss Ella NJ. swanson, and a
brother. Lieut. John swanson, who is
in the regular army and was recent
ly transferred TO Mississippi. This
estimable family will have the heart.
felt sympathy of a wide circle Of
friends in their bereavement"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30
LOCAL NEWSPAPER BEST FOR
ADVERTISING

The National Printer Journalist
published in Chicago. takes notice O
State College and has the following
comment to make on the South Dako
ia Rural Press" published by that in.
stitution;
The South Dakota State College al
Brookings has established, under the
auspices Of the Department Of Agri-
cultural Journalism, directed by Mr.,
Geo. A. Starring. a press service which
Will doubtless have enthusiastic ac-
ceptance by the printers of that state.
THE South Dakota Rural Press
is the title of the monthly bulletin
issued under Mr.. Starring's editor
ship The following lines of service
will be included in the service Offered :
u A limited amount of farm news.
%. Suggestions for using the spec
iSl features Of agricultural news TO
best advantage.
g. Special stories intended 10 slim
ulate the editors business.
4, Special stories 10 stimulate gen
eral community uplift.
%. Short items telling what other
South Dakota editors are doing.
IS. Much of the information will be
personal 10 the editor. His own judg.
Will determine what ne desires
10 pass on TO his subscribers.
Mr. Starring is a firm advocate of
the increased use of local newspapers
by advertisers and in the issue Of the
Rural Press for January makes the
following observations:
Advertisers are learning that the
local newspaper gets closer into the
life and soul Of the family than any
other publication
The next great business oppor-
unity for weekly publishers is in ad-
'ertising Of farm machinery to farm
ars. farm products TO consumers and
household c~onYeniences. This will
farm paper advertising
md connect local dealers and distrib-
Itors.'
Mr. Starring is completing a sur
7ey Of South Dakota newspapers and
that oyer a hundred question
laire blanks have been returned 10 his
,fice, containing information that will
soon be tabulated and reduced to a
.orm which will permit the making Of
deductions that will provide
;ome Illuminating information"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30
FIGURE YOUR INCOME FOR -s1s

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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30
CHURCH NOTES

The items in this column are furnished
the Register by the press correspondents
Of the various churches and societies. AL
churches and societies have the same priv.
Ieges In the use OF this column
First Presbyterian Church - Mex
Sabbath morning the theme of the
sermon will be: "The Gospel of Pow
err" In the evening there will be 2
popular service of song with an ad
dress on Picking the Lock" This
will be the first in series of sermons
on the fundamentals of faith or why
we believe in God. Young people who
are in doubt about some of the oft re
peated questions should hear these
discussions. Anyone not too deeply
rooted in prejudices will profit from
hearing these themes discussed. Re
member the music is popular and in
spring and the service is short. A
cordial invitation is extended to every
one. Our services last Sabbath were
very we'll attended both morning and
evening.
United Presbyterian Church Notes
In spite of bad roads last Sabbath
we had a splendid attendance. Let us
hope for better roads next Sabbath
and a much better attendance. Preach
ing at 1890 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Sab
bath school at 11:45 a. m. There is
a fine class of young people taught by
the pastor. Others will be welcome
as members of this class. Young Peo-
pies meeting at $50 p. m. Juniors
at 3 p. m. Prayer meeting on Wed
nesday evening at 1880.
Methodist Notes The Brookings
churches should be filled every Sunday
and then fewer than half of the peo-
Pile in the city and vicinity could get
in. The churches of this city have
| splendid preachers and fine music
Let's pack them to the doors new. Sab.
bath. Sunday morning subject at the
Methodist church, Does 1t Pay to
Pray" Sunday evening subject, THE
Unmarried Mother" the home and
the nation. Special musical features
at both services.
The First Church of Christ, Scien
tist-Every Sunday morning at II
o'clock the First Church of Christ
Scientist, holds services. Subject for
next Sunday is Love" Midrweek
! service Wednesday evening at 8 D.. m
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30

COLLEGE NOTES


Mrs. Wood, who has been visiting
her daughters, Laura and Mrs. Nina
Sloan, for several weeks, returned to
her home rear jamestown, N. D., last
Friday morning.
Miss Janet Sloan, '16, who spent
last week at her home in the city, re-
turned Sunday to Huron to resume her
work in the high school at that place.
Portia McDougall, a student here
last year, is visiting friends at the col
lege and in the city.
Miss Emily Wynn of Boise, Idaho, IS
visiting her niece, Miss Grace Wynn,
of the music department.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bickel were Wis
ting Eva and Everett Bickel last
week.
Miss Ruth Miner of Huron high
school, is visiting with Miss Ernestine
Field at State College.
Prof. Wiseman was confined to his
home a few days of last week on &C.
count of illness.
SulIC al ulilp VI dluilllll sIC III IL
tendance at the conference of extern
sion workers being held here this
week. A number of these have az
peared or the programs, viz: Mis-
Harriet Lanphier, Mrs. Hazel Grinols
Palm, A. l.. Haynes, Homer Smith, c.
H. Blakely, Manley Champlin, A. w.
Palm, Harry Killing, Dallas Keck, and
Miss Edith Soan
1t. Homer Smith, '16, has returned
from Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky, to
resume his work with the extension
department.
Miss Pearl Heating, IT, who has
been teaching in the Bigstone city
schools, visited friends at the college
a few days last week.
1t. Harry Warner, '16, spent two
days of last week in the city visiting
college friends.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30

The ~unueually mild winter weather
of the present month, with it's frosty
nights and thawing days and occasion
al rains, is showing up some OF the
vital defects In our streets and side.
walks. II lis doubtful whether our
down town streets. after having been
torn up in putting in sewers. water
mains. steam pipes and all kinds OF
laterals, are sufficiently tamped down
to make a firm foundation for paving.
These defects are being revealed and
should be taken note OF. so as to make
the proper repairs before other work
is started. The condition OF our side.
walks, along the filled In portion OF
Marin street and some of the side
streets. is not very creditable to the
city. Looking along the same when
the sunlight Is at the proper angle,
the defects loom up in all their uelI-
ness. The foundations were poorly
prepared and the walks have settled
so that there are many depressions
which hold water after a rain or a
thaw and we have to thread our way
around or through little lakelets every
few days. Then the sidewalks were
laid without taking into account the
problem Of expansion and they are be
ginning to heave in every block ana
in walking along them we get a sort
OF ocean wave sensation in our per.
ambulations. 1t has been demonstrate
ed that cemeass construction will ex
psnd 4 very little each year for about
forty years and 1t Is necessary to pro
vide for expansion joints every few
rods 70 keep ! continuous Hne Of waih
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30

from buckling during warm weather
Then trees growing too near a side
walk are oftentimes & disadvantage fol-
the lateral roots are very likely to
cause the adjacent cement blocks to
heave and spoil the walk. While we
are planning for considerable building
and other improvements this year the
matter of properly constructed side
walks should be taken into consider
alton. The ones now in and the con-
dition of edges Of the same are not a
credit to the city any more than the
old out-of-date buildings in the busi-
ness portion of Brookings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30
WASTE NO LONGER

In the matter of industrial waste
the great war has established a checl
the like of which has not been expect
ed or hoped for. BY enabling labor
to collect more for its service the pro
duct which vas necessary 20 keep the
wheels of industry moving have found
a market, and the farm labOrer and
factory employee, who in the past had
little money to spend, has entered The
markets of the world and is buying
hat which in the past has been con.
sidered from an economic standpoint.
waste. The war, by making material
by paying increased prices has enabled
these laboring people TO purchase 10
a far greater extent Of what has been
produced. With the continuation of
fair wages and the keeping of this pur-
chasing power in activity. those
periods in the past when markets were
glutted, factories shut down and IN
employment and bred lines were prev
alent, is going 10 tease and the new
order Of things will be the rule and
not the exception. This OF course
means a range OF higher prices for
nearly all commodities, but il also
means al increase in pay TO the very
classes who in the past hase been
stinted In their purchasing power. Il
means q new adjustment Of living con
ditions As these waste conditions
have weakened the national life. 50.
the new or5er VIII in It's time strength
n the nation and equaliZe the living
conditions Of al classes Of people.
There VIII be a tendency TO be less CT
the high living kind. and correspond
ingly. less OF the poor liyers. The
general average Of the nation VIII be
raised and In doing this there Will be
a cali for a higher standard in edu-
cation and In personal conduct II
viii tend to lower the class barriers
that have heretofore existed, give L.
Dor and manual pursuits a higher
community standing and lower the de-
ference paid to wealth. as wealth. Civ
ing 20 the poor who makes good the
standing which has always rightfully
been bis. !; viii increase the self re-
spect and independence OF the indi-
yidnal. make him more careful Of his
words and actions, and in time equal.
lie the standards by which men are
10 be judged. This Is one good thing
that the awful war has started in the
United States. and though the price
is high in the manhood and life blood
paid. IL is bound 20 be one Of the COM
~pensations that viii come 10 the ma.
ton at large. even II the individual
loser fails to appreciate the change
made in our lives. In ali the other
countries who fought on the side Of
liberty the same relative conditions
prevail, and II is 10 our eternal credit.
as well az theirs. that we can see this
vantage TO be gained and profit by the
good that viii come OUT of our anguish
and suffering.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30
. . .
: HIGH SCHOOL NOTES


Last Friday night, January "a, the
y. W. c. A. girls of the high school
mad a party in the new school house.
The entertainment was in the form of
a show and later, a cafe. Tickets
were sold several days before the par
ty advertising The Jay Stock Com
pany." At the door checks for wraps
and reserved and box seat tickets were
sold. There were two ushers at the
door TO show the girls their seats on
the stairs. The program for the even
ing opened with several poppy" Sc
lections from a famous orchestra, com
posed OF piano. banjo, mandolin. kyle
phone and two combs. All the latest
pieces we're played with a great deal
Of enthusiasm often accompanied by
whistling and singing. The second
number of the program was the drama
tization of "Lochinvar." After more
selections OF the orchestra, Blue
beard" was dramatized and 1.-The
Elopement as seen from below" was
given. A short business meeting was
then held and the following officers
were elected Tor the year: Ruby OIL
son, president; Zoa Mathews, vice.
president; Laura MINER, secretary
and Zadia Williamson, treasurer. The
guests were then invited upstairs and
shown their places at the tables by
the head waiter. Light refreshments
were served by very efficient walters.
The committee ~rejoices that the out
side spectators who occasionally en-
Joy the refreshments planned for the
guests. arrived about fifteen minutes
too late Friday night. The girls all
declared the party to be a great sue
cess.
A very unfortunate accident oc-
CURED in the manual training shop
Saturday morning when Mr.. Rufen'
acht. the janitor of the school build
Ing cut his hand quite seriously on
the saw.
The group picture of the Domestic
Science girls who made wooden dresses
In sewing class, was printed In the
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune witt M
accompanying article telling abNu'
their work. Bookings high school
should be proud Of a department which
receives such recognition.
During the past week all the grades
from the seventh to the senior, have
been given tests in spelling. The pur
pose is to select those below the aver
age and give them a class in speilins
next semester. In the same way tne
penmanship win be tested and 9 class
IN 1t will likewise be offered nc
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30

also losses arising from fires, storms
shipwreck or other casualty. or from
theft. in cases where such losses ar,
not compensated for by insurance OF
otherwise. Losses incurred outside 81
a persons regular business are allow
able TO the extent OF gains reported
from similar transactions within the
year, Debts due to the taxpayer &C
tually ascertained 10 be worthless dur
ing the year are deductible.
Depreciation on property used in =
profession. in business, or in farmins
is another item that may be claimed
as a deduction. The storekeeper may
claim depreciation on his fixtures, and
on his delivery horses and wagons
but not on his stock held for sale The
professional man may claim similar de-
duction on his instruments; and, in
the case OF a physician who maintains
a team or auto for making hts calls
on patients. reasonable depreciation
may be claimed. The farmer may
AtElAAA W ~ VIZ AAE AAA
ings, aside from his personal residence,
also on his farm machinery. his work
horses and farm work wagons. The
theory of depreciation, in connection
with the income tax, is that wear and
caused by use in earning income
is a real expense in the earning OF
that income. The rate is determined
by the number OF years that the prop
erty ordinarily would be useful, and
the cost OF the property is the basis
Of the computation.
If the property suffering deprecia.
ton was bought or acquired prior to
March l, 1918. the market value as or
that date is used, instead of the cost
in figuring depreciation.
Contributions or gifts actually made
in 1918 to organizations operation ex-
clusiyely for religious, charitable, sci
or education purposes, and to
societies for the prevention of cruelty
to children or animals, may be deduct
ed, to an amount not exceeding Is per
cent of the net income computed with
out the benefit of this deduction.
After the total of all income is
found, and the deductions allowable
by law have been computed as an Off
set, the amount of income in excess Of
such deductions is the net income,
which forms the basis OF the assess
OF tax.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30
Summary

II every person in this district will
examine his own 1918 income and his
allowable deductions, in line with date
that | have given, he will know be
yond doubt whether he must file his
return when the blanks arrive. And
here is how he will determine his liza
bility to file a return. If ne is a single
man he must file if his net income vas
81 900 or more, and this requirement
is enforced whether or not he is the
head of a family. If he is married, he
must file his return if his net income,
including hat of his wife and minor
children, was $4,000 or more.
Il want to emphasize the co-opera-
ton feature of the collection of the
income tax this year. The policy OF
the internal event bureau is to aid
taxpayers to meet the requirements OF
the law. We are going right to the
people, not to swing clubs or to mulct
the wage-earner of his savings, but
offering every helpful governmental
function that will assist people to do
their O ~"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30

If You Want to Buy, Sell, Rent, To-
cate or Get Information, Write or Call
at the Office of the Brookinas Register
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30

senior will be allowed to graduate
without an average ability to spell and
write.
Arizona republican., 1919-06-08

known as the "blimp," with army civil ian pilot James Shade at the wheel has just made the trip from the Wingfoot Lake air station, near Akron, Ohio, to Cleveland, landing on the roof of the Statler Hotel, discharging two pas SengerS and immediately returning to it's hangar 50 miles distant This is the first time in the history of aero nautics in America that any type Of aircraft has been brought to a. quick and convenient stop in the heart of a large city for the purpose of landing passengers.
 The occasion was the meeting and dinner of the Cleveland section of the Soceity of Automobile Engineers at this hotel, at which Ralph H. Upson, chief aero engineer of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company and Major C. H. Maranville, commander of the Army Aircraft Detachment at Akron, and Wingfoot Lake, were speakers.
 Upson, who is the worlds champion balloonist, having won the last great International Balloon Race at Paris. France, with R. A. D. Preston, acting as aide in a wonderful 300 mile flight, conceived the idea of making the trip in a dirigible, and with the full CO., CPNAo oLAOI Ol kliC dIIl4 .OlllCBlS. or the dirigible school at Akron, who arranged all details, was able to carry out the project.
 Glenn L. Martin, the noted inventor and pioneer manufacturer of air planes and one of the country's noted avia- tors, was the first to greet and con- graduate the two passengers as they stepped from the car.
 To the fhOusa pdS Of i7taracta1 e,oa tators of this history making event the conclusion was inevitable that commer- cial dirigible navigation is almost upon us.
 The performance was not staged as Q. stunt" but to show the progress that has been made in. the development of dirigibles and the skill with which difficult landings can be made bv ex- perienced pilots.
 Army officers are delighted with the success of the undertaking. We glad ly entered into the spirit of the affair with the view of stimulating enlist ments in the army airship training service at Wingfoot Lake, declared Major Maranville, who was officially in command of the Al on this memor- able trip. "The demonstration proves beyond doubt that the airship is prac- tlcal and that young men that enlist in this service have a wonderful future before them. We were gladeto be able to point out that the dirigible has q commercial as well as a military value"
 The piloting of James F. Shade on this occasion was pronounced by both army and civilian aeronautical en- gineers as the most skiIlfuI they had ever seen, and stamps him as one of the best dirigible pilots in America. The vast throng that witnessed his work in landing on the hotel roof, ap- parently realized the difficulties he was overcoming in this pioneer effort and broke into tumultuous cheering as he guided the car of the dirigible to the center of the small improvised platform, erected on the electric sign for this purpose.
 Use The RpnUb1ica41 Classified Pa oac
Arizona republican., 1919-06-08
NATIONAL DRIVE IN NOVEMBER TO RAISE
 MONEY FUR RED \

A national drive for money for the American Red Cross will be held this fall in period of two weeks ending November Il, the anniversary of the signing of the armistice. The funds so raised will be used by the Red Cross to carry out it's share of the program for worldwide welfare and to conduct it's activities in the domestic field.
 At home, the American Red Cross has program for promoting public health, disease prevention and the ex- tension of home service. Abroad, the work will be in response to the appeal of the appalling conditions found in the wake of the war. The foreign work is to be conducted by the international committee of the Red Cross at Geneva, where headquarters have already been established by the recently formed league of Red Cross societies,
Arizona republican., 1919-06-08
MILLION DRUG ApDIcTs HERE
Washington Star)

More opium per capita is being used in the United States than in any other country in the world, Internal Revenue Commissioner Daniel c. Roper as serted before the University club the other night.
 The statement came after a report
 Almost one million pounds of opium half of which is being secured legally, of total value of 20 million dollars. is being used a year by Americans, ac- cordlng to Deputy Commissioner Wal ker. He stated that a million inhabi- tants of the country are drug addicts, One-quarter of this number were by Deputy Commissioner John Wal ker, in charge of the collection of ex- else taxes, during an open meeting of Commissioner Roper's cabinet" of as- sistants, held to show the working of the organization controlling the col lection of the largest tax bill in any country at any time.
 classed as vagrants. A million pounds of cocoa leaves and derivative drugs were said to be used a year in this country.
 Smuggling by airplane is presenting a new problem to be solved in the it. licit drug traffic. it was stated Deputy Commissioner Walker based his state ment upon a report received by him from Representative H. T. Rainey of Illinois, chairman of special com mittee Investigating conditions con trolled by the Harrison anti-narcotic act.
Arizona republican., 1919-06-08

relief work in foreign countries, s7,6SS,- S56 for work in the United States. s4,- 945,557 for relief work in various coun- tries, as specified by contributors; s26.- 2S6,O00 was set aside for working cap- ital; and the balance for other activi ties of the organization.