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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
Local and Personal

Wanted A young LADY to gather
personal items and local news for the
Register. Apply at this office.
Mrs. Charles Stration left for Straw
berry Point, Ia, Sunday evening to
spend the holidays with home folks.
Geo. M. SOULS of the Bookings Cafe,
expects to leave for the Twin Cities the
last of the week on a business mission.
Sam Reichert went to France yes
terday morning to look after some re-
pairs and building of his farm near
there.
r. o. TCilefson, county commission
er, was in the city Tuesday consulting
the highway superintendent in regard
to road matters.
Miss Ruth Thomas of Huron spent
a few days in the city the guest of
Mrs. Rebecca Shea, on her way home
from Columbus, Ohio.
The Nettleton Commercial College,
Sioux Falls, is the best equipped and
fastest growing school in South Da-
kota. Send for catalogue.
Miss Alice Hastings was elected
teacher for the fourth grade in the
public school at the recent meeting
of the Board of Education.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Papka departed
on Tuesday evening for Rochester,
Mimi, to consult the Mayo clinic in
regard to Mrs. Papka's health.
Arthur S. Mitchell is temporarily
taking the place of Miss Blanche Thay-
err in the First National Bank, while
that lady is visiting in California,
Fred Mailey's sale that was held on
October 20 was a successful sale. His
nine COWS brought $930.50, an average
of $1,000 per head. 1t pays to have
good stock.
The Rev. c. o. Denies returned yes
terday morning from Minneapolis,
where he had been attending a con-
ference of field workers of the World
Interchurch Movement.
H. L. Hopkins came down from Clark
on Tuesday night to join his mother
and the other relatives in their trip to
Champaign, H., to attend the funeral
of his brother, the late Cyril G. Hop
kins.
At a recent meeting of the Board Of
County Commissioners, j. P. Solder
strum was engaged as the engineer to
make the survey of the Pleasant Val
ley and the Sioux river drainage
projects.
The new marble lunch counter is be
ing placed in the B~rookings Cafe. 1t
is noticeable that all of the new i'm
provements and fixtures going in our
places of business are fully equal to any
found in the larger cities.
Miss Gertrude Handwerk spent the
weekend at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Lillian Handwerk. Miss Gertrude
and her mother left Tuesday night for
Minneapolis to attend the Minnesota
Teachers State Convention.
Annual Lutefisk dinner at the Luth-
eran church, Thursday, Nov. IS, 1919,
given by the Ladies' Aid Society.
Luteisk, Ruller-polse, Fattigman,
Lefse and other popular Norsk dishes
will be served. Begin serving at $3.50
d. m. Tickets, rs cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Thayer. their son
and daughter, Ray and Miss Blanche,
and NJ. f. Thayer, all left Monday eve
ing for Washington, where they will
visit at the home Of M. F. Thayer's
son. They will then go on to Long
Beach. Calf, to spend the balance of
the winter.
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Gold in the Streets
T T is said that at AKIN, on the Col

7 T is said that at AKIN. on the Gold
L Coast OF Africa, gold actually may
be picked up in the streets.
When one visitor took the statement
as a mere fgu,e OF speech his host
Immediately babe a woman servant
so into the main street, gather a
buCketful Of road scrapings and work
il for gold dust.
In ten minutes the servant returned
with two galvanized iron buckets, one
filled with road sCrapngs and the
other with water. She also brought
three or four wooden platters. varying
in size from large plate to a saucer.
Removing several handfuls of the
scrapinSs and placing them in the
larger platter, the woman picked out
and threw aside the large stones,
pebbles and bits of stick and then
molstcned the remainder with water
from the other bucket. This enabled
her to remove smaller refuse.
The residuum she put into the next
smaller platter. and she repeated the
process until there was a quantity of
sand and gravel ready for treatment,
This she spr!nk!cd freely with water,
and by doft, circular movement of
the platter brought the small gravel
to the outside. where II could he thrust
over the edge. When she had repeated
this operation three or four times she
treated the material. which now looked
like mud, in a stlll smaller platter.
At last in the smallest platter she
had the bucketful Of swCcpinEs re-
duced to a handful or two Of sifted
sand. This she carefully washed and
sttted. Finally, with n deXtcrous twist.
she brought the sand into crescent,
the outer edge of which showed a
thin rim of yellow. IT was unmis-
takably gold dust. The whole opera
ton had taken half an hour and it had
produced about a shiIling's worth OF
gold. :
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Is an Unhappy

nose and the nose with wide nostrils
are common ones for which remedy
is sought. Ears that flap or flop, lips
that protrude, double Chins, bTggy
pouches under the eyes and bulges
over the eyes are among the every day
cases.
Perhaps one of the most startling
changes in looks comes from correct
ing mouth that droops at the corners
when facial muscles have lost their
tone. Usually this dropping of the
mouth produces the saddest Of eX-
pressions, which can be made into cor
respondingly cheerful ones by sim
pie operation. The possibilities in this
line are said to he virtually unlimited.
Asked whether malpractice was
common in plastic surgery, special
list declared there had been much, but
said it was being stamped out lie
predicted the early passing OF the class
OF beauty doctors" which ne Charac-
teriZed as having nothing but bunk"
for their stock in trade.
Can't Enamel Faces.
The specialist was asked if there is
such thing as enamelling of faces.
mo" he replied, but some of the
men in this business could put on a
covering that would last throughout
a night of dancing. and it might make
hit. Just think what would happen
II YOU did the thing you suggest! If
you cover the face, sealing up the
pores, you are going to get into real
trouble, although it might not be i'm
mediate. That is the reason l have
always been against covering faces
with any sort Of preparation"
The expert admitted he had in some
cases fixed" faces for night. But as
a regular thing? Horrors 1t wouldn't
be right. and then the masseuse would
be back on the job to get her extra
money to take out an unusual set Of
hard skin that had recently developed"
The old idea of filing out sunkcn
cheeks by injecting a waxlilla sub
stance came in for condemnation.
This method" said the specialist,
was never used with any lasting sue
cess. Part of the injected material was
quickly absorbed and the rest remained
in the cheek, about as plastic as a
piece Of board. II is obvious why
would advise anybody against such
treatment"
The toughest problem for the practiI
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toner in plastic surgery is not always
presented in a purely surgical ques-
ton. 1t sometimes occurs that while
the specialist has no uncertainty as TO
what ought TO be done to improve the
appearance Of his patient-usually in
such cases woman-the patient has
ideas of her own which do not coincide
with his. Then the surgeon, If he
cannot win her over to his way of
thinking, must decide on performing
an operation contrary to his judgment,
and perhaps his conscience, or losing n
patron. Probably each practitioner
has his own way OF dealing with these
cases
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Back View of Targets.

this. AS has been said, Every round
expended was fired under the direction
of a trained and competent instructor,
the navy's policy being to see to it
that not n shot was fired without a
coach at each firing point"
As "A result of all this painstaking
there was not a single accident or in
jury to a participant due to careless
ness or fault on the part of any one
during the firing of more than 10000
600 rounds of ammunitiun-mo
rounds than the navy had ever fired
in peace and war in all its previous
history. And this despite the fact that
the 100000 men under instruction We're
Of all sorts, including civilians who as
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Lewis Machine Gun Practice.

ranks of our sea soldiers" HIS am
bition was TO make every marine an
efficient rife shot and encourage them
to become sharpshooters.
He found the opposition that usually
Confronts the enthusiast The advent
of the machine gun, so his critics said,
would discount the work Of the in
dividual rifleman. He was told that
the soldiers muskct would have little
Use in combat except for tho bayonet.
But Major Harllec. by sheer persis-
tency, gradually wore down the oppo-
sition and got the ears of those in
high authority. II was net long be-
fore the good shooting of the ma
rines became a byword at national
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low Carolnian, the Secretary of the
Navy, to draw upon the appropriation
and to go ahead where the War De-
partment hesitated. Mr.. Daniels en-
powered Lieut.-Col. Harllee to carry
out his scheme.
Accordingly the first range of thirty
two targets was created at the Great
Lakes Training School. Next, with
$50 sailormen, Harllee built the range
at Wakefield, Mass. in record time
His preparations went on until fifteen
ranges We're established operating
1900 targets, instructing monthly an
average of more than 10000 men and
firing every week 10000 900 cartridges
There was nothing haphazard about
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Women Not the

contend it is necessary 70 60 deeper
than merely cutting the skin TO
assure permanency OF results.
Among those f1ocKing TO offices of
the specialists women predominant as
might be expected, yet the surgeons
say women are not always their best
customers and that as many as %
per cent. OF their patrons are men.
While women are for the most part
willing TO pay any price to have a
Disagreement removed or to regain
the charms of youth, mems sensitive
ness anent vanity makes them quite
as willing to pay literally and have
II OVEN without ado. Then the eX'
perts say, men, even those seeking
beauty. are not so fussy as women
While under treatment and are easier
to satisfy.
Prices in the field OF plastic sur.
gerry vary quite as widely as in other
branches of the profession. But the
rates in no cases are such as to make
beauty lose appreciation by becoming
common through cheapness OF attain
ment, Most of the patrons are women
we'll able to pay for expert treatment
and well along in years.
A prominent New York society
woman recently underwent one of the
simpler operations. She was back in
her drawing room in forty eight hours
the stitches out and no trace of the
treatment showing. With smooth firm
skin, it was said she looked younger
and correspondingly happy. This case
was cited by one OF the leading spe-
cialists to show how quickly and with
what little inconvenience some pa
tents can be treated.
A Quick Job.
Another case OF quick work was
that for a well known actress who
sought relief from wrinkles OF the
neck. Unaware OF her appointment
with the surgeon for 10 o'clock in the
morning, her husband arranged n
dinner party for that night,
Before going into the operating
room SHE warned.
Don't do any more cutting than alb
solutely necessary, doctor. I'm booked
to attend a dinner party tonight with
my husband"
But. madam" expostulated the sur
EsoT, you must not 10 out sd soon,
the plaster win show"
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Photo 9 Western Newspaper Union

National Guard of New York and New
Jersey began in 1872 at the little range
at Clifton. y. j., within a few miles
of the present master range at Great
Piece Meadows. From that modest
beginning developed the universal en-
enlargement of target practice
throughout the military forces of this
country. And now for the story lead
ing up to the establishment of the
range at Great Piece Meadows.
About ten years ago Lieut. Cot.
Harllee of the United States Marine
Corps a Major-was bitten by
the shooting bug" He became i'm
bued with the idea that craftsmanship
should be developed throughout the
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rifle matches; and We have had nI-
mcrous eloquent testimonials latterly
TO the grim effectiveness Of this peace
time training. Without 1t Paris might
have been in the grir OF the Germans
months ago.
Section 1l3 OF the national defence
act of June 3, 1916, provided funds
for the construction and operation of
rife ranges open to any branch of
the military or naval service and to
all able bodied citizens capable of bear
ing arms. The Secretary of War, how
ever, was not inspired by this pro-
vision and nothing was done by the
army. LIEUT. Harllee was awake.
however. and prevailed upon his fell
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Have Your Face Made Over-Its All the Rage Now

n OES it hurt when you gaze into
the mirror? Even so you
need not despair Science
holds an abundance OF hope for you.
Plastic surgery! That's the answer.
Whether the pang your reflection
gives you comes from some unkind
twist by nature or is caused by the
unsparing hand of father time, or
whatever may be it's origin, the expert
in plastic surgery promises remedy.
And these experts are extremely busy
nowadays not only in promising but
in performing.
Plastic surgery is not a new art, AL
though practitioners claim for it much
in the way of recent development and
predict still greater progress. And,
as every one knows, the desire to be
beautiful, has existed since the begin
ming of time, among women at least
perh&ps the mea wI>~A. ot aAsN- nit
such weakness, although it is not on
record that many have been enraged
by being called handsome. But the
rush to the offices OF these surgeons is
new and in volume that bids fair to
become Overwhelming.
II Was Used for Army.
Perhaps the oft repeated stories OF
wonderful things performed by sur
geons for soldiers whose faces were all
but shot away have had much to do
with the present demand for plastic
surgery.
Plastic surgery, however, is scarcely
akin to the rebuilding OF shattered
faces as done by the army surgeon.
They are just enough alike to call at
tention TO each other: both deal with
altering the human face. Tho surgeon
rebuilds a shattered Jaw so IL can
function, making 1t look as nearly
normal as conditions will permit. The
sole province of plastic surgery is to
beautify.
There are scores of distinctive forms
OF treatment. or operations, that the
practitioner In plastic surgery has on
tap. Most facial defects, however, call
for no extensive use of the knife. In
fact, one OF the chief appeals to the
prospective patient-next, of course.
after the promise OF Identification
Is that In most cases the surgeons
work Is quickly done, virtually pain
less and tho hea!.ns process is mat
ter merely of hours. The practitioners
promise, also, that the results of their
work are lasting.
The actual cutting. on the whole, is
most delicate. although surgeons differ
ecr-.ae-ses;' az TO h9T deep the knife
should so in given operations. Some
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~ OES it hurt when you gaze into
the mirror? Even so you
need not despair. Science
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a rule had never before held a loaded
rife in their hands.
Formerly every million rounds Of
ammunition fired in practice had taken
its toll of dead and injured. Between
July, 1917. and November 1918, there
were qualified in these navy courses
54147 marksmen. 23,222 sharpshooters
and 1857 expert rifemen. It was
from these that Rear Admiral Charles
7. Plunkett, /. :. n, recruited his
crews for the naval railway batteries,
That the rifle IS indeed the weapon
of the marine was conclusively demon
stratcd AT Chateau Thierry and in
Belleau Wood. Again our sea soldiers
showed what they could do with ii in
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Noses have a most prominent place
in the field of plastic surgery-some
vastly more prominent than others.
The nose is in position TO make or
mar a face more than any other one
feature. And it Is the nose that some
times calls for one Of the major opera
tons in plastic surgery. The bumped,
or ultra Roman, nose is corrected by
cutting a lateral line down the nose,
the inCision going down to the carti-
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Only Customers; One in Every Fou
Man Seeking to Become Beautiful

You don't know my husband" re-
Piled the patient.
Whereupon the surgeon promised to
do his best and went to work
The actress, it is related. went to the
dinner party, and none there discerned
any sign of the operation she had I'M
GergOne.
Actors and actresses are among the
specialists best customers. Not only
is their vanity at least as great as that
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their battle for the ST. Mihiel salient
and when they swept the Germans
clear of Blanc Mont ridge. In one OF
the regiments engaged 90 per cent. ot
the men wore the medal Of a marks
man, a sharpshooter or an expert rifle
man. No wonder they amazed the
European soldiers who as a rule were
accustomed to shoot merely in the gem
eral direction of the foe.
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Recommends tn
Teaching of Rifle
Shooting to All
Citizenry as Per-
m anent Govern
ment Policy

their battle for the ST. Mihiel salient,
and when they swept the Germans
clear of Blanc Mont ridge. In one OF
the regiments engaged 90 per cent Of
the men wore the medal Of a marks
man, a sharpshooter or an expert rifle
man. No wonder they amazed the
European soldiers who as a rule were
| accustomed to shoot merely in the gem
eral direction of the foe.
Killing at 200 Yards.
Under the fiercest fire they calmly
| adjusted their sights aimed at n par
ticular man and got him. Where tn"
soldiers Of our allies used their small
arms only when the foe was within 200
yards, the marines began bagging Ger
mans at l 900
| All this has disclosed how vital n
part the modern infantryman's rife
can play when in trained hands. or
all nc ranges brought into being by
tho wise course of the Navy Depart
ment none contributed more gener-
ous.y to these effective results than the
master range at Great Piece Meadows,
y. J. The marvel is that a small force
of officers and bluejackets were able to
whip it into its present fine shape de
spite initial disadvantages. But the
, area would not have been at the dis
! posal of the Government except for
these apparent dram backs for good
land in that region is too valuable to
be left undevclopcd.
! Notwithstanding the swampy nature
of the ground tho navy men went right
ahead digging trenches for drains and
otherwise turning a marsh into an ideal
range, with a protecting ridge behind
the butts. In an astonishingly short
! time they had everything ready, in
| Guiding a group of 100 targets in
row. with firing lines fixed for dis
tances from 200 to 1000 yards In adj
diton they reared cantonments where
visiting students or marksmen could
be comfortably accommodated and pro-
vided with meals at low prices.
Free TO Any One.
Any responsible American can apply
there for instruction and receive his
weapon. cartridges and coaching free
| The schooling embraces lessons in the
handling of tho rife, the machine sun
and the automatic pistol.
| 1t is Lieut.-Col. Hairless dearest
! professional wish that the teaching OF
iIHe shooting 10 all our citizcnry shall
O' lndue permanent Government
poIlSE' o'her"lsc, as ne sees 1t, tho
/ men OF the army, the navy and the
Marine corps VIII be only partly quail
| Ileu defenders or tho nation. Incl
Hen'aiy n" hopes that the Great Piece
MeauoWs range VIII become the key
stone OF the system drawing as it does
upon mlllohs OF men VINO 1--we near by
ana so focusing the interest OF the en-
'lre country
lie mas recently said: 81 want the
,Ied' lleCe Meauo"S range made the
largest ana 'he pest equipped range on
caIui' l want 10 see no fewer than
ooo targets installed there-probaolE
more want 10 see the building pro
sIaniile SO ueNeioped that We can there
take care OF men ny regiments ana
even by prlsaueS' want 10 SEQ the
p'dVe 50 'NPdllueu tlat 'nerc VIII never
pe any question IN Inc lutHre as 10
Mntre '"e hd''oHaI matches VIII De
le'u'
Wants II Mecca.
an other words want IN SEQ the
range made the mecca of American
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Before. /
OF otner folks, but ofttimes they find it
to their professional advantage to have
their features altered. OF course this
latter motive applies to all who have
lost the bloom OF youth, with the pos
siDie exception OF those who play char
acter parts with which neither fair nor
youthful faces are in keeping. Practi-
TONERS of plastic surgery, however. say
1t is not on record that any player has
called for their services to change an
attractive lace 10 an ugly one for the
cake of art.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-29
NATIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL
URGES CONSTRUCTION.

Immediate resumption of public
construction is urged on state, coun-
ty, and municipal authorities in a tele-
gram sent by Secretary of War Baker,
chairman of the Council of National
Defense, and approved by Secretary
of Labor Wilson, to all state councils.
The telegram follows:
Unemployment of discharged SOL
diers, sailors, and war workers re-
leased from war industries is one of
the most important tasks now before
the country. We strongly urge that in
sections where surplus of labor exists
all public improvements be advanced
in order to absorb labor. We ask
that you use all influence with state,
county, and municipal authorities to
this end. Preliminary steps should be
taken Immediately in order that neces-
sary authority may be secured in time
for operations upon opening of con-
struction season"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-29
BOY VIOLATES PAROLE BOARD
RIFLES.

"Jack" Gilman, who few years
ago was convicted of the crime OF en-
tering the Works meat market, was
taken to the State RefOrmatOry at
Anamosa last Wednesday evening by
Sheriff l.. E. Pride, to begin serving
five year sentence.
After pleading guilty to the charge
of entering the building the young man
was given a chance to redeem himself
and was paroled into the custody OF
Miller G. Stephens, and was given
position in the barber shop, where he
has been employed since. In many
respects Jack was a likable boy. Know
ing that he was on probation, and that
the doors of the penitentiary would
swing ajar to admit him if he side
stepped from the path mapped out by
the rules of the parole board, Jack
simply could not be a good boy. He
has been associated with bunch of
boys and older men whose influence
has been anything but uplifting. On
several occasions he is accused of
having been implicated in minor
thefts, and indulging in drunken sprees.
The climax in his career was reached
last Sunday night while under the in
fuence of liquor, when he insulted a
young woman who was going to her
home on the West side after seeing
her sister off on the later train. His
actions were reported to the State
Board of Parole who ordered that he
be taken to the Reformatory at Ana
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-29

direct hit, wounding six of us. l was
wounded in the left thigh and left hip.
THE French artillery is very good,
indeed, but it takes the Americans to
work them, not that the French are
bad, but I have seen the Yanks get
twenty-five shots a minute out OF
them
"Our 1855 weighed $500 pounds,
drawn most of the time by man-power
for we had French horses, and all
their horses seemed to be suffering
with disease-probably German prop
uganda.
Il arrived in New York January 9Th
and am comfortably situated at De-
barkatation Hospital No. 5, in the
hands of the American Red Cross,
which is the greatest organization In
the world. The Red Cross gave us
everything they had"