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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01
RAILWAY HAS TROUBLES

Following a shortage that was found
in the freight cashiers Office at the
railway freight station OF the c. & n.
w. Railroad in this city, auditors and
detectives of the company have been
busy the past week investigating petit
larceny cases that have occurred here
during several years past. For a time
it looked as if these investigators were
trying to hang all of the trouble on
w. H. Leighty, the agent. Now that
the smoke has cleared away it ap-
pears that no charges of any moment
are to be made against Mr.. Leighty,
as the freight shortage has been
placed on another man, and about a
dozen persons around the city have
pied guilty to pilfering candy, fruit,
grain doors, lumber, ETC., and have
been arrested and fined in justice
court. Mr.. Leighty, under pressure
from the railway sleuths, resigned his
position last Friday morning, but
since then the national order Of rail-
way employees of which he is a mem
Der have taken the matter up and
have rescinded his resignation and
will compel the company to give him
a fair hearing on all these matters.
Mr.. Leighty is still acting as agent for
both the railway and express com
panies, but the express company has
decided to separate the business on
account of the fact hat one man can
not give sufficient time to both at
once This will mean a down town
express office and a wagon and driver
in addition to the express agent. The
first charges that were rife around
town caused a good deal of comment,
and sharply drew the line between
those who had confidence in Mr..
Leighty and those who were incline,
to believe him guilty of mos, p>s'
thing. At this time publicep> u .nent
seems to be almost spss% with the
gentleman and y" mere may be
some question as 20 his judgment in
some matters, there now seems to be
little doubt in his integrity and up
rightness. Several lodges, the official
board of the M. E. church and other
semi-public bodies have expressed
their confidence in him and numerous
citizens and business men have gone
to him and signifed their belief in
him.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01
COUNTY A MEETS

The county commissioners nave
in session TINS week attending
to various matters that call for their
action at this time of the year. They
received bids for the construction of
The highway south of BrOOkings to
connect with the highway in Moody
county. Three bids were in and they
accepted the one Of the Dunn CO..
struction Co. Of Clear Lake, to build
the road from the south city limits
to within two miles Of the Moody
county line on the King of Trails, at
S27. 8S3.38. The bid of Johnson Bros.
of Bookings, the next lowest, was
about five hundred dollars higher. It
is the understanding that the two
miles not included in this contract will
be built by the county and state, later
in the year. The commissioners were
in session yesterday, but hoped that
they could adjourn last night. But
rs there is quite a little more routine
business to be attended to, they may
not be able to get through until the
last of the week.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01
SCHOOL TEACHERS ELECTED

The secretary of the board of edu-
cation, p. J. Erie, has furnished the
Register with the following list Of
teachers who have been elected to fill
positions in our city schools for the
coming year. and all of whom have
signified their acceptance Of the posi-
tons. There are four or five places
yet 10 fill and the board is busy trying
to find suitable teachers for them.
superintendent. w. Johnson, Gel
vein, Iowa.
Principal High School-M. C. White,
Bryokings.
Agriculture-W. p. Beard.
Manual Training. f. Anderson.
History-L. E. Alvin.
Home Economics-Phyllis Reid.
MIsic-Elsie Beckman.
Mathematics-Hazel Hanson.
Latin-Isa Phelps.
Algebra-Ebby Green.
English-Ruth Titmarsh.
Junior High School-Marie Vahle
principal; Ruby Keller, Helen Gross.
Sixth Grade-Ruth Barber, Clara
Thompson.
Fifth Grade-Clara C~ountermine,
principal; Julia Esteness.
Fourth Grade-Stella Ulrick, Hazel
Mears.
Third Grade-Helen Peterson, Eliz-
abeth Bryant.
Second Grade-Selma Karstad, Ella
swanson.
Primary-May Button, Mrs. Bertha
Titmarsh.
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WORLD SITUATION
IS NOW IMPROVING
INVITATIONS FROM ROME THAT
ITALY WILL GLADLY FAVOR
TIE ovERTURES
NEW HEAD ELECTED FOR CITY SCHOOLS
In County All Point TO Splendid
Year For Farmers

Dispatches received from Paris TINS
morning indicate that the situation in
the Italian cloud on the peace league
negotiations has assumed a more fav-
orable aspect. There being intima-
tons from Rome that the Italian gov
eminent. after the unanimous vote of
confidence reposed in 1t by the Italian
senate, will be glad to consider over
lures from the council at Paris. Also
that these advances will receive every
consideration by that government.
The present council in Paris, being cut
down to three-the United States,
England and France, has resumed sit
tings and 1t is believed that the posi-
ton of the Italian delegation will be
considered in their absence and some
steps taken to resume sittings with
the other member of the council back
at the table. Premier Orlando, in his
presentation Of the matter to &c
Italian senate, admitted that both
France and England stood against his
country in its demand for the annex
alton of Fiunie. He further explained
that Italy could not agree with the
American viewpoint presented by
President Wilson, but denied that he
and his colleagues were maintaining
an obstinate attitude. Yesterday the
United States treasury department
granted a further credit Of $3.50. 000,-
900 TO the Italian government, this
showing that the difference of opinion
between the delegates from the two
countries at the conference Is not af-
fecting the financial relations of the
two countries. The loan has been un-
der consideration for several weeks
and will show to the Italicn people
that the United States is perfectly
honest in It's positions, both on an
nexations and on finance. This &C.
tion may have a tendency to relieve
the tension of feeling in Italy and
change the trend Of public opinion as
to the United States and our attitude
in the matter Of the Fiume contrO-
versy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01
INSTITUTE FACULTY CHOSEN

Some of the best talent Of the north
west has been secured for the teach
ing staff of the teachers joint insti-
tute At State College, June 1921.
Among the outside , specialists who
will conduct classes are. Prof. Thos.
l.. Gibson, director and editor of
School Music, Baltimore, Md, public
school music and assembly music; DR..
Macy Campbell, director of rural ed
ucation, Iowa State Teachers college,
tor of department of public speaking,
Northwestern University, grammar
and advanced reading: Miss Anna D.,
Cordts, rural specialist. Iowa State
Teachers College, primary reading
and primary language; c. f. Avis,
drawing supervisor, Des Moipes, draw
ing: Miss Eva f. Anderson, primary
specialist, Clarinda, Ia, primary mum.
bers and primary seatwork: Prof. +.
F. Won Court, New York City, direc-
tor of department handwriting, Inves-
tigation Rockefeller Foundation, pen
manship; and Prof. c. w. Steele. sup
erintendent of public schools, Fowler,
Ind. United States history.
South Dakota educators who are on
the faculty are: A. A. Mcdonald, sup
erintendent of Sioux Falls city schools,
conductor, physical geography; Prof.
Il. A. Harmon, superintendent of city
schools. Waterfowl, American litera-
ture and English composition; Doane
Robinson, state historian, South Dako-
TIA history; Prof. A. II. Seymour, in
%structor in Northern Normal and In
dustrial, current events and civics;
Prof. S. l.. Smith, director of depart
ment of art and design, N. N. l. s.,
art appreciation and exhibit of pic
lures; Prof. c. r. Wiseman, associate
professor Of vocational education in
agricultural education, State College,
elementary agriculture; Prof. II. c.
White, instructor and assistant chem.
list, State College, arithmetic: Mrs.
Lois Spencer SEVERN, Brookings,
school libraries; Prof. w. II. Powers,
librarian and associate professor of
English, State College, book selection:
Prof. S. p. Miller, professor of zoology
and rural sanitation, State College,
physiology and nature study; Prof.
Ada b. Caldwell, professor of indus
trial art, State College, handwork;
Pro-. G. II. Brady. professor Of voca-
tional education, State College, peda-
gogy and school management, and j.
A. Bonnell, assistant professor Of me-
chanical engineering, State College,
manual training. The teachers of the
following counties will attend the in
stitute: Miner county, Miss Margaret
Anderson, superintendent; Moody
county, Miss Alice Coonrod, %superin-
tendent: Kingsbury county, Miss M.
l.. McCarty, superintendent; Cooling
ton county, Miss Adah Minard, super
%intendent; Deuel. county, A. w. Mum
son, superintendent; Hamlin county,
E. A. Parker, superintendent and
Bookings county. Mrs. Mabel X.
Trooien. superintendent.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01
VICTORY LOAN FINISH

The returns from all over the coun-
ty to the headquarters of the Victory
Loan are all that could be expected.
Final reports are coming in from most
all of the townships that were out last
week and they all display a desire to
do the full part hat has been asked
of them. OF course there are a few
cases where it is necessary to use
argument to explain the situation to
some of the people. but in nearly
every case that is all that it is neces-
sary to do. There are still a number
of those who are very able to pur-
chase who have not yet returned their
cards, but most of them are away from
home and it is expected that they will
do it willingly as soon as seen or the
committee gets in touch with them.
1t is not expected at this late day that
Bookings county will have any cases
trict headquarters. In fact the com
mittee denies that there is any such
possibility. SlOwness has been the
only matter that has at all embar-
raised the work and now that time
has been given for all to consider the
matter fully, it Is expected that an
other week will see card evidence of
all that was expected by those who
have the campaign in charge.
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WRITES
OF STUDENT LIFE
6ROOkiNGS BOY STUDYING MED.
lCiNE IN ARMY COLLEGE
IN FRANCE
ANOTHER BOY WRITES Of ARMY LIFE
All Our Boys Seem To Be Doing Good
Work But Very Anxious To Be
Sent Home Very Soon

The following letter to 4. A. Rob-
inson from Doc" G.. A. Rensvold, who
is a member of the Medical Corps of
the 4th Infantry in the Bird Division,
a unit that saw hard service and made
a record. is of interest to the many
friends the young man has in the city
and this part of the state:
Paris. April Z, 1919.-My dear Friend
Robinson: This morning | received
your very interesting letter of March
9Th, and was glad to hear that you are
back al business again and / am sure
! seems to me that the old adage of
striking while the iron is hot applies
directly to your line at this particular
lime.
AS for me | am much more content
than ! was while doing nothing in the
army of occupation. | am taking a
sort of a postgraduate course in neur-
ology at the University of Paris.
Faculte de Medicine. Had | made the
selection knowingly | could not have
chosen a course of study more practi-
cal for my particular needs. 1t would
have been easier if the English Ian
guage were used but | find that by
continued effort and application ones
ears are rapidly trained to interpret
foreign sounds. Another great help is
that medical Technology is very much
the same in all languages. And then
| take two hours of French every day,
which ought to do some good. Yet,
the grammar and pronunciation of this
lingo is not easily acquired by a Yank.
Paris alone is a source of education
in itself. The works of art to be seen
are of the best. Also the places Of
historic interest are numerous enough
so that n has some place to visit.
Yesterday was a fine spring day, and
Sunday too, SO we ven u to Bots de
Boulogne, "a bois, or woods, where one
of the Louis of France used to hunt.
1t is now a park, and a very beautiful
place.
You were surely on the right track
when you were IN your way to France
as a Red Cross man. The American
Red Cross is absolutely above criti-
cism. and that is going some when you
have to please a soldier. The Red
Cross here has made possible a stu
dents club. We have a fine club
house at 140 Blvd Mount Parnasse,
which is furnished by the Red Cross
and where hot lunches are served.
Dances are also held weekly, and again
the Red Cross m to the rescue
with real American girls from the
various Red Cross canteens and res
taurants about the city.
Thanking you for your good letter
and hoping | may receive another
soon, / remain, your friend,
George A. RensYold.
Sorbonne University,
a. P. o. 7O2, A. e. +.
Paris, France.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01
STATE OF A

The state of trade over the country
reported by Bradstreets for last week
shows continued expansion. Distribu-
ton gains at retail and feeling is bet
ter with jobbers and wholesalers. Re-
tail trade exceeds year ago. Wearing
apparel leads in activity. Textiles
strong or higher. Leather higher on
export demand. Bradstreet's food in
dex again advances and is now little
below top of December. Basic lines
like steel, coal and copper still lag.
Winter wheat prospects f1attering, but
delay in spring wheat seeding will cut
expected gain in acreage. Wheat ex-
ports largest of year. Stock market
strong. Money eases French e x
change lowest of year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01
BEAUTY AND ENDURANCE

Beauty and endurance are to be the
keynotes to the Soldiers and Sailors
Memorial about to be erected by the
people of South Dakota in honor of
her boys in the World War. Whatever
sum is contributed by the people in
the drive to be made May $3.50, will
be devoted to the erection of a mem
orial to, be of the most enduring char,
acter and of the most exquisitely beau,
tiful proportions. Every other con
sideration will be sacrificed so far as
may be necessary to attain these fea-
lures and to make the memorial liter.
ally "a thing of beauty and a joy for,
ever"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01

The 147th Field Artillery, South Da-
kota's only practically complete mill
tary organization, is about to sail for
home and will doubtless arrive dur
ing memorial week. The people are
preparing to welcome them with a
campaign for a memorial to them and
their comrades in arms, which shall
ever remind them Of the love in which
they are held by their neighbors and
friends.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01
ANOTHER SOLDIER HOME

John Hastings. son of j. B. Hast
ings of Sterling township and nephew
of c. G.. Hastings of this city, has ar
rived in Newport News from overseas
and is now at a camp in Virginia. He
expects TO be discharged o and re
turn home.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01
COUNTY FARMING CONDITIONS

Reports from various sources
around the county indicate that while
the spring has been backward, yet
seeding is going on with little inter
ruption at present and it looks as if
the farmers would be planting corn
about the usual time. One gentleman
who has made many drives into the
country in the past few weeks. says
that there is little need of being 9TH
erwise than very optimistic about the
all yer this county. That
in his judgment we are going to have
far better than an average year and
that in the fall there will be a much
more prosperous condition in this
county than in the fall Of 1918.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01

Mrs. J. f. Nelson has received the
Hanson, who is now with the
across seas and permits the Reg
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rHINK TX INrEREsT-sAy

Mr.. and Mrs. s. H.. Van Laningham
made an auto trip to Bruce ON Sunday
and visited with friends.
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THE BOYS ARE COMING

THINK IN IsTEREsr-sAvE-
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A Natural Strengthens.

The value Of iron in medicine has long been
KNOWN. but never more appreciated than to.
day.
People are learning that in Peptiron-a
real iron tonic-this most useful metal Ia an
happily combined that it is acceptable to All
even those who, for some reason or other.
have been unable to take it in the past.
Peptiron is an agreeable, easily assimilated
demonstrating preparation Of iron. nux.
pepsin. and other toDics and d,gestives, and
lie giving great satisfaction.
In cases where blood-eleansing and liver.
| stimulating as well as nerve -strengtheuipe
are needed, Peptiron is very effectively and
economically supplemented with Hoods
sarsaparills and Hoods Pills, These three
medicines form the Triple Combination
Treatment to which the G. /. Hood Co is nov
calling attention as especially beneficial ts
sufferers from impure blood, weak, unstruns
nerves, torpid and sluggish liver, or q gener.
ally rundown condition--Adrt.
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kITTERY TO CARIBOU.

A telegram was received in Cherryfield
Friday announcing the death in France
of Carroll F. Wilson, son of Fred Wilson
and wife Of Debiois.
Maine's automobile registration for the
year 1913 exceeded all expectations. 1t
was thought al the close of 1917, owing to
war conditions, that if the total receipts
Of 1917 were exceeded during 1918 by even
$4,000, the business would be gratifying.
That was done, the total for the year just
ended being $50, ILL.,. or ss2, 1O91S more
thsn in 1917.
Rockland has murder mystery. The
body of MRS. Harry <. Brown, widow,
aged forty seven years, was found Tues
day morning Of last week not ;far from
her home on LIMERICK street. She had
beez beaten to death with sled stake,
her assailant evidently attempting crimi-
nal assault. Mrs. Brown had spent Mon
day evening with friends, leaving for her
home about 10 O'Clock. When she did
not return home, her family supposed she
had decided to spend the night with
friends, and nothing was known of the
murder until the body was discovered
early Tuesday morning.
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ARE DEV|LISH TO FINISH
German Atrocities Continue to
the End.
Retreating Huns Show Ingenuity In
Devising Internal .!a-
chimes.

With the BritiSh-American Armies.
German deviltry seemed to know no
bounds in the last days of fighting on
the British front, after the linden
burg line had been shattered. They
attached grenades to the bodies of
dead Huns left behind In the German
retreat, so that when the bodies were
lifted the grenades exploded, killing
or wounding the bearers.
Near the town of LIE Cateau, num-
Der of Australian stretcher bearers
were killed by these grenades in at
tempting to remove some German
dead from the field from in front
of an American machlne-gun position.
Thereafter, no Australian would put
hand on a dead German. In some
cases the bodies were dragged to their
burial places by means of long
rope, which allowed the stretcher
bearers TO keep out of range of any
exploding hand grenades.
The Americans. on the other hand,
hit upon a plan of making the Ger
man prisoners bury their own dead.
In one instance. a Boche prisoner was
summarily shot because he refused to
remove the body Of one of his dead
companions. An examination of the
body later led to the discovery that
IL was mined. The German was aware
of this fact and refused to touch it.
In one small town evacuated by the
Germans. many of the beds were
found to be mined. An American Off
Ger, tired and worn by hard fighting.
sought rest on lounge in room pre-
viously occupied by a German officer.
The lounge blew up and he was in
stantly killed.
Another officer picked up pair of
field glasses, left by the Germans, and
was adjusting the focus when the
glasses exploded in his hands and
blew away part of his face.
The Huns had become adept In the
nefarious business of making Internal
machines, mines and time fuses, and
there was scarcely an area where, the
electrical and engineering experts of
the allies did not find some new form
of their fiendish ingenuity.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-01-08

Theodore Roosevelt is dead. The
United States has lost its leading cit
izen. No man in public life ever had
larger or more loyal personal fol-
lowing than he. To- day, these
friends mourn as for the loss of an in
innate personal friend, while his po-
litical opponents vie with each other
in paying tribute to his great
ness. He was the voice of the new
Amerieanism. Theodore Roosevelt
was leader, and several strides ahead
of public, opinion. But the United
States has made some vast strides in
the past year, and was catching up
with him. The answ ento all his crit
les is found in the induoitable evil
dence that, if his life had been spared,
he would have been the next repubIi-
can nominee for President.
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1919.
GOuLDSBORO.

George Stanley has gone to Goodwin Is
Siding to work.
The infant daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Young died January 1.
Kenneth Tracy came home from Good
wins Siding saturday, i'll OF influenza.
The grammar school opened this morn
ing; Lula Squirting, teacher.
Mrs. Msude Davis is employed at Leroy
Spurling's.
Mrs. Abbie Tracy of Steuben is the
guest OF Mrs. Leroy Squirting.
Florence Crowley OF Corea and Joe
Crowley OF Bucksport were guests of Mrs.
William Foss on New Years day.
Arthur smith OF Northern Maine juno
tion Is employed by w. p. Hutchings.
Mrs. Smith and little son are at c. E..
Dickens.
Doris Tracy, Edna and Dorothy Joy re-
turned home last week from Winter Har-
Dor, as school has closed on account of in
fnenza. Dorothy is ill OF in fiuenza.
Jan. 8. ErrTAH.
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ANNE.
NORTHEAST HARBOR.

Pvt. Clifford Tinker, who is stationed at
Camp Upton, was at home part of last
week on a furlough.
Marion Rich and wife of Portsmouth
have been visiting relatives in town for a
few days.
William Manchester and Herbert Stan
ley have returned TO Portsmouth, after
spending several days with their families
here.
Sergt. lac ID. Graves, who recently re-
ceived his honorable discharge at Camp
Devens, has returned home. He has been
in Virginia several months.
Miss Lottie Baker resigned her position
as commercial teacher in Gilman high
school at the end OF the fall term. Her
place has been taken by Miss Turner OF
Bangor.
Thursday night OF last week, the
basketball team OF Gilman high school
easily defeated the second team from the
radio station, the score being 81 to 7. The
game was more interesting than the score
indicates.
JAMS. 1919.
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BROOKLYN.
|. FRIEND.

Mrs. Grace Herrick is visiting her
parents at Oceanviile.
Miss Florence Bracy OF Sedgwick is
teaching the grammar school.
Hon. A. E. Farms orth returned from a
trip to Augusta and Boston Thursday.
MIR. Sprague and wife OF Swans Island
are visiting Austin Stanley and wife.
Private Harold Staples has received his
discharge and returned from a camp in
Virginia.
Howard Freethey, who came home
from Bath for one day, has returned TO
his work.
The pageant, 1.-THE Second Coming Of
Christ" was given at the Baptist church
Saturday evening, and was much enjoyed.
Mrs. Naomi Allen entertained the Red
Cross chapter last Tuesday. Dinner was
served, and the sewing finished which
was begun the week previous.
The annual church meeting and supper
Thursday evening was well attended. 1t
was voted that ALI affairs of the parish
will in the future be handled by the
church, which has been Incorporated.
Jan. 6. UNE FEMME.