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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-05-30

A clever daughter-in-law cannot
cook without rice.-Chinese Proverb.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-05-30
that CHANGE IN
WOMAN'S LIFE
Mrs. Golden Tells How IE
May be Passed in Safety
and Comfort.

Fremont, O.-sT was passing through
che critical period of life, being forty.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-05-30

He that commandeth well shall be
ObeYed well.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-05-30
Usua. Wording.

Usua! Wording.
IAN interesting advertisement, this"
"What?'
".Jokes wanted. State age"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-05-30
Too Much Of a Hurry.

Barber-More soap, sir?
Victim-Give me a chance to digest
this first. please Answers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-05-30

It is safer to commend the dead
than the living.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-05-30
Decorated Flag Is Returned.

Decorated with honor ribbons by
Gen. John J. Pershing and with a
croix de guerre pinned on by General
Mangin of the French army, the One
Hundred and Twenty-seventh infantry
battle flag has been returned to Adju-
tant General Holway's Office after an
absence of more than two years. The
flag. as n of the emblems of the Thir-
ty-second division, brings distinction
to the division and regiment, being the
only flag of the United States army in
france to receive distinguished honor
decorations.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-03-20
NOTICE

Notice of joint meeting of district
school officers and teachers.
State of South Dakota,
County Of Brookings-ss.
Office Of County Superintendent ot
Public Schools.
To the School Officers and Teachers
of Brookings County. South Dakota:
You are hereby notified that a joint
meeting of the District School Officers
and Teachers of Brookings County,
has been called by me pursuant to
Section AZ, Revised School Laws, to
be held at the Grand Opera house. at
Bookings in said Bookings County,
on the oath day of March. 1919, at the
hour of One o'clock p. M, for the pur-
pose of discussing questions relative
to the betterment Of our schools.
officers in attendance are allowed
by law $3.50 and mileage. and teach
ers are hereby authorized to dismiss
their schools for this meeting without
loss of pay.
Dated this 18th day of March; 1919,
Herbert w. Blakely,
County Superintendent Public Schools
N. B.--A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the general public.
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increased and every one is asked to do
his full share that the work may be
prospered. In the evening We will
have our popular service OF song and
a number of fve-minute speeches by
representatives of the County Sunday
School convention. Report will also
be given OF the progress made in the
afternoon canvass. A most cordial in
vitation extended to our services.
Lutheran Church-Sunday, March
90: GAS, Sunday school. 10:45 ser
mon by Rev. X. o. Lundeborg Of ST.
Paul (EngIish). 2:30, mission service
in the Sterling church, sermon by Rev.
%Lundeborg. $50, Luther league. 1880
musical program and address by Re-.
L~undeborg.
Tuesday evening at the Lutheran
church, Rev. Martin Norstad of Jewel,
Iowa, will give a lecture on Three
Days in a Death Cell at S p. III.
The NJ. +. Ladies' Aid Society will
meet in the church parlors Thursday,
March 27th, at 3 o'clock.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church will meet in the
church parlors Thursday, March 9th,
Mesdames Geo. Cole, Dunbar and Tay-
lor and Edna Jerde will entertain.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-03-20
JEWISH RELIEF CAMPAIGN

The campaign for the raising of
ers from the war Is about to open in
South Dakota. B. N. Lesk, an attor.
ney of Minot, n. D., who has just fin
ished a campaign in our sister state
pose, has arrived in Sioux Falls and
Is directing the matter from that city.
He is accompanied by w. E. Holbein,
secretary of the Minot Commercial
Brookings, who is attending to the
publicity end of the work. A drive
! will be made in South Dakota to raise
the sum of $4,000 for these Jewish
war sufferers of Europe. The nation
wide campaign is being carried on at
the urgent request of Henry Morgen-
thau, former ambassador to Turkey,
and Nathan Strauss, philanthropist,
of New York, Gov. Norbeck has fixed
Wednesday, March 26, as the date for
the drive throughout South Dakota.
There is little doubt that most COM
munities will go we'll "over the top
before the drive Is far advanced.
Director Lesk has issued a public
announcement to the effect that every
dollar contributed to the cause will 60
toward the actual relief, all of the ex-
penses of the campaign being paid out
of private funds contributed by the
Jews of the United States. He states
that during the war. the Jews in the
war-torn countries have suffered a fate
as cruel and heartrending as the peo-
pie of Belgium. Statistics compiled by
the Jews of the United States from IN,
formation received from the European
nations show that approximately g.
000, 900 Jews have persisted since the
commencement OF the war, largely
from starvation and disease. The
same fate awaits the rest of them un-
less assistance is given speedily, it is
asserted.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-03-20
DEATH OF L. n. SkIFF

Louis Homer Skiff was BORN in Jas.
per. Iowa, June Goth, 1858, and de,
parted this life at his home in Brook.
ings, March 10th, 1919, aged so years,
8 months and seven days. His boy.
hood days were spent on the farm
near Grinnell, la, where his parents
lived until he had grown to manhood.
In the summep of 1879, attracted by
the promise of the new country of
Dakota, Mr.. Skiff started for the west.
He arrived in Flandreau by train and
walked from there TO lakewood, the
home of q brother. In the spring of
1880, he filed on a claim four miles
east of Lake Preston. February 25th,
1881, he was united in marriage to
Miss Sadie Jarman at Chester Center,
la. Mr.. and Mrs. Skiff at once started
for their new home near Lake Pres
ton, S. d., where they lived for Is
years. In the fall of 1895 they moved
to Bookings where they have since
made their home.
During his residence in Bookings,
Mr.. Skiff was engaged in the hard
ware and plumbing business. He was
a member Of the Woodman and Work
men lodges. He united with the Con-
gregational church when a young man
and has been closely and actively
identified with church life during all
these years. When the family moved
to B~rookings they united with the
Presbyterian church in which Mr..
Skiff was an officer. For a number
of years he was president of the board
of trustees. He was a very loyal mem
Der of the church, always ready to dc
anything in his power to encourage
the cause of Christianity. Mr.. Skifi
had been in failing health for more
than a year and when a few months
ago he suffered a relapse little hope
was entertained for his recovery.
He leaves to mourn his departure
his wife and two daughters, Miss
Hazel, who Is at home, and Mrs. w
w. Binford. He also leaves n sis
ter, Miss Nellie Skiff, four brothers
Will c., Storm Lake, Ia, N. H. of Min
neapolis. Mimi, Jesse Of Baltimore
Md, and Clarence of Bull, Idaho. He
also leaves a large circle Of intimate
friends who deeply sympathize will
the family in this time of their sor
row. The funeral services were hel(
Friday afternoon at 2 p. M, Rev. VIM
A. Mast officiating. Interment was il
Greenwood cemetery. 49,
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you need not worry for we devour its
contents like a letter from home, as
it reaches us every Monday here at
Palisades. We see your land is
changing hands some up there and
price is high for that country, but it
can't come up with prices here. A
lady with four acres asks $4,000, but
that isn't much when she took on
$4,000 worth of peaches last year, and
IS, 1000 from 10 acres. 1t is beautiful
to go up on the mountains which are
on the north and east Of this valley
and look over at the orchards of
peaches, apricots, pears and apples,
with the Grand river running through
the length of the valley which to irri-
gate from. From our daughters home
we can see them mining coal down
the mountain side and hear them
blasting.
There are several systems of irri-
cation here. One by the government;
they have a cement dam end gates
across the river at the head of the
valley which turns the water under
the mountain through a solid cement
tunnel, coming out on the highest
ground into a large fiume and also
have a pumping station to turn the
water from the river into the fumes
on the other side of the river. The
fumes have to be built back on either
side of the river, as all the water runs
toward the river.
This has been a little colder winter
than usual as there is so much snow
south and east of us on the Rockies,
keeps cool and quite a lot of snow
lurries lately which all suits the fruit
growers as it keeps the buds back.
Pruning is the order of the day here
now. Elberta peaches are raised in
this part of the valley, and on west
near Grand Junction you see more
pears and apples. 1t all depends on the
soil. We have soft water here for
every purpose as it is piped down
from the mountain. Palisades has q
light and ice plant, but we need a
canning factory for not only wagon
loads of over-ripe peaches are hauled
to the dump, but hundreds of bushels.
We have had a very pleasant winter
no 10Y to speak of. We expect to
be home by the LIST of May.
Yours very sincerely,
Mrs. w. NJ. Johnson.
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MEN WHO WE'RE EXEMPT

List of those tnat claimed exemp-
ton on account Of not being a citizen
of the United States:
l Henry Rust, Bruce
1875 John Van Der Pcrs, Volga
SO Ole Midtovne, Hendricks, MINI.
203 Christian Olson Bakken, Volga
263 Frederick M~ashendorf, Bland,
Mo-, r. F. ID. 2
274 Albeck Kjellsen, Hetland
292 Jacinto Motas. Arlington
$50 John Marquardt, Volga
1863 liver L. Kirkland. Arlington
3S9 Karstin Hough, Volga
400 VIM. c. Hegerfeld, Elkton
Ala Vance Malin, Arlington
$40 John Vesby, Arlington
651 Andrew Brenso, Arlington
6S6 Dick Gravin, Brookings
704 David E. Lundin, Bruce
$50 Neils Nelson, White
987 John KnivlOg, Volga
1909 Gustaf Gardso, Hills, MINI.
1921 Gerritt Van Der Pers, Volga
1897 Tryve Holm, Volga
1901 CLAW Agre, Bookings
1916 Godfrey S%orenson. Aurora
1249 Herman V. Ranheim, Arlington
1880 Walter Bystrek or Miller, Heg-
wesch, ILL.,, Ind. Station
June 9Th Registration
s Gustav F. w. Hegerfeld, Elkton
A All Martin Hook, Volga
A 629 Frank r. Koski, Brainard. Mimi
A 935 Swante Holme, Estelline
A1029 Peter J. Jellma, Bruce
A1062 Anton G.. Rust, Bruce
A14S1 Henry A. Droge, Bushnell
A14S9 Soren v. Christensen, Fenton
Iowa, care M. Gestergaard
A1557 Chester Studniski, Brookings
care Lewis A'rick r. F. D. 5
Totals.
In place of each one OF these mclr
who failed our country in its hour OF
need, we were Obliged to send a good
American boy in their place that these
men might not have to suffer the pri
vations and perhaps death on the bat
tie field. Every one of them stayed Al
home and enjoyed our liberties. and
we urge every father and mother OF
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COLLEGE NOTES


Ole Hanson is again on the campus
after his long illness.
Miss Leila Rice enjoyed a visit from
her sisters last week.
Gale Peppers, a graduate of the
School of Agriculture last spring, is
spending the week with friends. Mr..
Peppers returned from France a
month ago, being n of the last men
to be sent across just before the ar
mistice was signed consequently his
regiment didn't see real war service
and was sent home at once.
Ora Sloat arrived Saturday night for
a visit with college friends.
Laura Wood left Wednesday morn
ing for her home near jamestown, n.
d., for a weeks visit. She expects to
return next Tuesday night.
1t. Roy Gotthold, IA, who has been
stationed for the past year at San
Antonio. Texas, has been mustered out
of service and is visiting friends i'll
the city.
George Valentine, who was recently
discharged from the service, was a
visitor here the first of the week.
Miss Hubbart was absent from her
duties several days of last week on
account of illness.
The faculty members greatly en-
joyed themselves at a pioneer party
held in the armory last Saturday even.
ing. Most of the time was occupied
by stunts Of various kinds till the
lights flashed the signal for disband.
ing.
Even though State College has just
passed through the most trying time
in her history, the enrolment has not
suffered much from it. Including sum
mer students and the men in vocation.
al army training there is an enroll.
ment of 1,466 students. Exclusive of
the two divisions of section B, of the
S. A. T. c., the total attendance is
1,034. This is just about as large an
enrolment as last year. Miss Della
Morrow of the department publica,
tions is to be thanked for this infor.
nation. Fourteen states are repre-.
scented in the student body, Minnesota
leading with AZ Observation-Disclosures
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-03-20
CHURCH NOTES

=
The items In this column are furnished
the Register by the press correspondent
Of the various churches and societies. Al
churches and societies have the same priyi'
ieges In the use of rhis column
United Presbyterian Church-Sab
bath school convention in the church
Saturday afternoon and evening and
Sabbath morning. State workers will
give addresses and there will be con
ference in the afternoon. Come and
bring your friends. Among the speak.
ers will be DR.. Schermerhorn Of
Mitchell, Mrs. A. l.. Grebel of Parker,
and Geo. w. Miller. Sabbath morning
Mrs. Grebel will speak at the hour for
the regular mornire service, 1880.
We will have no service in the even
ing. Prayer meeting on Wednesday
evening. Juniors on Sabbath after
noon at 3.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
The First Church OF Christ, Scientist,
holds services every Sunday morning
at II o'clock. Subject for next Sun
udy ID Ntdlitl. hld NCVh ctA NINC
Wednesday evening at s o'clock.
Reading room open Wednesday from
2 to 4 p. m. Everyone is welcome.
Baptist Church-Sunday morning
and evening the pulpit will be occu-
pied by speakers in attendance upon
the Sunday school convention. Sun
day school session at the usual time.
with classes for all.
st. Paurs Episcopal Church-Third
Sunday in Lent, March 23rd. 1880 a.
m, Holy Communion. 1890 a. m.,
morning prayer and sermon, the sub
iect being "Who is Jesus Christi" II
m. church school. 1880 p. m, even
ing prayer and address in the course
on the Old Testament and Modern
Thought, the subject being, Saul
David, Solomon: Three Kings" The
week day Lenten service will be on
Friday evening of this week. The
subject of the address will be prep
aration for His Work" in the study
of the Life of Christ. All are well
come to these services.
Methodist Notes-Dr. Schermerhorn
will preach Sunday morning. The
Flying Squadron will speak III the
evening.
First Presbyterian Church-Next
Sabbath will be Victory Day in u
church. In the morning the pastor
will speak on, "A Time for Action"
The annual canvass for church sup
port and for benevolence will be made
in the afternoon from two to four
O'Clock. All members and supporters
of the church are asked to be at home
IL possible until they have made their
pledge for the year beginning April
LIST, 1919. This Is the most urgent call
our church has eve SEN forth be
cause we have entered on an enlarged
program for both home and foreign
missions. Local expenses also have
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-03-20
HAIL INSURANCE EXPLAINED

South Dakota is the most progres
sive state in the union. 1t is purely
an agricultural state and looks always
to the interests Of that part of haI
people.
In 1915 there was enacted the first
workable bank guaranty law ever
placed upon the statute books; in 1917
the first workable rural credit law
ever enacted was written, and the
session just closed placed on the stat.
ute books a Hail Insurance law that
is to provide hail insurance to the
farmers of the state at actual cost.
Since 1909 the people of the state
have been asking this kind of legis-
lation but on account of the consti-
tuition such a law could not be passed
until the last session after the con
stitution had been amended by the
people at the election on November
9Th, 1918. The farmers of the state
have had to pay formerly for hail in
surance all the way from 7k to 12hHc
and in 1918 the farmers of the state
pai& IN premiums $1,577, 217.27 and re,
ceived in losses paid 1858, S69.46, vi
a gross profit in favor of the com
panies writing hail insurance of 1890
924.12, for the one year. This latter
amount under the State Hail Law
would have been deposited to the
credit of the farmers of the state in
the office of the state treasurer in the
Hail Insurance fund as a reserve fund
for the payment of future losses. The
insurance companies made money in
every county in the state but six; in
B~rookings county the farmers paid for
hail insurance premiums $~34,773.S3,
the company paid in losses $12, oil 90,
making a gross profit for the com
panies of s31,762.S3.
Under the hail law passed at the re,
cent session of the legislature the
state purposes to insure the farmers
for a maximum of $1,000 per acre at
the rate of from 3RR in the most fay.
orable zones to 412R in the zones
most liable to hail losses, or for less
than half the rate formerly paid by
the farmers of the state for hail ms
ance. The furnishing of hail insur-
ance TO the farmers at cost will be the
means of increasing the value of every
acre of agricultural land in South Da-
kota. Certainly any land buyer who
knows that he will be able to get han
insurance at actual cost will be Will
ing to pay more for land than other
wise.
The law provides that the agricul-
tural land benefited pay for the pro-
lection provided and it is made the
duty of the assessors to list every
acre of agricultural land in the coun.
ty, all farm land must be listed by
the assessor and the assessor will
leave blanks with the farmer that can
be filed by the farmer with the coun
ty auditor and by use of the proper
blanks the insurance may be reduced
to $500 per acre, or he can exempt
himself from the provisions of the law
entirely or, should he so desire, can
insure only a part of his crop-for in
stance, should he want to insure every
thing but his flax he can do so. Ger
tainly every farmer in the state should
avail themselves of protection against
hail when they can get this protection
at actual cost.
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other persons to at once write our
representative in congress, urging
that men Of this ilk be deported from
our shores forever. Fred s. Miner
Chairman Local Board, Brookings
County, South Dakota.
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FROM WESTERN FRUIT BELT

Palisades, Colo. March s, 1919
Editor: We were very much
pleased you notified us of the expi.
ration of u paper. as to losing us,
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will arrive in Washington on We'd
nesday for a visit to Mr.. and Mrs Her
pert Holcomb Brown. Mrs. Fem is
sister OF Mrs. Alexander Campbell
King, wife of the Solicitor General
Return From HOneymOon.
Lieutenant Commander Cook Owen
and Mrs. Owen have returned to
Washington from their wedding trip
and are established in their apart
ment at the AVondale Mrs. owen
was formerly Miss Ruth LittelI, her
marriage of June 25, at Soldiers
Home, being one of the largest in
military circles of the summer.
Commander and Mrs. Harry Kim
mel, U. S. N, announce the engage
ment OF their daughter, Miss Helen
Marie kimmel. to Philip r. FoWlle,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard n.
Fowle. He has returned from eight
cen months service with the A L. F.
in France. The wedding will take
place in the autumn.
An interesting visitor in the North
Shore colony this summer will be
Nine. Giuseppe Brambilla, wife of
the former counselor. of the italian
embassy in this city. Nine Brambiila
formerly was Miss Julia Meyer. elder
daughter of the former Secretary of
the Navy, the late George Won L.
Meyer. Her marriage to Mr.. Bran
billa took place two years ago, In
the autumn. and the bride and bride
groom sailed at once for Italy, and
have been in Rome since. Nine.
Brambilla's mother spent the winter
there with her, but is now in her
home, Rock Maple farm at Hamilton,
Mass. where she will have with her
her little granddaughters, the chill
dren of Commander and Mrs c. r.
P. Rodgers. Commander Rodgers is
stationed. here at the Naval Observa-
tory. Nine. Brambilla is expecting to
sail August = for this country. Mr..
Brambilla has recently been made
counselor Of the Italian embassy in
London.
Mrs. Ten Eyck wendell, of Wash
ington. has arrived at the Malvern,
Bar Harbor. with her cousin, Miss
Resale Sprang, OF Nice. France, Mrs.
Wendell will remain only a few days,
as she is passing the summer at the
New Ocean House, Swampscott. Mass,
with Mr.. Wendell and her son, Ten
Eyck Wendell. jr., and in order to be
near her mother. Mrs. Edward Foote.
She will not open their country place,
Cozenovia, n. Y, but may motor to
Bar Harbor again later in the sea
son for short stay.
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MINISTER HELD
AS MOONSHINER

BANvILLE. Va. July 14.-James
Farmer. a negro minister who-lives
near Sutherlin, has been brought to
DanvilIe and held under $3.50 bond for
his appearance before the Federal
court on a charge of operating an Il g.,
licit still.
Farmer was arrested by prohibition
officers, who claim to have found fer=
menting tubs, liquor-making material,
and the cinders Of a still fre at a
point $50 yards from his home. The
still was not found. Farmer was ar
rested after his overalls were found
to be stained with beer and when a
well-trodden path from the still to
the house was discovered.
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SECOND DIVISION READY
TO LEAVE FOR AMERICA

coBLENz, July 1.-THE American
First division on Friday took over the
line of the Second division, which is
preparing 70 go home.
The Second division has a fine rec
ord, having distinguished itself in the
St Mihiel drive and right up to the
crossing Of the Meuse. 1t consists of
q brigade OF the Fifth and Sixth ma
rines and another of the Ninth and
Twenty third infantry regiments.