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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18
THE CROWS NEST


Sadly neglected is good old Gus
tom formerly known as manners. .
We scarcely ever hear the term good
manners" mentioned any more. Older
people can remember that it was a
common thing in childhood days to be
cautioned to mind your manners"
when visitors were present or when
going on visit. Children were taught
to salute their elders and to pay due
respect to officials of every kind Ta-
BILE manners were taught by precept
and example and as consequence
are Qnite well observed at the present
time. Some there are, however, who
were never taught good form on all
occasions or have thrown good man.
ners to the winds What about cigar
or cigarette smoking at hotel or res
taurant tables between courses. To
quite few people tobacco smoke il
more or less offensive under any cir
cumstances, but it is doubly so to have
TO endure it when taking a meal at
a hotel or restaurant and have some
one across the table putting smoke
at one willy nilly. Worse still is to
be served by male waiter with a
glowing cigarette in his mouth with
the ashes dropping here and there
II used to be considered i'll manners
to smoke in the presence of ladies and
especially in parlors, but that is done
nowadays with impunity and without
even asking permission or offering
an apology. Who is to blame for the
decline of good manners as practiced
a generation ago? Have our ideals
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18
HE COULDN'T PAY HIS DUES

The following letter was quoted at
recent convention of the Iowa State
Retail Merchants Association by Geo.
NJ. Peterson, who is secretary of the
Minnesota State Retail Merchants
Association, as one he received from
a member of his organization excusing
his inability to pay his association
dues. Possibly it may strike re-
sponsive chord in some other weary
mercantile heart.
Here is the letter;
For the following reasons l am un-
able TO send you the check asked for:
II have been held up, held down,
sand-bagged, walked on, sat on, fiat
tened out, and squeezed.
First, by the United States govern
ment for federal war tax, the excess
profit law. the Liberty bond loans,
thrift stamps. capital stock, mer-
chants license, auto tax and every
society and organization that the in
ventive mind Of man can construct to
extract what I may or may not have
in my possession,
From the Society of ST. John the
Baptist, the Grand Army of the Re.
public, the Women's Relief, the Navy
League. the Red Cross, the Black
Cross, the Purple Cross, the Double
Cross, the Children's Home, the
Dorcas Society, the Young Women's
Christian Association, the Young
Mems Christian Association, the Boy
Scouts, the Jewish Relief, the Bel
gian Relief and every hospital in town.
The government has so governed
my business that l don't know who
owns it. am inspected, suspected,
examined and re-examined, informed
required and commanded, so I don't
know who | am. where l am, or why
am here All know is that l am
supposed to be an inexhaustable sup
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Ii probably is not at all due to the
fact that this is leap year but 1t is
nevertheless true that County Clerk
Johnson is issuing a good many raar-
riage licenses this spring The short
month of February broke all previous
records of the county clerks office
for this business in one month, the
number issued during February being
%. The highest number ever before
issued in one month was 20, and that
was in the month of June, the month
popularity believed to be the first
choice of brides.
Since the last report in the Reg.
lister. licenses have been issued TO the
following: Perry d. Sutton, Brook
ings, and Anna Novem, Lake Preston;
Harley ] Sautter and Esther Ebert,
Elkton: Guy Van Maaren and Frances
Breeschotten, Volga; Marvin r. Mapes,
Huron, and Lila Tolliver, Brookings;
Soren Holm and Marie Stangaard,
Bushnell: Byron c. Orcutt and Anna
Martinson, Brookings; Fred HUT and
Agnes Coulter, Estelline; George
Spindler, Sioux Falls. and Teolin
Krapser, Brookings; Nels Admission
and Selma Littlefeld, Sioux Falls;
Louis d. Selix, Broohngs, and Anna
C. Hulverson, Bruce; e. X. Shefte ard
Laura NJ. Johnson, Volga; Harris Han
son and Mabel Alexander, Volga; Ru-
dolph Santema, Volga, and Amelia
Malmquist, Brookings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18

NJ. A. Huse Of the American Press
Association published an article in
the January number Of Judicious
Advertising urging manufacturers
TO secure cooperation Of country
merchants by advertising in local
papers. He said, among other
things:
"The country newspaper is the
advertisers medium for talking to
small town people and the local
farmers. II you wish TO verify this
statement just ask any travelling
salesman or jobbers' salesman and
see what they have to say on the
subject. II they have visited many
small towns they will know that
the local paper Is the heart of its
community. Its columns contain
items of interest to every person
who reads them, whether in the
village or on farm down the road.
Its readers are influenced by Its
statements and the advertisemen.s
II publishes. Through such me-
dunn you can get your merchandise
entrenched In this market, which
is composed Of 5s.2 per cent of the
population Of the country; you will
have gateway into this great fer.
tile field which stands ready and
waiting to absorb your product"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18
SAN EMA-MALMQUIST

Married, Wednesday afternoon, Mar
II, at 200 o'clock, at the NJ. Z. par
sonage, Miss Amelia Malmquist Of
Brookings to Mr. Rudolph Santems
of Volga, Rev. G.. H. Zentz officiating
The bridal couple were attended by
Mrs. Martha Cook of this city and Mr.
Carl Isacson of Volga, sister and half
brother, respectively, of the bride
These excellent young people will
make their new home on a farm near
Brookings, where their many friends
hope they may find life allstheir bright.
est hopes and ambitions may antici-
pate.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18
DOMESTIC ECONOMY

No lesson you learn in the class
room is of much use unless you apply
it in everyday life" said school
superintendent addressing an incom-
ing high school class. Don't just
learn that two and two make four for
recitation purposes. but apply that
knowledge whenever the occas on re-
quires. Like the lad who was study.
Ing industrial economy-Tsn'r it ro-
mantle sitting out here by the mellow
light OF the moon?' murmured the
girl. Yes he answered, and besides
your father can't kick about his elec-
trio light BILL"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18
STATE ARBoR DAY

Nothing helps more to beautify q
city, town or farm home than trees
and few things so educate the people
in public spirit and foresight as the
care of trees.
The celebration of Arbor Day by
the planting of trees is an assumption
of an all-the-year-round responsibility
There is quite as much need for the
care of trees and shrubs as for actual
planting.
In the past. the planting of trees on
Arbor Day has usually been in school
grounds and parks Recently, it has
been the means of arousing interest
in roadside paintings. both in city and
country.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18
THESIvIc LEAGUE

The regular monthly meeting of the
library last Friday afternoon. The
program was in charge Of Mrs. A. n
I Hume, who had spent considerable
time in getting it organized. An in
teresting and profitable hour was spent
in discussing the various party plat
forms and candidates for office, both
national and state. \ three-minute
talk on each candidate was given by
woman favoring that candidate
where possible. One or two seekers
after office, however, had not sup
porters among the women that Mrs.
Hume could discover, so in order
to have as impartial presentation
as possible, the unpopular candidates
were represented by the reading of
something from their own speeches,
or declarations of principle.
Following this, brief report of the
organization of the City Federation Of
women's organizations was given.
This movement includes many clubs
and societies, and as it gets in work.
ing order others will join.
At FIVE o'clock Olaf Eidem by re-
quest, gave a short talk on the com
form OF city government as it
would affect Brookings and explained
the plan as it is to BE- voted on March
Is.
The programs of the Civic League
are open to all women interested and
an increasing number are taking a1-
vantage Of the meetings. The Janu-
airy meeting was given over to dis
cussion OF the Richards primary law,
explained by Gilbert Ruben, and proved
to be both entertaining and instruc-
tive. The influenza ban interfere I
with the February meeting. The April
meeting, aside from business, will be
A Home Economics Day. Secretary.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18

the death of her husband, the widow
having detached the jaw, places the
head on platform, in tree for the
birds to pick. Then she cleans it, orna-
ments it with shells, and wears it on
her back for a year even while work.
ing. At the end of the year she is
free to marry again.
A warrior is chosen by the chief
and is usually accepted by her on sight.
Then she goes to some lonely spot.
buries her beloved skull and returns
to the camp to feast and dance.
After a while. however, she returns
to the skull and spends a week of
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18

ply of money for every known need,
desire, or hope of the human race
and because l will not sell all have
and go out and beg, borrow or steal
money to give away l am cussed,
discussed. boycotted. talked to. talked
about, lied to about, held up. hung up,
robbed, and nearly ruined, and the
only reason that am clinging to this
life is to see what is coming the next
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18

II is not too early now for those
who intend TO observe Arbor Day.
which occurs in this state on some
date next month, 10 determine what
they will plant this year and take
steps to insure getting what they wish.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18

Mama, / want dark breakfast"
Dark breakfast? What do you
mean. child?"
why, last night you told Mary to
give me light supper, and l didn't
like it."-Blighty (London).
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18

prayer and fasting in it's company,
then she unearths it and brings it
back to the village, where it is stuck
on poe and made to look on at a
scene OF feasting and dancing Then,
when the marriage ceremony is over.
the skull is buried somewhere and
forgotten.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18
PECULIAR MARRIAGE CUSTOM

Mourning for husbands is done as
follows in the Andaman Islands. On
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-18

materially changed for the better or
the worse? This Is something to think
about in our leisure moments.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-05
SUGAR SALE
COMBINATIONS
Retailers Must Stop Compelling Pur-
chasers to Buy Large Amounts
Of Other Goods to Obtain
Few Pounds,

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.-Retailers
must stop compelling purchasers to
buy a large amount Of other goods
to obtain few pounds of sugar, the
federal trade commission ordered to-
day.
Such trade practices constitute I'M
fair competition, the commission de-
cided and an order to cease and
desist'' was issued against a Chicago
company which will be extended to
all other cities from which complaints
have come.
The commission has received COM
plants from all sections OF the coun-
try against this method Of increasing
sales.
The specific case decided was that
of the Cole-Conrad company OF Chi
cago, which was charged with offer
ing three or five pounds Of sugar in
combination with certain other
selected goods. The commission also
stated that the decision would apply
to the c. d. Kennedy Co., Baltimore,
charged with offering to sell sugar on
condition that certain amount OF
coffee was included in the purchase.
The commission declared unfair
the action of twenty-eight wholesalers
of Los Angeles in refusing to sell
sugar and groceries to the Los An
geles Grocery company
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-05

TUuited Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Deporta.
ton action against scores OF the reyo-
tlutionists rounded up by the govern
ment during the last few days was
instituted by A. ]. Caminetti, commits
sioner of immigration.
Arrangements for hearings were
ordered speeded up SO the deportable
reds" may be hustled back to Russia
and the way cleared for more nation
wide raids which the department OF
Justice probably will undertake at
irregular intervals.
Investigation Of the bolshevist men
ace by the Russian affairs division OF
the state department showed that the
avowed purpose of Lenine and Trot-
sky was to overthrow existing gov
ernments and standards of society
throughout the world and substitute
the soviet form Of government and
daily life according to an official an
inouncement today by Secretary Lans-
ing.
This boshevist program had failed
in Russia already where its results
to date are decentralization, civil war
and economic collapse" the an
nouncement said.
The report containing these con-
clusions had been handed by the
state department to the congression-
al affairs committee. The report en-
braces the following subjects:
'1-Character of bolshevist rule
theoretical dictatorship of the pro-
letariat, acknowledged to the rule Of
minority with a definite policy Of pre-
liminary destruction, is found In fact
to degenerate into close monopoly
by a very small group who use the
most optomistic and tyrann1cal
methods including mass terror"
"2-Economical results Of bolshe-
visit control-while existing on the
accumulated wealth Of the country
the bolshevist regime has brought
about a complete economic collapse
with consequent famine and cpl
demic. The claim of the bolsheviki
that the economic solution is wholly
responsible for the economic chaos
in soviet Russia cannot be sustained.
The bolshevist program has not
worked and bolshevism has to It's
credit no constructive accomplish
ments.
"3-Bolshevist program OF world
revolution--one OF the main aims Of
the bolshevist leaders from the very
beginning has been to make their
movement a world wide social reyo-
luton. They insistently declare that
success in Russia depends on the de-
velopment of corresponding social
revolutions in all other countries.
Bolshevist policies and tactics are
subordinated to the idea of the inter
national proletar. Apparent compro-
misses with bourgeois governments Of
countries have proved temporary and
tactical.
Gregory Weinstein, editor Of the
newspaper Novy Mir, was arrested by
government agents in New York this
morning and taken to Ellis Island the
department of justice announced.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-05
Earthquake Shocks Send the
Greasers to Their Knees in
Terror and Fill the
Churches Full.
SOME DAMAGE Is DOME
0uakes Were Most severe Recorded
In Years and Threw People
Into Panic in sexsraI
places.
[By Ralph Turner. United Press Stan
Correspondent

I[By Ralph Turner. United Press Staff
Correspondent
MEXICO CITY. Jan. saturday
nights earthquake shocks were felt
in practically all parts Of the repub-
lie, the director of the central obser-
vatory here said today.
The shocks were most severe In
the Vera Cruz region. the director
said Disturbances there were con-
tinuous for four minutes and thirty
five seconds. 1t was feared there
may be casualties.
The quakes were the most severe
recorded in years. In Mexico City
thousands OF persons rushed into the
streets. Great crowds went to all
the shrines imploring aid OF the
saints.
Damage in Mexico City was slight.
Several buildings were cracked. but
there was no loss of life. Property
damage at Vera Cruz was reported
heavy. Buildings near the docks
were reported to have collapsed,
throwing the people into panic.
Damage also was reported heavy
at Puebla, people rushing into the
streets when they felt the earth
tremors and crying for divine aid.
Bells were rung in the cathedrals
and special church services arranged
where the people knelt in prayer
No reports had been received from
the smaller cities in Vera Cruz where
it is believed the shock were most
severe.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-05
IRISHMEN USE DYNAMITE
ON POLICE BARRACKS

outside points were cut before the
attack began.
After confiscating arms and am
munitions in the barracks, the at
tackers-p presumably Sim Feiners-
handcuffed the policemen together,
lectured them severely and then
freed them.
"You did your duty well" the
leader of the attacking party told
the police.
A building near the police bar
racks also was wrecked by the at
tackers. Families living there es-
capped, but their belongings were de-
.stroyed. Barracks at Carrig-Navar
also were attacked, but the attackers
were repulsed. Firing at long range
continued for some time.
At South Kilmurray and Inchigee-
lagh barracks were raided, but the
defenders repulsed all attacks One
policeman was reported to have been
wounded at Inchfheelagh.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-05
Much Unfinished BUSINESS on
Hand FollowiI Termina-
tion Of Christmas
Recess.
PEACE TREATY COMES UP
M ost Pressing Matter is Appreciation
Measures Which Involve Sow
erai Billions Of
IT,. Dollars.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The peace
treaty, anti-bolshevik legislation and
appropriation bills totaling billions OF
dollars confronted congress as "un.
finished business" when the members
resumed work today after the Christ
mas recess.
There was no specific program OF
peace treaty action before the senate,
but Senator Underwood, it was belieV-
ed, planned to bring up at an early
date his resolution for appointment OF
a Cancellation committee to arrange a
compromise
:. The Sterling sedition bill was on the
calendar, due to be called up in tn
senate today. 1t contains some new
provisions that AttorHey General
Palmer wants passed SO he can deal
with the American reds" who al
present go free, in many instances
while the alien "reds" are deported.
A number Of senators, led by Borah,
believe there is a red hysteria IN
the country comparable to the German
spy scare and they plan to make
speeches on the Sterling bill urging
moderation and noninterference with
free speech and other constitutonally
guaranteed rights OF United States
citizens.
The most pressing business before
the house was the appropriation meas
ures beginning with the Indian APP
preparation bill. These acts will
mean a taxation program totalllns
four to five billion dollars even When
they have been carefully cut down Dy
con gress, it was estimated today
Victor l. Berger socialist congress
man of Milwaukee is expected to ap-
near and ask admittance to the house
This week as he has been reelected
after being barred out once because
OF alleged seditious speeches.
Beraer's Second Career.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5--The second
career" of Victor l.. Berger, Milwau-
kee socialist, as congressman-eiect
will be short, Representative Daliin-
ger, Mass, chairman of the special
committee that recommended the Wis
consin representatives. first exclusion
from the house, said today
Berger is expected to appear in the
house this week and ask to be sworn
in. Dallinger will object and i'm
mediately present a resolution declar-
ing that the socialist should not be
admitted to membership. This rcsolu-
ton will be passed with as large a
vote of approval as the count OF 3o9 to
! on the similar one excluding Berger
after his first election. Dallinger said
TODAY
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-05
Series of Outbreaks Which
Add to Already Serious
Situation.

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, Jan. 5.-The serious
situation in Ireland today has been
complicated by a series Of outbreaks.
Dispatches from Cork reported a
group Of 500 men late Saturday night
attacked the police barracks at Car
rigtohl and, after four-hour battle
with the six defenders, dynamited
the building. Hundreds of shots
were exchanged. but there We're no
casualties.
All telephone and telegraphic
wires connecting the village with
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-05
cIernenceau May Marry.

PARIS, Jan 5.-Asked about his
Intentions toward the presidency.
premier Clemenceau, according to
.the Echo De Paris replied:
aThe truth Is the public is forcing
me towards the presidency of the re-
public"
The constantly repeated stories
that Glenn enceau will succeed Presl-
dent Poncare has given rise 70
numerous rumors he is to be mar
ried shortly. One story is that ne
will marry the Countess DE Aulnay,
widow OF the former French senator
and amba ssador to Switzerland it
would be impossible for Clemenceau
to fulfill his social duties without
wife to act rs hostess. the news
papers pointed out.