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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29
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THE GROWTH OF BRookiNGs

1t is safe to predict that the popu,
lation OF Brookings has passed the
1000 mark by good margin and that
1t has made a good and steady growth
in the last five years. But are we go
ing to be satisfied with our past rate
of gain? II we are to reach our ex-
pectations in the next Ave or ten
years we shall have to do something
besides wishing and waiting. We need
sInaa; enterprises that that viii give steady
employment to many kinds of labor
the year around. There is no reason
why we should not have several kinds
of small factories, for the tendency
now is to get away from large centers
where strikes are becoming so com
mon in late years. We have started
several promising things In the last
few years, but have let them get away
fro,i ius by reason Of the lack OF pat
ronage or moral and financial support.
we may have to run some risks. but
we might a. well risk something to
hssp bufld up our city as to try out
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29
THE CROWS NEST

One of the best series of cartoons
running new in most of the daily pa
pers is the one entitled, Gasoline
Alley" The cartoonist has struck a
rich lead and is close observer and
a good listener or inventor. Most per-
sons who are owners of autos are not
aware of the amount of their daily
conversation tha: Is devoted exoiu-
sively to makes of cars and their ex-
periences in the running of them. Most
of them, however, come cut heroes at
the end of their stories. You will
often see the non-owner, who may hap
pen to be in a gasoline alley group
for any length of time find some excuse
to be going, not because he is envious,
but because he is not interested in
gas and wheels. He is not inclined 70
break into an otherwise all-absorbing
topic of conversation common to the
others of the group.
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STORY OF INDIA

w. 81 S.
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THIS YEARS BUILDING PROSPECT

There is sure to be considerable
building done in this city during the
coming year and 1t is well for pros
pective builders to commence making
their plans as early as possible. 1t is
the opinion OF almost everyone that
material will not be much, II any,
cheaper for several years and labor
Is bound to keep up with the prices
of building supplies. The main diff
Guilty Is going to be to get either with
any certainty and regularity and the
one who gets his plans laid early in
the year is going to profit by his fore
sight. While houses! are scarce there
will be no lowering of rents and the
best thing to do, If one expects to
make this his permanent residence
is to buy or build home OF his own
so as not to be dependent upon the
probability of having a house to live
in for any length of time. II a wage
Garner or salaried man expects to wait
until things become cheaper before he
attempts to buy or build he may be
disappointed. As labor Is one OF the
principal items in the cost of construc
ton and one Is inclined to think Il
may become cheaper, he must take
into consideration the fact that his
wages are liable to be cut in like
manner. Such things follow the Law
of compensation. II there is scaling
down in wages It will affect everyone
alike. Now Is as good time to built
as 1t will be in the next five or more
years, but you must get at 1t early Il
you expect to get all the material yot
want without long and vexatious dc
lays.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29

Miss Helen Dvorak, violini"t. is a
graduate of the American CUnserva-
tory, Chicago, under Herbert Butler,
and has done much public work, both
concert and lyceum, before going to
South Dakota. Her brother, and ac-
companist, Mr.. Ray Dvorak, has ac-
companied her on lyceum tours and
is very gifted pianist.
Mr. Hubert Mathews of New York
City will give short sketch of va
rious phases of newspaper and maga,
zine illustration. Mr.. Mathews has
been connected with the Chicago Trib-
une and New York Herald and has
done illustrations for some of the lead
ing magazines of the country.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29

three years has been Y. M. c. A..
secretary and missionary to India, will
be given. He will lecture from slides
taken with his own camera in India
and Japan. Mr.. Lindstrom, who is
now Y M. c. A. secretary at the Uni
versity of South Dakota, will shortly
return to India. He was secured
through the joint efforts Of the mis-
sionary committees of the Y. NJ. c. A.
and Y. w. c. A.
Plenty Of time will be given for
those present to reach their respec-
tive churches in time for the evening
service. Go early and take the op-
portunity of social time and this
fine chance to meet one who knows
missionary conditions as they are.
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wv. 5. S.N------'
THE WEATHER q YEARS AGO

The winter OF 1S9S-99 was a remark
able one in many respects. 1t was
comparatively mild until after the mid
die of January. 1t rained on the night
of the 22nd and then turned to damp
snow with a fall OF about one inch.
1t commenced to grow colder and on
the morning of the 26th it was % de-
grees below zero. For the next seven
teen days the thermometer never reg
istered above zero at noon. on the
9Th Of February it was from ii 10
440 below and on the 18th the record
was 460 below This was the climax
OF winter and there was no continued
cold after that. The ground in bare
places cracked open in places to the
width of four inches and the larger
cottonwood trees burst open to the
center of the trunk. At noon on the
11th the college had to close in order
to repair it's overheated steam boilers.
In the language of the natives, 1t was
quite cold spell.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29

burg, Iowa, on the afternoon of Janu-
airy 10, was gathered what is said to
have been the largest crowd of hog
buyers ever assembled west Of the
Mississippi river and they came from
all parts of the United States. At this
sale sixty head of sows sold for IAN
average Of 1925 each, with top price
of $4100. From this sale a special
train took the hog men to Algona,
Iowa, for the Lloyd Wellendorf sale
that evening. An even larger crowa
attended this sale and the 81 head
of Durocs sold there averaged $40 III
price Wellendorfs new herd boar es-
tablished a new record for an untried
and unshown boar in that 27 head bred
to him sold for an average of over
$1,000. The next day at 1890 Vipond
& Sons sold 60 head of sows at an av-
erage of $755, and in the same after
noon Adams & Swain sold 81 head for
an average of $3.50 This sale sur
prised the older buyers, as it was the
the first sale for these newer breeders
over $125,000 changed hands in the
little town of Algona within less than
twenty-four hours for Duroc hogs, and
fact of especial interest to readers
of the Register is that South Dakota
and Brookings county were repre-
sented among the buyers. About ten
OF the best hogs sold went to Water
town and vicinity. E. NJ. Barnett &
Son of Brookings purchased four Of the
top offerings, one a mammoth daugh-
ter Of Pathfinder, bred to the late
Great Wonder | Am" the 1100-pound
boar that sired more show hogs than
any other Duroc. Barnett & Son Sc
cured this one for SLIPS, and Path
finder Giant bred to Pathmaster for
$3.50. They also bought two Orion
Cherry King yearlings, bred to Royal
Sensation, for $1,000. Many other
breeders from various parts of this
state were also buyers, which means
that South Dakota is getting the best
in hogs and means to maintain her
| high priced land with good stock.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29
BIG PRICES FOR HOGS

1t Is not only in Brookings county
the farmers and hog breeders are alive
to the importance of getting the best
blood into their herds. All over the
country they are improving their stock
by buying the best sires obtainable,
and just now they seem to have taken
the limit of the price for females of
good strains. Over In lowe last week
occurred four great sales Of Durocs,
at which long prices were paid, and
in which Brookings was represented.
At the Harry Fains sale at Emmets-
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in sacks or in a pile. Take we'll dried
corn this time Of year and put it in
a warm room a few minutes, and it
will become damp and somewhat wet.
Can we not have a writeup, by farm
ers, on good seed corn, each week for
the next eight weeks? You expert
enced corn men, tell us how to raise
more and better corn per acre. Who
will volunteer and have a writeup in
next weeks paper? Fred Killing.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29
Aw. g. Sc

The Register believes that the school
board Is justified in advertising for
bids on the proposed high school build
ing and going as far as the present
sum of money already raised will carry
it towards completion. 1t will take
over a year to get it enclosed and
ready for finishing and furnishing. By
that time the public will have come
to recognize the fact that it must be
completed and the funds necessary
for that purpose are likely to be more
easily raised year or two hence
than to undertake TO secure tine re-
quisite amount at this time. No one
will deny that we need more and better
school facilities and the way to get
them is TO get busy this year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29

The young peoples societies Of the
city are uniting to hold service next
Sunday night. February /. at the Pres
byterian church. A social time with
eats and without charge. An opportu-
nifty to meet Mr.. Lindstrom, who for
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The Register hopes that the good
corn raisers Of this county will act
upon the suggestion of Mr.. Killing
give us some of their experience In
corn raising. 1t will help the boys
and it will help everybody interested
in corn raising.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29

projects we know little about in other
localities. Our plea is for a larger
Brookings.
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s2-Brookinos Register. per year--$2
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02
HEARD WITH A LISTENING DEVICE.

Admiral Sims in the Worlds Work for
March tells Of the efficiency Of the sub
chaser listening devices. Once when
submarine had been injured and was
lying on the bottom in shallow water q
grewsone thing was heard They listened
for hours without hearing a sound; but
about 5 O'Clock on the afternoon a sharp
piercing noise came ringing over the wires.
II was sound that made the listeners
blood run cold
Only one thing in the world could make
q sound like that. 1t was the crack of
revolver. The first report had hardly
stilled when another shot was heard; and
then there were more In rapid succession.
The listeners on two different chasers
heard these pistol cracks and counted
them; the reports which these two men
Independently made agreed IN every de-
tail. In all, Is shots came from the bot
tom of the sea. AS there were from 25 to
30 men n submarine crew the meaning
was ali too evident. The larger part OF
officers md men, finding themselves shut
tightly In their coffin Of steel, had resorted
to that escape which was not uncom-
monty availed Of by German submarine
crews IN this hideous war Nearly all Of
them had committed suicide.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02
GERMANY LIKED NEITHER
AMERICA OR ROOSEVELT

The Germans did not like me, and did
not like my country; and under the cir
cumstances they behaved entirely correctly
showing me every civility and making no
pretcnse of an enthusiasm which was not
present. | do not know quite what the
reason OF the contrast was; ut IL was evil
dent that, next to England, America was
very unpopular in Germany. The upper
classes, stiff, domineerine, 70 rmal, with the
organized army, the organized bureau
cracy, the organized industry of their
great, highly-civilized and admirably sd
ministered country behind them, regarded
America with dislike which was all the
greater because they cou Id not make 10
merely contempt. They felt that we were
entirely unorganized, that we had no
business to be formidable rivals at all In
view OF our loose democratic govern
mental methods, and that il was exaspera-
ting TO feel that our great territory, great
natural resources, and strength of in
dividual initiative enabled us In spite of
our manifold shortcomings TO be formula
BILE industrial rivals of Germany; and
more incredible still. that thanks 10 our
Navy and our ocean protected position,
We were in q military sense wholly IN
dependent and slightly defiant; and they |
felt that | typIhed the nation they dis |
liked, and, more especially, that as a |,
volunteer soldier and an adventurer who |
had fought for his own hand and had |
risen in irregular ways, | typified the very |
qualities to which they objected.
Moreover, the German upper classes /
alone among the European upper classes /
so far as | knew-really did not like /
the social type represented. All the other /
people of the upper classes IN Europe whom |
/ met, even the extremely aristocratic /
Austrians, seemed eager TO see me, just /
because / did represent something new
to them. They regarded me as charac-
American type, which how
ever had nothing IN common with the /
American millionaire; to /
them it was interesting to meet man who |
was certainly democrat-a real, not a
sham. democrat-both politically and |
socially, who yet was gentleman, who
had his own standing, and did not look |
down upon or feel defiant toward, or |
desire TO offend, them, but who did not /
feel that his standards or position were
in any way dependent upon their views |
and good will.~From An Account of His /
Trip from khartoum TO London" by |
Theodore Roosevelt, in a letter written |
to Sir George Otto Trevelyan, published |
in the March Scribner.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02
or RUSSIAN sTArEsMEx

On the night 81 the 18th Of March, 1917,
Mt the Harlem River Park Ca~ino IN Nerg
York City, T'rotxky being entertained BIZ
a party u friends before he left for R,,sls
on the next day said:
II am going back 70 Russia 10 over
throw the provisional government and
stop the war with Germany. Keep on
organizing until you are able 70 overthrow
this damned rotten capitaIistic govern
menf.
Trotzky mo. alone, Of course) did er-
a1tly what he said he would do and a deal
more. He made dream come true. In q
few months he jumped from an Odds and
ends man of the Fast side % an inter
national figure. And there are Other lesser
figres from the East Side who are no~
holding high places in Russia, such 81
George Meinichansky, who was Melcher,
matchmaker, in Bayonne, ". j., William
5ohatof, who worked on a Newspaper "
New York, and Petrovsky, who yas Mel
son IN New York.-samuei Crovther M
the Worlds Work for March.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02
A Simple Way to
Remove Dandruff

There is one sure way that has never
failed TO remove dandruH ut once, and
that is to dissolve IL, then you destroy IL
entirely To do this, just get about four
ounces Of plain, common liquid arvOn
from any drug store ethis is all you will
need, apply IL 40 Ugh when retiring;
use enought 10 moisten the scalp and rub
il in gently WI h the finger tips.
BY morning, most If not all, Of your
dandruf will be gone, and three or four
more applications viii completely dissolve
and entirely destroy every single sign and
trace Of H.. no matter how much dandruf
you may have
You will find all itching and digging
OF the scalp will - p instantly, and your
hair will be fluffy. iustrous, glossy, silky
soft. and look and feel hundred times
hatfar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02
HOLY CITY IS SHOCKED
At WOMEN'S COSTUMES
Evening Gowns Are Mainly Bare
Shoulders, Undraped Back,
Nicely Gartered Knee.

Rome, Feb. 22.--Nevcr have extra
VACANT clothes been more noticeable
in the Holy City than now. People with
fixed incomes, who cannot afford 20 keep
pace with mad Dame Fashion, are shock
ed; the Pope Issues protests, Bishops and
priests thunder from the pnlpits against
scandalous embarrassing; sacrIstans
have strict orders not to admit indecently
clad women into the churches But OBJ
jections fall on deaf ears.
In Smart bathrooms, hotel lounges,
restaurants and at the opera, feminine
dress has been reduced to such degree that
two shoulder chains Of gold silver platinum
or steel and a wisp OF a belt form the bodice
of a down-to-date woman, be she eigl1-
teen or eighty; the skirt yics with the
bodice, reaching above the knees, and
with strip Of gauze hanging at the
side or back, called train.
Tho new rich are not the only followers
Of this mode; women with handles TO
their names and family histories which
fate back ten centuries have caught the
fever Of exaggerated clothes, and the
evening "gown" mostly worn IN Rome
now consists mainly Of bare shoulders,
bare back and q daintiy gartered knee.
The craze has spread 10 the women
of the proetariat. They wear silk stock
ings, costly furs on very much exposed
necks and high shoes which acccntuate
the above-knee skirt. The most assiduous
attendants Mt strike meetings, where nom
Bolsheviki shrek for Soviets, are female
trolley car drivers and postwomen, who
wear the most expensive stockings and
shoes, display much iewelry and nails
brilliant with costly enamel
Social workers are in despair. They
snv tho increase in vice among the girls
and young women can be dated from the
universal fashion Of silk stockings, high
shoes and fur trimmed engagements.
No girl workers weekly pay envelope
can meet such expense.
Certain war widows, all young and
many beautiful, are causing great
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02

scandal in Italy, where there il deep
rever,no, for the sacrcdncss Of family
ties. Tn. War Pensions Act provides that
war widows lose their pensions when they
rcinarry. Many are keeping house with
m Ell to whom they have become engaged
and pose rs their wives without having
gone through the marriage ceremony.
These war liaisons, as they are called,
are most frequent in poor districts,
whether in cities or the country, and have
caused O drop in the marriage Of young
girls who have not the advantages Of q
dead husband and the consequent pension
Another cause Of discomfort besides
the moral one In the privilege accorded 20
war widows, who cannot be cvicted by land
lords on any prefext Whatever. Many
interruptions widows arc giving ho~pital-
ity % their homeless fiances tn the iudigna-
ton Of virtuous women who are being
evicted by landlords appeals 10 local
courts.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02
FINDING SUMMER IN
OUR OWN FRONT YARD
Winter, Attractions of Cuba Were
Revealed to Americans Dur
ing World War.

America is fast learning that it has an
ideal winter resort in its own front yard.
Americans in the past have spent thou-
sands and hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars during the cold weather months to
bcautify the Italian Riviera and to es-
tablish annuities for the hotel keepers of
Nice and Cannes and Monte Carlo. But
Europe is o long way to go for a climate
and Europe is long way to go for drink.
So Americans are staying nearer home
this year, and steamship lines between
United States Atlantic ports and Cuba
are reaping the tourist harvest that once
filled the statcrooms OF the transatlantic
liners.
II was during the war that America
discovered Cuba. Since 1914 France and
italy had been considered unhealthy for
delicate constitutions, and when the
United States entered the war, IN 1917,
the final embargo was placed upon ocean
travel by the requisition OF nll ships ca
pable of carrying troops and military
supplies. Then it was that those who
had been wont to pocket new check books,
nut their motorcars in cold storage and
HE themselves into foreign places at sight
of the first icicle were compelled To look
about them for some new place To hic
Their ewes fell upon Cuba, and Immediate
" that little island began to take on the
cosmopolitan air that American dollars
and Partisan dresses had once impaired
to the sunny places of Southern Europe.
In Cuba the pleasure seekers found
almost all that Europe had once offered
and some things else. Cuba had eli
mate-oceans of il. Cuba had "atmos-
phere." Strangers were delighted by the
quaint customs of the people-aDd
held their nostrils closed MS they passed
by the squalid novels of the lower classes.
Cuba had history not very old history
perhaps, rs such things are reckoned, but
intensive. There is scarcely a hut on the
island that cannot disnlay scars of warfare
acquired in some brief, but dramatic,
epoch of history making. Cuba had
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02

many of the ways Of old Spain--and thu
dangerous air of the homeland in tbs
springtimc, when nature makes holiday
and man frcts at the duty that holds him
indoors. But IN Cuba there was no such
leash. There was only sunshine and a
balmy sea fringed with umbrella like
palms--nnd time, an eternity of time for
their enjoyment.
More recently, it might oe added Cuba
has acquired new appeal. Il has be-
come the oa,is Of the American desert.
And in recent months the hotels Of the
island, not forcseeing the strain which
was to fall upon their hospitality, have
oeen unable 60 care for the thousands
and tens OF Thousands Of tourists who
have made the island their haven.
But, in narrating the causes Of Cuba's
new-found popularity, there il one point
which cannot be too much stressed--C Cuba
is near home II is accessible not only 10
the professional pleasure seeker, the dallicr
who fits about the world in quest of
elusive contentment. Cuba is near mt
hand for the business man--the man who
cannot spare three months from busy
IL to make winter into summer, and who
in the past hns sent his family abroad,
while he stayed through the winter Mt
homo.
This year many men have taken their
little taste OF summer in two weeks
trip TO Cuba. From New York city they
have taken train TO Key West, and
from there have made the trip TO Havana
by steamship in seven hours. Passenger
ship service also is maintained directly
between New York and Havana for those
who want to make the entire trip by water.
But, for those to whom time is too
for such comparatively lcis,irely
travel, there soon will be air passenger
Ines between Havana and Key West
which will make possible journey across
The 90 miles Of sea in little more than one
hour. And even now, for those willing
% pay $1,000 for passage, IL is possible TO
.ravel from New York city TO Havana in
% hours. kansas City Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02
An OhSnrvanf Child.

A little girl was asked to go for loaf
of bread and was given the money.
is that enough, mammal" she asked
Yes, dear, that is exactly the right
amount"
well, you'd better give me little more
cause the bread may go up fore ! get
there"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02

"Did Mr. Grumpson come to see yoi7"
eyes, said the invalid, "hut he didn't
cheer me up any"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02

Before marriage my husband was 80
susceptible 20 fiatfnry."
"Yes?"
"And now he . susceptible TO moth ny
but fresh cold. "-Floriia Times-Uni n.
BE my wife and you will make new
man of me"
Eyes, and as soon as you'd become a
new man you would probably think on
were good enough for some other won. q"
Boston Transcript.