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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA

The friends of Mrs Jas H. Shepard
will be pleased to read the nice let
ter received by the Register this week,
and written under the date of March
19 Mrs. Shepard also enclosed some
clippings from the local paper at Long
Beach which will interest many of our
readers.
Among other things she says:
"Spring-time is certainly beautiful
here. Everything Is so green, the hills
and fields are covered with wild flow
ers, and there are whole fields of the
California poppies. City yards are
gorgeous with scarlet geraniums, YER
benas, roses, bougainvillea vines and
callas. The markets are full of all
kinds of fresh vegetables. We can
have summer by going in the sun
shine, while in plain sight of the city
are the snow-capped' mountains. The
ocean is ever new and interesting.
The Pike is amusing and the parks
are quiet and restful The South Da.
hOtdnS are agreed III thinking Long
Beach delightful place in which to
be exiled.
"a most pleasant affair was an old.
fashioned visit and dinner at the beau
tiful home of Prof. and Mrs. Mair last
Tuesday afternoon. The decorations
were appropriate for St Patrick's day.
The ladies present were: Mesdames
+. w. Johnson, Rowe Edgar Williams,
Ed. Harte, Baldrigde, Etting. Colman,
Shepard and Miller. Mrs Miller was
girlhood friend of Mrs Mair, later
a neighbor in South Dakota, and now
close neighbor in Long Beach. The
Register also arrived that day, too,
and was guest with us at the party.
The tourists are leaving every day
now, and we have probably had our
last Wednesday noon picnic dinner for
Brookings people for this year.
1--WE hope to be home before many
weeks now"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
HOMECOMING AT STATE

Following on the heels of the big
homecoming of State College Alumni
in June will come the 1920 meeting OF
the South Dakota Pharmaceutical as.
sociation which will be held in Brook
ings, probably the first week in August
This years meeting will be home.
coming for graduates Of the school OF
pharmacy at State college. Use OF
the college dormitories for boarding
and lodging has been arranged for
The South Dakota druggists have one
of the strongest organizations in the
country, for a registration which per.
mits pharmacy practice in the state
automatically makes the practitioner
a member of the association. There
were go members last year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
GENERAL WOOD
IN BROOK|NGS
OUTLINES HIS POLICIES IN THE
PRESENCE OF A LARGE AUDI
ENCE OF 1000 PEOPLE
RECEIVES AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION
LET Us Have But One Flag, One
Loyalty and One Language"
Says Gen. Wood.

The visit of General Wood to Brook
ings last Friday marks the second com
ing of a presidential candidate to this
city. Many years ago Theodore
Roosevelt, in his democratic way, troC
the streets of Bookings 10 the court
house park and spoke in the interests
of President Mckinley. Never since
that time has Brookings been on the
routing map of president or a presi
Dental candidate.
In this visit, therefore, of General
Wood, we feel that our city has been
highly honored by the coming of a
man whose life and deeds compare
favorably with any living American.
His arrival was late owing to the
weather and the fact that he came
from Madison, very roundabout route
by rail. Had the roads been passabIe
he could have been brought over in
an hour and our people could have en-
joyed his presence here for longer
period.
As it was he arrived about nine
O'Clock and proceeded at once to the
college armory where several thou
sand people had already gathered to
greet him. He was received with a
warm and hearty greeting which could
not fail to please even a trained mill
tary man.
General Wood is not an orator but
in very matter of fact way, he pro
ceeded to lay before his hearers mat
ters of national Importance as he
viewed them. He answered his critics
and outlined his policies in a way
that could not fail of being under
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
WILL TALK TO CANADIANS

Prof Manley Champlin of State COL
lege, is one Of the six men who have
been particularly identified with agri-
cultural work in northwest America
to be invited by the department Of ag-
riculture of the province of Saskatche-
wan Canada, to attend an important
conference at Regina on March 80.
The invitation comes from the deputy
minister of the provincial department.
Professor Champlin has wired his ac-
ceptance.
The purpose of the conference is to
discuss "the probable recurrence OF
the drought conditions which have af-
fected a considerable part of the
northwest for several of the past six
years and to take up methods of farm
ing best calculated to overcome these
conditions when they do occur"
In urging Professor Champlin to at
tend, the deputy minister states that
the experience of the South Dakota
man will be of value to the provincial
government in consideration of the
problems introduced by periodic
drought conditions.
Other agricultural experts invited
are: Professor w. F. Fairfield Of
Lethridge, Alberta; Prof. w. r. Por-
ter of Fargo, N D.; Prof F. B. Lin
field Of Bozeman, Mont, and Prof.
John Bracken of Saskatchewan.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
STATE OF TRADE

The state of trade over the country
as reported by Bradstreet's for the
last week shows more cheerful
aspect. Better weather gives a flip
to retail buying, which feels near ap-
proach of Easter. Wholesale and job
bing trade slightly better. Compari-
sons vary. Trade not so active as
at flood tide in 1919, but,~still better
than normal. Increased activity with
manufacturers. Collections better.
Conservatism bred by credit conditions
and price uncertainties in evidence.
Better weather desired to give line
on real distributive trade feeling. Food
Prices slightly up. Clearings increased.
Failures more numerous and totals EVIL
IDENTIFY rising above year ago. though
below earlier years. Stock market ir-
regular, with some sharp upward
spurts. Call money relaxes.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
PRIMARY ELECTION
Of LAST TUESDAY
INDICATES THE NOMINATION OF
WOOD IN STATE-lOWDEN
AND JOHNSON CLOSE,
BROOMNGS CITY CASTS A LIGHT VOTE
Returns Coming in Very Slow on
Account of the Bad Roads
Twenty Precints Report.

Late reports indicate that Wood is
leading in the state by about 1000
Everything points to close race be.
tween Wood. Lowden, and Johnson
Norbeck and McMaster carry the state
by good majorities.
In Brookings county, twenty pre-
cints reporting. give Wood TIA, Low
den SAT, Johnson 467. For u. S. sena-
tor, Norbeck 1173, Haney 419. For
governor, McMaster 1854, Richards sos.
In the city a light vote was cast,
approximately SSS votes being regis
tered in the four wards with the fol
lowing results: First ward-Lowden
76, Wood 1T, Johnson So. For sena-
tor, Norbeck 255, Haney 81. For gov
ernor, McMaster, 279, Richards As.
Second ward-Lowden 80, Wood 141
Johnson A. For senator Norbeck 2O9,
Haney So. For governor, McMaster
2lS, Richards 80. Third ward-Low-
den "a, Wood SO, Johnson %. For
senator, Norbeck 5S, Haney 26. Fol
governor, McMaster 81, Richards As.
Fourth ward-Lowden 50, Wood 80,
Johnson "a. For senator, Norbeck $50,
Haney 40. For governor, McMastel
157, Richards SO. Total vote in Brook
ings city, LIST ward 324, I'd ward $50,
Sd ward 105 4th ward 209
The commission form of government
carried in the city by about 60 ma
jority for the three commissioners.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
TENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT

The tenth annual commencement
exercises for the School of Agriculture
State college, will be held Thursday
March 25. The graduates this year
number % Attendance records for
the school of agriculture were all
broken this year, the enrolment reach.
ing 333
Professor L. F. Graber of the Uni.
versity of Wisconsin will give the
commencement address Thursday
are: Alumni meeting at 2:30 p. m. !;
alumni banquet, followed by annual re-
ception in armory at $3.50 p. m.
Glass day exercises for the Aggies
will be held at TOO p. M, Tuesday,
March %, and on Wednesday the
South Dakota Experiment association
will meet at the college The school
of agriculture class play, The Return
of Hi Jinks.' will be presented in the
auditorium Wednesday evening.
Exhibits of blacksmithing and car
pentry work, grains, and home eco
nomics work will be displayed in vari-
Gus college buildings on these days.
Members of the 1920 graduating
class are: Richard r. Beatty, Elrod /;
Alfred r. Crowell, Brookings; Mildred
l.. Daker, Houghton; Lillian J. c. Dyb-
dahl, Brookings; Carl j. Hanson, Lily;
Florence NJ. Johnson, Brookings; Vera
M. Johnson, Balaton, Mimi; Wilford
c. Longman, Toronto Florence NJ.
Lundeen, Brookings; Carl NJ Markve,
Ortley; Lyman G. Merry, Dell Rapids;
Mabel ]. PARCELS, Balaton, Mimi;
Signus l. Paulson, Lily; Karl " Peter
son, Lily; Robert c.. Powers, belmont;
Cecilia E. Rude, Brookings; Merle f.
Rundell, Reliance; Lily B. Schmidt,
Alpena; E. Lawrence Spicer, Wessing-
ton; Lyle c. Stitt, Hitchcock; James
c. Stormo, Hazel; William F. Urben,
Worthing; Raymond NJ. Wood, Worth
ing, S. d.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25

stood. He paid a glowing tribute to
South Dakota soldiers, saying thai
none better were sent to France"
He then drew comparison between
the outstanding characters in Ameri
can history. They seemed to go, he
said, with the great wars America
has fought.
First" he said, comes George
Washington, the man who made our
great country possible. Next comes
Abraham Lincoln, the hero of the war
of the rebellion. And in the World
war, which, as far as we are con
cerned, is not yet ended, believe that
the man who was the outstanding fig
ure in this country was Theodore
Roosevelt. I doubt if his life has a
more useful period than during the
stormy days of 1917 when he was
striving to awaken us to the situation
which eventually brought us into the
war"
Turning his attention then to ques.
tions of the present, General Wood
first discussed the red menace of Boil
sheviki, which he declared was sweep
ing westward througout Europe, and
which he declared was losing none
of its redness as it came"
"Over here" he said, "our people
are as sound as nut, but there is an
uneasy feeling; it is part of the war
psychology which follows all wars.
But there is no cause for alarm. We
must hold on to the policies of estab-
lished worth. We must progress, but
we must know where we are going"
"One of our most important prob
lens is that Of pushing forward our
business, building up our commerce
and expanding our trade. A great por-
tion of the world commerce is ours
If we will take it. Let us take it,
We have never had "a foreign com
merce policy. Let us have one now"
I'VE want" he continued, 8, strong
foreign policy. We do not want to
be trouble makers. but we must estab-
lish foreign policy that will give us
Continued on Page 3-Col. 2.)
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
FIVE REASONS

W. NJ. Mair, school attendance Off.
Ger, was the speaker for the High
School Parent-Teachers' association
yesterday afternoon. He discussed
five reasons for lack Of attendance
which he said We're: poor home en-
vronment. financial necessities, little
in course Of study to interest pupil,
dislike of instructor, and pure upadul-
terated depravity Of the child.
He described a number of expert.
ences illustrating each condition, and
spoke Of the new attendance law
Greater familiarity with the law was
advocated and a plea made for bet.
ter vocational schools.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
POSTPONED SALE

The postponed sale of f. M. Barnett
& Son held on Monday was in every
way satisfactory to the owners, con-
sidering the nasty weather and worse
reads. Among other things there were
35 gifts that sold at an average of
$3.50, 81 head of Shorthorns averaged
$50. which included ten spring calves.
The top team, of horses, an outstand-
ing team of seven-year-old mares. sold
for $3.50. This is the highest price
paid for team Of horses in Brookings
county for, some time. Eight bushels
Of seed oats averaged $1.25 and the
corn sold for $l.29.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
MRS. MARGARET c. DANCER

Mrs. Margaret G. Dancer, aged 49,
died last evening at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Alma Gillette, 460 ST.
Louis avenue. She came here two
years ago from Brookings, S. D.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced by Patterson & McQuilkin.
Other surviving members of the family
are two sons and two daughters, Gay.
lord Dancer, of North Dakota, John
Dancer and Mrs. Susan Ibach Of South
Dakota, and Mrs. lois Wagner OF
Canada.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
lAUD STATE IN VERSE

Verses lauding the home state were
read at the South Dakota picnic nj
Bixby park last Saturday. One poem
was written by Mrs. Leon Benson OF
Aberdeen, s. d., and read to the gath
ering by Mrs. Zillah r. Wilson, also OF
Aberdeen. Another was written and
read by Mrs. Nettie Drown Of Mitchell
S. D. About $50 persons were in at.
tendance.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-03-25
ELECTRIC SHORT LINE

Promptly after the control of the
railroads was restored to the railroad
companies, meeting of the board OF
directors of the Electric Short Line
Railway Company was called and held
sft .ts Offices at Minneapolis on Tues
day, March 8, 1920 The meeting was
called" said Philo Hall, in an inter.
view by Register representative this
week, ito consider action necessary
TO be taken looking to the acceptance
of certain provisions in the Transports
ton act of 1920 and the discussion
of the general railroad situation and
future policy of the Electric Short Line
Railway Company.
Necessary resolutions were passed,
which will tend to place the railway
company in position to meet the re-
quirements of, and benefit by the re-
cent federal legislation known as the
federal transportation act of 1920.
"It is probably manifest to the gen.
eral public that the past four or five
years have been more or less strenu-
Gus and trying to the owners and oper-
ators of railroad properties, especially
so to such companies as the Electric
Short Line Railway Company mas
much as the influences of these years
upon the company, a new enterprise,
were such as to make it impossible
to carry out the program of building
a system Of railway mileage in its en-
tirety as anticipated because of the
adverse influences and general condi-
tions of the times.
cit is common knowledge that the
majority of railroads all over the
United States during the war period
of necessity were compelled to defer
extensions and developments of like
nature because of conditions in the
money market, the high prices and
scarcity of labor and materials which
were diverted to war purposes, and
to more or less degree because of
federal legislation which affected the
general railway policy of the whole
country. While many railway com
panies during this period found it nee
esary to go into the hands Of re-
ceiver the officers Of the Electric
Short Line Railway Company, by their
wise economy and efficient manage
ment, have endured this exceptionally
adverse and critical period and are
now in excellent shape to take advan-
tage of all the benefits accruing under
the transportation act of 1920, just
passed by congress, and by securing
such benefits indicated by the resolu
tions adopted will find itself in the
near future in position to again take
up its contemplated program with
some degree of assurance that the en-
terprise will be developed and rapidly
pushed to it's originally contemplated
conclusion.
when this is done, the welfare OF
the company is assured, for, under the
new act, railroad enterprises will be
stimulated by more stable national
railway policy than has ever hereto
fore been a potent factor behind the
great transportation systems of this
country.
"In pursuance Of the plan to resume
active building operations In the near
CONTINUED on Page 12-Col. ~
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-07-24

on Valois and John Cavendlsh. while
Miss Donovan, silent and watchful,
stood back.
Valols repeated his experience
which was corroborated in part by the
testimony of John Cavendish's valet
whom he had met and talked with in
the han. There was no flaw in the
Sories to which the mQuiSitors could
attach suspicion. One thing alone
seemed to irritate Willis.
Are you sure" he said 30 Caveu-
dish. that the dead man is your
cousin? The face and chest are pr tty
badly burned, you know, and } thought
perhaps"
A laugh from the detectives sllcnced
him, while Caveudisa ended any feet
ing doubts with a contemptuous gaze
you can't foot man on his own
cousin, youngster." he said fatty
The idea is absurd"
The same G-y, young John, eager to
be away from the scene. moved his
belongings to the Paramount hotel. and
since no viii was found in the dead
mans papers. the entire estate came
to him as the next of kin. A day or
two later the body was Inferred in the
family lot beside the fathers grave,
and the night of the funeral young
John Cayendish dined at an out-of-the.
way road-hOuse with a blonde with q
hard metallic voice. Her name was
Miss Celeste La Rue.
And the day following he discharged
Francois Valois without apparent
cause. in a sudden burst of temper,
So seemingly the curtain fell on the
last act Of the play.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-07-24

win, you were the sole heir to the
property of Frederick Cayendlsh. 1t
was widely known you were not on
friendly terms. The evening OF his
death Hou quarreled openly in a public
restaurant. Later, In spirit OF
friendship, I called you up and said he
had made a will practically disinherIt-
ing You. Between that time and the
next morning he is murdered ia his
own apartments, his safe rlled, and
yet the only paper missing Is this
Will, TO the existence of which l can
testify. If suspicion is once east upon
you, how can you clear yourself7 Can
you prove that YOU were in your own
apartments. asleep in your own bed
from one O'Clock i.ntil eighth Answer
that"
Cavendlsh tried, hut although his
lips moved. they gave utterance to no
sound Enrlght scarcely gave him OPP
portunity.
so the words won't come
thought not. Now, listen. No living
person-not even my partner-has
been informed OF what has occurred
The witnesses, am sure, did not know
the nnture Of the paper they signed
Frederick Cavendish had this Will
executed in a moment OF anger and
devised his estate 70 a number Of
charities. lie had no thought Of i'm
mediate death, but merely desired TO
teach you IA lesson. He proposed to
disappear-or at least, that Is my
theory-in order that he might test
sou on a slender income. I am able
To look upon the whole matter from
this standpoint. and base my conduct
accordingly No doubt this will enable
us to arrive ut perfectly satisfactory
understanding"
'You mean that you will maintain
silence as to the will?"
absolutely; as client your interests
win always be nay first concern. OF
course I shall expect TO represent you
in a legal capacity IN settling up the
estate. and consequently feel II only
just that the compensation for such
s"ryices shall be mutually agreed
upon"
And your fee2'
Unreasonable. very reasonable when
you consider the service ! aai Going
you. and The fo,s that my professional
reputation might 50 easily be involved
and the sums to be distributed which
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-07-24

quite true-or rather, IT may have
been found and destroyed. It chances,
however, thar tooh the precautlou to
make carbon copy"
"Unsigued?7
Eyes, but along with this unsigned
copy also retain the original memo.
randa furnished me in Frederick Cav.
endish'S own handwriting. believe,
from a legal standpoint by the aid OF
my evidence the court would be very
apt TO hold such will proved"
He leaned suddenly forward. facing
the shrinking Caveudish and bringing
his hand down hard upon the desk.
DO you perceive now what this viii
means? DO YOU realize where such
testimony would place you? Under
the law, providing he died without a
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-07-24

had fallen from off the tabletop TO
the floor aud scattered into fragments.
Back of the table small safe en-
bedded in the wall stood with its door
wide open, its inner. drawer Spintered
as with knife blade and hanging
half out and below it rifle Of papers.
many of them apparently legal doeu-
ments.
But the one object across which the
golden beams of light fell as though
in soft careSs was the motionless fig
IRE of man lying upon his back be
side the table near the drapeless
window. = blow from behind had
evidently crushed his skull and though
the face was scared and burned.
though the contains partial ashes
covered more than a half of it. though
the eye-laSheS above the sightlesS eyes
were singed and the trim beard burn
ed to black stubs. the face gave mute
evidence of being that of Frederick
Cavendish.
The door at the end Of the bookcase
PDNtltAa iOlSttOSSiN anu a man. HlhibNAAi
faced, his hair brushed low across his
forehead, stepped quietly in. AS his
eyes surveyed the grewsome object by
the table, they dilated with horror {;
then his whole body stiffened and he
fled back into the hall crashing the
door behind him.
Ten minutes later he returned. not
alone. however, This time his com
panion was John Cavendish but par
TALLY dressed, his features white and
haggard
With nervous hands he pushed open
the door. AT the sight of the body he
trembled a moment, then, mastering
himself, strobe over and touched the
dead face, the other meanwhile edging
into the room.
Dead, sir, really dead?" the late
conner asked.
CavendisI nodded: For several
hours" he answered in an unnatural
voice. Gle must have been struck
from behind. Robbery evidently was
the ooject-cold-blo robbery. You
heard nothing during the night?'
Nothing. sir | swear knew moth
ing until l opened the door and saw
the body a few moments ago"
You'd better stick to your story,
Valois," the other said sternly. "The
police viii be here shortly. I'm going
to call them, now"
He was calm, efficient, self-contained
now as he got central station upon the
wire and began talking.
Hello, lieutenant? Yes. This is
John Cavendish of the Waldron apart
ments speaking. My cousin, Frederick
Cavendish, has been found dead in his
room and his safe rifled. Nothing has
been disturbed. Please hurry"
Perhaps half an hour later the police
came-twO bull-necked plain-clothes
men and a flannel-mouthed cop"
With them came three reporters, one
of them woman. She was a young
woman, plainly dressed and, though she
could not be called beautiful, there
was certain patrician prettinesS in
her snail, oval, womanly face with its
gray kit d eyes, its aquiline nose, its
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-07-24
RES0LUTE WAS FAR AHEAD
Cup Defender Leads Lipton's Yacht
by -Four Miles When Second Race
Is Called Off

New York, July 19.-LeadIng sham
rock " by four miles, Resolute was
unable. because OF lack of wind, to
finish in the second race Of the series
for the Americas cup, the contest be
ing ended with the expiration of the
time limit Of six hours allowed.
The challenger now has one win to
its credit as d sop for what might have
happened TO 1t had the FIerreshofr
sIoop been favored with livelier
breeze as the clock licked Off toward
the setting sun.