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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
VISITING HIS MOTHER

H. G.. Bohlke of Seattle Wash, ar
rived here Monday evening upon q
short visit to the home of his mother,
Mrs. Kirby, and other relatives and
friends in this city and vicinity, Mr.
Bohlke left here nearly fifteen years
ago and this is his first visit since he
left at that time. Mr. Bohlke has
some apple orchards near Grandview,
Wash, and while he has been spend
ing some time at Grandview'. he still
holds his legal residence ut Seattle.
Mr. Bohlke is a member of the Wash
ington legislature and is the floor
leader on the democratic side of the
house. He had been attending a
church meeting at Minneapolis and
came from that city to Volga. If he
is not called home by the special ses-
sion of the Washington legislature,
he will remain here for about a week.
Mr.. Bohlke states that the stir made
about year ago regarding Ole Han
son. at that time mayor of Seattle,
was largely hot air and was for the
purpose of giving him political ad-
vertsing and notoriety throughout the
country .-Volga Tribune.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
WILL HAVE A WOOL EXPERT

Officers elected by the newly organ
lied South Dakota Sheep and Wool
Growers association, which met re
Gently at Huron are: j G. Rogers,
Midland, president; p. f. Buche,
Henry. vice-president; j. G. Holmes,
Brookings, secretary; directors: Paul
Murphy. Hermose; Robert Daley,
Flandreau; Peter Gudhl, Oldham; H.
S Vernon, Presho; and c. NJ. Bell,
Doland
Sixteen Dakota wool pools, operat-
ing in cooperation with farm bureaus,
were represented at the organization
meeting in addition to number of
individual sheep men. Among the
speakers were Tom c. Stone. recent
organizer and secretary of the Iowa
and Ohio State Wool Growers asso-
Citations and Theodore Wade of the
United States bureau of markets.
These facts were brought out in the
discussions: That prior to last year
the small wool producer generally sold
of honest package and quality, and
that good state association to help
in marketing was the only remedy for
this condition.
Wool had a very poor, If any, es-
tablished open and free market like
other commodities.
One-half the wool used in the United
States was imported, and by proper
handling much of this could be pro-
duced at home.
The association hopes to have a
state wool expert go to market with
all consigned wool and see it graded
and sold, thus aiding in establishing
sounder and more even market.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
WILL TOUR % EASTERN CITIES

st. Olaf chorus choir of ST. Olaf col
lege, Northfield, Mimi, will sing ir. %
cities on an eastern concert tour to
be given this spring, starting in at
Chicago on April 9Th. F. Mellus Chris
tianson, the director, has been in
charge Of the choir since its inception,
thirty years ago. Several successful
tours have been made in the northwest
in the last years, and in the summer
of 1913 the choir made tour in Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark A special
appearance was made before the King
Of Norway. Forty concerts were given
in the Scandinavian countries.
NJ. II. Hanson, leading New York
concert manager, who also directed
the vatican chorus tour through his
country, Is managing the trip. Thirty
wei! known Lutherans, several from
New York, Philadelphia and Washing
ton, are guarantors of the tour, and
have committed the arrangements to
an executive committee including Rev.
DR.. Lauritz Larsen, secretary, George
ID. BOschen, president, and E. F. Eilert.
treasurer, all of New York
The members OF the choir will travel
in private car and have their own
diner throughout the trip. which is
expected to last until about May 18th.
The interesting feature OF the above
news item is the fact that two Brook
ings young ladies. Thelma and Lola
Hansen, form a part and sing in this
great choir. They are the daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. q. s. Hansen, residing
at 703 Twelfth avenue. Mr.. Hansen
is proprietor Of the Bee Hive store.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

by J. r. Jones
The surgeons of the senate who laid
the peace treaty to sleep will do well
to turn to those lines of Othello that
read:
"Iago-'What, are thou hurt, lieu
tenant
"Cassius-'Ay, past all surgery"
Back on November 49, 1919, the sur
geons of the senate pronounced their
patient dead. But the pumotors were
used and there were signs of return
ing life: however, the "nullifying
changes" proved a positive barrier
against restoring the treaty to nor
nal condition. The result has been
that after another month and a day
of senate arguments the stretcher has
finally carried the lifeless child of
Versailles to its parent at the White
House.
What will follow next is rather prob,
lematical but in Washington the ether
of space which Sir Oliver Lodge says
is the most solid of all substances has
been fairly choked with promises of
democrats and republicans alike to tell
Ithe people of the country why the
"Other fellows" are to blame Thus,
the people themselves are likely to
become as expert as are the sena-
tors upon the complex difficulties in
VOWED in the problems of bringing
peaca out of war
The strike habit which grew into q
fad few months ago, has almost
passed with the closing days of the
winter season, and the spirit in in
dustry no longer is resolving itself
about pugnacious doctrines that loos
to the brutal methods of strikes for
settling controversies between employ
eTs and wage-earners. Early last fall,
President Wilson summoned some OF
the leading employers and leading
union labor officials, including Judge
Gary of the Steel Corporation, and Mr.
Of Labor. and asked them to suDmit
a plan 10 insure peace among the peo-
pie employed in the industrial world
After a few sessions the conference
broke up, for the old, old reason that
oil and water never mix.
Then came the second industrial
conference which has worked out and
submitted to the president an entirely
plausible plan, which Herbert Hoover,
ce-chairman of the conference says
is founded upon "a policy of get-.o-
gather for joint settlement of INDUS
trial disputes. based upon American
experience and designed to meet Amer
ican conditions" Compulsory arbtra-
ton. except in limited form as sp-
piled to public utilities, has been aban-
doned as un-American and unwork
able as proved in the cases of Aus
ralia, New Zealand and Canada. Col
lective bargaining is adopted in the
report as policy.
The doubling Thomases who have
been prolific in their assertions that
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
PAVING WORK WILL
START NEXT WEEK
ATKINSON PAVING co.'s con-
STRUCTiON FOREMEN HERE
PREPARING FOR WORK
MUCH PAVING MATERIAL IS NOW HERE
Will Begin Curb Work Monday and
Probably Lay First Paving
About April First.

Next week, Monday morning if the
weather will permit, will witness the
actual beginning of work on the six
miles of paving in Brookings con
tracted for and which it is hoped can
be completed this season
The Atkinson Paving company al
ready have a number of their men
here getting matters in shape for be-
ginning work. n. Hunsaker of Water
loo, and Mr.. Wendell. one of the COM
pany's engineering force, are busily
engaged. They expect to begin Mon
day on curbing work on Medary ave
nue.. The first paving probably will be
laid on Eighth street about the middle
of this month, and from that time on
a full force Of men in all departments
will keep dirt and paving materials
moving as steadily and rapidly as pos
sible. The company is bringing con
siderable new machinery to this job
and will be as we'll prepared for ex-
peditious operation as any paving con-
Germ in the country Included in their
new equipment will be fleet of motor
trucks for carrying the paving mate
rials from the railway to the points
where II will be used. This will large
ly reduce the number of horses foc-
merly used. There will be about twen-
ty men employed on curb building next
week and when the work is fully under
way a force of 100 or more men will
be employed. The company does not
anticipate any serious shortage of man
power, and as they already have a
large, supply of material on hand they
expect to carry on the work through
out the season without interruption
or delay The only element they can
not fully control is the weathc..
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01

a we'll known fact that the increase
in salaries of government employees
has not kept pace with the increase
in the cost of living during the past
five years; in fact, there has been
practically no increase in the salaries
of men in clerical positions. 1t is now
impossible for these men to support
their families on the salaries they re-
ceive, and unless this fact shall be
promptly recognized by the posto!fce
department there seems to be nothing
left for ambitious men to do but get
out Of the service and into positions
where they will have an opportunity
to receive such compensation as is
paid in private business and where
there is prospect of future advance
ment.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
BUILD IN SPITE Of
THE HIGH PRICES
INDICATIONS NOW ARE FOR A
BUSY SEASON IN BRoOkiNGS
THIS SUMMER
DEMAND FOR HOMES JUST|HES THIS
Activity All Over City Shows Citi,
zens Are Alive to Present Unpre-
cedented Conditions.

There will be great deal of build
ing done in this city within the next
six months in spite of the fact that
the present high cost of materials Is
and labor will prevent. the carrying
out this season of many projects that
had been planned for this year. Work
on a number OF new buildings has a1
ready been begun and the next few
weeks will find every man available
for construction work employed. OF
course the two largest projects, the
paving and the high school, will be
carried out as far as possible during
made in excavating for the James
Bower building on Main street. A
minor Improvement already abou,
completed is the putting in of new
plate glass front in the building i'm
mediately north of the Bower build.
ing. The gasoline filling station at
the corner of Main and Sixth streets
which was begun last fall will soon be
completed, and work of preparing for
the foundation of another such station
on Williams street. opposite the Leon
hotel has been begun. Work on the
Wyckoff garage on Fifth avenue has
been resumed and it will be rushed
to completion. All over the city there
is practical evidence Of new residences
to be built and improvements on old
buildings. Many of the older resi-
dences will be thoroughly modernized
by the installation of furnaces, water
systems, etc, and much painting will
be done. The urgent demand for more
homes and better accommodations,
and the present high rental rates, Will
justify anyone who has the money at
command to build, even though the
present cost seems high in compari-
son with that Of few years ago.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
king Of TRAILS TO
Be IMPROVED SOON
ROUTING BETWEEN BROOkINGS
AND DELL RAPIDS is TO BE
CHANGED TO BETTER ROAD
THREE BROONNGS MEN At KANSAS CITY
Association Convention at Kansas
City Make Several other Changes
to Improve the Route

Brookings was represented last week
at the convention of the King Of Trails
association at Kansas City, Mo, by
w. M. Cheever J. w. Warren and B.
II. Schaphorst At that meeting of
representatives of the association it
was decided to make a change in the
trail as formerly routed, and between
Brookings and Dell Rapids it will now
follow the Red, White and Blue" trail
This change was decided upon be-
cause of the generally admitted fact
that the new route goes over roads
naturally better than the old route be-
tween the points named and more eco
nomically improved and maintained.
The change will not in any way affect
Brookings locally.
The route between Brookings and
Dell Rapids. instead of going by way
of Colman will now run four miles
south and a half-mile east to the
Lunden corner, three miles south to
the Henry Stearns corner and thence
two miles east to the Trenton school
house. From there the trail runs
directly south following the Red
White and Blue to Dell Rapids.
change was made in northern
Minnesota and instead of going north
from Breckenridge on the Minnesota
side, the trail will cross over to
Wahpeton, N d., and then north to
Fargo, Grand Forks and on to Win
nipeg.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
STATE OF TRADE

The state of trade over the country
as reported by Bradstreet's for the
last week shows improvement. Marked
betterment in retail trade; stimulated
by spring weather and Easter shop
ping. Wholesale and jobbing trade
also improved Conservatism still ev!-
dent but less emphasized. Manufac-
turers continue active. Textile mills
especially busy. Steel requirements
still exceed output. Strong demand
for building materials. Planting prep
arations under way in the south. Fruit
and vegetable producers there affected
by Longshoremen's strike. Food in
dex up. Failures show larger totals
than year ago. Stock market active
and fuctuating. Call money higher.
Advance in sterling.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
CITY TO PURCHASE
THE RURAL LINES
6RookINGs COUNTY TELEPHONE
COMPANY MAKES OFFER ON
LINES INSIDE CITY
A COMMISSION WILL MAKE APPRAISAL
Purchase Of Tractor for Use On the
Streets Also Considered BY
the City Council.

special meeting of the city coun
ell was held Monday night to consider
proposition made by the Brookings
County Telephone company that the
city of Brookings purchase the lines
of the County company that are within
the city, AT present the County COM
pany, locally referred to sometimes
as THE Farmers company" owns sew
eral miles of lines within the incor-
porated city limits. over which they
reach the city central office. Some of
the stockholders of the country lines
have objected to certain requirements
imposed upon them in the matter of
moving poles, etc, and while there
has been no hard feeling engendered
they have come to feel that all inter.
ests would be as well served, and per-
haps more satisfactorily. il the city
owned and was responsible for all of
the lines within the city. This feeling
has become more pronounced since the
city about year ago insisted upon the
Brookings County company giving free
service over it's lines in the country
to telephone patrons within the city.
The owners of the country lines Of
fered to sell their lines inside the city
at actual present value.
At the Monday night meeting the
city council practically agreed to take
over the property involved in the prop
osition upon the basis of a value to he
determined by commission appointed
for that purpose This commission
will consist of three men, of whom
l. B. Johnson, chairman of the tele-
phone committee Of the city council.
Will be one. l.. T.. Rowe will represent
the Brookings County company, and
these two men will select third man
to act with them. They have been in
structed to be ready if possible to
report to the city council at the next
regular meeting, next Monday night.
their findings as to the value of
the lines, and if the city council and
the representatives, of the country
Ines company can get together the
deal will be consummated.
Another matter of interest to citi-
zens Of Brookings that was discussed
| Monday night was the purchase nv
the city of tractor to use for pulling
the street grader and road drags and
such other purposes as it may be
found available for. The comparative
merits Of the Caterpillar" type and
others was gone into at some length.
but no decision was reached, except
that it seemed to be the almost unani.
nous opinion Of the council that some
kind OF tractor should be substituted
for horse power. One member of the
council seemed inclined to wish to let
the matter Of purchasing tractor 20
over until after the installation of the
new commission government, but 9th
ers suggested that the immediate ne
cessity for action was such as to
justify the present council in getting
the tractor at the earliest date possible.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
POSTOFFIcE CLERK RESIGNS

Henry Arneson, for seven years a
clerk in the local postoffice, has pur-
chased the union delivery service here
tofOre operated by c. A. Davis, the
transfer of the business taking effect
today, and as soon as the days Of
grace" to which the department is en-
titled shall expire he will separate
himself from the federal service and
take charge Of the delivery business.
Thereafter his only connection with
government work will be under a con-
tract held by Mr. Davis to carry mail
between the city office and Station A.
local Office is officially designated. This
latter work is in no way connected
with Mr. Arneson's former position in
the postOffice, but is provided for by
an individual contract with the post
Office department Mr.. Arneson, dar-
ing his first year in the postoffice, was
general delivery clerk and since then
he has been in the mailing division.
Mr.. Arneson has been faithful
employee of the postoffice department
and is too loyal to voice any criticism
or disparagement of the federal gov
ernment as represented by the de-
partment in which he has been en-
ployed, but the fact that he is volun-
tarily quitting the service to engage
in other work is eloquent evidence OF
the fact that postal employees must
receive higher salaries If the govern
ment is to retain its best men. 1t is
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
A BUSY OFFICE:

During the month of March, or up
to yesterday forenoon, the Office of
Register of dee1s in this county re
corded LOO instruments, most Of them
being deeds transferring titie to land
This work was done with crly little
extra clerical help, but the regular
force put in good deal oc overtime
al night and possibly on Sundays. The
regular force in this office now have
some idea of what a busy week in a
newspaper office means.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Since the Registers last report mar.
riage licenses have been issued in this
county to the following: Shelby Mes
sen Brookings, and Gladys Watson
Elkton; J. A. Griffis, Memphis, Tenn,
and Laura Isom, Brookings; Edgar o.
Elkton, and Gertrude Mort.
vedt, Brookings; Fred Conley and
Louise Christensen, Arlington.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01
EXCAVATION is BEGUN

pany began work Monday with a good
force of men and teams on the exca-
vation for the new high school build
ing and they already have a big hole
in the ground as evidence that this
c'ty will eventually have something
to show for the long drawn out ef-
forts of enterprising citizens to pro-
vide suitable modern accommodations
for the city schools.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-04-01

Miss Jessie Caldwell arrived home
from Miller Friday to spend the week
end with her mother, Mrs. Peter Cald-
well. Miss Caldwell IL teaching home
economies at the Miller high school.
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HlLAND X. MATHERS
Lifelong Resident Died Tuesday After
Lingering Illness.

Hiland K. Mathers, who has been in
poor health for nearly year, died
Tuesday evening at his home on Main
street.
The deceased was the son of the
late Poland Mathers and was born
May 5, 1847, in the eastern section of
the town. Twenty-one years ago he
moved from the farm into the village
and had since made his home with his
sister, Mrs. Frank Cromack. He was
a carpenter by trade and had worked
as a sawyer in different lumber man
ufacturing mills in this vicinity. He
was an excellent citizen and was high
ly respected in the community.
Because of the serious illness Of Mrs
Cromack, the body has been taken to
the Walbridge undertaking rooms
where the funeral will be held Thurs.
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment
will be at the South Shaftsbury GENE.
terry.
Other than his sister the surviving
relatives are five children: Mrs. Loren
da Snow Mrs Arthur Nevis and Hill
and Mathers, Jr., Of Bennington; Mrs.
Charles Brown OF Middle Falls, N. Y,
and Alfred Mathers of Lowell, Mass
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TRYING TO BUILD
PLATFORM LIKE
JOSEPH 8 COAT
Third Party Conventions Using
Wood of Many CoI0rs
INHARMONIOUS SHADES
Labor Delegates Score Most Points In
Efforts Of Different Elements to
Swallow Each Other.

Chicago, July 15.-Little progress
was made by the new fusion party
during the first two hours of the con.
Iyention today and an undercurrent of
dissatisfaction was in evidence
throughout the meeting. It required
constant pleas on the part of the lead
ers and numerous conferences to keep
he open breaks from cropping out.
The platform conference sent word
that it would report at o'clock and
the convention was adjourned to that
hour.
The committee of forty.eight has de-
cided to continue its state and nation
al organizations regardless Of the ac-
tion of the present convention. The
committee will meet tonight separate
ly and consider the conventions ac-
ton.
The first evidence of the actual
breaking up of the new party move
ment followed last nights session
when the single taxes withdrew and
adopted a one-plank platform, Rob.
ert Nc Cauley of Philadelphia was
nominated for president and r. C.
Barnum of Cleveland for vice-presi-
dent.