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Spo 9afota.

Wanslet to tiger paa oct iulbe
Snubreo. Cornelius Wc9farp, plo-
ite Terion / Mitcbell, er afgaaet peo
OGDEN, manglenOe finn TO Tiger pao
at fploe 100 Iar. San efterlaoer
Jig Suitru, III SO Iar ganmnel, og
otte gprn.
0ub MDling peb Jlanorean. -
Ere fingen par forrige llge igane
peb 6~lanbreau, % Heiultatet bar
meget tilfreositillenbe. &aoren gap
gienneminitlig SO til 40 9uibels pr.
Icre, mebens ben enfelte Steoer eau
op til so guibels. &paliteten bar
giennemgaaenoe meget 600. Hlgell
bar ogiaa goo.
&egn furiinfer Spitarbeibet. Ser
meloes ben 19oe Iug., at Hegn bar
%forlinfet Snbbsltningen / Wc9augb-
lin Gountp, % omen0 tibet al Mrbel-
BET Dar uoiprt for 8eanet inbtraab-
te, iaa ipneS oct Dog afgiort, at llo-
bpttet bliper i9rbeles eobt. Sarmer-
ne tr9i fer iom &egel lit oaarliglte
@rsn ferIt, oa bette tages birefte ira
"Seooers" til Srelfemaifinen. go
get beitent uobptte bar enonu life
%rapporteret.
Sals al Su~oianerlanb. Sra Wtc-
Saugblin meloes, at Salg Of Snoi-
aneres Sarb paa Stanoing &ocf 3e-
lerpationen bill foregaa Den 20oe
Sept, og 20be Oftober. @eo fsrite
Salg bill uobpoes 100 f~orifieaige
Stpfter / Soutb Safota og Nortb
0atota, mebens 100 Stpffer trent
bpoeS peo Salget / Sftober. 2anoet
er onltrent li9elig forbelt meGem De
TO Stater. Yriien paa 9anb al oen-
ne iannne Heierpation blep peo iioite
Salg / Ipril gienneminitlig SIS pr.
Icre.
&ppere / Snron. 50 Rpuere bar
Nat til 2eroae operfalbt Ell al 9re-
orene Warpeu, iom JOB / Mrlington
Garage / Sitron, burloet % fneblet
banL bporpaa De foripnte fig meo
$500 al Yengelfuffen % ct ltsrre
Intal Siulringe, iaa Oct belle 9ptte
beleb Jig til omtrent $1,000. Ser
bengif nogen Sio for WarpeQ fon,
Jig los og fit funogiort. bpao bar
foregaaet, og pneno Der Da blep bar.
ilet peo ollie @eie no fra Suron, LOS
Rsperne iig irtetitebs ie. = Senere
meloes, at Der ianlti0ig bar beqaoet
Snobrllo / Ell al gpens 9iltifer, bpor
fGroigipebe 0amefl9ber ianlt Silfe-
tpier % foitbare ulone Seier til en-
iomlet &eroi al $4,000 bar itiaalet.
Sppene bapbe bit itor Sfieniombeo
/ Salg al Sarer, ibet finn oe beoite
bar taget.
Sraf Siifen meb i'm sspro. q. g.
Selp al ganfton bar eiter en- Tsilfe-
tilr latgs WiSlonriflpoen fortalt en-
Siltorie ON, at 6iifen Ger iaar er
loa itor, at Der maa bru9es Iutomo.
bill for at tr9fte ben no al Sanoet
- oct par ialfalo bpao Gellp pe0 en-
g~nleonlng gioroe. &an traf ct Steo,
ppor ban Gang paa 8aitg miiteoe
zine og &rog, 90 ban beililttebe fla
til at forebpgge Bette. Otter at bo-
be belapet Jig nleo Ell mere ems al
minoclig iterf Snor % Ell fiGmpe-
mGs'ia &rog, bporpaa iattes ct Stpf-
fe raat &ioo, itileoe ban lin Soro /
Wereolfab % taiteoe no. So, ganife
rigtlg, Der fom ct gio, oa oct ct iom
forllog. San fGiteoe bllrtig Snoren
til Soro'en, iatte benne igang oe
trof op Ell 100 BunbS aatfif. ST.
ltorien er ianoipnligpiS lieeiaa ianb-
lGroig iom ale alore Siifebiitorier.
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Srplln,

Srpllmp. MiIS @arie !. Srmb6ein,
Gdtter NJ SIR. ug Mrs. u. ". Suros
beim, minneapolis, bolot iurnplig 8rDl<
IMP meb Huoolpb 8. Hnheriou. @ieIieu
fanot Steo / bethlehem airten ug for
rctteoeS af Yaitor &. e. 5iQer / Spers
"a al Ell tor Stare al @ruoeparrets
Yeurer og &ieuote. airten bar ltilfulbt
pnntet for Inleoniugen. Otter @ielien
boloteS Ell Hcception / Srueeno Siern.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-08-24
Montana.
MuuieOclt uuerrrffes Splpb(

MuuieDelt uuerrrffes SplpbGeer
Wteolenmer al "Hetail GlerfS I'M
on" / Inaconoa % Butte. bar oper.
raft 6ranflin 8. Hooiepelt, oenlo.
fratiit aanbibot for SiceprGiioent
ct Selpb9aer meo paSienbe Snifrip.
ton til Wtinoe ON bans 9eiea
Mnaconoa. 8apen operraftes ban
efter bans Gale peb en- Sanoelsfei1
/ iioltn9pnte 9p.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-08-24
5ortur uoett StauS.

Spis &c liber al Rbeumatisme, hporfor
fate bort Sibsn msS Smsrslisr, SalOer os
andre u~npttise Ting, iom albri9 bar tnrerst
Hbeumatisme, o9 alori9 nil?
Sorieg life at blipe fpit Smerterne peo
@nionins, for bet pil albris lpftes. Sors
ies bet enc iornuitise, at iinoe garlaseu til
Smsrterue. Siern aariaseu os Smerterne
pil ioripinbe.
De pil albri9 blipe fpit &beunlatiSme for
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HortrtMIia so Wcres 0prmrN

G.ortrthlt9 80 Ncres Sermulo
y lneo o Slor, Willing, 3 Sete, @riie
Ssns, fulstGnoi9 Sorlpuius al 6armno.
finer iubbefattet, 9tpt 9au6, 40 glcres on
oprtet, fortrinli9 Sorbbuub, enoel pGroiiuIn
~barSwoob" StoS. 9iemlige @psuiuser
Saanin9sbus 2Sx14 os 16x12, Barn
2Ox24, 5en'ebns os andre Spguinoer, /
Sfo9Iuno, peb 9opeo9reu al Stdtsuet, nrr
SnD'ie o9 @lp, n9r fonioIiberet Sfo(e. >
Mil ira Sutit og Nfeieri, 61s Wil ma en-
ppperli9 S%ernbanebp / Eolf Gountp, ct al be-
bebite Strsg i norbuetIise @iscouiin GA fun
SO Drill ira Spiuiu9bperue. st @obtffcb
til $4,000, alt m~ebfel9enbs. Barb $500
mere. Gette Stltaar. Sater, D52, ct. Groir
SalS, Niseonlin.
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De 1orcneoc StoterS &eirbureal'
mcbocIcr fcIgclloc ON Seiret / Stos'
runlmet 23oe iii % meo 2SDe Wig.
For Upper Mississippi and Lower
Missouri Valleys:
Generally fair but with some prob
abilities OF showers Wednesday or
Thursday. Normal temperature.
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let hGnocr pite, at greoe. tom tnoeboleer
lsle Renae % lille er reeiiirerei, ioIumer bori
paa Teien. ecub seripr life Isfe Gruge uocu
at ian Suffering for Sreoef.
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-28
Edited by E.F. Tucker

| Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Chapman, of sec
ton 2. East Boyer township, entertain
ed visitors last Monday week, at, which
time Mr.. and Mrs. John Dunham.< of
Los Angeles. Calf, paid them q visit.
The Dunhams are now visiting in other
parts OF the county. The Chapmans
live on the old homestead, the farm
where the grandfather Of Earl lived for
so long. Later the father, Tracy Jr.,
lived there, and it awas on this place;
that death came SO unexpectedly re-
Gently, when Tracy Chapman was kill;
ed by lightning. The Chapman farm
has long been knownzas one of the big,
stock farms of East Boyer township, )
and for the better Keeping Of much
stock numerous buildings had been sup
piled. The farm is now one Of the best
improved in the neighborhood.. The
buildings are large and comprise horse
barn, cattle barns, granarieS cribs with!
elevators. etc. Earl lis not Keeping
much stock at present because his {
plans were more or less upset on ac-i
count Of the untimely death of his faith
er. He Is working 1875 acres OF corn.l
and 65 acres OF small grain, and is put
ting up considerable hay. He keeps
a tractor for all heavy work and also.
uses number of horses. Six mem
were at work in the hay field Thurs-l
day Mrs. Chapman's maiden name
was Wahling, and she is the daughter
Of B. A. Wahling. of 4 Vail. She has
$50 chickens of the Plymouth Rock
strain. Her home Is very orderly and
in the selection of the furnishings
she has shown splendid taste. The
house is lighted with gas. has eight
rooms, many closets, ]; fun basement.f
and large porch. "A gasoline engine
furnishes power for the washing ma
chine and thus Mrs. Chapman is res
lieved OF this heavy work.
-[F1- Ss5i
We found some OF the Henry Meyer
Polled Shorthorn stock on the farm of
Fred Sievers, in section IL, Willow
township, on last Friday Mr.. Sievers
has SO head Of Polled Short horns this
year, and among them are six milk
cows and all the cattle are doing well.i
Nj. Sieyers was ind eaison at the time
we called at his place, but we were for
tunate in meeting son, Peter. The
Sieyers' keep Duroc hogs, and although
they experienced bad luck with them
this spring, there are still 60 head on
the place, There are $50 acres in the
Sievers farm, and the most of the land
was purchased only a few years ago for
s11O per acre. It would sell for more
than double at this time. The Sievers'
have in. 1O5 acres Of corn and IS acres
of small grain.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-28

While | in the vicinity Of the w. HI.
| Pruter home last Thursday we took the
opportunity to look atethe Inruter & Sons
herd of EDurocs, and found that Leslie
Expected to take a pen or SO. of the fine
animals down to the state fair at Des
! Moines. All the hogs have just recent.
| ly been given the double treatment and
We're dong exceptionally. well. They
were active, had good appetites,. and
were showing no bad results from the
serum. The hogs Leslie will take to
the fair are of the Pathfinder,blood and
the six were narrowed last September.
Besides the Pathfinder blood there sare
to be found at the Pruter's a number
Of Greater Sensations. III A Col. Sensa-
ton purchased from Grant Hockett at
Manning has the making of a good hog.
All the fall stock looked at its best, and
the spring stuff was equally as good,
April pigs We're groNhhy stretchy and
stand way up, and when the Pruters,
hold their sale October s, this year, one
may expect to see some great animals
come into the rim g. The Schumacher
of one Of Mr.. Prnter's sows to show
her picture in he Schumacher trade
Journal. Clarence Pruter has finished
Ian alIctioneer's school in Chicago, and
will start in that profession this fall.
He is already carrying ads in the trade
Journals. The <Pruters had a load OF
cattle On the Chicago market quite re-
Gently and received $15.65 per hundred
for the lot. Another load will be ship
ped III September This. load will be
mostly OF their own raising. Mrs. Pru-,
ter has 81 fine young ducks, and many.
chickens. She also has so islands Of;
bees, but makes the men folks care for
them. She is a, great lover of flowers,
and the yards and gardens are full sof
them. s ii
--[Fl--
Driving onttl the farm occupied by
iChas.3 Mielk, the farm known as the
julius Hagge farm in section 8, West
Side, township, we found Mr.. Mielk had
eased up on tire farm work for the day,
and was enjoying the company Of a
number of Tieighbors, who had. come
to esplace to meet Mr.. John Joehnke
and brother Hans. OF Clinton. The;
men folks were enjoying the ample
shade of a fine, enclosed porch at the!
rear Of the fine big house, and were
having a good time. Mr.. Mielk inform
ed us THAT he expected to have four
loads Of cattle. on the Chicago market
within a month and he is anxiously3
watching the market. He has 100 head
of mixed cattle, and is feeding 100 head
Of hogs. AT this place we looked at a
mule te am that were said to be 23
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-28

Keeps Fordson tractor. The house on
the Hagge farm has been built four
years, is modern throughout, equipped
with electric lights, furnace: and bath.
full two stories, basement, all screened
and has large porch on the south that
furnishes ample protection from the
sun rays.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-28

years of age. They weighed around
1000 pounds, and did not look their age
Mr.. Mielk said he got lots of work from
the team at that. Their coat Of hair
was smooth and plentiful, and they
still had plenty of life, especially when
the dog went near their heels. Aside
from q; number Of horses Mr.. Mielk
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-27

benehciaries with the minimum mill
tary result
Every soldier Knows that of the
money not deliberately misspent fully
one-half was wasted because it was
administered by miserable incompe-
tents appointed for political adyan.
tage.
Every soldier knows what an infini-
tesimal fraction of wartime expendi-
lures ever reached the battlefield
Every soldier knows that both his
comfort at the rear and his safety
on the battlefield were sacrificed.
Every soldier knows that he had to
depend upon weapons, munitions, and
supplies obtained from our allies.
Every soldier knows that through
out the war his interest was sacrificed
to that of the Stacker and the profiteer.
Every soldier knows that the only
suggestion of national economy has
been to ecOnOmize at his expense.
Every soldier should join the Amert-
can Legion in order to make his n,
fuence felt
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-27

OF a sudden l heard report. The
general had just come in. and he and
l met In the hall. tie was as white as
sheet, and reckon was pretty pale
myself.
I'VE both ran outside and saw
cloud Of smoke over Moultrie. The
gun had been fired.
Il wondered how 1t could have hap
pened, but the general didn't seem to
care how IT was. since It had hap
pened. He went out as fast as he
could so TO the telegraph Office to In
form the government at Richmond
that the gun had been fired without
his order. It was supposed acciden-
tally.
We'll, you know the result. The
firing of that gun fired the North as
Wei The people Of the free states
went wild, and from that moment the
fate Of the Confederacy was settled.
Our ports were blockaded so that one
could get In little or nothing from
abroad, while the Northern people
could make or grow what they needed,
and VIVA, they couldn't produce them
selves they could buy wherever II was
to be had cheapest. But, Lord, how
we did fight
"As for the Confederate govern
ment II wouldn't do for them to give
out that the gun had been fired by
mistake. In the first place. such a
statement wouldn't be believed, and
II II were II wouldn't do any good.
The government saw that they had a
war on their hands. instead OF peace
ful secession, which was what they
had aimed at, and went into IL for all
they were worth. Anyway, It helped
get the Southern states that were hest.
tating out Of the Union."
The old man stopped short In his
story.
But you haven't told" said, what
fired the gun"
Haven't II" he looked at his glass,
which was empty. I ordered it filed,
and he conclr ded:
when l went into the gunroom
there sat mouse, looking very much
ashamed Of himself. He had zone up
onto the electric key, and his weight
had fired the gun that brought on the
most fratricidal war the world has
ever known"
Copyright. 1920. Western Newspaper union)
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-27
VOLGA

From the Tribune:
Miss Audrey Ennis was a Brookinss
visitor last Saturday.
NJ. w Elgie was a Brookings visitor
Tuesday.
w. J. Wilson of Brookings, was a
Sunday visitor in this city.
Miss Kate Daum Of Oakwood town
ship, was a Brookings visitor Tuesday.
Miss Esther Norvold was Brook,
ings visitor last Saturday.
The Misses Poage and Overaag
were Brookings visitors last Saturday,
Lee ComstOck of Brookings, was a
visitor here Monday morning.
Leib & Getty received word this
week that their airplane which had
been held in Texas by railroad strike,
had been started on it's way to Min
neapolis and that it would probably
arrive there Wednesday or Thursday
of this week Mr.. Getty will go to
Minneapolis as soon as the plane AZ
rives there and will make the trip
home with the pilot. 1t is possible
that the machine may arrive here Sat
urday.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-27

pened to be fired onY'
mo, I don't"
He looked at his empty glass.
know he could tell any number Of i'm
probable yarns and | was curious to
know how long bow he would draw
In that instance. The yarn would cost
another drink, but ordered IT. When
the old man saw II safe In his tumbler
he told the story.
AT the time Major Anderson was
pent up in Sumter |, who had been an
ordnance sergeant in the United
States army and deserted to join the
COnfederates, was in Charleston.
went to General Heauregard and told
him what experience | had had in
ordnance. He told me | was just the
man he wanted. There was a big bluff
going on to compel President Lincoln
to order the evacuation OF the fort.
1t has been supposed since, that Sum-
ter was fired on 10 precipitate the war.
That's all bosh. They wanted to get
as many states as possible out of the
Union, thinking that when nearly all
were out the rest would be allowed to
60 peaceably.
$50 fearful was General Beauregard
that a shot would be fired from Fort
Moultrie that he would only permit
one gun to be shOtted, and arranged
that that one couldn't be fired except
by electricity, from house in which
hn 10 cs1n l, .l,s.
was to take place, he wanted to fire
the first shot himself. So he told me
that he held me responsible for the
electric instrument connected with the
gun. The house was one of those big
old mansions for which Charleston is
famous, and there was plenty Of room
| had three rooms for my family, be-
sides the gunroom, as it was called.
An order was issued that no one
should go into that room except my
self.
'The general explained to me that
If the gun was fired without an or
der from the president Of the Confed-
eracy, he would like TO be fred out of
1t himself. 1t would likely bring on a
war, and since the North had all the
od-growing country and manufac-
lures the result would in the end be
disastrous to the South. At the same
time, he didn't know himself all that
was going on, and If he received an
order by telegram to fire, he wished
to be In position to obey 1t instant
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-27
"Generai 5eaureeard Wanted to Fire
the First Shot,

ly. Some contingency might arise by
which It would be diplomatic advan-
tage to fire the first gun before Major
Anderson fired though the prohabi-
tiles were overwhelmingly on the other
side. The Confederate government at
the time preferred that the European
powers should place the blame on the
United States for beginning a war.
II kept the key of that gunroom IN
my own pocket, and no human being
could get into 1t except myself. There
was no hole by which even a cat or a
dog could get In. The only opening
was window sash down a few inches
from the top, which / lowered TO ad-
NIT air.
"Well, sir, despite all these precau-
tions, one day while was reading a
newspaper in my living quarters, all
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-27
I
AMERICAN LEGION

Chicago Tribune - Every soldier
knows that fully half the money raised
by our government for war purposes
was deliberately misappropriated Dy
congress and by officials.
Every soldier knows the training
camps were located not for training
purposes but to bring money TO ia
vored communities.
Every soldier knows that munition
factories of all kinds were located for
the same purpose, and contracts
brought the maximum profit TO the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-27

tation and loss of blood due to it's
sucking.
old sheep by dipping, before the lambs
become infested. Generally, the sheep
are sheared and then Immediately
dipped in a coal tar solution. A dip
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-27
SHEEP TICK is PREVALENT

The sheep tick which causes con
siderable loss in sheep is quite pre-
valent this time of the year. This
parasite is not a true tick, but more
like a fly without wings. The tick
can be easily found by spreading the
wool and looking closely. 1t gets III
its deadly work on the lambs as they
are unable to stand the constant irri-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-27

tank is almost an essential thing on
a sheep farm, but small band can be
dipped in a canvas bag. Use good
coal tar dip and be sure to follow di-
rections. Two dippings, two or three
days apart, will usually clear up this
trouble
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-27

lBeing more or less full, true, and
particular account of one OF the most
momentcus events OF history, as related
by veracious ~ participant
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-27

o YOU know what started
the Civil WARP" asked the
genial octogenarian for
whom | had set up three
drinks and who was wait
ing for a fourth.
"The firing on Fort
Sumter"
But you don't know
how Fort Sumter hap
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-15
THE PEOPLES FORUM

'old Abe" was captured early, in 1861.
near tho Flambeau river. In Wisconsin, By
a Chippewa Indian named Chief Sky.
white man purchased him for a bushel
Of corn. and he sold him 70 man by
the name OF Mills, who presented him to
Company G. of the Eighth Wisconsin, Just
as the newly recruited lads were about
to start for the front. 1t was they who
named him after the man In the white
House. They carried the eagle alongside
tho colors on a perch at the end Of tho
stan. Hence the Eighth Wisconsin soon
came TO be known as the Eagle Regiment.
Beginning with Pennington, Miss. Old
Abe and his followers went through thir-
ty-six battles. He was wounded before
Corinth and again at vicksburg. II Is
said that at Corinth the Confederates
made a special effort to kill Old Abe.
at the direction Of General Price. II would
rather have him than a whole regiment"
the eagles value in encouraging the troops.
We are told that whenever the gray
coats appeared Abe would utter the shrill
eagles cry, by way Of giving the alarm.
He stayed with his command until II was
mustered out in 1854. In September OF
that year Lewis, the Wisconsin war gov
ernor, formally accepted him on behalf
Of the state Old Abe was exhibited at
the Chicago sanitary fair that winter, and
his history. published In psmphiet'
BROUGHT $4,000 for the sick soldiers.
Old Abe lived for long time. He
died in March. 1881, as result OF breath
ing smoke at the fire OF the Madison Capt.
toi, Leonard w. Volk. .he sculptor, used
him as the model for several eagles on
his war monuments.