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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-26

big bond issue. Everyone was invited
to bid and a Boston man was the low.
est bidder. The astonished bankers
of the country found that the Boston
ian had no other capital invested in
the bond enterprise beyond the two
cent stamp which he had used to mail
his bid to Washington. Nevertheless,
the lowest bidder got the job, and al
most before the government could not
ify him to that effect the big banking
houses got behind the Boston post
age stamp bid" The result was that
the far-sighted Bostonian made a lot
Of money.
But why shouldn't Boston lead ?
Didn't it have the first big American
tea party? Wasn't it the original hub
of the universe; and hasn't it the only
state house that is decorated with a
lion and a unicorn to signify the an
cient heritage Of England? Boston
has it's Bunker Hill, it's old North
hard by. Why, even Henry Cabot
Lodge and Calvin Coolidge live in
"Boston's home state Of Massachu-
sets" Tom Lawson also registers
from Boston.
Many of the textile mills of the
country have been running or a short
week schedule, while some have closed
down entirely for indefinite periods.
Tho nile COW fhaf thnrn ic q 1anE nf
orders. The governments figures
show that there IA a drop in wool
consumption of nearly 1900, 900
pounds from the average for the six
months of 1920.
While a lot of people are forgetting
all about the war there are still ap-
proximately 1925 war risk patients
in the governments hospitals. The
government has decided to convert
two of the national homes for volun-
teer soldiers into sanitariums for the
exclusive treatment of tuberculosis
and another one of the homes into q
sanitarium for the exclusive treatment
of mental cases. These institutions
are necessary because Of the condi-
ton of ex-soldiers, most of whom have
suffered from shell shock and pols-
onous gases. These patients who have
become disabled by reason Of their
military or naval service are provided
for under the war risk act.
That there is a close and very direct
connection between the tremendous
building program now opening up all
over the United States and the emer-
gency conditions at present confront.
ing the gas industry of the country,
is the declaration made by Philip II.
Gadsden, chairman Of the emergency
committee of the American Gas asso-
citation, Speaking on this point, Mr..
Gadsden said:
The building program Of the III
try has been postponed for four years
owing to the war. Housing as well
as construction of all kinds means a
new demand for gas service. For gas
companies to extend their service
means that they must have new CAPT
tai. To obtain the capital, the gas
manufacturer must demonstrate to the
investor that he can continue to oper-
ate and maintain satisfactory service.
To keep up such a service, he must
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-26
CLUB GIRL A SEAMSTRESS

Tell the second-year girls it will pay
them to sew hard writes Clara RoS-
camp, a member of the Mitchell girls
sewing club, in a recent letter to Miss
Selma Rongstad, state home demon.
stration leader in The boy and girl
club department of the State college
extension division. Clara is a third
year girl. Last year she won a fine
sewing machine as a prize for the best
sewing exhibit at the State fair. Now.
as a result of her club work expert
and with the new machine, she
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-26
LIVE o MARKE

Top hogs ruled about steady all
week, choice loads selling at $500,
but bulk Of sales closed about 25c
lower generally. Most sales were
made at $14.OO@14.25 at the finish,
as against $14.25014.50 at the high
time. Low end dropped to $3.50.
Stock pigs cashed at $14.50@14.75.
Receipts at 1900 were the smallest
of the year, but this condition failed
to have any beneficial effect on values.
Cattle trade continued dull and un-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-26
ORCHARD AND GARDEN

Dahlias have done better than usual
this year perhaps because of the cool
moist weather of spring and summer.
Chrysanthemums and other plants
that are to be grown in the house must
be lifted Ii is best to soak the
ground well several hours before NOV
ing. Take up the plants in the even.
ming and set in a shady cool place out
OF the wind until they recover.
Clean cultivation in the garden the
year round is a good way to keep
down insects.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-26

Manley Champlin, extension ag-ono-
mist at State college, from interested
South Dakota farmers, but so FAR not
enough interest has been manifested
to warrant ordering a carload.
1t was hoped hat enough farmers
in this state would try out from Ave
to ten bushels each to make UP a
carload shipment to Mitchell, but If
that Is to be done 1t will be necessary
to act very quickly. Local shipments
will not be as satisfactory as a car
load would have been, but a few
paintings will be better than none.
1t Is hoped hat at least a few will
try out a Ave or ten-acre plot Of Kan
red. 1t is rust resistant, does not
lodge easily, produces we'll and so far
during the past three years has proved
hardy in South Dakota. Inquiries re-
garding Kanred should be directed TO
the extension agronomist, State col
lege, Brookings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-26

be able to establish a rate that will
permit extensions and enable him TO
meet the present tremendous in
creases in the prices for coal. coke
and oil, and still live" Mr.. Gadsden
appeals to the public to meet this great
emergency which threatens the gas in.
dustry, representing a commodity 50
vital for the domestic uses Of approx
mately As, 600, 900 people.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-26

reports that she has earned more than
$50 in sewing for neighbors and she
has had to turn away many hours Of
work. This is just one of many in
teresting achievement stories from
club members.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-26
FEW REPLIES RECEIVED

A dozen or so inquiries regarding
Kanred wheat have been received by
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-26

A word of diplomacy is worth a vol
ume of apologies.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-08
Law Is a Chess Champion.

Id" Ts q NIIesS s-I''f1'OII.
BOnar Law IS the champion chess
player OF the British house of COM
mons,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-08

The News has carried the story OF
d Long Island man who went 10 war
and was gassed twice, who came back
to find his wife dead, his father dead
and his business gone. That is the
price some men paid for devotion, but
it isn't the important thing in this
mans story. He is taking a course in
agriculture and says, II will succeed
in farming" This man can't afford
20 sit down and wall about his sacri-
fees. He has put too much into life (;
he must get something worth while ont
of it. He has big claim on it and
is going TO press that claim, says Mil
waukee Journal. The world is to be
rebuilt and built better, by men with
this spirit And some of the rest Of
us might reflect that since it costs so
much to live just now, it's hardly
worth While if we don't make that liv-
ing count for more than it ever did.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-08
PORTUGUESE PIRACY.

One Of the peculiar twists OF our
commercial relations with the world
is developing in Portugal. Under the
law OF that country the owner OF
trademark must prove it's use in Por-
tugal to retain IT'S benefit says Omaha
Bee. An enterprising Portuguese has
registered for himself in his native
land large number of American au-
tomobile trademarks, and proposes TO
proceed farther and have these recog-
niZed at the international trademark
bureau at Berne. This will give him
control of the sale of these machines
in IL countries, including the South
american countries with which we are
trying to develop trade 1t sounds
like a comic opera situation, but
American automobile manufacturers
are desperately striving TO beat this
suave pirate to the registration bu-
reau. knowing that if they do not they
must settle with him or carry on a
long and perhaps losing fight I'm court.
Other American manufacturers have
suffered in this manner through the
piracy of their trademarks Portugal
is not much to look at on the map, but
it contains the germ OF great enter
prise
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-08

People frequently look askance
when they hear some one, bolder per-
haps than the rest, forget the gen.
eral Inauguration OF aerial transporta-
ton lines. Still, when the first trolley
vehicle appeared, horse car patrons
were heard to remark that successful
employment of electrical power in such
4 connection was a doubtful PROPOSE
ton. They were no more certain that
the automobile, in Its turn. would at
tain any great degree of popularity.
Vow the electric car is fighting for Its
life, and the automobile for a place TO
move along the crowded highways. It
would not be surprising If necessity
should drive invention soon TO find a
way of sileEcing the dOubters and
solving the traffic problem.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-08

The hold which moving pictures has
taken upon the country may be judged
from the fact that the Los Angeles
film players and directors pay more
than S5.OOO,OOO income taxes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-08

1t is said there are two or three
hundred Mexican women engaged in
bulNighting which fact may throw
some light on the backward conditions
IN that nonprogressive nation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-08

which visuazed the famous art
fund campaign
its
will
original The Greatest Mother In
the
a
symbol red ITSELF
public trademark of the American Red Cross
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-08

What this country needs is fewer
automobile drivers and more wheel
barrow pushers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-08

First thing we know potatoes VIII
be as cheap as terrapin.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01
DOWN TO BUSINESS BASIS

week. Now, what we want to say
is this: The Snyder Signal is not
now contemplating a raise Of the sub
scription price and in order to get by
without doing so. we must insist on
cash in advance for subscription.
Our experience proves that there are
a few people who will let the paper
run a few months past the eNpira-
ton date and then never pay up the
arrears. That entails clear loss
to the publisher. Il has always been
a custom with country papers to go
on after expiration, because the sub
scriber is a neighbor and is expected
to come in soon and settle, and yet
most people prefer TO have the paper
stop when the paid-up time is out
The Signal now has number OF
subscribers in arrears and quite "a
number will expire within the next
two or three months, and as % mat
ter of protection against loss, 1t Is
our purpose TO eliminate these as
they expire unless personal assur-
ance is given of an early settlement.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

The Colorado Record published a
convincing article last week to show
why the publication of a newspaper
az old time subscription and adyer-
Using rates will in a short time i'm
poyerish the publisher and force his
business into bankruptcy. The Re-
cord cites the fact that supplies and
labor have gone up 100 to 500 per
cent. and everything in the line of
dry goods. clothing, groceries, rents
and other family needs have adj
vanced in price. and says the days Of
Is cents an inch for advertising and
a dollar or a dollar and a half sub
scriptions have passed and that the
subscription price of the Record will
be two dollars year.
We can easily see the truth in that
papers argument.
\ recent quotation places print
paper at II cents a pound. At that
rate the paper alone to print sheet
like the snyder Signal or the Colora-
do Record costs S25 or $50 every
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Over fifty years ago young
physician practiced widely in a
rural district and became famous
for his uniform success in the
curing of disease. This was DIR.
Pierce. who afterwards estab-
lishcd himself in Buffalo, n. Y
and placed one Of his prescriptions,
which he called Golden Medical
Discovery" in the drug stores Of
the United States so that the pub
lie could easily obtain this very
remarkable tonic, corrective and
blood maker. Dr.. Pierce manu-
featured this Discovery from
roots and barks IA corrective
remedy. the ingredients Of which
nature had put in the fields and
forests. for keeping us healthy.
Few folks or families now living
have not at sometime or other used
this Golden Medical Discovery"
for the stomach, liver and heart.
Over twenty four million bottles
of this tonic and blood remedy
nave been sold in this country.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Congress passed a resolution soue
time ago instructing the Presid mt
to terminate thirty-two certain treat
les said to be in conflict with the
American Merchant Marine. 1t
seems now that when the time came
for the President to act on the mat
ter he refused. saying that Congress
exceeded its constitutional authority
and that such action would be a
breach of faith to the countries in
terested
There is being much severe criti-
cism hurled at President Wilson for
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Give the educational amendment a
fair consideration when you go to
vote in November The adoption Of
this amendment means better schools
and better citizenship.
People sometimes feel disposed TO
kill anything that means a change in
the constitution, without studying
the effects of the proposed law. That
Is not fair This amendment has
the endorsement of all the leading
educators and OF well-informed men
and women of all callings. 1t means
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01
ABOUT OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS

SAYS there are two or three reasons
one is that men and women can make
more money in other lines and an
other is the trouble to get boarding
places. Then the teachers are not
shown the marks of appreciation that
they deserve, and these things have
driven many good teachers to quit.
1t is being talked about Snyder
that some OF our city teachers are
troubled to get board convenient to
their work and that some of them
may resign. Our citizens will have
to rally TO the welfare Of the schools
and be willing to get in line else our
schools will suffer
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Mr.. A. G.. Kuykendall has recently
moved here from Young county and
has located in northeast part OF
town. He was In Tuesday to have
the Signal sent to him. He says he
always wants the county paper where
he lives. Can't keep up with events
and get to know about the people
and public affairs without reading
the home paper.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Acting County Superintendent e.
c. Dodsoh stated Tuesday that there
are yet sixteen schools in Scurry
county that have not secured teach
ers. There are two or three good
schools whose faculties are incom-
plete. In all there are now twenty
places open for teachers.
He has received a card from lady
who has been, employed in one OF
our really good schools and she
states that she has been unable to
get place to board. In former
years there were more teachers than
could get schools. but now the shoe
is on the other foot Mr.. Dodson
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

The danger" In the Open Ports Dill.
Dallas News.
Opponents OF Governor Hobby's
bill to safeguard the people OF Texas
against the chance OF having their
ports closed to them by the decree
of a labor union unite In the cry
that il is dangerous. II they have
described sufficiently to enable less
imaginative people to recognize
them the dangers which this bill
presents to their visions. the press
dispatches have neglected to trans
nit that enlightenment. The only
danger we can see in IL is aimed at
those who should violate laws which
are already found in the criminal
code. II would be dangerous to a
man who slugged another as a pun
ishment for having taken vacant
Job. 1t would be dangerous to a
man who threatened violence as a
means of dissuading another from
accepting vacant job which he
wished to take and which the people
of the state would desire TO see him
take. These dangers undoubtedly
are TO be found in Governor Hobby's
bill. But instead of Offering a reas-
on why 1t should not be passed, they
present the strongest reason why 1t
should be passed II makes no con
duct that is now lawful unlawful
Hence, it can not be said TO circum-
scribe the freedom of workmen
more closely than it is already cir
cumscribed Its sole purpose Is.
and its sole effect would be. to pro
vide a more effective means for en-
forcing existing laws The governor
of the state can now do virtually all
that this bill would enable him to do,
except that under existing law he
would have to use the militia and
give both police and judicial powers
to II. The proposed measure would
enable him to accomplish the same
purpose with State Rangers. But
there is this difference Agovernor
would act more promptly IL he could
use State Rangers than he will II he
had to mobolize a large part of the
militia and declare martial law. The
cost of the mobilization and the re
pugnance TO martial law operate To
make him hesitate.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01
WHY WE SHOULD VOTE THE
EDUCATIONAL AMENDMENT

that with the powers sought the
state may soon rank along with other
progressive states in literacy The
proposed amendment does not i'm
pose the additional tax merely
makes it possible for the community
to vote the tax from local option
standpoint.
The time has come when Texas
people must provide for better ed
vocational facilities for the children
and this proposed amendment opens
the way.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01
ROMPING ON WILSON

his defiance of instructions from
congress. Senator Kenyon is eX-
tremely bitter and says the Presi-
dents attitude rs similar to that of
James II, which resulted in his being
driven out OF England
President Wilson has been assailed
on several occasions. but when the
smokes cleared away and the facts
made plain Mr. Wilson has been
found to be right. and we shall expect
TO see that he is within his rights
and the Presidents acts are in line
with justice.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

After almost every newspaper IN
rhe country. and all commercial or
ganizations have repeatedly warned
the public to have nothing to do with
the promoters of worthless stock Of
fers. we hear every now and then OF
some innocent victim of transient
stock agencies. They offer get
rich-quick proposition The fellow
falls to It. The stock certificate Is
passed over The schemer gets the
money or a Liberty Bond That's all.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Our trade relations with Mexico
look good IL we can keep Germany's
finger out of the dish, but just now
there are outside influences at work
there to hamper trade and material
progress.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

When Mr.. Bryan found that ne
could never be elected president he
started political paper. When
Mr.. Ferguson got fred he set up
paper. and now Mr.. Bailey is going
to try it
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

While several progressive counties
are pulling OF county fairs Emmett
Ranks. Ollie Morrow and Joe Mer-
rift are planning the biggest poultry
show ever.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Usually when a parent makes
requirement of his child, there
should he a just reason for it and
the child has right to know that
reason. It is tyrannical to force
obedience merely for the satisfaction
o. being obeyed
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Press dispatches have announced
a serious shortage OF chorus girls
and this leads the Amarillo Tribune
to 1T decrease in the crop OF
stagedoor Johnnies.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Gov. Cox charges that pro-Ger'
mans are rallying to Senator Hard
ing. believing that II Harding is
elected the peace treaty will be doc
tored up IL Germany's favor.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

When you look around at the
numbers of boys growing up to man
hood you are apt to wonder what
some will find to do for living but
did YOU notice they nearly all get
located?
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Italian labor has seen enough Of
bolshevism. |. w. w. and privation
and suffering and are returning to
work. II is said that the wives of
laborers there and elsewhere are
counseling their husbands to not cut
off their means of living.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

OIL advertising 25c per inch for
display space AID Toe a Hne for
readers. Cash must accompany all
orders.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

The fellow who is all the time
watching for evidences of popular
approval of what he says and does,
is ant to be often disappointed. Bet
ter 20 ahead and do the right thing
as nearly as possible. and don't say
much
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

|. w. w. meddlers have been try
ing to get al, classes of labor in Old
Mexico to quit work. but the workers
voted against a strike.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

A Chicago special says a question
mas been raised there as to the valid
ity of deed to an adopted child
given by Mrs Herbert Silver to her
husbandi a divorce settlement. That
question was settled in 1868. There
is no such thing known now as hui
man chattel.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

II has been declared by casual OBJ
servers that bolshevisn cannot thrive
where there is thrift. Neither can
anarchy or radical socialism find a
following where intelligence and
Christianity prevail
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

The Chamber of Commerce hope
To engage permanent secretary
next week. There are many things
waiting Tor him
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Did you ever notice when you start
through a dark room and run up
against rocking chair. no matter
which way you turn It is there?
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

The Eallas News observes that
'Polands desire for peace tluctuates
with her military positions The
same was true of Germany and the
SINE Is true Of the individual bully
IN physical or commercial contests
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

A newspaper is a semi-pubic in
stitution and that is why a newspaper
man gets only semi-angry when some
semi-intelligent critic cuts loose
Abilene Reporter.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

The attorney general has given
warning TO coal merchants that they
must not boost prices on coal in
stock merely because replacement ore
ders may possibly be higher.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Henry Ford has reduced the prices
of his cars and the Franklin car has
been marked down, but we are glad
der to learn that some Of the big
packers have decreed cheaper meat.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

The Clarendon News AYERS that
gambling is more general now than
when horse racing and cock fighting
were in flower.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Maybe so Senator Harding is a
sounder prohibitionist than Governor
Cox. but enlightened Germans evil
IDENTITY do not think so.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

Entered in the postoffice at sny-
der. Texas. rs second class mailmat-
ter.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

If you like fellow 1t is easy
enough to recognize his worthy
points.