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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-05
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE

(By L. c. Nichols. State Agent. Home
Insurance Company
We hear time and again when we
get on loss to make the adjustment
that the fire chief or a local insurance
agent told them to keep out of the
building and not to let anyone carry
anything out or not to touch it after
the fire is out. This is entirely wrong,
and | wish that the fire chiefs of all
the towns would bear the following
remarks in mind, and in that way re-
duce the fire loss of the state.
In case of a burning building and
with an opportunity of saving part
Of the contents, save everything possi-
BILE. The insurance companies will
pay for what they are liable in every
case. Hardly any assured carries
enough insurance to cover total loss
and II anything is saved the assured
will be SO much ahead.
Take care Of the property that is
saved Just as though there were no
insurance on it, II household furni-
ture and it is moved out of the dwell
ing and the dwelling totally de-
stroyed, move ii to some building and
clean 1t up. II a stock of goods, move
to good place and take care of it
just as though there were no insur-
ance on the goods. Wipe off the cans
and keep them from freezing; air out
the dry goods; sort up shoe stock;
and get the goods in such condition
that the adjuster for the company
can come in and invoice the salvage
in short time. II the invoices from
the wholesale houses have been lost
write for duplicates from the date of
the last invoice, (No merchant, no
matter how small his business, should
fail to take an invoice every year,
same to be kept in freproof safe
where there Is no danger of its being
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-05
SPREADING INFLEUNZA

Des Moines, Ia, Capitalize Capt.
tel has attempted to avoid any undue
"scare-head" publicity concerning the
influenza situation in some of the cities
in the United States. We have been
moved to this action by the opinion
that influenza is largely a sentimental
disease and superinduced by fear en-
gendered by widespread publicity con-
corning the disease
The London Standard makes the
statement that most medical men are
agreed that seventy-fve per cent of
the cases of influenza they have at
tended recently have been directly in
duced by fear. A doctor who was
asked what chiefly caused this fear,
answered at once that it was the
alarmist section of the press.
"The best way to avoid these cpl
DENIES" he said, ''is to keep the con-
sciousness of their existence out of
your mind; but 1t takes very strongly
controlled person to do that when
half the newspapers are devoting col
umns to the influenza peril" NOR
billy defining symptoms and suggest
ing safeguards. Every time man
reads of the ravages Of influenza he
unconsciously adds to his store of
fear of the diseases Fear lowers the
resistance against 1t as much as poor
nutrition, probably more If you ig-
more influenza, influenza will usually
ignore you"
The fact that fear induces disease
is a scientific fact and not a crankism.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-05
SAVED HER LIFE
SAYS POLICEMAN
Wife Was So Run Down She Los,
Fifty Pounds--Restored
BY TanIac.

II doubt il my wife would be alive
today IL it had not been for Tanlac,"
said Police officer Joe Johnston, who
for nearly twenty-five years has been
in charge of the police emergency am
bulance of Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs.
Johnston lost fifty pounds and was so
weak she had not been to town in
over year." he continued, but since
taking Tanlac her health is fine"
Policeman Johnston is familiar
figure to nearly everyone in Milwau-
kee. He is rounding out his thirty
fourth year of service on the force,
and for the past sixteen years has re-
sided at 743 Oakland Ave.
1.-TWO years ago my wife had bad
attack of the grippe" he continued
''She just kept on going down hill in
spite of everything we could do and
she got so weak and nervous she
would shake like a leaf when she
exerted herself She couldn't work
more than ten minutes at time with
was SO bad she could not eat hardly
anything at all. She was nearly al
ways constipated and had the head
ache practically all the time, too, and
frequently the headaches would be
so bad she would have to go to bed.
At night she was so nervous she
couldn't rest and would have to get
up and walk the floor to get her
we could think of to build her up but
nothing did any good and she kept
on losing what little strength she had
left.
One day saw statement in the
paper by fellow officer about how
much good Tanlac had done him and
/ got some of the medicine for my
wife and it beat anything ever saw
the way she began to improve. Her
appetite came back within few
days and she could eat anything she
wanted without any bad after effects.
The headaches and nervousness disap-
peared and she sleeps fine every night.
She took six bottles of Tanlac and
gained as much in weight and strength
she now does all the hosssework with
out bit of trouble and she looks
and feels like a different woman. It
is worth hundred dollars Just to see
how she enjoys coming down town
again
"As said before ! believe Tanlac
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-05
STATE COLLEGE NOTES

Lloyd Dickinson is i'll in the hospital.
The college junior prom. is post
poned
Glen Hoon, instructor in agronomy
at the college, is Ill with the ''flu."
Professor H. B. Mathews was re-
ported i'll the first part of the week,
but has improved since.
Miss Young. State college history
instructor, has been unable to meet
her classes on account of illness.
Lynn Hutton was weekend visitor
at the college. Mr. Hutton is in state
agricultural work at Egan.
Professor j. G. Hutton has been un-
able to meet his classes the past week
due to severe illness of his family.
Mr.. Lindstrom, Indian missionary,
spoke to about thirty men Sunday
morning in the Y. M. c. A. parlor.
Leonard Ladd entertained four
couples last Saturday evening at his
home in east Brookings with "flu"
party.
Professor Series has been i'll the
past week. He is now at his post as
head of the pharmacy department at
State college.
The Engineering society turned their
meeting into an informal smoker last
Wednesday evening. Many good pa
pers and projects were discussed.
Last Thursday the Aggies at State
college beat Bryant high school in a
fast basketball game. 2S-19. The
game was won in the last three
minutes.
The class in publicity methods Is
sending out postcards answering ad-
vert.sements. No one should be sur
prised If the city and college should
soon be overrun with agents.
Mr.. Wenz, editor of the Dakota
Farmer, is to be visitor at the col
lege during the early part Of March
to give several demonstrations and
talks to the class in publicity methods.
An evangelical team consisting OF
Messrs. Nord. Thelin, Smith, Upfert
and Tearney opens the weekend in
volga conducting religious services
and organizing the boys work cam
paign.
Professor H. c. SEVERN was unable
to meet his classes Saturday and Mon
day on account Of illness. He has
again taken up his dut.,s - head OF
entomology and nature study at State
college.
Among the former Brookings people
and college alumni that took In the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-05

If you read an amusing story you
laugh, and your system responds TO
the action Of the mind; If you read
anything depressing, your mind and
body suffer depression; If you read
of exciting adventures your heart beats
more quickly and your breath comes
more rapidly. and so on. II you read
about influenza morning. noon and
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-05

saved her life and ! will be glad to
verify this statement to anyone who
calls on me-"
Tanlac is sold in Aurora by w. G.
Ray, in White by H. H. Gazeley, in
Elkton by J. E. Dunn, and in. Bruce
by II. w. Schultz & Co.-(Adv.)
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-05
night, your mind and body, unless spe-
cially trained, become affected.

Psychology is coming to be more
and more recognized by scientists in
its relation to disease. and we ven
ture to say that II the psychology of
disease where more generally under
stood, many of the doctors would have
to find new profession.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18

The Sim Feiners invoke the formula Of self
determination with parrotike persistence; but they
deny self-determination to the people of North
East Ulster who are in fact of different race,
who profess different religious beliefs, who hold
passionately to different political ideals, and who,
if made subject to republican legislature would
undoubtedly vndicate their claim to independence
by force of arms. The Sim Feiners, if they had
their way, could not muster power enough to con-
quer Ulster and keep that province in subsection.
Until Sim Feiners recognize the fact that their
ideal of an independent republic is hopelessy un-
attainable unless they are willing to consent, to
the partition Of Ireland, the first step towards the
solution of the difficulty cannot be taken.-Winni-
peg Bulletin
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18

Second, there has been a tremen-
dous imitation or watering OF paper
money Dy the belligerents.
1t will take years of hard work by
all the nations until the first cause
is remedied, he says. There has been
no determined effort yet by Epuro-
pean governments to take the water
out of their currency.
McCurdy does not think European
prices will fall very soon.
AT present, he says, there are
tens of millions of people in Europe
lacking necessary foodstuffs, cloth
ing, boots and all the necessaries of
life. When Central Europe becomes
an effective purchaser in the worlds
markets there may be for a time a
further rise in world prices.
"The world stocks Of all essential
commodities must be replenished and
the war wastage made good before
prices can come down."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
A PERFECT CURE.

Motor Life-China several months ago estao-
lished precedent in dealing with crooks. This
one merely stole coat out of the tonneau. His
hands were removed at the wrists.
Reminds US of the story of the negro who was
anything to say before the springing Of the trap
"No" he said sadly, "'Cept dat dis here is gwine
to be a lesson to me-"
OMAR's LOST OPPORTUNITY.
Tents are selling like hot cakes to houseless
people in Chicago. If Omar Khayyam were alive
he could get up from under the bough and make
50 day at his trade. What he could sell the jug
for is matter for personal speculation.-New
York Sun.
The editor of the London Review protests that
he cannot understand the meaning Of this sentence
from an American flm: "Why shoot elephants in
Africa when there many worries at homer:
The editor of the Review would make an admirable
substitute for the elephant Pioneer Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
THE PROBLEM OF IRELAND.

There has been in Winnipeg during the past week
discussion of the Irish problem; and the result
has been enlghtening to the apparently in
superable difficulties which lie in the way of
settlement of this question. A discussion of this
matter by Irishmen themselves in their present
temper gets nowhere. The conflicting Irish tenn
peraments at the moment irreconcilable. Ex-
perience has shown that outsiders cannot intervene
and bring about adjustment of the dispute either
by force or by persuasion. While the Irish them
selves are hopelessy divided and show no real
desire to try to understand the point Of view of
the other man, the result is hopeless deadlock and
chaos, under the effects of which Ireland, which has
been in recent years one of the most prosperous
communities in the world is slowly but surely I'M
dergong process of distintegration that will be
ruinous to it's people. Events such as those which
have been occurring in Ireland during the past two
or three years bound to have most detrimental
effect upon the economic and social structure of
the country. Perhaps realization of the economic
folly of the present situation may be the first step
towards its amelioration.
The speakers who have discussed the Irish ques
ton in Winnipeg during the past week, have been
Protestants from Ulster But they talked the
standard Sim Fen argument. They are part and
parcel of the Sim Fem movement and have ap-
peared on numerous United States platforms in COM
pany with DeValera. Ihey are IN no way repre-
sentative of Irish Protestants and to whatever
extent they sought to convey the idea that any
considerable number Of Irish Protestants are in
agreement with their views, they were supplying
the public with misinformation. If Mr.. Crawford
and Mr.. Irwin represented Irish Protestant opinion
there would be an early settlement of the Irish
difficulty. If all the people of Ireland were in
favor of an Irish republic, nothing could prevent
the establishment of such republic. The time
has gone by when by military force, four or five
million people all Of one mind can be constrained
to submit to government to which they are
opposed.
The difficulty about Ireland is that there are
two Ireands. That is an unpalatabe fact which
the Sim Feiners try to dodge But it is nescapable
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
PRESS C0MMENTS-THAT'S ALL

In the state elimination convention was the editor
of the Winnebago Enterprise, Fred E. Hadley
candidate for the nomination for governor on the
republican ticket. Here is what he has to say about
j. A. O. Preus, who the convention indorse-
ment:
"Though we were not the man selected to make
the race, there are no sore spots about us. We
were beaten fairly and squarely. We were not an
active candidate and made fight whatsoever, but
the fact remains nevertheless that victory not
''The only thing to do is to get behind Mr.
Preus and assist him in his fight. He is clean,
upright, capable and honorable gentleman. Every
man who is republican and believes in fair play
will boost and vote for Mr. Preu. We have no
time whatsoever for the soreheads and cutters.
The world is not wasting much admiration on men
who yep when they get licking. Vote for Preus."
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
EXTRACT TURPElTlNE
FROM DOUGLAS FIR
(By International News Service)

(By International News Service)
Vancouver, b. c., May 1S.-
Ranchers on Cortez Island have dis
covered and are developing a new
industry that may run into millions
of dollars. It is the extraction OF
turpentine from Douglas: fir, of which
about 100000 acres are CONNER
cially available.
No Douglas frs smaller than ten
inches in diameter will be tapped.
Mature trees yield forty-eight gal
Ions of sap at one tapping.
About two-thirds Of a gallon of
high grade turpentine is obtained
from one gallon Of sap and the resi-
due is commercially marketable. The
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
COMMODITY SCARCITY.
MONEY INITIATION,
; CAUSES HIGH PRICES
British Food Controller Blames
: Paper Money Initiation for
>, Present Prices

= London, May &c. A. McCurdy,
Great Britain's food controller, says
high prices today are due to two
main root causes.
IN First, that there is an actual scar
city OF world commodities, such as
food, clothing, coal, iron and all sorts
efmanufactured goods; due to deple-
ton az world surplus stocks during
fhe war and to war wastage.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
NEW HIGH RECORD
- FOR EGGS SET

(By International News Service)
Washington, May ia new high
record for eggs has been set.
Air service pilots on a fight from
France Field, Canaly ZoZne, to San
tiago, distance of 145 miles, discov-
cred that chickens could be purchas-
ed in Santiago at less than onehalf
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
MARRYING A CELEBRITY.

The stream Of beated comment touching the
Danielson- Hurst nuptials continues to flow. Since
the disposition to take whack at the bridal couple
seems to be general, we may be pardoned for
dipping another oar. The thought that pervades us
is that Mr. Danelson, who hitherto has had select
of somewhat narrow identity of his own, will here
after be known Fannie Hurst's husband
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18

average yield per acre thus far is
eight barrels of turpentine. The dis
covery is especially important to the
paint and varnish industry. v
The Douglas fir, classed as one of
the cost type of trees grows in vast
forests on Vancouver and other is
lands, and along the inlets and wal
legs Of the southern mainland of this
province. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
HONOR BEFORE PERSONAL AMBITION.

If the majority of republicans in convention
assembled picked "Jake" Preus as the man to lead
the party to victory, then he is the man to back
up to the last "trench."
Every single individual who permitted his name
to be considered at this elimination meeting should
consider it his duty to be "backer' Of every man
selected for office. This is what he would expect
had he been chosen for place on the ticket, and
istherefore honorbound to support the men selected
We do not believe that any of these prospective
office seekers will carry the fight into the primaries
but if such should be the case, then these candidates
must expect criticism of the severest kind and
rehtfully So Any candidate who does so, places
personal ambition or vndictiveness above honor
and common decency and should receive the rebuke
of all patriotic citizens of the state. :
Even to have entertained such idea is an
excuse for public apology. The people of this
state have confronting them serious problem
and it needs the united action of every right think
ing individual to prevent radicalism from success
in Minnesota politics.
The handsomest nobleman in England is being
sued for divorce. His wife says his beauty is only
skin deep, and his mobility" appears to be by act
Of the king and not of the Lord.
A woman writer Indignantly denies that her SEX
bly, she is right-t may be for the sole purpose
of making other women jealous.
-O--' -.
Even Cupid is feeling the effects of the high
cost of living. His darts are falling by the way
sde the armor of household expenses being too
hard for them to penetrate. r-.'. = :
-O--.
Every ton of sea water is said to contain one
grain of gold. At this ratio the seas contain about
ninety billion tons Of. the yellow metal" Help
yourself y
Something radically wrong south OF u.s. This
mornings PAPER failed to record the name OF the
new Mexican presidents for the day.
-o 49,
An advertisement conveys the startling informa-
ton that silk stockings are coming down. Shock
ing, shocking-but where? r.
A New York woman claims to receive photographic
messages from her son. who has been dead for two
years. Next! 90
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18

endeavoring in their own way to re-
pay the pilot for the Joy ride, laid an
egg. I
AS the route involves fight over
the mountains, it is believed that
these are the highest eggs that have
Fever been in America.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18

the price prevailing in the Canal
Zone.
Accordingly, each pilot brought a
number of chickens and took them
back in the plane with him.
On the return trip conscientious
hen in each of the planes evidently
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
ITS ONLY FAULT.

ITS ONLY FAULT.
The chief complaint against the "cost plus sys-
tenn lies in the charge that there entirely too
much "plus "-Pittsburg Times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
TOO VALUABLE TO CARRY.

What has become Of the old-fashioned man who
carried potato in his pocket in order to ward OIL
rheumatism? Had to turn it in, we suppose-1n-
diana Times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
HARDEST WORK OF ALL.

Lots Of men nowadays bring on nervous break
down by watching the clock to be sure that they
don't work overtime.-C Chicago News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-18
oMAR's LOST OPPORTUNITY
LOOKS BAD, ANYWAY.

There is something significant, If not SINISTER IN
the fact that the smallest supply OF maple sugar
the country ever produced should come in the same
year when the supply of brown sugar is the smallest
Sioux City journal.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-03-28
BRAZILIAN COFFEE STATISTICS.
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

In Yesterdays session of the market
on the Consolidated Stock Exchange
there was an undercurrent of strength
in the steels, coppers and oils. Price
movements in the specialties, motors
and marines were irregular Rails were
slightly lower
Crucible Steel advanced II points
to 25l, Republic Steel Az to 100, Beth
lehem Steel B 11a to 97la, United States
Steel rs TO 10J, Sanadium III to 6Sh,
Baldwin Locomotive pa to 1854, To-
bacco Products las to u, Mexican Pc
troleum 10 to 202l2. Pan-American 2I
to 1894 Sinclair l to 44Ns, Anaconda
Copper 2 to 65 Inspiration 2as to 597s,
Cerro de Pasco IA to 80.
Stromberg Carburetor, after gaining
141b to 99lR, fell back TO %; Columbia
Graphophone rose 6A TO 81, American
Wooden 2h to 1852 White Motors 6is
to SS5s, Retail Stores 324 to SO2l. United
States Alcohol netted a loss of 3B to
S7Ih, Central Leather of 2I2 to IS, United
states Rubber of rs to HIS, American
Locomotive of to 1914, Studebaker
of ~ to 1917, Marine common of rs
to 36is Marine preferred of 27s to 80.
International Corporation of 19s to 1914,
Texas and Pacific yielded l to AA,
Southern Pacific IA to l00la, ST, Paul ~
TO IS, Union Pacific 23s to 10.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-03-28
SUGGESTS BLOCKADE
ON RUSSIAN VERMIN
Dutch Correspondent Finds
Conditions Terrible.

THE HAGUE, March IA blockade
against Russian vcrmin is suggested In
the place OF commercial blockade by
tho correspondent OF the Amsterdam
HdndolsbIad, who has recently visited
Soviet Russia. After telling of some
experiences OF his own with various
varieties Of the pests In II Russian
dwelling, the correspondent says:
II had with me soap which the other
occupants OF this particular cottage
looked upon with envy. The family
had not even seen soap for n year. |
was told that In the Red army, at least
~ the Polish front, no measures We're
taken against vcrmln at all. The off,
GERS and men had become used to them
long ago, and every one who was sub
joct to the typhus had died OF II al
ready.
1T is not only Bolshevlsm which has
been lurking In the East, but also all
that which has been tine result OF dirt
and disease. Strategic frontiers are not
sanitary ones. The Germans have in
vain tried to protect their country. Com
ing into Germany one Is required to
show q certificate that he had been de-
loused. But one could buy these GER
tIhcates for two marks at the frontier
il one did not like to have himself
cleaned.
And now cholera, plague and small
poX are threatening Could all the ma
tions not give their resources to estab-
lish gigantic hygienic circle about this
tremendous new Balkans into which n
great part OF Europe and Asia has al
ready been Changed?'