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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29

On his next birthday, had he lived un-
of age. That his later years were
well employed is attested by many
friends who have had the privilege
of knowing him during his life in this
community. A feature very unusual
in such a prolonged life is that the
wife cf his youth, with whom he had
lived most happily for more than sixty
five years, survives him. To them
were born ten sons and daughters, all
but one of whom survive, eighteen
grandchildren and four great-grand-
children.
Mr.. Staven was born December II,
1880, at Lillihaven, Norway At the
age of 20 he left his birthplace for
Throndhjam, and from there went TO
Helgoland, where he was employed in
fishing for three years, after which he
met Serianna Peterson, who became
his wife November 18, 1854. He con-
tinued to follow sea fishing until 1860,
in which year he came to America
with his wife and two children. The
journey to America was made in n
sailing vessel and they landed at Que
bee, Canada and reached Wisconsin
in October of the same year. There
he located on a homestead and as
soon as possible became the truly loyal
citizen he ever after was. In 1854 he
/ enlisted in the Union army and served
until the close of the war under Sher-
man, participating in the famous
March to the Sea" In 1878 he came
with his family to Brookings county
and took a ire claim in Medary town
ship, on which he lived until in 1902.
when he and his good wife came to
this city in order to more comfortably
spend their later years with their
daughter and her husband, Mr.. and
Mrs Ole Eikum, in whose home death
came to the age-worn father.
Of his immediate family Mr. Staven
is survived by his aged wife, four
daughters, Mrs. w. H. Harris Of Les
lie, Mich; Mrs. G. T. Boyer, Glen
WOou, Mlnn, MIS-. 1. w. byuudhi anu
Mrs Ole Eikum, Brookings, and by
/ five sons, John p. Staven, Browns Val
ley, Mimi; Peter o. Staven, Sisseton;
Martin Staven, Brookings; Melvin
Staven, Britton, and Emil o. Staven,
San Francisco, Cal. One son, Lewis
! C. Staven, died ten years ago.
/ Mr.. Staven was one of the charter
members of the local Lutheran church.
He was also a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic. The funeral
services will be from the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Ole Eikum Friday afternoon
at 100 o'clock and from the Lutheran
church at 200 o'clock, conducted by
the pastor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29
"YE pEEsTREEcT sKEWL"

"Ye Deestreect Skewl," as pre-
sented Tuesday evening at the Grand
opera house, Under the management
OF Mrs. NJ. E. VanLaningham, scored
a very satisfactory success. An audi
ence that filed the house witnessed
the production and gave good evidence
of its appreciation by vigorous ap-
plause and numerous encores. Mrs.
VanLaningham, who Is teaching pub
lie speaking in this city. has good rea-
son TO be pleased with her success
in staging such program. and the
large number of ordinarily staid and
sensible women and business men who
did their part In rendering such pro-
gram so WELL and in doing this con-
tributed to the G.. A. r. funds, merit
praise for their generosity as well
as for their performance on the stage.
A number Of specialties that were very
good added much to the interest of
the program.
1t is not possible here TO mention
individually all who did their respec-
tive parts especially well, but few
that seemed to particularly catch the
fancy OF the audience may be men
toned without any disparagement of
others. The contortion act by Leland
Cornell scored hit The singing
OF Mines. o. S. Caldwell, w. H. Leighty
and Bertha Lein was another good
number. Mrs. S. w. Heintz, with her
mouth harp and Norwegian song
pleased all. Mrs. Herman Hauff as
the giggling pupil and Miss Elsie Bart
lett as the one who cried, received q
geenrous share of the applause w
III. Murphy as member of the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29
THINK THEY ARE ROBBED

Continued from Page H.
and to the manipulations Of the Lou 81.
ana producers. Possibly they are right
in the adpotion OF these long distance
explanations. And then, again. posi-
by the dividend sheets OF the sugar
trust and the independent" Messrs.
Spreckels as we'll. will eventually
record the same old tale of a sue
cessfully manipulated market and a
successfully manipulated public. u
would not be surprising.
Attorney General Palmer In adj
dressing a great gathering in Washing
ton recently. said that his people had
all been Quakers. since the time OF
William Penn !; ~ that In the world
war every maje nnember Of his family
Of military ~, Ind answered the call
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29
STATE COLLEGE ITEMS

The varsity basketball team Of the
South Dakota State college will play
Sioux Falls college in the armory, Fri
day evening, at 7:45, sharp. Sioux
Falls college has fast team and have
beat Yankton.
Charles Gilbert, was weekend Wis
itor around the city and college. Mr.
Gilbert graduated from State college
in 1918.
The Junior Prom, largest and best
dancing event of the year will take
place Saturday, February IA. An out
of town orchestra will play.
The diners at Wecota Hall last Sun.
day were delighted by music from the
college symphony orchestra under
Professor Christensen. The guests
were President and Mrs Johnson and
Misses Hjertass, Cushing and Cach
A pick up basketball team went to
Lake Preston last Saturday to play the
town team which lost to the varsity
team before Christmas. The game
ended in defeat for the local wild
cats" Everybody starred.
The Aggies of State college carried
on their past performances Saturday
afternoon by defeating Iroquois high
school S1-14 The game was very
clean and fast.
State college students enrolled in
the department of public speaking gave
four-mnute speeches at the local
movie houses last week in the inter-
est of the Thrift Week. At the Fad
talks were given by Messrs. Dalthorp,
Hanson and Reeden: at the Pleasant
Hour Messrs Void, Cram and Hall
gave poppy speeches.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29

school board, looked and acted so well
the part Of the oldtima farmer school
director" that the reporter, to whom
the actors were not known person
ally, is not yet quite sure whether mis-
makeup and acting were natural or ar
tificial. All the others must be here
disposed of by saying, they were all
good.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29
HENRY LEE IN TROUBLE
(Continued from Page H.

Continued from Page H.
found her last Friday. The girl appal-
emily was glad to get home.
"The man Salladay, whose name was
made to read Halliday In kilograms
received here Friday, is in no way I'm
plicated in the case. O1icer Miller said
this morning. Alma Mulhollan was
employed on the Salladay ranch near
Colorado Springs and Safladay and she
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29
NEARLY NINETY YEARS OLD

Ole e. Staven, whose death oc-
CURED Tuesday afternoon. was not
only one of this county's pioneer citi-
Gems but was also one OF the oldest.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-29

The Register has put in q supply OF
the and 2 inch tape for the machines
recently sold to merchants
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
Indian Dances
Please the Audience

Ono Of the most appealing and
distinctive entertainments given by
juniors for several years was that
given by the girls of the Tatohe-
kiya Campfire in the high school
auditorium Friday night, April 80.
The audience, though small, was
very appreciative. The dances and
songs and drills well portrayed the
idea of primitive beauty which we
associate with the life of the early
American Indians. The costumes
were suited to the idea which was
to be presented, and in the last
number of the program THE Call.
ing of the Flowers" the girls in
their dresses of crepe paper which
they made themselves, looked like
flowers, indeed. Elizabeth Price
represented a little girl who came
out to call the flowers from be-
meath the ground. Her dress was
white, trimmed with pink rose
buds. Groups of girls represented
the flowers, violets, roses, daisies.
that sprung up gayly at her call.
THE Moon Swings Low" a. recent
Indian song by Cadman, was sung
by Mrs. Fred Bartel. Mrs. Logan's
flute calls were very much like the
instrument they represented, and
the burlesque Indian drill given by
the girls gave touch of comedy
to the evenings entertainment.
Bouquets of roses were given by
the girls to Miss Reese and Miss
Elizabeth Kolp. under whose active
help and encouragement the affair
was develOped./ The sum of $23
was realized from the entertain
ment. Wilma Sudhoff announced
the numbers of the program. Mary
Sprong was leader in the number,
THE Life OF the Corn" Lucille
Spears charmed the audience with
solo Indian dance. The leaders
in the last three dances of The
Life of the Corn" were Dorothy
Chuchell, Mary Frances Churchell,
Bernona Mohler, Helen Reese,
Elizabeth Price, Clara Huber and
Irene Bishop.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08

his death was false and that he
was still alive, but in hiding. So
what are we to think?
Several mobiles and rulers who
fled from their homes during war
times are being discovered now
from time to time, alive and safe.
Perhaps some others who are re-
ported dead, will be found to be
alive some day. in some part Of
the world. There is the same I'M
certainty about the death OF Lord
Kitchener Of England that there
is about the death Of the Car. II
the Car is living 1t Is not gener-
ally known where he is. Aunt
Polly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
The Fine Children

My niece Nova and Velma Gully,
of Winchester and Lorene Bennett
visited Alvina and me Sunday,
April the 18th. We went out for
picnic and took our dinner We
had bananas, cake and many other
good things. We ate our dinner and
went to the creek and gathered
pussy willows. l enjoy Spring.
Friday was the last day of my
school. I was promoted to the
fourth. Miss Bernice Conner was
my teacher. Mrs. J. C. Burgess
was our principal. We had a fine
school.-Vera Gully, M0doc School,
Modoc, Indiana.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
Sometimes We Satp
Our Fingers

Our woodwork room is in the
basement of Starr school. We have
a splendid class of about twenty
boys. Work comes every Wednes-
day afternoon and we have an hour
to work. In that time we can do a
good bit of work.
Our teachers name is Miss Bull.
We all like her and think she is a
fine woodwork teacher
The last thing we made was a let
ter rack. We paid eight cents for
the wood and all the rest Of the
things it took to make it.
We have learned great many
things in woodwork. have note
book that / keep my important
notes about sandpaper, all kinds OF
woods and stains. Our teacher
has taught us many important
things ABOUT wood and how to
plane across the grain and how to
file the soft and the hard woods.
Sometimes we hit our fingers in
stead of the nail and saw our hands
instead of the wood. but it doesn't
hurt much.-Raymond Stuart, GA
grade, Starr Platoon School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
WOODWORK AT STARR
PLATOON ScLOOL

am always glad when Wednes,
day afternoon comes, because we
have woodwork. We only have an
hour to work, and we do ds much as
we can because we will finish much
quicker We finished our letter
rack, and are going to make a
broom holder. We have a foreman
at each table. The foreman is to
get out the tools and our work.
Our teachers name is Miss Bull
Charles Goehner, GA grade, Starr
school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
RIDDLES

l. What should a clergyman
preach about? Ruth Smith, grade
5, White school.
2. Name word Of five letters Of
which when you take away two let
tiers only one remains? r. S.
8. How many sticks go to the
building of a crows nest?-R. S.
4. Names Of different kinds Of
fruit mixed up: alpep, pache, umpl,
AMANDA, brerybclak, hceryr, carp.
Betty Jane Holt, age 10.
5. What has lots OF eyes and
cannot see; a tongue and cannot
talk?-B. J. H.
6. Why can not elephants go Wis
iting Ethel Cox, grade ga, Vale
school.
ANSWERS will be published next
Saturday,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
A GREAT UNWANTED

A group of girls were taking tea
in a back yard when a rag man
passed. He hallowed: "Old rags,
oldiron, old brass!" and then going
down the street a little ways, COM
menced to hallow: "Old tin, old
bones" The prettiest' girl of the
group spoke up, Girls, he wants
everything old, but old maids. -
Chester Collins.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
Spring

| see the trees with bright green
leaves,
And the pretty flowers with per-
fume sweet.
! see the robin in the tree,
Such pretty songs he sings to me.
Vivian Simmonds, Alb grade, Bax-
ter school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
BEST o. THE YEAR

It IS Spring at last and it brings US
good cheer;
If know right 1t is the best time of
the year.
Flower come out all day long,
And the birds sing their very best
song, - Keith Pegg, "A,
Baxter school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
QUERY CORNER

The editor will try to answer
questions readers of the Junior
submit to her. She will not
promise to answer all of them.
Tho questions will be answered
In rotation, SO do not expect the
answer to be printed in the
same week in which you send
II In.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08

Aunt Polly: Are you a republi-
clan or democrat? G. c.
Dear c. c.: You must be a DEM
ocrat because you spell that word
all right and the other word looks
rather strange. How can just a
plain aunt be either when we are
no. allowed to vote yet? That
question is a hard one to decide,
and a person joining party should
find out the planks of the platforms
of the different parties and decide
after he has studied those. BY
"planks of a party's PLATFORM" We
mean the things for which that
party stands-the policies 1t holds,
the reforms 1t wishes to accom-
plish, the ideals Of which it
dreams. Many Of the planks Of the
existing parties are old and the
platforms are in need Of remodel
ing. 1t seems to me now, green as
am in the world of politics that
would not stick to any certain
party II from all l could learn, l
bought the man best fitted for the
place was in another party. So l
guess many people would say l
vas plain "Mugwamp"-- Aunt
Polly.
Dear Aunt Polly: When will
Germany ever get settled? |. c.
Dear l. c.: When will any
country ever get settled? 1t
doesn't seem to be the style for ma
ions to be settled these days. But
have heard it is well not to be
100 settled and that it is the salts
led men who hold down street cor
ners-that is they do not seem to
want to grow into something bet.
er-so perhaps it is possible for
, nation to become too settled for
Is best growth. However l think
little more settling" in Germany
md many other countries would
,e for the benefit Of the countries.
.den cannot be putting out products
hat the world needs, or invent
ng new-machinery to save labor,
r making some new discovery that
will make them famous and help
he world, If they have to spend
heir days patrolling the streets,
rying to make the lives of the
,eople safe and to keep order. Can
hey?-Aunt Polly.
Dear Aunt Polly: Where is the
ate Gar of Russia? Me.
Dear Mel must say about the
Ear as the we'll known song says
{ the one who was hunting his
.og: Where, oh where can he
,e?" We heard he was alive and
- ,ad fled into Siberia, then we
,eard he was dead and read all
bout his death and the next thing
re heard was that the report of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
It's Spring.!

Spring is here at last,
For Winter Is tired.
So Spring is up to her task,
And is here to be admired.
The flowers spring up every
where,
The birds are always singing.
The bees buzz with never a
care,
And the children are happily
swinging.
Naomi Osborn, "A grade, Baxter
School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
SIX BRIDES

Six brides in a tree,
Neither one like you or me;
There they go way up high
Till they nearly reach the sky.
Mary Louise Snavely, "A grade,
Baxter School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
The Red Bird

Oh, Red Bird dear!
Do you hear?
Your song is sweet,
With your pretty tweet, tweet.
Maurice Bortner, "A grade, Bax-
ter school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
RIDDLES,

1. Potato.-Marian Hodgin.
2. Tomato.
3. The tanning trade.
4. A mouse.
S. He gets wet.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08

little children Of Admiral
ician President Wilson, did much
months of
had daily the White House
about the grounds often under the president
The Ordway new era., 1920-05-07
CHILDREN'S SONG FEST
ATTRACTED BIG AUDIENCE

Children's Week has been very
successful one in most every respect
and the children evidently enjoyed
the recognition their elders gave
them. The big event was last Sun
day afternoon when the children OF
the various Sunday schools marched
to the school auditorium where
song-fest took place-and the chill
dr en- did the singing. They had look
ed forward for several days to the
event and their hearts were in the
work.
The stage of the auditorium was
filled each time the classes of the
various ages appeared and their
voices carried out to the extent that
they made the members of the large
audience know that there was sing
ing being done.
The Ordway new era., 1920-05-07
SOME GOING

George Riley has leased his resi-
dence and will leave in June for Calf
ornia where he will visit for sever
al months and incidently busy himself
with that which his hands find to
do" He is going to drive thru with
his family and his standby, the Ford
will haul them. George believes that
despite the fact that his Ford has run
over 135,Oo0 miles it is good for five
times around the world, and to ne
gotiate that distance person would
have to drive, going at the rate of 90
miles an hour. 2S1 days without stop
ping.
Riley knows his Ford is new en-
ought to make the trip and back sever
al times because, as he stated, DIR. e.
o. McCleary had a Ford which he
drove over 225,00O miles. Going at
the rate OF 20 miles an hour he would
have consumed more than one year of
steady driving. day and night-in
fact 1t would have required day and
night for 46S days to make the 225.-
900 miles.
The Ordway new era., 1920-05-07

the taxpayer, and he is the voter.
Some times people are heard to say
that they do not have anything to do
with politics because it is SO "rotton"
II that is the case 1t is up to the peo-
pie to get In and clean it up. Politics,
like anything else, is just what the
people in charge make 1t. If politics
is dominated in every state by the
very best element Of the people then
politics will be different game, and
it is a patriotic duty of every per-
son to affiliate with some political
party. No person should allow an cleo
tion to go by without voting. So get
in the game, and help select the men
who are to govern our affairs.
The Ordway new era., 1920-05-07
S. Is. A. MEMBERS
ELECT NATIONAL DELEGATES

At the annual district convention
held in Rocky Ford last week of the
Security Benefit association George w.
Duffy, of Lamar. was elected one
of the delegates to the national con-
vention. The other two delegates are
II. T. Young of Pueblo, and w. j.
Mccullough of Grand Junction. The
alternates are Mrs. Albert Campbell
of Florence. Mrs. Mary F. Irwin of
Leadvile and Mrs. Matt Edwards of
Victor.
The delegates Ito the convention
were as follows: Mrs. Callie Llewell-
yn of Trinidad, Milton L. Pelta of
Cripple Creek. II E. Young of Pue-
bio, Mrs. Matt Edwards of Victor,
Mrs. e. Peoples of La Junta, Mrs.
Minnie Adkins of Alamosa, Mrs. Kath
crime Fagen of Salida, E II. Phillips
of Del Norte. Ralph Riggs, Ordway
Mrs. Emily Koh1s of Fruita, f. l..
Robb of Rocky Ford, G. w. Duffy of
Lamar A. r. Davis OF Pueblo, Mrs.
Alberta Campbell c, Florence, Mrs.
Mary Irwin of Leadville, Mrs. Mary
Howell of Grand Junction, Mrs. Grace
Daniels of Telluride.
The delegates were well entertain
ed by the Rocky Ford lodge and peo-
pie there in general. There was quite
a large number of the Ordway peo-
pie in attendance and they all had
good time.
The Ordway new era., 1920-05-07
Road Meeting
Next Monday


: The annual convention of the
F.: Kansas Colorado boulevard aaso"
{: citation will be held in Tribune
: Kansas, on Monday of next week,
: May 10. The meeting was post
/: poned month on account of the ::
{: extremely bad weather during
{: the first part of April.
/: 1t is quite kksly that good
{: sized delegation will go to Tri !:
/: bune, as people in the towns a
+: long this highway realize that ::
/: there are hundreds of tourists ::
/: who can be induced to make their
!: trips into Colorado by this route.
Travel over the Kansas-C Colorado
boulevard has been on the increase
during the past three or four years
and last season there were enough
tourists who came this way or went
back over this line. to make very
good showing. Every day cars were
seen passing here either on their way
to the mountains or on their return
home. This year the number will be
greatly increased. Already tourists
cars are passing thru, three care hav-
been noted in one day last week.
The advantages gained by this
travel are worth considering. They
bring money into this community, and
their visits advertise the town for no
tourist will pass thru Crowley county
without saying something good when
he is away-he cannot say anything
else.
These conventions take time but
then they result in something good
and II towns. along this highway ex-
pect to get ard hold the tourist trav-
ell they will have to give it some at
The Ordway new era., 1920-05-07
Sugar City Is
To Celebrate
10th Birthday

Sugar City is to celebrate her
twentieth birthday next week. May
12. The celebration committee in
charge has arranged big full day
program for the occasion and 1t is
quite likely that the affair will be
something worth while.
There are to be some speakers there
to entertain and tell about early days
and that will be interesting. There
will be games, races, wild west stunts
and the like to entertain, one of the
events is to be ba1r game-apd ball
games are always good.
But the real attraction of the day
will be areoplane flying at different
times during the day.
The starting of Sugar City was the
beginning of a new era for this sec
ton of the country. 1t was born into
the world because of the sugar fac
tory going in and simultaneous to the
starting of building operations on the
factory operations started the build
ing of town. and soon there was n
city of considerable size.
The place grew fast for several
months until a town was there suf-
ficiently large to take care of the bus
/ mess of the community, and all lines
OF business were represented. Among
the very first things of course was a
newspaper. a bank, and with the other
industrial and mercantile lines Sugar
city was known all over the middle
west.
I 1t is now twenty years old and the
people of the town propose to celebr-
ate. and no doubt there will be and
should be. those all over the country
who will celebrate with them.