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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-13

James Johnson, expense engi-
neer's office ... 7.S4
A. J. Willis, expense engineers
office ......... 6.63
Joy Morton, work in engineers
office ........... $50
w. A. Beach Printing Co., rec
ords and supplies ....... 1O5.31
Capital Supply Co, school
books ................... 10000
Ethel Canfeld, work in county
superintendent office ..... $500
Int. National Harvester Co.,
supplies for Co. Supt.. 1850
Gilbert Mfg. Co, road scrapers 5000
J. p. Soderstrom, expense Sioux
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-13

II. T. -Waymire, road work 80. 31.S6
Roy Myman, road work. .. SIS
Keuffel 4 Esser Co, supplies
for highway engineer ... $3.50
Pettner & Gordon, road work. 1928
T. S Carver road work w 500
o. S. Caldwell road work ... 1890
o. S. Caldwell, road work. -. $3.50
c. c. Marshman, surveying. . 1880
Pettner & Godron, road work. $500
". W. Levitt. road work... 1140
W. w. Levitt, bridge work. ... 500
H c. Halyorson, road work So. 80
A. Richardson, road work. k.. 1120
A. J. Willis. freight. ....... 1864
Frank Ross, road work ....... 1890
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-13

river ditch ....... 25.10
Stockland Roard Mach. Co, re-
pairs for graders ........'.. 1921
C. II. Davis, freight. ...... 2.91
Northwestern Sanitary Supply
Co supplies .......... $50
Geo. p. Sexauer, coal for county 14.29
James Foster, wolf bounty. y..... 1900
F. w. Anderson, serving papers Lob
Standard Oil Co., oil and grease 69.21
Dakota Deaconess Hospital,
care of Mrs. Mathis to May 10000
J. E. Dricken, posting primary
notices ..... 200
Far. Coop. Co., mdse. for Co
Continued on Page 9-COl. y
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-13
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS

NSW vi oolONGHo FnOSEGIiNSo
Adjourned session of the board OF
county commissioners, May 4, 1920.
The board Of county commissioners
of Brookings county, S. D., met in ad-
journed session at 200 o'clock p. m,
on Tuesday. May 4, 1920
Members of the board present were
II. c. Halvorson, chairman; c. H.
Davis, Thos. Kidman. r. 0. Tollefson,
A. Il. Bunday.
The board was called 10 order by
the chairman.
This being the time as advertised
for opening bids for the construction
of eleven bridges, and bids having
been received from the following con
tractors: The Iowa Bridge Co, The
Gillis-King Co, Pittsburgh-Des Mines
steel Co., the Pichus Bridge Co.
The bridges to be constructed TO be
of the following spans: Three 16-foot
spans, one 3O-foot span, four 4O-foot
spans, two 5O-foot spans, one 60-foot
span.
The bid of the PntsburgDes
Moines Steel co. being $63 10000
Gillis-King Co. ............. 1922 90
Iowa Bridge Co. ......:..... 59,974.O0
The Pickus Bridge Co. making bid
on only seven Of the above bridges
j. +. Kirkham, bridge engineer Of
the State Highway department, being
present at the opening OF bids, and the
bids having been checked up by Mr.
Kirkham of the State Highway de
partment, and Mr.. Willis, Of the Coun-
ty Highway department, and their re-
port having been made to the county
board, it was moved and seconded that
the bid of the Iowa Bridge Co be ac.
cepted, their BID being considered the
lowest and best bid.
The roll being called, all members
of the board voting aye, the motion
was declared carried.
The board on motion adjourned to
900 O'Clock a. m, Wednesday, May
5, 1920.
The board met as per adjournment,
all members being present.
The board adjourned as a board OF
county commissioners, and recon I
yened as a drainage board.
J. p. Soderstrom, engineer appointed /
TO make the survey Of the Sioux river
drainage project as petitioned for. sub ;
mitted his report for the consideration .
of the board and after thoroughly go /
ing over the project with the eng /
neer, the following resolution was in
troduced. and passed, the members
all voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION
Be il Resolved by the Board of .
County Commissioners of Brookings F.
County. South Dakota:
WHEREAS. J. +. Soderstrom, engi- |
neer. has made report on Sioux River
Ditch No 2, and said report in writ |
ing has been filed and the Board Of
County Commissioners having made
personal inspection of the route OF .
the said ditch;
BE IT RESOLVED That the exact .
line of the main ditch or drain. speci- .
fed in the petition filed shall be as
follows:
Beginning at the eastermost point .
in bend in the Sioux river, four hun
dred and thirty (430) feet north Of
the south line Of Section /, Township
110, Range 81, and running thence:
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TO terminal at westerly bend in The
Sioux river approximately the center
Of Section IS, Township 1O9, Range
so, and the exact line of lateral or sub
sidiary ditch or drain specified in the
petition shall be as follows: Begin
ming at the northeast corner of south
east quarter of Section 81, in Town
ship Ill, Range 80, and running
thence,
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
Building Up Men

The address of Governor Coolidge
at the commencement Of the Univer-
sity Of Vermont confirms the i'm
preston that no mistake was made
when the Chicago convention named
him as one Of its standard bearers.
There are both depth and precision
in the discourse Of Governor Cool
idge. He feels his convictions and
he thinks clearly. He has character
and at the same time mental vigor.
Surely worthy son of New Eng
land has arisen to understand and
carry on under the new conditions
her great work.
The theme of the Governor was an
old one. He did not present himself
as a proclaimer of any new doctrine.
He is for the old Americanism hon.
estly and sincerely applied. Its GEN.
tral thought is service. Selfish in
terests, no matter what their source,
cannot be allowed to interfere with
progress. The supreme allegiance OF
our citizenship must be single-must
run to all Of us organized into a
mutually helpful political state. A
heavier responsibility is laid on the
individual citizen than ever before
because he knows more and his
spirit is more to rely on himself.
But this responsibility has its perils.
If the power now with the masses is
misused they will feel consequences
more gravely than in the days when
politics was the avocation of ruling
class and the great forces of society
silently flowed on underneath with
out disturbance. The times need
mass education and power of mass
self-control beyond anything known
in the past.
"Preachy stuff" some may say.
But what is required is preachy stuff
whose truth is checked against the
facts of everyday life.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
Coming to Wall Street

A tradition Of American politics
is that it is not safe for political
party to come to Wall Street for it's
candidate. The myth has been
spread that the financial district is
a den of artful thieves. A prejudice
against it has been fostered for
many years.
The effort to nominate Mr.. Nc
Adoo is in contempt Of this assump-
ton. AS such it is welcome. We
have foolishly denied ourselves the
service Of leaders Of finance who
have so large a part in the leader
ship of business and industry. Wall
Street is like the remainder of the
country, populated by good ones and
bad ones. It's standards Of private
and public morality are up to the
average, perhaps above it. 1t should
be allowed to help.
Mr.. McAdoo is a characteristic
product of the Street. He arrived
from Tennessee some twenty years
ago to become a promoter. He
furthered project whose success he
knew would be a good thing for the
public, and which he hoped would
be good thing for his own pocket
book. Floating about was an un-
used franchise for a tunnel under
the Hudson. Why not try to do on
a small scale what Hartman had
done on a large scale with respect
to the bankrupt Union Pacific?
Mr.. McAdoo, an excellent sales
man, succeeded in interesting in
vestment bankers. The work was
started. But financial results were
not pleasing to the first investors
promoters are temperamentally op-
timistic), and in the end the house
of Morgan came to the rescue. The
donkey, who has been exercising its
heels against Morganism, will surely
present an interesting spectacle as it
trots with Mr.. McAdoo as chauffeur.
Unless Mr.. Bryan is we'll coopered
he is likely to explode.
The McAdoo nomination would in
sure against the injection of an anti
Wall Street argument into the cam
paign. Mr.. McAdoo has shown him
self nimble and willing to make
demagogic appeals (witness his mis-
leading attack on the coal operators
some months ago), but he would
probably shrink from presenting
himself as a beanstalk climber who
was hungry for the head of the
Money Power giant.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
Picking and Choosing

The Republican national platform
Of 1916, which Chairman Cummings
has praised, declared for a world
court "for the pacific settlement of
international disputes"
The Senatorial "round robin"
which Mr.. Cummings condemns de-
clared that i rs the "sincere de-
sire" Of the sig ~ that "the nations
of the world should unite to promote
peace and general disarmament.
The two utterances are substan-
TALLY alike, and third to the same
effect is the Republican platform of
1920. Mr.. Cummings is not able to
praise the words of 1916 and at the
same time denounce those of 1919
and 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
Mind the Paint!

At l~~t some one has appeared to
declare war on the excessive use of
powder and paint. The state super
intendent of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union announces that
the time has come for women to
wash off the cosmetics and return to
nature.
The male Of the human species
long ago discovered it was unneces-
sary for him to attire himself in CAV
colors, knee breeches and powdered
wig to attract the attention of the
opposite sex. The female Of the spe-
cies, however, still believes that per-
sona1 adornment is the important
thing. Up to certain point, of
course, she is right. Men like good
looks, but, as matter of fact, men
prefer not to know how results are
attained.
But there is little beauty in the
powder puff and the rouge pot, and
neither is there mystery. Powder
that is more than visible and paint
that garishly proclaims itself can
add nothing to charm. A Distress
ing phase of the matter is that the
worst offenders are those who need
no artificial aids to beauty. The
woman who seeks to gain the ap-
pearance Of youth may be excused,
perhaps; but the girl who hides her
youthful skin with layers of tale de-
serves only pity. She will need
thicker paint and heavier powder a
few years from now.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
That Frenzied Ovation

Just how fervently did the San
Francisco convention seethe in the
great Woodrow Wilson demonstra-
tion Of Monday? Well, you can be-
lleve almost anything you want to
about it. There were observers
present who reported every con-
celvable degree of ovational tempera-
ture. At a boiling heat, proudly alone
IN Its torridity, was, of course, "The
World," whose headlines Kissed and
bubbled: "Great Waves Of Wilson
Fervor Sweep Convention"
A few degrees lower down came
"The Times" with democrats Wild
ly Acclaim Wilson,"
1t is long drop from these faith
full Democratic souls to the mildly
Democratic Evening Post" Its ex-
pert observer, Mr.. Mark Sullivan,
had high praise for the Cummings
speech; but of the Wilson picture
and the spotlight and the twenty
one-minute demonstration, the best
he could say was this:
1.-THE strict fact is that the demon.
stration did not get under way very
spontaneously. 1t was stimulated bv
the band playing Over There The
Long, Long Trail and other euphonic
accelcrations of emotion. Also. MANY
members OF the national commit
tee' seated on the platform, did what
they could by leading the audience.
notably woman member from Okla-
homa, who made use of a white
handkerchief to call the audience TN.
But it seemed to your CORE.
spondent that. however the audience
may have cheered, tho bulk of tho
delegates remained unresponsive. It
was long time before there began
that march Of the delegates, led by
their state standards, which is
feature OF all national conventions 4"
we are not quite sure where to
classify our own Haywood Broun.
he IS not Democrat; but he is
even less Republican. Perhaps he
is fighting neutral, if there is such
a thing. And Mr.. Broun goes a
shade further than Mr.. Sullivan in
his account Of the frenzied ovation:
Tho Democratic National Conyen-
ton chcercd President Wilson from
1894 until 1855 o'clock this after
noon. 1t was distinctly dutifs4
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
never got very strong. The galleries

never got very strong. The galleries
had no part in it.
eve are not Wilson partisan, al
though we regard him as a great
tragic figure; but we are stating cold
truth when we assert that of all the
perfunctory demonstrations in a con-
vention within our experience this
was the least animated by sincerity.
Nor are we forgetting that we once
heard Senator Sherman cheered for
ffty-six minutes"
1t is sad that Democratic truth
can be so elusive. Young Mr.. Broun
writes of "the cold truth" We
shiver at the thought. We we're
deeply moved by Mr.. Cummings's
heart throbs, for instance. Can it
be that they, too, are subject to a
discount ranging from so to 100 per
cent? The idea is unbearable. If
the heart Of the world had not long
ago been broken to bits we should
guess that we again heard it crack
ing under the strain Of Democracy
rampant.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
4 Call to Laymen
4 Young Clergyman Asks for Con-
structivc Suggestions

To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May I appeal to you, also to the
two gentlemen (Mr Talbot and Mr..
Arthur N. Hosking) who wrote the re-
cent articles "Why the Church Fails"
to give the public a concrete example of
what would be termed q timely and con-
structive sermon outline?
Please note that there is not the
slightest trace of sarcasm in my request.
l am young clergyman of not more
than six years. experience as a pastor.
l am we'll aware of the fact that the
Church is not reaching the people. Mr..
Hosking states that "educaton and it's
broadening influences are responsible
for the change toward the Church"
Has the Church no appeal to the edu-
Gated? Has she lost her place in the
world? cannot believe that is the case,
but I do believe that the Church must
meet the times and present day prob
lens.
| admire The Tribune. I am proud
of its history l 60 with pride to my
door every morning the very first thing
to look for it. l think that no paper in
America has served her nation better
than has The New York Tribune. I be-
lieve in it for the future Could The
Tribune render greater service to
America than bringing the Church and
people together?
l believe this can be done We need
to understand each other. Would not a
number of brief sermon outlines from
thinking laymen, with some practical
suggestions as to how their friends and
companions could be reached, have the
good effect of bringing Church and peo-
pie together?
Don't knock, please. We have abun-
dance of that. Let us build together,
suggest. R. A. G..
New York, June 26, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
A Defense Of DR.. Wolfson
0 the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I was pupil in high school ff-
teen years ago under Dr. Wolfson, and
to read now any imputation of his
Americanism is painful.
To US boys he represented the virile.
Notwithstanding American. Our
admiration, esteem and respect for him
were unanimous. He is no pussyfooter.
and the characteristic of independence.
when one is in the employ of any
system, school, army or navy where "or-
ders is orders" stupid though they be
at times, is very apt to incur the dis
pleasure of the higher-ups
When DR.. Wolfson resigns from our
school system the loss will be distinct
one to the city. Thousands of grown-ups
who have felt his influence will suspect
there is something radically wrong with
system that cannot harbor as valuable
an asset as Dr.. Wolfson has been.
A. ORENSTETN. M. D.
New York, June 26, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
Books

Wallace Irwin may be a New Yorker
by address but he is still Californian
in tradition, ideals and viewpoint.
Suffering Husbands" (Doran) pur-
ports to be collectio'' of stories about
typical New Workers and typical mar
ried folk We aren't sure which class
is more untypical.
AS a spinner Of yarns Mr.. Irwin
is. as always, deft and amusing. As
an accurate observer of life about him
we have firm conviction that he's
only little less than complete
failure.
His stories arc as amusing as a
cracking good vaudeville show and
about rs substantial. They are un-
usually easy reading and will doubt
less be accepted by the unwedded
son as true to married life and New
York.
There is a thin wire Of satire run
ming through each Of the nine stories
that comprise the book. To any read
er Of "The Saturday Evening Post"
their tone will be familiar. Mr.. Irwin
seems to have struck a pay streak in
literature, somewhat higher than the
claim worked by Robert W. Chambers
and lower than the one staked out by
Julian Street.
He writes Of what is known as New
York society in "The Town Topics"
sense. His characters are not the sim
soiled demigods of Mr.. Chambers;
neither are they the flesh and blood
persons Of whom Mr.. Street writes
in his too few tales of married New
Workers.
There is no ground in the world for
contesting Mr.. Twins ability as a
handler of plot and dialogue and all
the implements Of his story telling.
There is every reason, we think, to
protest like a loyal Jersey-born New
Yorker against the indictment he draws
against much misunderstood city.
All of Mr.. Irwin's stories are Favored
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
An Old Hostility
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Manierre's letter in this
mornings issue deplores the "hostility
OF the renting public" and goes on to
list the improvements" necessary to
make tho landlords life happy one.
Whether the landlord secures all the
benefits Mr.. Manierre wishes does not
affect the fact that the "hostility" of
the public is a deep-seated sentiment
that has grown steadily for years.
1t is popular to talk thrift, and also
to cry how low are these rents the
landlords want; yet thrift" says ore
fourth OF ones income is reasonable
rent. The moderate middle class man
is ths average in any city, and it is
ne who provides the real profit for the
stores and landlords. How does the
landlord reconcile the one-fourth pro-
portion Of present incomes with The
prices he asks for his property?
The lists Of rooms and apartments
furnished that flood the newspapers
are clear indication to those who have
no fish to fry" that the shortage is
not what is represented. The real
shortage" is in the money or income
to pay the rents the landlords ask.
The large proportion of middle-class
people haven't got it, and the rich and
war babies" are not sufficient in num-
Der to supply the landlords hopes.
The recent rent bills are helping the
poorer people, but the middle-class
man cannot take the time to 20 to
court and cannot afford to incur the
landlords associations blackball on
his future leases. The hostility Of
tho public" Is duo to last some con-
siderable time.
A RooMER AT A RENTING FIGURE.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

cheney and indecision marked the
Administration and although it la
bored in vain to recover lost time,
the energy of the nation, despite the
Creels and the "New Republics" led
the President to some show of ear
nestness. But soon he relapscd again
into his "peace without victory"
ideas. He sought an armistice that
Germany would have wildly ap-
plauded, and when Foch wrote the
terms instead of himself he was
highly displeased. He did what he
could to have the world believe that
his Fourteen Points were the basis
of the Paris Conference, whereas
the basis was the Fourteen Points
as interpreted by the Foch armis-
tice.
Following the meeting at Paris the
President found himself fighting
with a baby in his arms-the cove
mainland to get acceptance of it
he traded. But whenever opportunity
offered he showed the same impervi-
business to the issues Of the war that
had marked his course throughout.
Only in a limited way is the Presi-
dent anxious for a better world or
ganization. He wants something
else mora.
One who was so long Indifferent to
world duties may scarcely be con-
sidered passionately devoted to meet
ing them now. His concern for the
covenant must spring from other
motives, such, for example, as an
egotistic desire to have his own ex-
act way. This deduction is strength
ened by the discovery that he is will
ing to defeat the covenant itself
rather than accept reservations
which our allies have indicated are
agreeable to them, and which have
been voted for by all the Republi-
cans Of the Senate and by majority
of the Senators Of the Presidents
own party.
We are not in the league because
President Wilson has willed it so.
His attitude is destructive and mega
tive. This being the case, to hold
him responsible is not evidence Of
either malignancy or Of partisanship.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
A Pointed Omission

In enumerating the states which
are out Of the League of Nations
Chairman Cummings conveniently
forgot Costa Rica. 1t wouldn't have
been tactful on his part to recall to
anybody's mind why Costa Rica is
out. This little republic didn't
elect to be a non-member Of the
league. She was excluded from it
by the arbitrary action Of our State
Department.
The Costa Ricans had the temer-
ity to engage in a revolution in con-
tempt Of an unnumbered Article x
Of an uncorlpleted Pan-American
treaty fathered by President Will
son and Secretary Lansing. This
article guaranteed the territorial in
tegrity and political independence Of
existing American nations and pro-
hlbited recognition Of governments
coming into power through domestic
revolution. 1t appeared later, slight
iy modified, in the league covenant.
The Pan-American treaty fell
through. But the Administration
undertook to enforce it's inchoate
Article x by issuing a State Depart
nent bylaw refusing recognition to
any benefciaries Of Latin-American
revolutions.
A revolutionary government came
IN in Costa Rica and was boycotted
by President Wilson. This govern.
nent was legitimatized by an cleo
ton. 1t became strongly anti-Ger-
man. Following our entry into the
war it broke off diplomatic relations
with Germany and subsequently de-
clared war against Germany. But
the United States government re-
fused TO recognize Costa Rica az an
ally. The fact OF her declaration Of
war was suppressed in our official
publications.. Mr.. Wilson insisted
that Costa Rica should be excluded
from the peace conference. She
wasn't even invited To join the
league ar q neutral. Yet at the time
Costa Eica declared var on Ger.
many our Ambassador tn France
kr0te1ap official letter Ia the renrs.