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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-06

quietly. "There are some things
won't stand, and If you anger me I'm
liable to make that fat head OF yours
look like plum pudding. The mon
eys tied up in speculation, If you want
to know. You have the choice of two
things: you can either take an equal
chance with me in the speculation, or
you can take my note for what l owe
you. Which do you want?"
Neither! !" exploded Quigg. 81
wouldn't give a cent for any specula-
ton you'd make, or for your note
either There's only one thing to do
with you. You've played me dirty,
low-down trick, and I'm coming back
the best way | can. You're going to
work for me two months longer, and
you're going to work for nothing. I'll
see that you have place to eat and
sleep, but | won't promise more. AT
the end of those two months you're
going to clear out Of my sight, and
Lord help you If ever see you again !"
"Gentleman to see you, suh," an
nounced the uniformed negro"
"What name?" growled Quigg.
Didn't give none, sub. Said he
wanted to see you about some Florida
orange groves"
Tell him I am very busy but will
see him In five minutes"
"Yes, suh." The negro touched his
cap and departed.
The moment the door closed Quigg,
keenly animated, swung round In his
revolving chair and spoke In quick
voice to his lieutenant: You're q
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-06

In ten minutes he reappeared. He was
completely metamorphOsed. Instead
of the smart morning coat, he now
wore a long tan "duster;" instead Of
the stylish derby hat, he wore a broad
brimmed yellow one; and he wore II
soft flannel shirt with attached col
lar, and rough trousers and dusty
shoes Under one arm he carried a
hOrSeWhip. In fine, he was q typical
ranCher, just arrived in Chicago with
a load of cattle and big wallet for
the thousald4oIlar bills. Even his
beard was magically changed: it was
tousled and all askew, and against
the "sunburn" on his face appeared to
he that of n man sadly in need of
shave rather than Of one recently
barbered.
A few minutes later he entered the
customers room of Quigg & Peevy.
Free and easily, as beftted one of
untrammeled life, he strode across the
floor toward Quics's private office,
with great, awkward movements Of
his Ion, BODY, tiicking his whip
against u;y t'ick trousers and pulling
like a tugboat at his evil cigar.
Ostensiby, Qulgg & Peevy were
brokers. In reality they were swim
dlers. A superficial observer, visiting
their offices, would have supposed
their customers to be La Sale street
SPECTATORS. A rigid investigator
would have discovered their only
patrons were victims Of the get-rich-
quick fever The chief business OF
Quigg & Peevy was the selling or
worthless stock. The rows of chairs
in the customers room" and their oc-
cupants, the rushing messenger boys,
the long blackboard and the phleg-
matte youth chalking cabalistic tig-
ures, the chatterng telegraph instru-
ment, operated automatically not
twenty feet away, were nothing more
than stage properties and players en-
ployed for the sole benefit of the SUCK
ers who made them possible.
And upon this opera bOuffe stage or
sham and hypocrisy struttcd Daniel
Fitzhugh. dreamer and actor. His
roles were many and varied, but ne
portrayed them all with unerring ac-
curacy-and. yes even art When ne
was Informed that 1t was time FOR an
other "entrance." he never knew, until
the messenger came with directions
what part he would be called upon to
enact. Now Ii was that OF west
ern millionaire. bluff ungrammatical.
breezy: again that of a French finan-
cier, suave, polite, tangling his Eng
lish: anon II was some great banker
from Liverpool frigid and precise.
Rut the character he most often pOr-
trayed was the Eastern capitalist"
Peevy was thin, pale man, OF n
dropping eye and pointed chin ana
was deeply attached to a small briar
ripe. His business was to "round up
the boobs and steer 'em in" Quigg.
aided by Fitzhugh, did the rest.
After the second week Fitzhugh be-
gan to conceive sinking dislike for
the knavery he was abetting. After
the third he began to hate II. Capa-
bilities were stirring within him
capabilities which told him he was
worth infinitely more than one hum
dred dollars a week. and that every
week he worked for that sum he was
throwing away money. 1t was near
the end Of the first month that he
asked his slippery employer for a hun
dred dollar weekly increase, He was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
HALF OF WOMEN IN
 VIRGINIA INDUSTRIES
 WORK 10 HOURS A DAY
By Associated Press

Washington, May 16-Near1y half the women in industry in Virginia work ten hours day and many women workers are employees under satisfac- tory sanitary conditions, the women's bureau of the department of labor found recently. in conducting a survey by request of Governor Westmoreland Davis. In making public it's findings today, the bureau recommended that women should not be required or per mitted to work more than eight hours in any one day, nor more than half cay on Saturday; be given half an hour for meals and be not employed between midnight and 6 a. m.
 Recommendations to improve sani- tary conditions were made, and it was suggested that one or more women be appointed in the bureau of labor and industrial statistics with full authority to investigate conditions and enforce the laws. Adequate inspectors to en- force the laws regulating conditions in industrial establishments also was rec ommended
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
Labor's Enemies Spending g With Reckless Abandon, Samuel GOmpers Charges
By Associated Press

Washington, May 16,-President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, discussing tonight problems concerning political and industrial well fare considered by the executive coun- cil declared money was being "ex- pended in inexcusable quantities by those who seek political office in the interests of the enemies of labor"
 In preparation for the federation convention at Montreal June ', Mr Gompers said the council had given particular consideration to matters of importance in connection with the na- tional non-partisan political league. Reports received from all parts of the country indicated, he said "a most satisfactory progress in the campaign to defeat the nemies of labor and to elect the friends of labor"
 Referring to alleged expenditures, Mr. Gompers declared i've can only meet dollars with determination. chi chanerN with character and falsehood with truth, which we shall do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
The Remarkable

Professor Blundergudgeon and his students were touring the Geological Gardens.
 And this" the professor explained, pointing to the pink elephant. lis the quadruped bi-tailus rougetis, found on the plains of India and in the African jungles.
 over here" and he pointed to the camel. The students crossed the road. over here is the specia bi-humpus Gcsert houndus. Only to be found on the great Sahara Desert"
 From cage to cage and garden to garden, the learned professor and his learning students went, he explaining, propounding, discussing the various an- inlals, their curious habits, peculiar h2unts and varied uses.
 Every two minutes a strange man, who was following them all, would try to get up to the professor and say something. But each time a new in- terest would attract the professor and his students
 It was when they were in the monkey garden and a monkey had grabbed the professors .spectacles when he was too near cage, that the strange man who was none other than Oddsen Ends our riddle fiend, found his chance Really" said the professor covering his confusion as the monkey put on his srectacles and looked somewhat like the professor himself
 R-really," continued the professor we have the most remarkable and un- doubtedly the largest collection includ- ing every known specie of beast here in the world!"
 T know funny one you haven't got' burst forth Oddsen Ends, edging up to the professor. "A Chinaman!"
 "A Chinaman?" asked the professor lnterestedly. Several students looked around for a policeman
 ane tail in thes anne place. Tee-hee"
 TWO minutes later Oddsen Ends sat up on the grass. Where am F" he asked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17

seed and plant garden and raise the family vegetables.
 have in that box a pint of succo- 1ash seeds, which the seed man ex- P4alned l could plant around the fence and train the vines up on, and the crop would be extremely decorative, as the succotash flowers are very fragrant and the little succotashes are red when they are immature, and very pretty.
 T also have some dill seed. We can plant them in bed along the walk, and then put some boxes of salt along the walk also, and the natural affinity of the dills for the salt will make the little dill tentacles reach out for the salt boxes, and when we are ready to harvest we wih find the little dills already in the salt boxes and our win ter dill pickles ready prepared for the picking.
 Next, have half pound of green corn. Most people foolishly select other coIors, but the green kind is prettier and it also produces a better quality of corn flakes, and when they bloom we can go out any morning and simply shake the bush and gather up enough corn flakes for breakfast
 Tn addition to this qualification the green corn grows on very strong bush and in every hill of green corn I can plant one lima bean and it will climb the corn tree and so save me the trou- rIe Of getting a pole for it to climb. | used the lima bean because it grows raster than the corn. Had I used an ordinary bean the corn bush would have grown faster and thus would have pulled the bean out of the ground by the roots. This shows thought on my part and is one of the phases of scien- tific gardening!
 Next l have some potato seed. will plant these in the same hill with the corn and beans and then in the fall when l pull up the corn bushes I will ai the same time uncover nest of po- tatoes and will thus save the trouble of having to dig them.
 q have few pumpkin plants, an ounce of yam seed, an onion cutting, some (marrowfat cuttings, some squash ara leek seeds. some pieplant and prune vines and few radishes and pickled beet bushes. Don't you think am well fixed?"
 Yes indeedw said Imogene enthusi- astically. Can have my candy now?"
 Your candy?" asked Andrew, frown- ing.
 Why, yes" she smiled Don't you think I know that's a box of candy? Of course, as you were good enough to bring the candy I was polite enough to wait till you were through about your canned peach trees, hard boiled egg plants and things"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
For the Good of
 the Community


 craft, such as is coming to the Warrior. was used
 The movement was so successful that it attracted national attention. Holland. writing Tn the Wall Street Journal, says: Recently there was excellent demonstra- ton of the value of the Mississippi river as commerce bearer A cargo loaded at St. Louis in steel barges was lowed safely and with excellent speed to New Orleans. This will be, followed by other slow freight service until at last the Mississippi will regain some of the commerce which she began to lose twenty five years ago." The difference between the Mississippi river and the Warrior is that river terni- nals of some kind exist at all Mississipni river points, while in the case of the War rlOr they are yet to be.
 At New Orleans there is the second port of the United States, made so by the S27,000,000 of state aid accorded it's de- velopment. These are many millions. but the investment has proven so re-
 
 of Louisiana one "blooming penny"
 In November Alabamians are to be asked to vote state aid for the port of Mobile that it may serve this state as New Orleans does Louisiana
 The state aid amendment does not carry an appropriation, but simply con- fers the right of future legislatures to lend such state aid to port development as con- dition of the treasury and the like from time to time shall justify.
 The road amendment received a we'll nigh unanimous vote. The people sensed the need of roads. The present awful car congestion should enable vivid sense of the need of inland waterways and ports.
 The government will match our road money dollar for dollar In the case of the Warrior alone the government has presented us with free gift S15, 100000 in the equalization fthe river.
 In voting state aid for the port Ala  edgement of what has been done for them gratis.
 Illinois, which has only one real river, has voted $20,000,000 of it's money for river development. Why? Because it wishes to place Chicago on the Mississippi via5 the Desplaines and Illinois. Why get on the Mississippi? In order to reach k New Orleans and the gulf S When Chicago completes her river de- velopment she will be able to ship mer- < chandise in barges down the Desplaines g and Illinois rivers to the Mississippi, thence to New Orleans, thence to Mobile and thence to Birmingport without shift of cargo. Birmingham can send return cargoes to Chicago over the same route. There are three sets of common car riers, the highways, the waterways and the railroads. Very incomplete is that .Ao41,a 4,.o-ox,o,,%o%;ox, cxyc+ov,o x1yhioh ic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
BurgessBedtimeS Stories
Introducing Seek-Seek
Fly THoRNTON W. BURGESS
There's nothing that I recollect Annoying as names bincorrect.

Striped Chipm1lk wa1hed 70 know who was Ground Squirrel if he was not, and old Mother Nature promptly informed him.
 Your cousin Seek-Seek the Sphermc- phile," said sine. He lives chiefly on the open plains of the west where there are no rocks or stones Often he is called Gopher Squirrel and sometimes just plain Gopher He is named Sphermophile be- cause that means seedcater, and he lives largely on seeds, especially on grain. Be- cause of this he does great deal of dam age and is much dislked by farmers.
 How big is Seek-Seek?" asked Striped Chipmunk eagerly, for he was greatly interested in this cousin he had never seen.
 m come to that presently" replied Old Mother Nature. But first l want you all to get it fixed in your minds that the members of Seek-Seeks fam fly are true Ground Squirrels. Please remember that they never should be called Gophers, for they are not Gophers There is a Gopher, true Gopher, and he is a different fellow altogether. When people get names wrong they certainly do make a lot of trouble in this world.
 Now, to answer your question, Striped Chipmunk. There are several members of Seek-Seeks family and they vary in size. One of the smallest is just about your size, and in a way looks something like you. He wears stripes just as you do, but has lot more of them and some of them are broken up Into little dots. He is called the Thirteen-Ened Spher- mophile-a big name for such little fellow Like you, he has pockets in his cheeks and he digs home in the ground quite similar to yours.
 "All the members of the family do this and all of them sleep through the Win ter. While all are great seed eaters they also eat a great many bugs and worms. Some of them, I am sorry to say, are guilty of killing and eating the young of birds that nest on the ground. Also young mice.
 'As I told you Seek-Seek's family vary much in size. Some are almost as big as Happy Jack, and, like him, wear gray coats. Out on the plains of the middle west is one commonly called Gray Gopher or just Gopher. But the biggest
 and the one which looks most like Happy Jack lives in the Far West and is called tle California Ground Squirrel; also the Digger Squirrel. He has big, bushy tail like Happy Jacks, and doesn't look like the rest of his family but like q Tree Squirrel. However, he is true Sphermophile.
 This particular member of the family
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
ESCAPED AN
 OPERATION
By Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Many
 Such Cases.

Cairo, In.-"Some time ago I got so bad with female trouble that thought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
Andrew and h12ogene Little Life Condolences in the Experience of Couple Phil osophic Though Married
 By FULKExSoN

"Oh, goodiei Goodie" exclaimed Imo- gene, dancing around Andrew. You have brought me a big box of candy, haven't you? I'll kiss you twice for thatr
 "Woman," said Andrew, q will ac- oept the dual caress, as it is but a just tribute to my sterling disposition, but I have nothing so frivolous as candy in that package.
 Please let it lie there on the newel post till l have removed my coat and I will explain it to you" Imogene looked disappointed, but helped him off with his coat.
 What is it?" she asked.
 My dear" said Andrew seriously, you have heard me speak often enough Of the high cost of living. You know the trouble with the average American is, he is not resourceful enough, Today as I sat in my office meditating l thought of that plot of ground in our back yard, and how it was going to waste, to weeds and to tin cans, and l decided at once that l would get some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17

Frequent advertisements in sLondon personal columns show telephone scarcity in the British metropolis. own CTS of pbenes can easily sell their num- bers for a bonus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17

every one told me the same but kept fighting to keep from having the opera tion. I had read so many times of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and it helped my sister so I began taking it. l have never felt better than 1 have since then and l keep house and am able to do all my work. The Vegetable Com. pound is certainly one grand medicine" Street, Cairo, H.
 Of course there are many serious cases that only a surgical operation will re- lieve. We freely acknowledge this, but the above letter, and many others like it, amply prove that many operations are recommended when medicine in many cases is all that is needed
 If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (conf- dential, Lynn, Mass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17

is quite as much at home among rocks and tree roots as Striped Chipmunk. In fact almost any kind of place suits him provided there is plenty to eat. lie gets into so much mischief and does so much damage in grain fields and or chards that he is quite as much dis liked as Jack Rabbit He can cli'hp r.adily. and climbs low trees for fruit and nuts. But he prefers the ground and makes his home there. He has pockets in his cheeks. He prefers to dig ms home under rocks or roots of trees or any similar place which will hide it, but when he lives where the land is open and clear, he makes a mound at the entrance much like the mound Yap Tap the Prairie Dos' who is Johnny Chuck's cousin, builds.
 Now I guess this will do for the Ground Squirrels. Who of you has seen Timmy the Flying Squirrel lately"'
 Copyright, 1920 by T. w. Burgess)
 The next story: Something Wrong With Jumpers Eyes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
PREM|ERS CLOSE
 HYTHE MEETING
Agree That Germany Should Be Put In Position to Full
 fill Obligations
By Associated Press

Hythe, England, May 16.-Premier Lloyd George, Premier Milerand and their advisers conferred here this this morning. After the conference Premier Millerand and his suite left for home.
 An official statement issued at the close of the conference said
 'The British and French governments recognize on the one hand that it is to the general interest that reparation for losses and damages caused by the war should be secured as soon as possible, and with this object in view it is neces sary resources should be made effec- lively available without delay, and on the other hand that it is desirable Ger many shoudl be put in position to re- gain her financial autonomy by speedy fulfillment of her obligations.
 "The two governments are further of the opinion that in order to provide solution for the economic difficulties which are gravely weighing upon the negeral situation of the world and in order to mark definite beginning of the era of peace 1t is important to ar rive at a settlement which shall em- brace the whole body of the interna- t;onal liabilities which have ben left
 
 at the same time ensure a parallel liquidation of the inter -allied war debt and of the reparation of the debts of the central empire. Accordingly. experts from each of the two countries will be charged to pr epare immediately for examination by their governments proposals for fixing the minimum total of the German debt which shall be capable of acceptance h,rt o1t at ha i,,,n ha compatible with Germanys capacity to pay, to determine the method of pay ment and capitalization of Germanys debt, which will be best calculated to assure realization of the general views above expressed. and to establish con- dltions for division betwen the allies of the payment made by Germany in ac- cordance with agreemnts which in the case of certain allied countries have al- ready ben arrived at and which remain to be definitely settled in the case of the other allied countries"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
PIONEER SOAPMAKER
 IS DEAD IN NEW YORK

New York, May 16.-Announcemen was made today of the death of Harley Thomas Procter, pioneer American soap manufacturer, at his home here Saturday. He was born in Cincinnati 72 years ago and was a brother of Col. William C. Procter, one of the managers of General Woods campaign for the republican presidential nomi- nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17

l would have to be operated on. I had a bad displacement. My right side would pain me and l was so nervous l could not hold a glass of water. Many times l would have to stop my work and sit down or l would fall on the floor in 8 faint. l consulted several doctors and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
ABSOLUTE ENDS WEEK
 OF PRELIM TRAINING
By Associated Prsss

Bristol. R. l., May 16.-The sloop Reso- lute, candidate for defender of the Americas cup, after a weeks trials, com pleted her preliminary training today. Upon her return from two trips into Narragansett bay under full racing can vas. she was stripped of her sails and small spars. and taken out of the water.
 She will be inspected and her under body, which has been in the water for nearly two weeks, cleaned in preparation for the tuning-up races against the Van ite off New Haven, beginning next Thursday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17

The slightest frost kills buckwheat, which. however, natures early in the season.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-16
ZbyszkO Coming TO
Tackle WreStIers
Polish GTappIer to Meet Cad
dock. SteCher, Lewis, Pies
tina and the Rest of Mat
Artists.

CHICAGO. Jan. l6-who is the
pion?
Don't crowd or push. gents; there's
for all.
First, there is Earl Caddock. the
Anita, Iowa, farmer boy. with a strong
cain to the title-merely a claim. Yum.
derstand. Then there's Joe Stecher, OF
Dodge, Neb., who asserts he's the real
champion and that Caddock doesn't
know what he's talking about. Next / n
inc IS Ed stranger Lewis of head
lock fame. Lewis is firmly convinced
that he should be considered in the
championship dispute. Comes now
Wladek Zbyszko with a o to be
heard. Then there is Marin Plestina,
who insists that nobody will wrestle
him. Trailing in rear of the long pro-
cession is John Pesek, Ad Santei, Jack
Taylor n a score CT lesser lights, all
claimants of tho championship.
But
There is a bulky person coming to
our shores about the middle of February
lone Stanislaus Z~bysZko-who asserts
that Messrs, Caddock, Stecher, Lewis.
Plestina ct al are the Prof. Portas OF
the wrestling world-all of them claim
ants, but none OF them entitled TO the
championship.
When Zbyszko returned to his native
Poland four years ago, he left a string
of bewildered wrestiers behind him IN
this country. all Of them glad that he
had departed, He had defeated the
whole string OF them, including virtually
all OF the present-day stars of the mat.
He waded through the entire list, the
late Frank Gotch being the only mar
IN the country TO upset him. -