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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-14
CONTEST

Miss Ella Bartlett won the high
school declamatory contest and Miss
Florence Brown in oratory last Fri
day evening from a group Of sixteen
contestants. The winning defamation
given by Miss Bartlett was 1.-THE
Death Disk" which she delivered in
fine dramatic style displaying unusual
talent. "The Testing Of a Nation"
was the title Of the grafton which Miss
Brown delivered with such mastery
and force as to win premier honors.
The following students took part in
the declamatory contest:
Gladys Caldwell, "Lasca"; Vera
Reinecke, Lance Of Kanana'; Ele-
amor Hubbard. Lover Of Music; Vio-
let Fassett, Her First Appearance;
Alice Levea, Tap Day; Gladys
Somers, "Laddie"; Frances Forsee,
Patsy; Ora Squire, "The Unbe-
lever; Ruth Void, "Octoroon."
The five contestants in the orato-
rical class beside of the winner We're:
Keith Scarbro, "The Challenge to
Americanism"; Cecil WEIGH, THE
Meaning Of Americas Entrance Into
the War; Samuel Kramer. "The Mis-
sion OF the Jew; Edward Atkinson,
'Touissaint LOuverture"; Florence
Brown, "The Testing Of a Nation;
Ruth Wilson, "The Eloquence of
Daniel O'Connell."
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-14
BAIREY DIVORCE CASE ENDS

In refusing the petition Of Dave
Bairey for a divorce and granting a
decree of divorce to his wife, Blanche
Bairey on a cross bill, Judge w. n.
Skinner stated in his decision last
week that the plaintiff had failed to
establish his claims Of immoral con-
duct but from the evidence II appeared
that their dispositions were so entire
ly incompatible that a divorce was
granted for that reason. BY the con
ditions Of the decree Of the court Mrs.
Bairey was granted $4O0 alimony. Mr..
Bairey to pay the attorneys fees and
the costs Of the action, and the chill
dren were placed temporarily in the
custody Of their grandmother, Mrs.
Dan Bairey of Elkton. Attorney Philo
Hall was Mrs. Bairey's counsel and
carried her case to a successful con
clusion. Olaf Eidem was the attorney
for the plaintiff.
The court this week has been hear
ing the divorce case Of Nina e. Cool
against A. M. Cook. the petition for di
vorce being based on the grounds o
cruelty and non-support. We under
stand tho court decided yesterday II
favor Of Mrs. Cook.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-14
POPULAR TEA ROOM COURSE

Among the new courses for women
at State college this year is n which
prepares for the management and OPP
GRAFTON of tea rooms. The course is
a popular one and nine young women
are enrolled this quarter. Work in
cludes actual management of a model
tea room, beautifully appointed, in the
home economics suite, each young
woman being given the responsibility
of management for one week. She
must plan the menus, order the sup
plies, plan the decorations, the ar
rangement of the work and also the
advertising, including a set of posters.
Esther Brown, Brookings, is the first
young woman to act as manager and
she has named the tea room "Linger
Longer Inn" for her week. Included
in her menus, among the beverages,
is college Belle Wayne Special this
being fresh ~pasteurized clarified milk
from some of the prize-winning mem
bers of the State college Holstein herd.
1NtAl WcSh NldCc lllldu, bioOh-
ings, will act as manager of "The Tea
Cup Inn" Other young women who
will take their turn as head of the tea
room are: Ollie Tehon, Manchester,
Wyo.; Pearl Ziegler, Brookings;
Audrey Beatty, Elrod; Hermine Ma
thews, Bookings; Venie Orhrans,
Brookings; Lucille Sellers, Mt. Vernon;
Hortense Ziegler, Bookings.
Thus far the tea room has been
unable to accommodate nearly all of
the students and faculty members de-
string to patronize it. Electric dish
washer and all modern kitchen con-
veniences are used by the young
women. Miss Grace WATSON is in
charge of this course.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-14
STATE OF A

The state of trade owe the country
as reported by Bradstreet's for last
week was irregular. Trade reports
streaky, but distribution about fair.
Women's wear more active than mems
apparel. Industry irregular and pace
hating to slow. Collections a trif1e
better. Money shows o ease.
Time rates and acceptances lower.
Good crop reports promise big yields,
but depress prices despite good ex-
port buying. Weeks price movement
lower following moderate March de-
cline. Recessions in ~clearings from
1920 less than in prices. More life
in building. Wage discussions wide
spread. Failures numerous and liza
bilities large. but not record break.
ing. Stock market drifting. Exchange
steadier after weakness due to Brit.
ish coal strike.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-14
ARBOR DAY APRIL %

Arbor and Bird day, the day set aside
in the Sunshine state for the preser-
walton Of the trees and birds, has been
set by Governor w. H. McMaster for
Friday. April %. In the proclamation
issued by the governor, he urged that
school children especially be i'm.
pressed with the crying need for pres
ervation and propagation Of trees.
This day is annually set aside in
South Dakota, as in the other states
Of the union, for the planting Of trees
and other exercises calculated to
bring about a love of nature.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-14
BLAZE IN BUTCHER SHOP

Townspeople were rudely awakened
about four o'clock Tuesday morning
by the fire siren calling the fire de-
partment to quench a blaze in the
butcher shop Of the American Roch-
dale Cooperative store located in the
Farmers National bank building. The
early discovery Of the fire and the
prompt action Of the fire department
saved the city from a fire that might
have proved disastrous. 1t IL said that
the IRE originated In q room used as
a s~mokehouse for curing meats. No
great damage was sustained.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-14
DRIVES THROUGH WINDOW

A. Mears cranked his car yesterday
in front OF Moore's Variety store on
Main street while 1t was in gear. The
car walked right over the sidewalk
into lhe large plate glass front of
the Variety store shattering the win
dow. Fortunately the accident re-
suited in no injuries other than fnan-
cial. The way the accident occurred
Mr.. Mears might have been very Sc
verely injured.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-14
FIREMEN MEET AT MOBRIDGE

Programs have been issued for the
thirty-seventh annual tournament of
the South Dakota Firemen's Associa-
ton which is to be held at Mobridge
on June IA, IS, 16 and II, 1921, and
these programs are being mailed this
week to every fire department in the
state as well as to newspapers and
others.
The program for the coming meet
ing is an interesting one, providing all
the usual contests with very liberal
prizes attached, as well as a number
of new and novel features. Several
of the best bands in the state will
participate in the tournament and thus
help to make things lively for the Wis
itors.
Mobridge is noted for its spirit of
hospitality and the Mobridge CONNER
cial Club is now busy with prelimi.
nary plans for the entertainment of
the fire boys. Every courtesy will be
extended to the visitors and there
will be a number Of entertainment
features put on for them by the club.
Chas. B. Frenzy Of Yankton, presi-
dent of the South Dakota Firemen's
Association; p. L. Hansen Of Bridge
water, vice-president; and J. J. Walt
ner of Freeman, secretary, all send
word to the local fire department that
there is unusual interest in the com
ing meeting and that they look for a
notwithstanding attendance as we'll as
keen competition in all the various
events.
Evening star., 1921-04-10
LABOR GOING BACK TO FARM
BECAUSE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

closed that farm labor for spring and
summer work was plentiful at from
$50 to $40 month. as compared with
wages of from $50 to $50 month
paid last year.
In Illinois the state department OF
labor reports farm hands going back
to the farms and accepting the cut
in wages
Kansas farmers are demanding ex-
perienced men after worrying along
for several years with any sort of
labor that presented itself, accord
ing to officials of the Kansas free
employment bureau. Experienced
applicants are being located as fast
as they apply, however. while there
are about sixteen applicants for
every job open in other lines Of in
dustry, the records show.
The bureau warns that farm hands
who venture to define how many
hours a day they are willing to work
stand a poor chance of getting jobs.
The general scale recognized in
Kansas, the principal growing state,
according to bureau officials, runs:
For experienced hands, from $25 to
$50 a month according to experience.
for single men. and from $40 to $65
for married men. who are willing to
live on farms with their families.
Last year. the peak year Of farm
wages, the scale ran $40 to SOS for
single men and $50 to $50 for mar
ried men.
Evening star., 1921-04-10

KANSAS CITY. No, April 9.-Wide
spread unemployment in cities has
created a drift back to the farm and
relieved the farm labor shortage
brought about during the war, re-
ports of federal and state employment
bureaus reveal.
Farm hands in the great grain belt
of the central states are reported
plentiful at wages greatly reduced as
compared with year ago.
Farmers who for several years
any concessions to labor to bring
their crops through. are in posi-
ton this year to dictate terms of en-
ployment, according to employment
agency officials. Then. too, the farm
er faces the problem this year of
holding down the cost of production
because of the low prices of farm
:-oduc,s. and generally Is trying to
ge, along with as little help as pos
able.
Earn wages In Kansas this year
average $40 month, board and
lodging, or about $40 less than a
year ago, the free employment bureau
In that state reports. w. II. Lewis.
Missouri labor commissioner. de-
clares there probably will not be
any shortage Of farm labor this
year and wages probably will be
much lower than in any year since
1915
=. In North Dakota a survey dis
Evening star., 1921-04-10
CHUR CHI SOCIAL SERVICE WORK
WINS HUNDREDS TO MEMBERS

Leading church officia Is of all de.
nominations in this section are watch
ing with interest the social service
and religious education activities OF
the West End Presbyterian Church OF
New York city. which is performing
the combined service of church, club
Y. NJ. c. A. and Y. w. c. A in a Sec
ton several square miles in extent
where no other organization is doing
similar work.
Something doing every minute
could easily be the slogan of this
church, with it's several departments
working from 10 o'clock in the morn
ing until 10 o'clock at night, seven
days a week.
Seventeen paid workers compose
the staff. These seventeen are in ad-
dition to the pastor and the assistant
pastor, and all have grown up through
the work of the West End Church.
with the one exception of the head
of the religious education department,
who was long in Y. NJ. c. A. work.
Various Departments.
The outstanding features of the
work being done are in the depart
ments of religious education. social
service and community center work.
Branching out from these various de-
partmentS there are gymnasium
classes for younger and older boys.
with basket ball games and other
recreation; community get-together
meetings for the young folks and also
community night for the adults;
boys clubs of various kinds. girls So
cieties and mothers guilds. An en-
ployment agency is also maintained
and a renting section. relief to
the needy division and health depart
ment branch in addition.
A feature widely commented on and
very popular with the school children
is a luncheon given to them each
school day noon at a cost of 10 cents
daily. Many Of the school children.
who later become Sunday school and
church attendants, are brought in
touch with the church for the first
time through this luncheon. Every
time they come they are made to feel
at home and an urgent invitation is
extended to them to come again. Over
TOO are fed weekly.
Moving Pictures Feature.
On Monday afternoons this church
throws open its doors to all the young
boys and girls of the neighborhood
and holds its get-together community
meeting. The chief feature of this
is we'll selected and approved NOV
ing pictures. No charge is made
2iataamss are again shown at night,
Evening star., 1921-04-10

At this stage of the proceedings he is mar
rowing the field of consultants. He will devote
his own mind to the subject. and with Secretary
of State Hughes, the ambassadors he will
point this week to England and France to
gether with senators of the two factions on the
league of nations. will go all phases of the
situation.
President Harding it is pointed out. the
head of the republican party. is called upon to
take broader view of the proposed policy on
nterna tional affairs than the senator's and
other individuals who cling tenaciously to per-
sonal opinions and prejudices. He brea thes the
rarified air of elevation and and be-
yond the pent-up Utica in which some others
dwell
He must see to party action conforming to
the pledges of the national convention and it's
platform, and more than that, to the will of
the voters expressed in the solemn referendum
of November last. There are. to be sure,
slight shades of difference among Individuals
as to the analysis Of that decision which may
cause difficulty in reconciling. and that will de-
volve upon him, too.
X X K
1t should be distinctly avowed that the idea
is not to suggest that the President of the
United States is assuming the role of dictator
of foreign policies, for his consistent course
since his election has been in the contrary direc-
tion, evidenced by his consulting freely all
And the line which he is, at present, follow
ing in reaching determination conforms to
that policy. He is trying to put the declaration
of peace and the recommendation for the salient
feature of concrete foreign policy into
instrument which will come before the Senate
for discussion and approval. Necessarily,
must come forward with initiat tion and, ap-
propriately. the President is the one upon whom
it should devolve.
The Senate. however, is to have it's day in
court and the House. If the action is embodied
in the form of joint resolution of Congress-
will participate. That is to say, participate in
the declaration Of peace and in expressing the
sense of Congress to policy of international
agreements to supplant the league of nations
OF course, the joining OF association subse-
quently to be formed could be only by means
of treaty which the Senate alone could ratify
X
1t would be idle to speculate upon the ham
ding of the domestic problems by the President
Evening star., 1921-04-10
President Harding to Emphasize
Domestic Issues in His Address

for the country will read his own words after
they addressed to Congress in joint meet
ing of the Senate and the House in the hall OF
the House of Representatives.
President Harding realizes the advantages
of personal contact with legislators which such
occasion affords. He has an engaging pres
cnce magnetic personality and his command
of the English language to express forcihly his
thought is unquestioned. The uttered word is
susceptible, he thinks. of more mpressiveneSs
and be better accentuated by the speaker
than the printed word. Moreover. the speaker es-
tablishes psychological contract with his audi
tors, and gets by impression the reaction of
their thoughts and their reception of his
sestions.
The address to Congress will be a profoundly
important and memorable occasion. Consider
what marvellous changes have occurred since
President Wilson addressed Congress upon the
beginning of his second term. changes which
have affected the entire fiber of industrial life
in this country and the financial condition of
the world.
The administration is called upon to
deal with the situation it finds it, situation
of it's making The Congress he ad-
dresses will be the Congress of reconstruction,
to deal with the problems left by the Who
will say that they are hardly less important
to the welfare of the nation than the problems
Of war-makng which previous Congresses have
met and solved. and more complex in point of
fact, because new economic ground is to be
traversed?
X x X x
1t can be we'll ina gined. therefore. that it
will be solemn and serious-minded group of
statesmen the President will face he rises
in the rostrum of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and glances about him.
The proportion of new men in the member
ship of the Senate and House constituting the
audience, men inexperienced in legislation and
rot widely conversant with international and
domestic problems the "holdovers." can be
expected to add to the gravity of the occasion.
But after all is said and done, is it not fact
that the problems to be solved by the ap-
pication of American common sense of Ameri-
patriotism and love of country and mankind,
and why should not these representatives of
the people, chosen by the people with faith in
their possessing the homely qualities which the
people possess, be confidently looked to in the
handling of problems, however difficult?
Copyright. 1921. by The Washington Starr
Evening star., 1921-04-10

BY THOMAS r. MARSHALL.
Former Vice President OF the United
States.
KNOW the new President OF
the United States. I have a
warm personal regard for
him. wish him luck. And.
i'll know myself. he is going to
have my loyal allegiance as an
American citizen. But l cannot
forego the observation that the
attitude Of the American people
toward him is that they nave
elected him not very hni'eo
monarch for the next four years.
Ours is supposed to be gov
ernment of laws and not OF men.
We are supposed to have gotten
.way from discretion and reached
principle. 1t is imagined that 1t
is not who does it, but what IS
done. that counts. We boast of a
representative democracy under a
republican form of government OF
three co-ordinated branches. the
clearly defined. and along the di-
yidinE line are supposed to be
numerous signs marked mo tres
passing"
x 4 X X
If man were to propose to
change this system of govern
ment into a limited monarchy he
would be lucky if social ostracism
were the only punishment infiict-
ed We have a dread and fear of
monarchy, either absolute or linn
tied. And yet one of the hu-
manist things-and here comes
the luck in our ability to laugh
at ourselves-is the great delight
that the American people take
every four years in electing
limited monarch.
/ read the newspapers and be-
leve everything l read in them
which | think is true From the
Evening star., 1921-04-10
BY N. O. MESSENGER.

~ RESIDENT HARDING'S address to the
- new Congress. called in extraordinary
session, will be devoted mainly to dis
cussion of domestic questions. although
necessarily he will give some attention to in
ternational problems Congress leaders regard
this wise disposition of time and effort.
because they know that the country, which is
to say their constituency. is more keenly SEN
sible of the pressure of domestic vexations upon
its daily life than of international affairs
Yet. the leaders themselves the cabinet and
the captains of industry and finance" outside
of Washington are equally alive to the fact
that the chaotic condition of international af-
fairs bears heavily upon the domestic situation.
Tho two must be considered very close to-
gether and co-ordinateIy may be found
possible.
What really is happening Is this: The ad-
ministration has not yet evolved a definite, con-
crete policy or plain relating to foreign ques
tions In their variety and vastness. The Con-
gress leaders have partially agreed upon legis-
lation aimed to reach some of the domestic ills
-"aimed" it will be observed. is the word to
be stressed. for some Of them by means
certain that the proposed solution will be ef-
fective when put to practical test.
By the middle of this week. after the Presi-
dent has addressed Congress, definite schedule
of legislation will be outlined determined by
the Presidents suggestion to priority of sub
jects to be considered. Tax revision and tariff
reform. the two principal remedies for domes-
tic troubles. will be taken up in the order init
mated by him.
X
President Harding finds himself, to for
eign questions. very much in the attitude he
occupied in the months elapsing between his
election and MISUNDERSTANDING between
two groups Of thought in his party and in the
Senate, and seeking to be the harmonizer to
bring tho factions together and evolve a policy
which will command the united support of the
administration and the republicans of the
Senate.
During those months he, consulted the best
minds" of the country freely and listened to
arguments directed to every angle Of the for
eign situation. That he has not thus far been
able to crystalline them into a positive policy
is frankly admitted by him, and he practically
asks for ninety days for further consider
alton.
Evening star., 1921-04-10

the people in it desire to be DEM
ocrats. The little play We are now
presenting upon the American
stage discloses that our country
is fairly safe for snobocracy. We
would resent any suggestion
whatever that blood, lineage and
inherited position entitle a man to
any consideration whatever in this
American life. 1t has been but
few years since we sneered at the
conduct of certain Americans that
we said were trading their daugh-
ters and dollars for dukedoms.
And yet there is an inherent
weakness in the American. as in
every other created man. Secretly
he has feeling that some other
fellow is really little better than
himself. In the monarchies of the
old world that has resulted in
the handing down of titles from
generation to generation In this
country that secret feeling induces
the magnifying of certain individ-
uals until the public reaches the
conclusion that it is strong enough
to crack his great legs and toss
MIN In the gutter. So as we move
along it might be well to use a
little moderation in unifying the
1dol-we are working feverishly
now-and then when the inevitable
smashing TIME comes it won't be
SO much trouble to attack.
Copyright, 1921. by Thomas r. MARSHALL
Evening star., 1921-04-10
Like a Board of Directors.

Those who are urging this second
ary cabinet scheme point out that the
President should not be worried with
the petty matters of co-ordinating
work-say as between the bureau of
chemistry and the bureau of stand
ards, or between the bureau of
standards and the bureau of mines.
The secondary cabinet might be or