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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
COPS LIFE is NO SNAP

The life of a police officer in Brook
ings. who rigidly enforces the law, Is
no snap as Chief of Police A. B. Chase
is willing to testify after the expert.
ences of the week. Two Of our citizens
have been hailed before the justice
court for their disrespect Of the law
and resisting arrest. TIE case against
Andrew Olson is still pending after the
hearing had been postponed twice, but
it is expected to be threshed out this
afternoon. Tuesday night Chief Of Pc,
lice Chase placed Carl Peterson under
arrest for violating a city traffic ordi-
nance and Peterson resisted and struck
Mr.. Chase upon the mouth knocking
him fiat on his back. Peterson was
taken into custody and was fined $25
and costs with a suspended Jail SEN
tence Of thirty days.
The city commissioners and Mayor
T. |. Flittie are standing firmly for the
enforcement of the law and feel that
respect of the law and the police Off
GERS enforcing it are necessary to the
public safety. There has been much
complaint in the city for the last few
years owe the laxity in the enforce
ment of the city ordinances especially
those having to do with the regulation
Of traffic. The laXness became so
great that the safety of the public
was threatened. Since the new orders
went into effect to rigidly enforce the
traffic laws, there has been a marked
improvement which can be rightfully
cerdited to the vigilance of Mr.. Chase.
The number Of reckless speeders has
been diminished and there Is a more
general observance Of the law regard
ing headlights and taillights. This has
done a great deal to prevent accidents
and Mr.. Chase and city officials are
to be commended on their fortitude.
Questions Of personal animostiy have
m place in the enforcement of the law,
and all v%iolators Of city ordinances
should be willing to take their medi-
cine without bowling when they are
caught.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
CERTIFY POTATO FIELDS

Forty-6ve potato growers are having
fields amounting to 100 acres of pota-
toes certified in ~Brookings county. In
each case certified seed vas planted
this spring. DR.. E. j. Petry Of State
college is doing this work for the
B~rookings county Farm Bureau.
In order to produce certified pota'
toes it Is necessary to use seed that
is true to type of a certain variety and
free from disease. The first field in
spection nov being conducted will con
tinue about two weeks. A second field
inspection will be made in about six
weeks. Field inspections are for the
purpose of identifying mixed varieties
and diseased plants. Such paints must
all be pulled out. The potatoes will be
inspected after being dug and certi-
fed records will be given each grower.
The Farm Bureau is conducting this
work without cost to the growers of
potatoes. Such potatoes will sell at a
premium on the market for eating as
NCll do " SSCu' hS oOuIh bdhOl
Potato Growers Cooperative Exchange
will find a market for such of these
potatoes as may be sold outside of the
county. No doubt a great many of
these potatoes will be used for seed
purposes in the community where they
are grown.
The certified fields of potatoes have
stands of IS per cen or better. The
average stand of all potatoes in the
county is about 80 per cent. The pO-
tato beetles have damaged the whole
crop about 10 per cent. Many fields
have been damaged as much as IS per
cent. Fusarium wilt or the disease
known as dry rot and rhizoctonia, the
small spots appearing as dirt on pota.
toes, and a large number of small pota.
toes on the vines are the two common
diseases found on the potato vines.
Only a few diseased plants were found
in each field of certified potatoes. They
will all be destroyed. A large number
of fields planted from tho common run
Of seed contain as much as 10 per cent
Of diseased plants.
The dry weather in the eastern part
OF the county has hurt the potatoes
considerable. This, with the poor stand,
and damage done by potato beetles
and disease, will probably cut the crop
to IS per cent of a normal production.
There is, however, an Increased acre
age of rs per cent this year
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
FARMERS DISCUSS
THEIR PROBLEMS
FARM BUREAU HEARING BRINGS
OUT CAUSES FOR PRESENT
DIFFICULTIES
FREIGHT RATES THORN N THEIR SIDE
About Seventy Farmers and Business
Men Testify at Meeting
in City Hall.

Freight rates are too high and tcI-
eign trade has dropped off too much
on account of lack Of credit and a de-
pressed exchange, according to the
general opinion of the B~rookings coun-
ty farmers who testified at the Farm
Bureau hearing Monday afternoon at
the city hall. These were the princi-
pal reasons why the farmers are in
bad straits at present but several
others were mentioned. Some testified
that war prices on manufactured arti-
cles were maintained while the prices
of farm products at which the farmer
must sell in order to obtain money
with which to buy, are at the lowest
level in many years. Charges of prof
iteering were made. Others felt that
the high protective tariff on manufac-
tured goods and no tariff on farm
products worked a hardship on the
farmer that was not fair. Present con-
ditions were also blamed to the fact
that farmers overbought during the
period of imitation on the strength OF
continued high prices Of farm products.
About seventy Farm Bureau mem
bers, bankers, grain men, business men
and others we're present at the hear
ing. Tom Maher, president of the
Bookings county Farm Bureau pre-
sided over the meeting, and was as
sisted by County Agent H. ]. Boyts in
asking the questions. The purpose of
the hearing was to obtain first hand
information as to what the farmers
of B~rookings county believe is needed
TO improve farming conditions and put
the industry on a paying basis. The
results of the hearing will be sent to
the national headquarters of the Farm
Bureau Federation where similar re-
ports are being assembled from every
county farm bureau in the nation. All
Of the reports will be summarized and
transmitted to the congress 4:onal COM
mittee of agricultural inquiry who are
to prepare legislation to help the Amer
lean farmer.
The most important remedy sug-
gested by the farmers was the need
of close organization to handle their
own business, and if necessary to fol
low their products directly to the con
sumner. They also asked to be well
represented in the affairs Of govern
ment. Other definite needs asked for
were, lowered freight rates at one
establishment of credit to foreign
countries to take up surplus Of farm
products, to establish a cooperative
marketing organization and a reason.
able tariff on farm products.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
ANT|SOC|AL|ST
CRUSADERS HERE
SPEAKERS FROM NORTH DAKOTA
HOLD AN OPEN AIR
MEETING
EDITOR w.. J. ARNOLD LEADS THE PARTY
Touring South Dakota On An Educa.
tionai Campaign Against
Socialism.

Arriving Unexpectedly last Friday
headed by w. J. Arnold, editor of the
North Dakota Standard, did not have
as large a crowd out for their open
air meeting as they expected, but o n
sidering everything there was a good
sized audience of interested listeners.
The crusaders consist Of a party of
four men, Mr.. Arnold being the chief
speaker; Smith Stimmel, a man 80
years old, who was a member OF Lin
coins body guard, and two singers,
E. D. Hadley and Mr.. Tollefson. They
are touring South Dakota on a cam
paign of education against socialism.
The meeting opened with a few mu-
steal numbers by Mr.. Hadley and Mr..
Tollefson. Mr.. Stimmel then made a
very interesting, patriotic talk, touch.
ing on his experiences with President
Lincoln and dwelt on Lincoln's idea
Of government. He stressed the Amer
lean idea and the Christian idea of
government for the upbilding of the
individual as against the idea of sacri-
fcing the individual to build up the
state.
Mr.. Arnold in his talk traced the
history of socialism, what it stands
for, it's philosophy, it's economic pro-
gram Of organization. He stated that
"a farmer cannot be a socialist be-
cause he believes he should own his
own land. The farmer believes he
should have his own children in his
own home. The farmer believes in
God, government and home. l believe
the farmer is right"
At the close of the speech, those Of
the spectators who were looking for
a little excitement became hopeful that
their wishes would be realized when
a little heckling was started. The
speakers left the scene however, leav-
ing the crowd to furnish their own cX
element. An argument was started
with a local advocate Of the %nonparti-
san league who held forth on the First
National bank corner for some time,
but nothing disorderly occurred.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
FOUR MALE cHoIRs TAKE PART

Male choirs from Sioux City, Iowa,
Canton, Sioux Falls and the Viking
male choir of Bookings will take part
in the annual song fest Of the Sioux
Valleys Singers association which will
meet here August 8 and 4. The pro-
gram for the concerts which will be
given in the evenings OF the two days
have been arranged and plans for en-
PERTAINING the visitors have been com.
pleted by the local Viking choir. Fred
erick Wick Of Sioux City. Ia, director
Of the Sioux City Symphony orchestra.
will direct the concerts Of the song
fest. There will be a total Of 120 male
voices in the grand chorus numbers.
The male choirs who will take part
are all famous in their communities
for their exceptional musical ability
and the ensemble should make one OF
the musical events of the year in
Brookinga
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
FIGURE IN

State college animal disease e X
perts figure prominently in the pro
gram of the annual meeting of the
South Dakota Veterinary Medical as
ISOLATION which is to be held at Lake
Madison on Wednesday and Thursday,
July q and %. DR.. G. S. Weaver,
extension specialist in animal diseases,
Is president of the association. DR..
John 3. Taylor, instructor in veter-
mary science and bacteriology, will
read a paper on Worms in Chickens
DR.. C. D. Grinnells. assistant profess
sor Of animal husbandry, will talk on
"Sterility in Cattle" All Of these men
carry on research work at State col
lege.
DR.. H. S. Murphey and DR.. H. E.
Denies, both prominent veterinarians
on the faculty Of Iowa State college,
Twill be among the speakers of note
from outside the state. DR.. Murphey
Is one Of the foremost veterinary anat.
omists in the country. DR.. Denies is
vice dean of the veterinory depart
ment at Ames and one Of the promi.
net surgeons OF the country. Veter.
i~narians r expected to bring their
families to this meeting for a sum
mer outing.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
QUALITY H|cHESI;
CROWDS SMALLEST
cHAuTAUQUA MAINTAINS HIGH
STANDARDS TO CLOSING
PROGRAM
SUNDAY FEATURES FITTING TO THE DAY
The Little Folks Were Disappointed
Because They Gould Not
Give Pageant.

With the highest quality, but the
poorest attendance of any ~chautauQua
that has visited Brookings in recent
years, the 1921 chautauQua cOurse con
Guided its exceptionally fine program
last Sunday evening. The public was
the quality of all of the entertainments
and openly expressed their enthusi-
asm over several numbers which X
celled anything before offered in Brook
ings. The high standard of the pro-
gram was maintained to the last, the
features the last day being a lecture
by Frank Dilnot, editor Of the London
Globe, and the Midland Metropolitans,
a group of high class musical artists.
Mr.. Dilnot in his Sunday afternoon
lecture gave a review OF the life his
tory of Lloyd George, the premier of
Great Britain and the master mind of
that great empire, not only touching
upon the facts of his life but explain
ing the underlying causes that made
him the great man that he is. The
lecture in this way became an inspira-
ton to all who heard him. He traced
the great success Of Lloyd George to
his great natural gift, his utter fear
lessness, and the deeply imbedded RI
ilgious convictions given to him by
his uncle, a cobbler in a small Welsh
town, who became the boys guardian
after the death of his father. The
evenings program was entirely mu.
steal, being given by the Midland Met
ropolitans. They changed their pro-
gram considerably to make it appro-
pirate to Sunday, discarding all of the
lighter numbers and a few of the class
Continued on Page 12-Col. 81
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
STATE OF A

The state of trade over the country
as reported by Bradstreet's for the last
week was quiet on account Of heat and
holidays. Retail! trade, stimulated by
price concessions. most active. Sea.
sonal quiet in jobbing trade. m%ail-order
business and most industries. Low.
priced auto, wooden and dress cotton
manufacturing most active. Basic and
constructive trades dullest. though
building shows more life. Apparent
turn in tide Of prices in midyear. Food
index higher. Europe apparently will
need our grain and hog products. Big
sales OF packer hides at west. Rail.
road situation brighter. Roads buying
some repair material. Iron. steel. coal
and coke at low ebb. Pig iron output
smallest in thirteen years. Cotton
stronger. Wheat lower.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
BAND CONCERT PROGRAM

The Brookings municipal band will
give their regular weekly concert to-
evening, July IS, at the school
house park. Miss Byrne Smith. So
prano, will be the soloist Of the even
ing. The program as prepared by d.
rector Carl Christensen Is as follows:
March, Cross-country.. 49, Cheney
2-Overture, Light Cavalry. ..Suppe
3-(a) Dreamily Drifting. 800. Rolfe
CO. Bohunkus Cobb
4-Waltz Song from La Boheme..
fuCClnl
Miss Smith
5-Fantasia, My Old Kentucky Home
.......... ........... DdiDcIS
6-March, Greater State College (by
~ request) ......... Christensen
7-Waltz suite, The Shamrock. Tobani
8-Caprice, A Fairy Tale. -. Dalberg
9-Melodies from Mile. Modiste
10-March. Semper Fdelis -. Sousa
Star Spangled Banner.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
JONES TELLS ALL
ABOUT THE BONUS
MEMBER OF STATE BONUS BOARD
VISITS BROokiNGs TO
ORGANIZE WORK
NOT TO BEGIN UNTIL ALL IS READY
Ex-Service Men Will BE Notified
When to Report to Fill
Applications.

All the ms and outs Of the method of
making application for the state bonus
was explained to the executive COM
mittee of the Orr Hoffman post of the
American Legion here last Friday by
Buell. +. Jones Of Britton, member of
the state bonus board. The most i'm
portant requirement is that every ex-
service man must send in his original
discharge with his application to Pierre
and second he must fully establish his
Identity and prove that he was a resi-
dent of South Dakota ninety days prior
to enlistment or induction into the SER
vice. These two points are emphasized
in order to prevent INSCRIPTIONS men
from defrauding the state. In other
states, particularly Minnesota, where
the requirements have been lax a ire.
mendous amount Of unworthy and
false claims have been paid. Some
men have been paid their bonus six
times over while others have received
nothing. For those who are entitled
to the bonusn it will be easy to get Il,
but for those who are not entitled
to 1t, there are many insurmountable
obstacles. II the original discharge
has been lost, the applicant must Sc
cure a certificate from the war de.
partment and must wait longer for
his money, for in lieu of the discharge
the service record of the applicant
must be investigated to learn the date
of entry into the service and other
important facts.
Ray Fridley, the Brookings county
bonus officer, will receive a supply OF
blanks this week or next, and after
a short course Of instruction in the
correct manner of filing them out
and a final o. X. from the state bonus
board, he will be permitted to open
his Office and commence the task of
filing the application blanks for the
14OO ex-service men in this county.
The bonus money for this county alone
will amount to about $500, 900. The
work in this county will be done sys-
tematically and without confusion. The
county will be divided into districts of
one or two townships each, and a cer-
tain day will be set aside for the ser.
vice men for each district to come to
Brookings to fill out their blanks. Full
announcement as to the days when
the men from the various townships
are to report will be advertised later.
No one should ask for blanks or come
to Brookings to fill them out until the
time is set. According to the best ad-
vices the bonds will not be sold until
next fall and the money will not be
available to pay the bonus until the
bonds are sold. But the applications
will be made out, nevertheless, and
everything will be in readiness to mail
out the checks as soon as the money
Is available. Next October is a con.
servative guess as to the time when
the men will actually receive the
money.
While waiting for the announcement
Continued on Page 12-Col. p
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
ASSESSED OVER FOUR MILLION

The assessed valuation Of the real
and personal property in the city of
Brookings as returned by the assessor,
c. A. Gullick, Is $4,444.O The real
property was assessed at $3,155,786
and the personal property totaled
$1,288,275. There were 2,057 persons
In the city subject to the school poll
and SGT persons subject to the road
poll. Other interesting facts cleaned
from the assessors books was the dog
population of Bookings which is 43.
There are % colonies of bees within
the corporate limits. There are 622
automobiles, 229 horses, and 1872 cows
in the city Of Bookings. There Is
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
ORGANIZE FOR NEXT YEAR

The guaranters for the Brookings
chautauqua for mex year, numbering
owe fifty, held a meeting Tuesday
morning to organize for their work.
r.. Matheny was elected president,
DR.. l.. G.. Borst, vice-president, and
R. F. Kerr, secretary, these officers.
to constitute the executive committee.
Mr.. Kerr preferred not to act as local
manager for another year so a local
manager will be chosen later to re-
lieve Mr.. Kerr who has served faith
fully and efficiently for many years
and deserves a respite from the re-
sponsibilities of the position. In the
meeting a lively discussion was start
ed concerning holding chautauqua pro-
grams on Sunday in which DR.. E. ".
Pierce led the negative side. After
the discussion had progressed for
some time, Rev. j. J. Gardner, arose
and protested against representing
the chautauqua on a par with motion
pictures, horse racing and baseball,
for from its origin, Mr.. Gardner said,
the chautauqua has been a religious
institution for the purpose of Offering
a religious educational cours There
were three or four lectures in this
last chautauqua course anyone of which
was worth 20 to the community
than the entire cost of the course.
These lecturers offered more to the
people Of Brookings in the way of
religious inspiration and education
than any preacher in town could give
for the reason they have travelled
wider, experienced more, and create
a greater impression on their hearers
than the local pastors whom they hear
every Sunday. 1t would be a mistake
20 cut out the Sunday ch~autauQua
program"
Upon the question Of charging an
admission fee Mr.. Gardner said, 81
have attended many old time camp
meetings and it was an old question
with them. After much experience
and long debate these religious camp
meetings concluded that the best way
was to have a gate fee to adequately
finance the meeting. It Is fairer and
more Christian that everyone should
share in their little part of the ex.
pense. Matters Of finance are con.
sidered in our churches on Sunday
very frequently and 1t is considered
entirely religious and to conform with
orthodox views of the Sabbath. / can
e no improperly in charging an ad.
mission fee at the chautauqua. 1t is
not an entertainment. it is a sacred
and religious program throughout"
AS Tar as the Sunday chautauqua com
ing under the provisions of the Sun.
day law against holding entertain.
ments on Sunday where admission is
charged. it is plain that the law ap.
plies no more to the c~hsutauqua than
1t does to a religious meeting held in
a church where the collection baskets
IRE passed around.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
HARRY KILLING PROMOTED

Harry E. Killing, a South Dakota
State college graduate, now occupies
the important position Of state club
leader in the extension service of the
North Dakota Agricultural college. Mr..
Killing Is a former resident OF Brook
ings county. He was graduated from
State college in 1913 with the degree
Of bachelor OF science and in 1916 re.
ceived his masters degree. For sew.
eral years he was successfully en-.
gagged in agricultural work In this state
as county agent for Jerauld county.
Last year he went to the North Da,
kota college as assistant club leader.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-07-22


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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-07-22
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