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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-30
STATE OF A

The state of trade over the country
as reported by Bradstfeet'S for last
week was irregular. Jobbing and re-
tail trade in seasonal goods show a
slight improvement, as dc such basic
lines as iron, steel, autos, lumber end
building materials, this including lum-
Der. hardware, tools and paints. Phi
mary textiles show further unsettle-
ment. Wage cuts indicate strikes will
be extended to some woolel mills.
Cotton and raw silk are lower and
some woods ease. Coal strike order
affecting 100000 men issued. Stocks
on hand are large, perhaps record size
as strike begins. Clearings increase.
Food prices turf downward. Specu-
lative markets for stocks, wheat and
cotton reflect realizing. Bonds strong.
New low for German marks. Money
easy. Export trade slow. Unemploy-
ment decreases as coal strike looms.
Failures and clearings increase.
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all lines. Mr. Johnson has been in tile
teaching work for twenty-one years be.
ginning as a country scco,l teacher in
Iowa. He received his LacIelor's de.
gree at Drake university, Des Moines
Iowa, and his masters degree at the
State University Of Iowa at Iowa City
Mr.. Johnson came to Brookings from
Oelwein, Iowa.
Practically all Of the present mem.
bers of the teaching staff Of the city
schools were elected for another term
The subject Of teachers salaries was
discussed and it was decided to make
no cuts. This is a progressive step
and patrons of the Brookings schools
will be assured Of the same high
standards of instruction of their chill.
dren which have been the outstand-
ing features of the local educational
system.
The following teachers were re,
elected: Bertha Titmarsh, Ida Otter.
ness, Ruth Whitehead, Camilla Austin,
Clara Esteinson, Olga Sween, Leila
Stevens, Clara Olson, Julia Ensteness,
Grace l.. Pixley, Stella Evans, Anna
Nelson, Anna L.. Larson, for the
grades.
For the Junior high school, Doris
Dinnitz, Gertrude Yule, Elsie Wright,
w. l.. Johanson.
For high school, w. P. Beard, Inez
Enghagen, ID. n. Ling, c. O. Gullette,
Ruth Horton, Agnes Reinemund,
Verna Koenig, Lena Splitter, Ruth
Titmarsh, Hazel Nesbitt, Frances Erie,
Marguerite Chapman.
NJ. c. White, principal, was not an
applicant as he is looking for a more
advanced position.
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We are approaching that period which
comes in the lie of every nation when
we must determine whether we will
strive for a ~well-rounded self-sustain-
ing national life in which there shall
be a fair balance between industry
and agriculture or whether, as have
so many nations in the past, we shall
sacrifice u agriculture for the build
ing of cities and expect our food to be
produced not by Independent farmers
but men and women Of the peasant
type.
Dispassionate consideration Of this
larger problem is made harder now
because our agriculture is in very bad
shape, much worse than is full real
lied especially here in the east. There
seems to be a tendency to rgard the
complaints and appeals which are be-
ing voiced by the farmers and the peo-
pie who speak in their behalf as sim
ply the recurrence of grumblings
which have been heard from farmers
in past periods Of depression. Now the
truth is that we are passing through
the most severe agricultural depres-
sion we have eve experienced. 1t is
Continued on page 12-Col. II
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-30
GOOD TRACK PROSPECTS

The performance of BrOOkings high
school athletes at the indoor inter
class meet at the college armory Mon
day night gives excellent promise for
a winning track team again this sea-
son. Brookings high has won the
state track championship the last
two years in succession and are work
ing hard to capture the third straight
title. Besides winning the state
championship for the last two years,
B~rookings has won the Sioux Valley
meet both years and took second
place in the interstate meet at Yer
million in 1920 and 1921, losing by d
narrow margin on each occasion to
Sioux City high school. Brookings
has a track and field record that can
not be equaled by any other high
school in the state.
The local high school is planning
a heavy track schedule including the
Drake relays, at least two dual meets,
the Sioux Valley meet and the state
meets which will be held here, and
the interstate meet to be held at Yer
million.
From the material which helped
win the state championship last year,
Brookings has the following men who
won points: Whitehead, high hurd-
les; Sherman, low hurdles and pole
vault; Kendall, low hurdles and
dashes; Pettis. quarter mile and pole
vault; Herman, half mile; Blakeslee,
half mile; Johnson, weight events,
and Hutchendorf. In addition to
these men who performed last year,
some promising new material is seen
in Faulkner in the dashes and broad
jump, Hammond in the mile, Hey
wood in the same event and Sharp in
the high jump. There may be other
men of worth before the season is
yer
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CONFERENCE MEET
To Be HELD HERE
BROOkINGS WILL BE SCENE OF
BIG TRACK EVENTS
THIS SPRING
STATE COLLEGE PROSPECTS ARE GOOD
North Central Meet on Nav ct Is
Destined to Be Largest in
the Northwest

Brookings sport enthusiasts will
big track and field meets this spring
on State field, the largest being the
first North Central lnterscholastiC
championship meet to be held here 81
May q. This will be one of the larg,
est track events to be held in the
northwest this spring and will include
athletes from the leading colleges OF
this section. The other two principal
meets are dual contests with the Uni
~versity of South Dakota here on May
20, and with Hamline university on
May II.
An indoor interclass track meet to
be held April IA will mark the open.
ing of the season for track and field
athletics at State college. Coaches
West and Enke are looking forward
to making a creditable showing this
spring although State does not pretend
to be as strong in track and field
events as in basketball and football
Jim Salisbury of Presho, captain of the
1922 team, hung up a new record in
the discuss throw in the state NEE,
last year, when he threw the disc 12E
feet, 7 inches.
On April 20, Coach West will enter
the cream of his sprinters in the Drake
relays at Des Moines, Iowa. State will
go to Omaha on May g., and meet
Creighton university in a dual meet
The next three meets will be staged
on the home field, closing with the big
conference meet on May 81.
Clarence Schultz of Aberdeen is a
weight man on whom State is count
ing this year. He also runs the 100 and
220 yard Ga5iies. Monte Marin, Brook
ings, who runs the 220 AMI 4i0, wa.
individU,i pcint winner in the state
high school meet two years ago, ant
Irwin Ryger, Bookings, another dasl
nan, was high point winner in las
years state high school meet. Other
likely men on the team are: E. Thune
Albert Lee, Mimi, weight man ant
broad jumper; James Stout, pole
pole vaulter and high jumper
who holds the state RECORD
in the pole vault; Earl Welty
Minneapolis, hurdles; George Patter
son, Jasper, Mimi, weights, Wayne
Baldwin, Hot Springs, distance runs,
Henry Blocker. Brookings, 440 anC
half mile; Hubert Thornber, Coleman
mile and two mile.
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FISH sMOTHERED IN LAKES

Fishermen will be grieved to learn
that the lakes in Brookings county
suffered great losses Of their finny
population during the evere winter
as reported in last weeks Volga Tri-
bune. The Tribune says:
The report that many or most Of the
fish in Lake Goldsmith and Lake
Campbell had died from suffocation
last winter, was confirmed this week
when parties who had just come from
these lakes report hat thousands OF
pickeral, perch, bullheads, buffalo and
suckers were found dead along the
shores of these lakes.
At Lake Goldsmith, the little lake
a mile and a half northwest OF the
city, it is reported that in some places
the shores are literally lined with
dead fish. At the time the lake was
visited it was frozen over with the eX-
ception Of a rim near the shore. Hun
dreds of crows were feasting on the
dead fish and picking their n
clean. 1t is believed that many more
dead fish will show up after he rest
of the ice has gone. Many local fish
ermen still maintain the BELIEF tina
there are many live fish still in the
lake. Thousands of fish come up from
the river each spring to spawn ana
there will probably be some fishing
at this popular little lake next sum
mer. The lake was entirely closed or
sealed for only a day or W but II
was long enough to snuff the life out
Of thousands of fish.
Hans Jepson, who lives near Lake
Campbell, told the writer Monday That
he did not believe that there were very
many live fish left in Lake C~alupbcI.
He said that he had seen 10 or II
pound pickeral frozen solid in the ice.
No evidence whatsoever car be found
of any live fish. Mr.. Jepsen has lived
near. the lake for years and has made
a very close study Of these things.
Fortunately, both of theGe lakes are
fed by the big Sioux river. Fish by the
thousands go into Lake Campbell each
spring, coming up from the river and
while fishing the coming eason will
probably not be as good as in the
past, local anglers will undoubtedly
get some fish.
We have not yet learned the condi.
ton of the lakewood lakes, twelve
miles northwest Of Volga. Last year
Oakwood was stocked by The state
department with pike. In a year or
two more fishing at this lake ought to
be excellent.
lakewood lakes are not as shallow
is Lake Goldsmith and Lake Camp
bell. We understand that the fish in
many lakes in the state met the
same fate this winter as the ones in
our two neighboring lakes.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-30
NJ MASTER WINS
PRIMARY SCRAP
RETURNS OF TUESDAYS ELEc.
TON GIVE GOVERNOR A
LEAD OF $4,000
INDEPENDENT COUNTY CANDIDATES WIN
n. w. Blakely, Robert Loban, Gus
Risch and John Roberts
Are the Victors

At the most conservative estimate,
carry the state by 20, 900, according to
the latest compilation Of figures late
yesterday afternoon at the office Of
the Republican headquarters at Huron.
Egan has carried six counties Of the
state: Deuel. by 80 majority, McCook
by 226, Miner by 200, Minnehaha by
$50, Moody by 397 and Pennington by
100. The balance of the state has gone
for McMaster.
The west river country, including
both the Rosebud and the northwest
ern counties, have not made very def
mite reports as yet, but all show ma
~jorities for McMaster. Lawrence and
Brown counties are polling the
strongest McMaster majorities, Law
rence's majority being placed at LOO
and Brown 100.
The latest compilation of figures by
precincts shows that in 1,131 out of
LII precincts McMaster received
SO, 1928 votes and Egan 33,O34, a mo-
jOrity OF 1854. This does not in
clude estimates on the total vote in
the counties, and compiling the re-
turns from all counties on the latest
available information, shows a ma
jOrity for McMaster of 21,757 in the
counties he is carrying, from which
must be deducted the 1923 majorities
secured by Egan in the six counties
which went for him.
Brookings county went strong for
McMaster, the returns from % pre-.
cincts giving Egan 1,026 and McMas.
ter, 1921. Elkton was the only town
in the county which Egan carried.
The farmer vote showed greater
strength for Egan, several townships
carrying for the independent candidate
by good majorities. The city of
! Brookings brought in large majorities
for McMaster. One ward carried for
McMaster seven to one.
In the race for county officers, the
candidates in the proposed column
Jared poorly. H. w. Blakely, for clerk
Of courts ran the strongest Of all can
didates with a clear majority Of v
a thousand. Mr.. Blakely made a spir-
tied campaign by use Of print
ers' ink, which rewarded him with a
total of I'LL votes against the 674
which A. Nyman, his opponent re-
ceived. Gus Risch Of Elkton a a
close race with John Gruseth of Volga,
for the nomination for register Of
deeds. Risch won by a narrow margin.
John Roberts Of Bookings, was the
only proposed candidate that carried
the election. He received 1915 votes
for the nomination as sheriff; Perry
Bishop of Bruce, received $50, and S.
II. VanLaningham received 602. Rob-
ert Loban Of Brookings ran strong for
county treasurer and rather surprised
everyone by defeating j. e. Dricken
of White, 1i41 to 1851. These figures
will be altered somewhat when the
complete official returns come in but
the results will not be changed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-30
JOHNSON
AGAIN REELECTED
HEAD OF BROOkINGS SCHOOLS
is BOARDS CHOICE FOR
FOURTH TERM
MAKE NO cur IN TEACHERS SALARIES
Practically Entire Teaching Staff
Is Reelected for Coming
School Year

Superintendent S. w. Johnson was
reelected to head the Brookings pub
lis school system for the coming year
at a meeting of the school boarl held
for the purpose Of selecting teachers
for the next term. superintendent
Brookings for the last three years in
a manner that has reflected great
credit upon himself and upon the city.
The school and all departments have
enjoyed a splendid growth and marked
improvements have been made along
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-30

material reduction in taxes must be
gin in the township and this voiced the
approval of all present. However
many farmers present believed that
concerted action Of townships would
be necessary to get reductions in taxes
that seemed to be imperative. There
was the feeling that the county had
gone too far in spending public money
and although many improvements are
very desirable, they cannot be afford
ed at this time.
The county agent had previously
sent each township a copy of the town
ships taxes showing the amounts of
money spent for each item of tax in
each township, This tax report was
considered at the township elections
the It'll Of March.
John Alton, county auditor. was
called to the platform to answer a
multitude of questions concerning the
spending of different items of the tax
levies in the county.
Tom Maher then took a rap at the
farmers for staying out Of their own
organization. He said, I'VE farmers
can get anything we want in Brook
ings county or South Dakota, and, l.,
believe in the United States, in time, IL
we only get together. 1t is time we
all paid something towards our wv
organization, and the farm bureau
surely belongs to the farmers. We
can do something for ourselves, but
many of Is prefer to just do the
criticising."
After a long discussion of all phases
Of the tax problem three committees
were appointed as follows: county leg
islative committee, consisting of the
executive board; state tax committee,
consisting of John %Swenning, Brook
ings, Geo. Olson Of Volga and II. l..
Tvedt Of Como; county bridge COM
mittee, consisting Of e. M. Barnett
of Brookings, VIM. Rumple OF Airing
ton and Roy Ullman Of Brookings.
The final reports Of the committees
will be submitted to the executives
board Of the Brookings county farm
bureau. The final resolutions will be
sent to the South Dakota Farm
Bureau Federation to make UP a
state program, and to be used locally
where a county program can be pro-
NOTED.
County Agent H. ]. Boyts urges,
"Get you suggestions and construc-
tive criticisms to the farm bureau Of
flee or to one of the committees at
once. If necessary a general meeting
will be held later in the season."
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JUDGE WHITING DIES SUDDENLY

Justice Charles S. Whiting Of the
South Dakota supreme court, we'll
known to many in this community
since the early days, died in a hos
pital at Pierre last Saturday after
noon at 1:50 o'clock, following the in
lection of a local anaesthetic in pre-
paration for an operation on his ton
sils, according to information re-
ceived from James F. Brooke, secre-
tary of the Pierre commercial club,
former resident of Bookings.
Judge Whiting was born near
studied law at the universities Of
Michigan and Minnesota and COM
menced practising law in De Smet in
1892. He was states attorney Of
Kingsbury county for four terms and
appointed to the circuit bench In 1903.
He continued in this position unil
1908 when he was appointed to the
supreme bench by Governor Craw-
ford.
Judge Whiting leaves a wife and
four children. Funeral services were
held at Pierre on Tuesday and the
uody was then taken to Rochester,
him., for burial. Mr.. Brooke says
in his letter, 81 don't believe that
there is another man in the public
life of the state whose death would be
as much of a real loss to the people
of the state. He was a very consist
ent believer in the Universalist faith
and affiliated with the Congregational
church in Pierre"
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FARMERS ASK FOR ECONOMY

The tax levies for Brookings county
were thoroughly discussed at a large
mass meeting held last Thursday by
the Brookings County Farm bureau,
at the City hall in Bookings. There
was an insistent demand for lower
taxes all along the line.
nj. r. Benedict, in charge OF cosr
account work for the farmers OF the
state, led the discussions on taxes. He
brought out quite clearly that any
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-30
MORSE PRECEDED COLUMBUS

Telling the fascinating story con
nected with the Kensington Rune
stone, H. r. Holland of Ephraim, Wis,
brought out that a party of Norsemen
came to this country and entered min
nesota fully $50 years before Column
bus discovered America in a lecture
at the Lutheran church Tuesday night.
Mr.. Holland also told the interesting
story to the high school students at
chapel yesterday afternoon. When
asked concerning the story Of the
Norsemen found frozen in a cake Of
ice On the coast of Greenland as re-
ported in a Sunday newspaper supple
ment, Mr.. Holland stated it was a hoax.
1t is a fact, however, that the bodies Of
several NOrsemen, who were buried
in Greenland many years ago have
been exhumed and found to be in an
excellent state of preservation because
of the fact that they have been frozen
solid ever since they were buried.
Word had gone back to Norway and
Sweden in 1855, the tale runs that a
party of Norsemen were living in a far
country and had adopted the heather
religion of the land. Shocked by the
report, Magnus Erickson, who was
then king of Norway and Sweden sent
out an expedition with instruction to
find the faithless .Torsemen and make
them urn to the Chistian religion.
1t was while searching in America
that they are supposed to have in
scribed in runic characters the story
Of their expedition on a stone and blu.
ried it. Brought to view in 1897 when
a tree was uprooted in a storm the
stone has been Of great interest to
scientists and historians ever since.
The inscription was translated by H.
R. Holland as follows: Eight Swedes
and % Norsemen on an exploration
journey from Vinland through the
western regions. We had camp by
two skerries (rocky islands in a lake,
one days journey from this stone. We
were out and fished one day. When
we came home we found 10 men red
with blood and dead. Ave Maria!
Save us from evil!
I'VE have 10 u party to look for
our vessel Ia days journey from this
island. Year 1852"
In the belief Of Mr.. Holland and
many other historians the writer's in
scription belonged to the old expedi-
ton sent out by King Magnus Erick-
son. Scandinavian arms and imple-
ments of the fourteenth century which
have been found in northwestern Min
nesota in the region where the rune
stone was found bear out the testi-
mony, and the stone is weathered in
such a way that its age is proven be-
You'd a doubt.
The inscription which for many
years was a subject of lively debate is
now recognized as adding a new chap
ter to the early history of America, Mr..
Holland said. The fact that the ex-
petition of the inscription writer's
was identical with the missionary pro-
ject adds greatly to the interest of
the discovery among Scandinavians.
Because the Norsemen were accus-
toned to a warn climate they sought
for their countrymen only in milder
regions and did not go north to Green
land where it is believed that the earl.
Ter group settled, and became the an
c~estors of the blonde Eskimos dis.
covered by DR.. S%teffanson.
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WIFE DEsERTER HELD

Sheriff John Nolan returned last
Thursday from Omaha, Neb., with Carl
Tolliver in custody. Tolliver was
given a hearing to answer the charge
of wife desertion and he waived exam
ination. He is now being held at the
county Jail awaiting trial.
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Iy TIEHTE =, NdIIfVE
Editors Note-Henry C. Wallace,
secretary of agriculture, is in a posi-
ton no other human being can occupy,
the executive head of the governments
S activities in and for the farming
industry. He senses the cause Of
much of our trouble and offers a series
of suggestions that may help clear up
an ever darkening situation.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-30

Attorney Philo Hall left Monday
evening for Pierre to deliver the
eulogy at the funeral services of Judge
C. 8. Whiting, which were held in
the rotunda Of the capital building
Tuesday.
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I. J.. Bibby left yesterday morning
for Huron to attend the sixteenth an.
nual convention Of the South Dakota
Dairy association. MI. Bibby is a
member OF the state board Of direc-
tors.
The evening world., 1922-04-22

your Importance to your party. Tony
apparently did the same. He thought
that you had only to intimate your
readiness TO accept a peerage and the
thing would be arranged. 1t seems
that we were wrong"
"You were doubly wrong" he re-
piled. Tn the frst place. there were
difficulties. and. in the second, nothing
would have induced me to accept such
a humiliating OFFER"
How did you find this out?" she
inquired.
"The Prime Minister offered me the
peerage less than an hour ago" he
answered. II need not say that un-
hesitatingly refused It,"
Stella ceased buttoning her gloves.
There was a cold glitter in her eyes
You refused it7"
''Of course!"
She was silent for a moment.
Andrew" she said, you have
scarcely kept your bargain with me-"
II am not prepared to admit that"
he replied. you held a very consid-
cradle social position at the time when
I was in Office. 1t was up to you to
make that good"
Il am tired OF political society" she
answered. ut isn't the real thing.
Now you are out Of Parliament.
though. even that has vanished. An
drew!"
"well?"
She leaned little toward him. She
began to regret that he had not ac-
cepted her invitation to visit her in
her suite. Years ago she had been able