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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-01-09
DE VALERA NEVZDAVA Sc BOJE.

Pred odrocenm kdyz De Valera byl oznami svo resig
nac fadu presidensk6ho zada ceny ke sdruzeni sou
nm aby pTs do Mansion House Ultra Michael Collins pro-
estova pro svovn do schze edne rakce sn3mu, naGez
De Valera povsal abv ha anovisko avSak pohnu
nemohl muvit a usedl srdecneho poesku pftomnvch.
Griffith sve reel schvaeni smouvy vidal nadseny
hold Michaeu Colnsov ako muzi ienz vyhral vaku Zda
Ii me m6no pade do historic chc ably sdrzeno bylo jme
Michaea Collinse' zvolal.
obhaiobe smouvy Griffith prohlasil, re zda deegat
sou vnni zradou pro repubce nech sou postaven pred
soud Naval bod nejz opposce kadla nev6ts ddraz
hledn6 prsahy proklatym pokrytecvim ez mize sta Ii
voty sci IrcanG.
Griffith doznal re smouva ma chyby, ale prohasil ze
Jest neleps aka moha by estavena aby byla pfjae
bcke Wade Prav dale ze odpdrci snaz zamnouti
smlouvu anz by dali rskemu idu preztos by projev nj
svdj nahed Zminl Abrahamovi Lnconovi sve debate
pravi re amercy presidentmucednk Tkava ze vzdycky
dvahu Will du neenom tech, kdoz je zvol, ale
tech, kdoz byli prot eho zvolen.
Podrazden opetovnym pokusy pferusi jej eho feci,
Griffith zvoal:
Neni moc teto une zasrasiti steine ako nemohl
to dokazati Dublinsky zamek"
Novy rezm pro Irsko bv nyni schvaen ritickvm para
mentem Vytvofen Irskeho Svobodneho Sta
Jest lem smlouvy podepsane minuly m6sc Londyn6
douhem vyednavani urovnan rskeho probmu Opatreni
+1+oc cro1v 1c0u
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02

have almost doubled in price In the
last four or five months, with the re-
suit that farmers are realizing more
than 81 a bushel on corn fed to hogs.
AS an evidence of the growing pros
perity of the county the report
from the war finance corporation,
which last fall was straining every
nerve to find enough money to tide the
farmers and the country banks over
the year, that much Of it's paper is be-
ing l~iquidated. This is surprising not
only to bankers and merchants
throughout the country, but to the wal
finance corporation itself, bankers say.
Wholesale houses report increased
sales for the last three weeks, and
their statesmen say that general condi-
tons in the country districts show a
marked improvement owe the first of
the year. The farmer is in a position
to buy now, and he is buying more
freely than at any time in the last
year, it is said. Wholesale automobile
accessories houses say that their out
Of town business has shown a great
increase since January l, and that the
last two weeks have been especially
busy.
Specific instances Of returning pros
perity are found on every hand.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02

The war department insists that the
offer made by Henry Ford for Muscle
Shoals is not a good one, and that 1t
is said that the secretary OF war has
compared it unfavorably with the pro-
posal of the Alabama Power company.
In the beginning the Ford enthusi-
asts told how Mr.. Ford proposed to
build a new city" on the Tennessee
river. Then they said he would create
a new south" Finally one might be
led to think they now expect he will
build a new nation" Dreamlike predic-
tons of fertilizers in the Mississippi
river valley, fresh and free from Ala
bama, at cost-with the freight thrown
off the price, are among the reasons
urged for acceptance of Mr.. Ford's Of
fer. 1t does not seem to matter when
Continued on Page 10-Col. A.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02
FIRE WORSE THAN TAXES

Fire Marshal Bulletin.-Everyone is
talking about taxes. Why not contem-
plate the taxes we are paying on ac-
count Of careless destruction Of Drop
erty by fire.
The expense for running the state
Of South Dakota for the fiscal year,
1920-21 was $3,1S7,271. We burned up
half that much property in the state
and no one seems to worry.
Would it not be a good idea for tax
experts to, in Analysing the costs of
government, call the peoples atten-
ton to the heavy tax laid on them
selves by their w carelessness?
When one is asked who fixes the
tax rate in his city or county, the ma
tural reply is the city council or county
commissioners. Careful analysis, how
ever, will show that their function is
only clerical, that in reality the tax
rate is determined by the level on
which the taxpayers themselves re-
quire the municipality to be main
tanned. Their budget calls for GER
tain amounts and the board in author
ity merely complies the amounts and
promulgates a rate. The making of
rates for fire insurance is very SINH
lar. The budget which the insurance
companies have to raise consists of
first: the expenses of doing business,
second: the value Of the property
destroyed by fire. The first of these
factors is a quite definitely fixed
amount. The second varies and to a
great extent must be controlled by the
insured themselves, and it is On this
account hat the insured can largely
control the rate at which insurance
may be bought by preventing a large
part of the easily ~prcventable fires.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02
e

WATERFOWL Public-O pinion-There Is
10 longer skepticism as to the show
ing that business is rapidly return
ing to a basis Of normal prosperity
With spring about to break there is
a manifest eagerness to be at the
task of the coming years production
Every business feels the impulse ever
now. Morale" he's become better in
every line, not excepting the farmers
The basic fact is that the farmers
are making unexpected progress al
liquidation Of their loans held by
banks. due largely to the marked i'm
provement in the market price of near
ly everything they have to sell. The
orn belt, including Iowa, which per
haps has been more seriously embar
raised than the wheat country, is
making surprising progress. according
to j. j. Large, president Of the First
national bank Of Sioux City, who will
be remembered by many in Water
town as n Of the leaders of the
Sioux City commercial visit to Water.
town last year.
The Sioux City Journal quotes Mr.,
Large as saying that never in the his
tory Of Sioux City has the liquidation
of Farm debt taken place SO rapidly"
adding:
Due to the coming of 50-cent corr
which materialized Tuesday on the
Sioux City Grain Exchange. and the
steady increase in the price OF hogs,
which Tuesday reached a new high
level of $40, the morale among farm
ers In this part Of the country is 100
per cent better than last month, bank.
ers and business men say.
Less than a month 8 corn was
selling at 40 cents and less. Three
months ago rs to 80 cents was con.
sidered q good price and farmers were
finding It more profitable to burn
their surplus corn than to sell II. Hogs
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02
SOUTH DAKOTA FORTUNATE
Continued From Page u

Continued From Page u
Mr.. Yeager explained the method in
which the Federal Reserve bank works
and answered many of the unjust
charges made against that institution.
He said that banks do not make prices.
They reflect them. The prices of agri.
cultural products began to fall before
the Federal Reserve bank ceased ex-
%panding it's loans. In fact the Federal
Reserve increased it's loans heavily
and made credit extensions up to a
peak of sis, 900, 900 in November,
1920 at which time prices had been
IN the decline for nearly a year. Credit
was not Debated but inflated during
the price decline.
Federal Reserve banks are not per,
mitted by law to handle anything but
short time notes, 60 days on ordinary
commercial paper and six months on
farmers notes. The bank cannot pos
sibly handle anything but the short
time requirements Of the farmers. For
long time loans the farmer Is obliged
to go into the mortgage market, which
has been all but destroyed. Mr.. Yea
err stated that a bill is now in congress
providing a means for handling credit
requirement Of agriculture for periods
of six months to three years through
the federal land banks. This will fill
a long felt want and will help both
banks and farmers materially.
We know to III sorrow that all agri-
cultural products have fallen sharply
in price, that there have been heavy
losses to the livestock interests, that
the copper market has very nearly col
lapsed. that business failures have
largely increased, and yet We hear very
little, il anything, about the losses
suffered by III banks in attempting
to support the credit situation during
these periods Of radical changes. You
will certainly be surprised to know
that the national banks Of the country
charged off, as losses, during the II
months ending last June, some $76.-
$4,000 on their loans and discounts.
They charged off also $76.179. 900 as
losses OF their bonds and securities,
.$10,62S, 900 on foreign exchange and
other losses of $16.S SOS, 900. or a grand
total for the national banks in their
country Of $179. SS5, 900.
There are about 80 1000 banks in the
United States. There are a few over
5000 national banks. or but about
one-fourth Of the total. II the remain
ing banks in the country, the state
banks and trust companies. had
charged off proportionate amounts,
and 1t Is fair to assume that they did.
the total loss to banks. bankers and
trust companies throughout the United
States. was considerably over $780,
000, 900. A loss In that amount to any
other class Of industry is heralded In
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

BY J. f. Jones.
One night in January Whlle an auu-
fence was looking at the moving PIC
lures in the best residence district
of Washington, the roof suddenly
tumbled in and 100 precious lives
were lost. Investigation followed to
fix the blame. AS an after result or
the tragedy seven theaters in the Ma
tional capital have been ordered
closed. because the buildings are CON
sidered dangerous.
The Knickerbocker theater was
spoken of fondly by it's owners, who
operate many playhouses, as " the
pride of the circuit" 1t was a beau
tiful building, and the performances
were of a high class, appropriate ma
ture in a fine residential community.
The public never thought of the build
ing as unsafe, but when it became the
! scene OF a tragedy that shocked the
nation, recalled that it was
"only a she'll" thrown up in the hurry
of the war. In that period SLAP
dash" construction received SLAP
dash" inspection. Thousands of build
ings Of the same character were built
all parts of the country. Most of
them will survive, but some Of them
will likely topple under a weight of
snow, or fail to resist the pressure Of
n hnoyU min1-anI thAp thnrn will hn
other scenes of grief and sorrow to
supplement the Washington horror.
SO much for the building Of the SLAP
Dash" construction period.
OF the seven theaters recently
closed, by order of the commission in
Washington, most of them are old
buildings. Their particular defects are
that they are fire-traps. Some of
them that the only method of exit is
from the front or back. At the open
ing of a performance, the management
has a hard time in getting the people
into these buildings, through their
narrow doors, and even though there
may be plenty of red lights marking
the exit the fact remains that if
there is any hurry about getting out,
these ~old-style barn-like playhouses
are almost exit proof" One finds
them fairly comfortable, except that
they have too many posts" But this
defect" is one of their devices for
safety, because roofs in these old
structures do not fall in, and that dan,
ger seems greatest in the vaulted
dOmes that are a modern fad. These
roofs that are dependent wholly for
support from the walls.
Flimsy building construction is one
of the to human life thai
exists in every community. The only
safeguard the public has against this
tendancy to build lighter, gaudiel
buildings, is in an efficient system O.
official inspection. And that inspec
ton ought to be so stiff and thorough
in every community that it would no
wait to close seven theaters-if Sc
many are unsafe-before one of then
became the scene Of a tragedy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02
A TIM ELY TIP

Elkton Record-Tuesday Of this
our ~postoffice patrons carrying huge
Montgomery & Ward catalogues under
their arms, which they had received
through the mails. We did not re
ceive any, and not having seen any
since our boyhood days, our curiosity
was aroused to note just what sort OF
propaganda they were emphasizing
We purlOined a copy and found that
for half a century, SO they said, they
had been e~ndeavoring to render the
public genuine service, etc. In look,
ing over the line Of goods they sold
we found that every merchant in this
town handled the same line Of goods
not a single line but what was rep
resented in Elkton-except printing,
and advertising.
What made the mail order houses
so popular? They know how to adver,
tise, Why can't the merchants OF
Elkton compete with them in their
own coin-printer's ink and advertis-
ing? The Record is strong for the
home merchant. IN fact, we think
that we are expected to boost for the
old home town first, last and all the
time. What reward do we get? Is our
sheet chuck full of advertisements
telling the folks right here in town and
! on tho r1ro1 rnJItnG what h yuDinc fhnu
can get from merchants? Our mer-
chants seem to take it for granted that
just because they have a store front
ing on Main street that it is enough
Of an advertisement. But do the folks
know what they have on their shelves ?
The home merchant has the advantage
of the mail order house every time if
he was only awake and knew it! He
has the advantage of personal con
tact and car supplement that with ad
vertising in this home paper, blotters
circulars, etc, printed at home!
In order to help the advertiser along
this line the Record has a large as
sortment of adv. cuts and suggestions
that are up to date, and continually be
ing added to, every week. We are or
the lookout for new ideas, and they are
all at the disposal and pleasure of oul
home merchants.
The community in which the loca
merchants do not advertise is Away!
known to the mail order houses-they
make it their business to know that
and subsequently you'll find that com
munity flooded with their catalogue,
and circulars. If you want to keel
what cash there is in and around Elk
ton right at home, and not go to
firm that does not donate a isngl
penny to help build up community er
terprises and pay local taxes, ge
busy, Mr.. Merchant. and look owe
your stock. write up that advertise
ment, and bring it to your home tow
paper. Well enlarge our plant, hir
more help and put in more equipment
If necessary, to take care of your ai
vertising-and more advertising mean
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02
THE. MIRROR OF PROGRESS

The value or the home Town
D is again forcibly demonstrated
by the following letter which we re-
ceived from /. ID. Aldrich, commits
sioner of immigration at Pierre:
To the Editor:
Is the country newspaper the mirror
of the community progress? Re-
quests received at this office from
prospective land buyers for copy of
the local newspaper indicates that it
Is 81 regarded.
In fact, these requests come so often
that we have made it a practice to
send a South Dakota weekly to every
inquirer as a part Of state litera-
ture-if we have the weekly to send.
Inquiries from prospective South Da-
kotans number between two and three
hundred on an average week, and 80
odd weekly newspapers we receive
don't cover their usefulness as fully
as we would wish.
When an inquirer has decided OH a
county or the state to which he ex-
DcCLO W InONC, IL dNdlidDlc, VIC on
him a newspaper Of that county This
gives him more information than we
would be able to send him in any other
form. He learns about tho churches,
schools, merchants, and a good deal
about the people he hopes to live
among from that newspaper.
Recently several weeklies have pub.
lished a number OF success stories
about farmers and merchants in their
communities. No edition should go &c
press without some such story, and
the immigration department viii be
glad to have extra copies for effective
circulation.
| don't want to load an extra bur
den on you, but would appreciate il
IL you would put the department. or
the list to receive your new spapel
regularly, The fact that this depart
ment is sending your paper to persons
who are asking about South Dakota
is a point well worthy the considera
tion Of your real estate advertisers.
Very truly yours,
Irwin ID. Aldrich.
This Is only one of the multitude OF
instances where the local newspaper
Is called upon to donate a service that
il rendered by no other person In the
community. That tho service is
worthwhile and extremely valuable To-
the state and community Is self evil
dent since 1t is in such constant de-
mand. The cost of the service how
ever, falls entirely upon the Publisher
and in the aggregate this Is no small
amount. II is safe to say that IL
anyone In some other line Of business
was asked to donate so largely to the
general good they would stand aghast
at the nerve of some people or would
fly off the handle with a burst of ora
tory. But everyone expects 1t Of the
newspaper editor, he Is the philan-
thropist aud fairy godmother Of the
community.
The building up Of a community by
attracting outside capital and bring
ing in new residents to populate the
cities and farms, devolves largely upon
the Home Town" paper. The more
attractive the paper the greater are
the results, the benefits of which are
shared by everyone. Every citizen
should take pride i'm its home town
paper and in lending to its support.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02

Don't fail to read what H. w.
Blakely has to a on the political
page Of this issue Of the Register. Mr..
Blakely is the right man in the right
place and what he SAYS should appeal
to every taxpayer in the county.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02

Increased deposits in the banks of
South Dakota throughout the year
1921 is the showing made by no other
state in the union. It's the white
spot on tie map.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02

the press from one end Of the country
to the other, but l venture the asser-
ton that one of you have heard Of
these figures, startling as they are.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02

Team work! It's the steady pull
OF all together that wins. As bust
ness men let's all pull together this
year for a bigger and better business,
for a bigger and finer Bookings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02
DISCOVERING THE FARMER

Sioux City Journal-The New York
Times makes the discovery that
While the farmer has been discover
III he city /" : widening group Of
cifiopsin tho middle west have been
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02

As the snow melts away politics win
begin to warm up.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02

more prosperity to you, the town n
the community. Does this soak In!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-22
IDA MAY LOSES
JOHANNESBURG
IN ninth inning
Beyeridge Gets Two Singles.
Doubles and Home Run for
Local Contingent.

!
Ida! M ays threatened to break the
winning streak of the fast Waynes.
burg team yesterday afternoon
when the fast local contingent met
the highly-touted Pennsylyanians.
on their home grounds and main
tanned "a lead until the last half
of the final Frame Waynesburg
has won fourteen straight victor
les, and when the Ida May nine
tailed two runs in the first inning,
the Pennsylvanians got real
scare.
In the opening OF the first in
ming. Sims was walked Ridgeley
sacrificed, Beveridge followed with
a home run for the locals, giving
Ida May lead of two runs. In
the second inning. Waynesburs
was able to score lone run. and
the last half of the ninth found
Ida May on the long end Of q Q 20
L score A home run by Fisher for
Waynesburg, however, completely
turned the tables and the locals
were nosed out of a victory with
two men out when the winning
run was scored.
Beyeridge was unquestionably
the best bet Of the Ida May lads,
getting two singles, double and
a home run in four times at the
bat.
Waynesburg and Ida May will
meet again this afternoon on the
formers ground. and close con-
test is expected
The score: n
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-22

Sacrifice hits-E1der, Ninsle
-Aldridge. Two base hits-Mc-
,Kown, Belt, Joe and Elder. Stol-
en- bases-Belt, Lafferty and Aid
ridge 2. Hit by pitcher-By Arm
stead (Lon SD. Balk-Armstead.
Base on balIs-Off ArMstead 2.
Struck out-By Armstcc5 5, by
Long @. Left on basesr-All
stars 5; South Side z. Umpire
r. Long.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-22
TUCKER COUNTY MAPS
READY TO DISTRIBUTE

Five hundred extra copies each
,of the Tucker County topo graphic
and geologic maps have just been
received from the printers by tbs
West Virginia Geological Survey at
Morgantown and are now ready fer
distribution.
The descriptive book, telling of
all the rocks and minerals in Tuck.
err County, will be published in
about three months Those who de-
sire to obtain extra copies of the
maps, before the publication of the
book. may do so by writing to State
iGeologist + c. White who will fur.
nish a copy of the price-list.
f@ All orders for copies OF the map
should be mailed at the West Vir
GINA Geological Survey, P. o. Box
S4S, Morgantown. w. Va.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-22
TO CROSS PACIFIC
in FISHING JUNK

SHANGHAI, July %. A trip
across the Pacific from Shanghai
port to Victoria, B. c., in a Chinese
fishing junk with a registered ton
mage of 23.13, manned by three Chi.
nese sailors, is the plan of Captain
George Ward, veteran of the Seven
Seas.
Captain Ward declared his pnr-
pose aboard his junk, the Annoy.
which he had built himself at Annoy
in the winter. His purpose was to
sail from Shanghai and steer
course along the coast of Korea
through the Straits of Hakodate
and then follow the northern route
across the Pacific stopping possi-
bly, at the Aleutian Islands. He
said he believed he could complete
the voyage and arrive at Victoria
in the latter part of August
.T'm carrying no cargo and no
passengers,'' Captain Ward said,
'and it isn't going to be pleasure
trip exactly, for I expect We will
meet rough going" At the age of
SO Captain Ward dates his sea ex-
Fperience back to the time when he
was a boy OF eleven when he says
he first put out on a sealing YES
sci from Victoria. He is OF Dutch
parentage but was taken to Can
ada in his infancy by his parents.
Captain Wards experience in
China extends over, a decade sew
eral years OF which he was skipper
of Chinese coaster operated by a
large British export house out of
Hongkong. More recently he has
been engaged in supervising tho
construction of a pier for an Ameri-
can Trading concern.
The Annoy, which was the sub:
ject of no little press notice in
Shanghai is sixty-eight feet over
all with beam OF eighteen feet
and is modelled, on, the lines OF a
typical Chinese fishing junk. Aside
from sails and sweeps it has no 9TH
er motive power. Captain Ward
said his ship acted sp1endidly ca
its trip to Shanghai from Annoy. s.