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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-11-23

as IL was then. Like fine old wine.
Robin Hood" seems t oimprove with
age. 1t has stood the acid test of time
because it is a real work of art. and
the genius which inspired it should
crafty the pride of every American.
Nothing could be more fascinating
than the story upon which the opera
was founded. The old English tale OF
Robin Hood and his band of outlaws
is a famous one and their merry pranks
in Sherwood Forest have furnished Sir
Walter Scott and other writer's with
stories that will live as long as our
language. Around this celebrated
theme was built the delightful opera
by Dekoyen and Smith. and in its mu-
Steal form they have given us a new
pleasure that adds zest to the story OF
the greatest OF E~ugland's popular
heroes.
Robin Hood was by no means an
imaginary character. He really exist
ed, and his romantic adventures hap
pened during the reign of Richard
Occur de Leon, the very mention of
whose name Gus a thrill. Robin
Hood was originally a nobleman, who
became an outlaw in revenge for an i'll
justice done him by the authorities.
He was extremely popular with the
common people, and little wonder. for
he only robbed the rich and shared his
spoils with the poor. He easily evaded
the officers of the law, whose unsuc-
CesSful efforts to catch him furnish
much of the humor of the opera. The
love scenes between Maid Marian
and him are, without doubt, the most
romantic III all comic operas. For this
we should be ~devoutly grateful, for all
the world loves a lover, except, per
hays, his rival.
An opera of such merit as Robin
Hood demands a singing cast of the
highest order, and the coming produC-
ton fully meets this requirement, as
the principals are all of grand opera
Calibre.
The numerous girls in the chorus
are not only pretty, but can sing.
They are accompanied by handsome,
manly men, also with voices.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-11-23
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From the Register

Attorney j. C. Jenkins made a bust
ness trip to Elkton Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T. Wimsey returned
from their visit to Waterfowl on Wed
neSday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. West departed
for East Deleven, Wis, Tuesday morn
ing where they will visit relatives and
friends during the winter.
Mrs. r. L.. Slagle departed yester-
day to join her husband at Rapid City
where the professor holds the chair
of chemistry in the School of Mines.
f. l.. buckingham arrived from
Oshkosh, Wis, and will remain here
during the winter and may decide to
make Brookings his permanent home.
Prof. f. C. Chilcott Of the Agricultur-
al college is securing from the differ
ent parts of the state samples Cf the
soil for chemical and mechanical an
alysis.
Jonas Ostroot came down from Lake
Preston Saturday evening Of last week
and remained at hime until Thursday
morning. He reports the mill he is
interested in as running at its full
capacity.
Albert Matson has been appointed
by Judge Bennett as court stenOgraph-
err for this circuit. This is a good ap-
pointement. Albert will make a good
and faithful officer of the court and
the Register offers its congratulations.
The management Of the Individual
has undergone another change this
week. A deal was consummated a few
days ago whereby Hans Korstad be-
came the partner of S. A. C~ochrane,
the new deal taking effect last Monday
morning.
Commissioner Ed Hillestai % oslo,
was in Brookings Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Hillestad is up with the times. He
states that he has finished all If his
fall work. His blowing is done ard his
corn is in the crib. An early Inter
has no terrors for this class of farm
ers.
The Gazette of Schenectady, n. ",
says hat Mrs. Mary Lyon has re-
turned from a trip to the Pacific Coast
during which extended visits We're
made to California, Utah, South Da-
kota and Michigan. 1t also says that
Ripley S. Lyon of Logan, Utah, is in
the city for a couple OF weeks. All OF
Mr.. Lyons friends in BrOOkings VIII
be quite pleased to know that he has
recovered his usual health.
While hauling grain to EstcIifne one
day last week William Coulter was
seriously injured in a peculiar man
ner. In some way one Of the lines
fell from his hands and as he reached
down to get it one of the horses kick
ed him knocking him off the wagon.
One wheel passed acros his chest
and another over both legs. 1t was
some little time before the physician
called could bring him back 70 con
seriousness. No bones were broken
but he was terribly bruised and in
jured internally.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-11-23

ty, South Dakota, which had been her
home until four years ago, when she
and her husband moved to the village
OF Nassau where they were known to
everyone as Grandpa and Grandma
Mix. Besides her husband. August
Mix, deceased is survived by three
sons. w. G.. Mix of Nassau. A. +. Min
of Bookings, 5. d., and II. Q. Mix Of
Rockford, Mimi, and one daughter,
Mrs. Louise Kleinke of Salem, Oregon.
Funeral services Will be conducted
Friday afternoon from the late home
and from the CONGREGATIONAL church at
Nassau by Rev. BentZ of Candy assist
ed by Rev. Kennedy of this village
and interment Will be made in Au.
gusta Cemetery. Weekend our sym
patty to the family.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-11-23

Buy your magazines at Taylors.-
Advertisement.
DR.. b. II. Sayre, local veterinarian.
Advertisement.
Bring your hides to NJ. Kramer &
Son for good Observation-Disclosures.
Mrs. Taylor Tidball, mother Of Cly lie
Tidball Of this city, left Monday for
Santa Ana, Cal, where she makes her
home.
Stock Tanks-2 % X 1O-2 X IL
only at our warehouse at Redfield will
be sold cheap. Atlas Lumber Co.-Ad-
vertisement.
Z. II. Eby of the State highway com
mission at Pierre, former resident en-
gineer in Bookings, was a business
visitor in this city Monday.
st. Thomas Guild will serve their
annual chicken dinner on Nov. % at
G.. a. r. Hall. Two meals will be
served 11:30 a. m. and 5 p. m. Fancy
articles on sale all day. Prepare to
go. Price soc. (Committee)-Adver-
tiSement.
j. r. Peterson Of Spokane, Wash, a
well known old timer Of BrOokingS,
has been spending the week in this
city shaking hands with old friends and
visiting relatives. Mr.. Peterson was
Register of Deeds of this county for
two terms and has a wide acquaintance
over the county.
A large party of Brookings hunters
started out Tuesday for Sphinx county
to take advantage Of the open day for
hunting Chinese ~pheasants. Pheasants
are very plentiful in that region and all
expected to return with the limit.
Those who were out last week brought
home a good number of pheaSants. The
extraordinary beauty of the birds make
them an especial prize to the hunters.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-11-23
An Opportunity
High School Students

The Winter quarter at the East
ern State Normal School (Madi-
SOM opens Monday, December 4th.
Prospective students may be inter
ested to know that by including
the summer quarter they can get
in a full year Of credit work before
the 1923 fall terms Of school open.
This, it will be noted, makes il pos-
sibIe for high school students to
begin December 4th and complete
the requirements for a teaching
certificate and gain at the same
time a year OF college credit before
September 1st, 1923. Living ex-
penses for students in Madison av~
eraee 81 per day.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-11-23
"ROB BIN

robin Hood" which will be heard
here Saturday, is ACKNOWLEDGED to be
the greatest masterpiece Of comic op-
era ever written by Americans, the
charm Of Reginald DeKoven's music Is
as fresh today as when it was first en-
joyed 25 years ago, and the dialogue
OF Harry B.. Smith is as sparkling now
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-11-23
CHANGE IN TRAIN SERVICE
CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RY.

The Chicago and North Western Ry.
announces that the following trains are
now operating on former schedules.
No. Is leaving Watertown daily except
Sunday for ~Brookings. No. II leaving
Brookings daily except Monday for Wa
tertown. For full particulars ask tick
ct agents, Chicago q North Western
Ry-Advertisement.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-11-23

Who cheers you up when you are
sad and finds for you the facts YOU
seek about the doings good or bad of
all your %neighbors every week? Who
keeps your town upon the map and is
a cheerful creditor? Pay up, good folks
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-11-23

and advertise! He does his part-the
editor.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-04-15

The Taxpayers League has well
sounding name, but the institution as
many know it has too much the appear
ance of being personally conducted.
What is worse, it appears to see only
what its conductors can see. In. as much
as its chief agent was brought here
from another city and his salary guar
anteed him by the conductors, perhaps
it would be unreasonable to expect any
thing different. 1t would preserve har-
mony to have their eyes closed to what
the conductors could not see. The late
secretary Mccarthy of the Chamber of
Commerce was not so practical and
amenable to stern, guiding hands. 1t
is said they have Drought about econo-
mics in the plans of the proposed new
Jail, and have made valuable .sugges-
tions in regard TO the building of school
houses but
When they knew that the money of st.
Louis County taxpayers had been used
to build an expensive road in Douglas
Co.. Wis, and Carlton Co., Mimi, they
said and did nothing.
When it was made clear as the sun
at MONDAY to the man in the street
that tens of thousands of dollars we're
being wrung from the property owners
in connection with street paving job
berry, they were silent as the grave.
When it is known almost universally
that employees of st. Louis county are
being paid fancy salaries for duties IN
volving neither responsibility nor tech
nical skill much beyond that Of common
labor, the Taxpayers League has Other
matters Of tremendous Importance t.
think about.
When a certain man, for purely per
sonal reasons, desired to have Seeono
street widened, the City's- expensive
organization was set at work to have il
done. Surveys were made, drawings and
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-04-15
EVELETH BUMPS THE BUMPS
Citizen Burns Secures Writ Of Mandamus Whereby he Is
Granted Right to Inspect Books Of Mayor Esslng City
Of Notwithstanding Allegations Are Made.

district court April 90 by Judge Free
man in the case Of ii. L. Burns against
the City of Eveleth. The mandamus
authorize the plaintiff to
inspect books, records and papers per
tanning to the business of the city, says
the Queen City Sun.
Mr.. Burns alleges in his petition to.
the court that according to the city
charter all records, books and papers OF
the city shall be open to the inspection
of any citizen at all reasonable times
and places. The petition recites that
Mr.. Burns has started an action against
the members OF the old city council 70
recover $74,561.4 ON the grounds thas
such money was illegally spent and that
another action was started restraining
the city from spending any of the city
money in the construction and main
tenanee of the new hockey and skating
rink and that temporary injunction
was issued, and that another injunction
was issued restraining the city from
issuing bonds in the sum OF $375,OOO
That it is necessary for Mr.. Burns TO
examine the records and secure data IN
connection with such law suits and that
the city clerk has embarrassed MI
Burns a great deal in the examination
of such records, and has caused him .
great deal of delay, and has instructed
the assistant city clerk and other en-
ployes Of the city clerks office not to
give Mr.. Burns or his attorneys any of
the records or access to them. It is
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-04-15

failed to find it. The old cutup had
pulled it out of his old henhouse and
put it in Olaf Nickaliason IS Henry Ford
and, in due course, the still was wheeled
away and hidden in the woods Nicka,
liason is fisherman at Good Harbor
bay. :" z !. Z - so. b
Dyer Reynolds, before blossoming out
as a moonshiner and blindpigger, tried
to run chicken ranch at Caribou
Point, but he made fizzle of it. Then
came prohibition and the resulting
wave of lawlessness, disorder and indie
cency, including the violation of the
constitution and splitting on the dear
old flag.
Dyer Reynolds boasts that he is not
afraid of sheriff Lein and that he "has
the GOODS on Cook county's peace of
ficer and process server. Reynolds de.
clares that he has sold sheriff Lem
illicit booze in quantity and he even
declares that he has sold the stuff to
deputy sheriff Sam Zimmerman, brother
of Henry Zimmerman who was arrested
some months ago by federal agents for
engaging in the lawless business OF run.
ming rum. -.
Saturday, March 5, deputy sheriff
Sam Zimmerman was very noticeably
under the influence of liquor. While
bearing the white man burden, SO to
speak, undersheriff Sam entered the
Motor Inn garage, swearing and raving
about some imaginary trouble, Emil
Hall, the shop foreman, told deputy
sheriff Zimmerman to get out OF the
place. Zimmerman responded by strik'
ing the shop man. He repaid the com.
pliment by having the bibulous servant
of poor old Cook county arrested. The
next Monday morning, deputy sheriff
Zimmerman went before the cadi and
pleaded guilty. He was fined 20 and
81 costs.
Axel Berglund, now county surveyor,
will file for sheriff and run against L.
H. Lem, the incumbent. Presumably as
result of the prospective opposition,
sheriff Lem has been saving wgod In
quite an exemplary way since the Rip.
saws old travelling missionary vA1ted
Cook county IS capital last summer.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-04-15
GERALDINE. FARRAR
BOOKED FOR DULUTH
Totman Brings Incompatible
Artist for Entire Week Of
May Z, at Armory.

Geraldine Farrar, world famous diva
of grand opera and star of motion pic
lures, who has been announced by
Llewellyn Totman to appear at the
Armory in concert on Thursday eve
ming, May II, will be singularly hon
ored in Duluth. When it became known
that the great American prima donna
was to sing in Duluth, coming here in
her own special car directly after the
close of her season at the Metropolitan
Grand Opera House, New York, a group
of local business men decided that Miss
Farrar should receive proper recogni-
ton of her achievement in the musical
world. The result is "Farrar Week, y
to be celebrated, commencing May Z.
The slogan Of the week will be O. Farrar
in concert, Farrar at the movies, Far
rar at home" Many musical societies
in the city, as we'll as the schools, will
help in making tFarrar Week" sue
cess.
Not only is Geraldine Farrars the
best known operate figure in the world
for her brilliant performances in such
operas as "Carmen,n t'Tosca,' Ma.
dame Butterfly" but she is the best
loved Of all native American singers.
Her coming to Duluth is distinctly an
event and her concert is being looked
forward to by thousands. She brings
with her Mr.. Frederick Gunster, well
known tenor, and Josef Maxim, cellist,
who has appeared with all the leading
symphony orchestras. Without ques-
tion Geraldine Farrar is the highest sal
aried artist who ever appeared on a
concert stage in Duluth. There is no
Soprano in the country who has so beau
tiful voice as this star of grand opera
and concert.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-04-15

plays a lone hand in the unlawful bus
mess and the Ripsaw inspector saw no
redlight women around the place.
On the floor above "Big Mable 81
blindpig, a lawless Finn keeps a runty
little blindpig and he charges only 25
cents for a suck at the creature.
Hermann Mattson unlawfuly sells
whisky at 1874 Ave. E. He does both a
retail and wholesale business and his
telephone is Melrose 1928. If you doubt
the Rip-saw's information, call up Her
man and ask him about it. His prices
are 25 cents single snort and 50 q
gallon. 81
A warrant was issued for Mattson
last October on charge of selling
booze. It was not served until Janp--
airy, thereby giving the poor fellow am
pie time to earn fine and a big profit
besides The court imposed a punish
ment of 60 days at Fred Wards work
farm. Mattson then gave George d.
Mccarthy SIS to "spring" him, which
he did after the lawless Herman had
served about five days of his sentence.
If you know the ropes it is not so very
hard to get away with anything short
of murder in this complacent old city.
Not long since, the federal men
caught Mattson's partner and he was
released on 81 900 bail to. await the &C
ton of the federal grand jury. The
accused now is busy at trying to earn
enough to pay fine in July.
George Musolf took a night school
course under Charley Schultz, Chris.
Reamer and others in and around the
old Palmer House. Having obtained his
degree, George now sells booze down
stairs at Ill N. First Ave. w. at the
plebian price of 25 cents a swig.
Upstairs at Ill n. First Ave. W., jo-
vial old Bill Pike is going it strong
with his blindpig. Col. Pike once was
a Waterman for the American Exchange
and First National banks, His habit
of wooing "Nature's sweet restorer,
balmy Sleep cost him his job.
Some months ago, Bill Pike was
caught in the act and sent to the work
farm for sixty days. He hardly was
established and he had not cleaned up
enough money to hire pinch-hitter to
"spring' him. In his anger, Bill Pike
declared that certain sergeant of po-
lice had offered to protect him-give
him special dispensation to violate
the law-for a money consideration of
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-04-15
MRS. BEN SECLEM BRUTALLY
BEATEN BY BOOZE BUFFERS
Plucky Woman Breaks Up Booze Party by Smashing Big jug
Of Illicit Whisky at Dyer Reynolds Chicken Ranch Near
Caribou Point in Complacent Cook County

GRAND MARAIS, April l2.-(Spe.
cial to the Rip-saw.)-Dyer Reynolds
has the reputation of running the larg.
est moonshine still in Cook county. Late
last month, after making "run' of
illicit booze, at his old chicken ranch at
Caribou Point, 16 miles west Of Grand
Marais, Reynolds invited his neighbor,
Ben Seglem, over to sample the stimu
lating stuff.
Mrs. Seglem, who evidently takes no
pride in her husbands ability to
wrestle with old John Barleycorn, sus-
pected that mischief was on foot, there
fore she slipped over to the Reynolds
ranch to make a survey of the situa
ton.
Reaching the notorious moonshiner' g
premises, Mrs. Seglem found big jug
Of whisky setting in the snow to cool
after its hot journey through the still.
The plucky woman summarily broke the
jug and spilled the fiery contents.
Reynolds and Seglem were very
wroth over the act of Mrs. Seglem.
They followed her over to her home
and, while one held her, the, other gave
her a thorough beating.
Mrs. Seglem managed to get herself
and her two children to the home of
her father, K. P. Hall, who lives about
two miles north of Caribou Point. The
unfortunate victim Of physical as.
.sault at the hands Of two big, strong,
and angry boozers not only left black
and bluaSpots all over Mrs. Seglem 8
body, = Compelled her to remain in
bed forSeveral days.
'sAfter under going her beating, Mrs.
Seglem had her kinfolks summon sher.
iff Lem, but he failed to respond. He
showed up some days later but declared
he could do nothing.
A week later, after Mrs. Seglem had
returned to her home, Reynolds and
Seglem went on a second rampage. She
again summoned sheriff Lein and he
came quickly. He declared that he
could do nothing in family row, but
both Renolds and Seglem, after they
had sobered up bit, promised to be-
have in the future. Il L
When deputy sheriff Sam thinner.
man searched for Reynolds still, he
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-04-15
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED
By JOHN KNOX, JUNIOR.

condemnation plats prepared, commits
sioners in condemnation proceedings
were appointed, meetings were held at
so much per netting, awards of damages
were made, ETC., and then, when the
same certain man, again for purely per-
sonal reasons, decided he did not want
Second street widened, the announce
ment was promptly made by the city
that the improvement would be aban-
doned for the present. The street is
now about to be repaved, but not even
a question is asked about the widening
nor about the money that was thrown
away.
But why pile everything onto the
Taxpayers LeagueH Being personally
conducted, perhaps the agents of that
organization were judiciously conducted
straight away from all these things
Why do the daily papers have nothing
to say about these thingss For the
same reasons that the sponsors of the
Taxpayers League have nothing to say
The dailies, the Taxpayers League, and
some reformers, are very brave and
outspoken until they run up against
any of the influences that control the
community, and then, Good Night!
These influences are money, religion.
perversion and politics. Every sinister
form that skulks and slouehes ant
sneaks and sinks across the stage
wears the cloak of one of these-and il
safe. Instead Of seeking to cleanse
themselves, or to flee from the wrati
which already has overtaken them OF
some salients of the worlds battl'
field, they are become more desperate
more crafty, more insolent.
Let no man be>deceived. The armies
are lining up for mighty struggle
The glittering spears are ranked ant
ready. Choose ye this day whom ye vii
serve. l" ~
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-04-15

also alleged that when the city clerk is
out of the city, Mr.. Burns has to wait
until his return before getting amy of
the records.
The petition sets forth that during
the years 1920 and 1921 the city coun-
ell spent approximately $4,000 600 and
that in addition to the illegal expendi-
lures mentioned in the other law suits
started by Mr.. Burns, the city has spent
large sums Of none on illegal contracts
and has paid out thousands of dollars
of the city funds and received nothing
in return and has paid salaries to a
large number of persons who performed
no services to the city. That during
the past two years the city council ille-
gally turned over to the city. clerk
10000 out of which the city clerk and
Mayor Essling illegally paid out more
than $61 900 and the only records OF
such expenditures are the checks and
check stubs issued by Essling and Van
Buskirk.
The petition sets forth that on March
10, Mr.. Burns asked the city clerk,
during regular office hours for per-
mission to inspect the checks and was
net allowed to inspect them until
March 16, and on March 81, asked to
see the rest of the checks and the stubs
and certain bills and permission to see
them was refused and Mr.. Burns was
told he could not see them until April ],
It is also affirmed in the petition
that since January !, 1922, the present
council has spent other large sums OF
money for illegal purposes.
A writ Of 'mandamus was issued in
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-04-15
rHE INGENIous GEORGE.

"They told u.s." said General Her
bert G. Maxwell at banquet in Chica-
90, athat it was war to end war, and
now, for all their peace and confer
ences, they are arming worse than ever.
aThey rcmird me Of the chap who
was asked for advice.
]" George married friend said to
this chap, my wife broke china din
ner plate over MY head last night.
What would you sdvise me to doe"
There's only one thing for you to
do, said George.
nt.And what's that, old MANI said
the married chap eargerly.
- Buy tin dinner plates,' said
George. Detroit Free Press.