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The Keota news., 1922-11-10

luxusy apA esssnsaious living 70 be-.
ahs rsad u eagerly. and DOW shs
knew b. sots he duties of butlss. foot
man. lady's maid. drst gardener. ssc-
ood eardsuse and tbs rest. She dweit
NTH especial intsFsst on the pass.
sssphs dealing With houseAssperA
They wore 10 aprOos. were permit.
ted 10 wear Q silk dress In the after
noon. provided II was hish-aecked.
They were addressed - Mira or Miss
TO distinguish them from regular
essvunss. aud they ste their meals In
their sitting soom--broughl up on q
tray By one Of the maids They car
sisd the keys TO the supply closets. had
the hiring Of less important servants.
paid o6 household bills. kept guests
and. where that work was not dooe
BY tho butler. took instructions foe
msais from their employer
Letisis's ambition wss 10 be . house
keeper. 4hs thought with satisfaction
Of herseif ~ Q middis-assd peesna In
. ssi6 black SILK fsock. eating In soli.
sssy grandeur In her private sitting
suom. But she could not become 20
Important . personaes ali In oas day.
She must woet Up 10 such heixhlA
The sudimcals Of housekeeping shs
had learned from hes ssevics with
The DswsoaA The aousishes she must
learn BY experience u more psseco'
lioas houseboldA
NE hsd definitely decided 10 50
70 the city and apply sl IN employ
usnl agency fos . position ~ . house
keeper. In . i~ss pecsentious establish
msas than that described In The book
to bsgin with. Hut she must b able
honestly TO sy that ahe hsd BEN .
housvkcep~r-aos . hired girl.
Apparently she ssiaed nothing By
her pseition 10 tho ps~sna men. din
cult - II wss to deliver. NJ. pa~soo.
3s., simply hadn't taken hVs sre,ossiy.
aud Tosn ~ usual answered In IN In
ds0nile soes Of sr.ssd manner. Ever
sines ~ had bsea woskinS o. that
correspondence course be hsd seemed
pevoeeupied- Ooes several y~srs ago
Ae had taken hee foe orrsxioosl walks
end had driven her to lowu. but st'-
paFently his smbliioa 10 become .
scientific farmer left 40 thoughts Tor
Lefty. .ths hiscd gisi--
Lseitia's dsrulns needle 6~w back
and forth - ahe sat By the reading
lamp. and oncs . large tear spasshed
on one q Tom pa~sua's heavy ~oelea
SOCKS that she was darnins. She russ
to rstise when the clock struck half.
pass eight. and On some pevtc1t Of
other Tom followed her to the kitchcn-
where she went to sst her little lamp
TO light hes to bed.
= want to talk to you. Lefty Ton
said. barely looking st her. stay In
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your room untii fathss has gone to bsA
then cone down quietly.
Lefty went about lighting ~ Ia@1
and said only after long pause. a"
right. Tom. IN come back
A hsif hour later Tom snd Ls.'y
met In the living room and Tom 'eo
the way 10 the little side porch where.
though the air Was chilly. they coo'o
talk with no fear Of being heard
-lts about your wanting To he called
. housekeeter." Tom began. y doat
blame you not wanting 10 b esIeo
hired GIRL but father doesn't fesNy
mean TO hurt your feelings I'D have
made matters difIereai from what they
arc long sso II II had brcn sny US
irving. Instead ] made plsnA
and part Of the plan MAS To take this
course In agriculture. came into
that money from mother last spHns
when ! wss swcniy-oae. I'm going 70
nnish my correspondence course snd
next winter take time TO take The
shorter course In agriculture ~ ths
State college. Father has agreed
Then I'll come back and buy . farm
Of my o~n: and when do ihst-Les'
~. II you ~es- Mrs Tom pswsou u
wouldn't bs 20 had - b~ins DawS"aS
hired girl. would Hr'
There MAS = trying pause and Lefty
kept her bad turned from Tum'a
Lefty. I lore you.- TON said With
more bravery than he kn~~ he pns-
s~sscsi. Il know you hsse ambition
and didn't want TO be- rssii-.i hired
girl. but I've had smbiii.as tor.
doa't wani To be an cld'sashich~d.
biand-sins farmer. That. ~hy I've
worked - hssd on that correspond
~n-~ cour~~. Sans TO marry you
'-tsu, Id have to lore y"u-- Lefty
h~spn.
"t'ca't you-s iitti~f
= don't know. III hss- Ia lhink.-
sssd t,~titis under her breath. -whea
I have hsd time To think things os~s
IN tell you. Good night. Ton. and
thank you foe-foe understanding
With that L~siiis won't hack into
The house and utsetslsS To her little
soosn. For 40 hour she sst sn hes
single upright chair thinking. Thea
she took up . t'~ncsl snd wrots -
. pierv of writing paper.
-b~ss Tuen.
II love you.
't.ETtTtA.-
Then Lefty Unlocked . dea~es Of
her bureau. took from II = book and
started out Of hcs room. She siipf~d
the note under Toms door and won't
down stsirs There she opened the
store thst ~ss eiosed for the nisAs.
She dropped ths book on the cuals
and left Il TO smo,des ,hcrv through
the dark hourN
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ooap.

ooAp.
Pliny claims soap was an iusentlo7
OF the Oauls. but the answer to th'
question II not known. SOAP Is men.
tioned In the Bible. but the Hebrew
"horith" tsoap) II merely . general
:erm for cleansing substance. MANI
facture Of soap on Q large scale hrs
began In London In 162A
The Keota news., 1922-11-10
EYES LOCATED ALL OVER BODY

are connected individually with The
mcdlan nerve cord.
In the lowest forms srv found many
infusps'a which have neither eye. nos
nerves. but sre nevertheless sentative
TO light. either seeking or avoiding IL
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no ONE CAN ESCAPE IAxf,
Attitude Toward Debt 70 cemmo.,..,
Pretty weii Expressed sy
Farmer.

AZ the aGo Of eight OF nins ~,
taken On . voyage up the Mls.lsxssl
river 70 8t Paul. By that tl,ss "a.
Imposing river craft which Msw
Twain celebrated had mostly lisa.
pesred. Our boat Mas a lnOies A.
enir. but sii tho more Fascinating "a
me Oh that account because eoala s1
pl0se Il more satisfactorily. 1 VA
always xiipping downstairs 10 sec ass
tho strange coatfiSsaer sas 0p~,a.S.
especially ~ tho crucial period. a
making = landing aud casting -. 6.
oao Vt my outstanding lm9r~s..sas
from the voyage WAS tina, tho ,.s.r
uicsl language of navigation eVoXs,
mainly Of profanity. writes wiz rs,ss
tn the Saturday Evcnins rosl.
Later On our village bank in Ne
bsux2s accommodated Its patFvas ~
paying their taxes: and I dise0serS.
that taxes were usually dlseuss~. ss.i
the same vocabulary ss haslsa,iSeS
e~csii = deey.besrsird farmer n a.
tered garments To whom bad !ss
handed . strip Of printed rapsr. u.
hsid Il In oos eslio0srd hand. essta
tresnbled with emotion. The 0.ses ai
loused hand ciuicissd . taasie o. srt
beard. Evidently tho man ~as @s'
charged With feeling. After = ner,
isss moment he attempted TO ~apswss
the feeling By eaeisimihs plsis'i'slf
That's simp,y heiiish.-
The printed slip Of pap~s vss ~
sax bill. Ills taxes we're mote 'saa
they had bcea the yesf before. tss
ally taxes we're mosv Than thsy kas
beea the year before. which ,hs~s 'as
payers out Of nve regarded ss sass
Too outrage. since then hare txAt.
much dlscuaaaoo oe isxva TIE ~s
BEARDED farmers comment pretty "sl
s1pesasrs The gVosesi attitude ,ess.
them
AlwsyA evesywhsse tax~s are a.
a0Sesloa. That 10 the hesse fact as''s
them. Govesuussats have b~~n lsrIis<
tsxse In one fuem o. another. w.
posa. fos 10000 years: but In 's~'
leoSth of tims msa hasn't really sc
uDd TO Il. The world oses he ss'n
eegnsds saxea. In the main. - ssf'
Of robbery to which be ssuss ssssls
Now taxss are our most intnessis't-
obvious and fsmilias euotsibu'i0a 10
the eunmoaweal. They arc ~ha' We
chip In the ssoseal pot fos the asf'
poss of carsyias On The necessary ssa'
teesivs enterprise Of eoseFafHssa
Hsoes they illsssraie. better and 'H'ss
eoocauslvsay than anything else. es'
easufal. iasraiaed attitude toward '>1
cooleesivism. An old saying couples
death and taxes 90 the two things s'oss
which there - NO escape. D~s'h Aa'
bseo called our dsbe 70 nature. IA's'
ere our mose Immediate and familiar
debt 70 the eommoowsal We pay Ms
one debt juss aboot - chesrfuliy o.
sAo oshee.
The Keota news., 1922-11-10
0sst es Al Godesvor.

To secure and promote the fee,,n,
o! cheerfu'ness should be the supreme
aim Of all our endesvors AFTER hsnn,.
ness.-SchOpenhau
The Keota news., 1922-11-10

~ s~snty Lssilia was . veteran
hossswostss. tor she had bsgua work
Ing foe the Da~uooa when shs was
liesnhip under AEa Dawson fos eax
yeerA Ma Dawson had died and. -
Grandmother Dawson wss BY this 1uss
dlspossd 10 remain u hss easy chair.
The entire tasks Of housekeeping had
thso fallen 10 Lesiiia. THIS meant DO
ans The cooking. eiesniax. washing and
msoding fos tho indoical 0rsndmoshse
Dawson. Mr.. Dawson The wtdowee. aod
TON Da~soa-
ArA Dawson had called Lsiiiis hss
hired girl She had rescued ~
uesls gist from the county poor hotsss
after the death oe hse widowed moeh.
~s. though Il may have bssu . rasrus
moro In asms than In fact. Since
XfA DawsoaS death NJ. Dawson paid
Lssitis . nessss wage. bot oos coo'
sidessbly greater shsa The PIN noosy
allowed By Mira pawsoa.
II was - 'Ds~soa's hired gtsi- that
Istitis ~ss ssasssiiy known In sAs
cummunity. However. thcrv wss 10
special social iins dnwn between hss
sud h~s employer She sal bsssds
the same lamp With them. reading q
needing oa winter stenlaxA She ste
ss the table with lhcm. jumping up.
of eouFss. every few minutes to est
fresh supplies frum the kitchen.
IL was oos chilly evening u Oeto-
brf. Grandma Oawsoa hsd retired
and L~titia at with hss mso1ins h
her lap While Father pawsno esa1
the paper sad Ton leaned ahseFaese6.
u orse the table whesV he wes wogt.
ins ooS problssns In his eosyespoo1.
socs course 10 scientific farming. 0sv.
sssl times Lstitts had looked up.
opened hss mouth 70 spsak and had
then sssuaioed silees.
Afsss three Or four false ssssss shs
managed to ssy: There y come
thing was wondering. I thought PEI.
hspaI u N was Just the same to you.
maybe DOW. oanes I'm getting to b
older and all-shst maybe you'd juss
- sooo call me . housekeepss instead
Of hired gifs. H you'd juse dfup Il
that was the housskespse then Other
folks would get The habit
Lssitis looked up and for . palafui
moment hss eyes met thoos Of Ton
Dawson. eyes shss wss0 flashing with
Indignation. Apparentiy embarssssed
st meeting Lesitia's glance. his syss
dropped and his tanned face rsd.
dened.
Il don't - Why yoa shouid be -
vsxed with me. Tom. for askine."
Letiiia said. fesuming her dafuing "a.
riousiy.
II wasn't vexcd with you. Lefty. l.
but Il doesn't make any di6ersnce.
suppose."
Mr.. Dawson had been cpgttstins the
situatio0. lie ended by laughing and
looking amused over bis reading
glasses at Letitia.
$50 you want 10 be called . house
keeper. do youf Well for myself
don't see any di6erence between Q
hired girl and . housekeeper. No dis.
grace in either. What you been read.
Ing. Lefty. to put such notions into
your headf"
"Nothins." snapped Letitia. "And
you don't have to do Il II you don't
want to. Only I want you to know
that my folks were ~ good - any
in the county. My father was q par.
son and my grandfather had ~ big
farm as this-and It would have been
mine. too. II he hadn't sold Il to boy
bum oil stock. or something"
Letitia said she had not been reads
The Keota news., 1922-11-10
lsrosss Power Dam.

The keokuk dam. which exicods
across the Mississippi river from kco
kuk. Ia. to Hamilton. H.. IL the ,srr.
est power dam In the world. From
the ID turbine generators propelled
by the water which passes over II.
electric power Il transmitted to ~
Louis. 1+S miles away. and to sms,lrs
cities In Illinois. Iowa. and Missouri,
Inc turbine wheels. one Of which
weighs 8S tons. or four times a. much
a. any ever bcfore made, will eventual.
" oe ID In number. and together will
produce 100000 horse power.
The Keota news., 1922-11-10

Originally Frem HeIy Land,
HolIyhock II the Rprylcn m.,,,,
tAnslo-Sax"n hoe. maliow). II n
called hc'lyhock. or hoiyhock fr.m
the Holy land. where II Is ntiigcnoua
The Keota news., 1922-11-10
The Ambition Of
Led6a
D. JANE OSBORN

40 " Ascisss AssseaSss sssass.sAS
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-01-05
SCOPYRIGHT BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Il Under his grandfather
will. stanford Broughton. society idler. finds
his share of the estate, valued at some
thing like $40. 900, lies In a safe reposi-
tory" latitude and longitude described, and
that is all. 1t may be Identified by the
presence nearby OF a brown-haired, blue
eyed girl, a plebald horse, and a dog win
a split face, half black and half white.
Stanford at first regards the bequest as a
joke, but after consideration sets out 10
find his legacy.
the city nearest the meridian described In
his grandfather's will, Stanford hears from
a fellow traveller a story having TO do with
a flooded mine.
uI-Thinking things over. he
begins to imagine there may be something
In his grandfather's bequest worth while
his Idea finally centering on the possibility
OF n mine, as a safe repository. fecali-
ing the narrative on the train, he ascertains
that his fellow traveller was a mining engl-
neer. Charles Fullerton. Fullerton refuses
him Information, but from other sources
Broughton learns enough TO make him pro-
coed to Placerville. In the Red desert.
CHAPTER Iv.-on the station platform
at Atropia. just as the train pulls out.
Stanford sees what appear to be the iden-
teal horse. and dog described in his grand
fathers Will. Impresser. he leaves the train
at the next stop, Angels. There nc mus
that Atropia was originally Piacerviile. his
destination. Unable to secure a conveyance
at once to take him to Placerville. Brough-
ton seizes a construction car and escapes
leaving the lIlpTtSSlon WI nv No"h
Beaseley. that he Is slightly demented.
CHAPTER V. Pursued, he abandons
the car, which is wrecked, and escapes on
foot. In the darkness. he is overtaken by
a girl on horseback, and THE dog. After
he explains his presence. she invites MIN
to her home. at the Old Cinnabar mine. to
meet her father.
VI. - Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly, caretaker of the mine,
and his daughter Jeanie. Seeing the girl,
Stanford is satisfied he has located his prop
erty, but does not reveal his identity.
VII. Next morning, with
Hiram, he visits the mine. Hiram asks him
to look over the machinery. and he does so
glad of an excuse to be near Jeanne, In whom
he has become interested. and he engages In
the first real work he has ever done.
CHAPTER VIIL-Broughton and Hiram
get the pumps started, but are unable &c
make an Impression on the water. Bull
lerton, apparently an old friend of tn,
Twomblys, visits the mine. He offers tc
drain It In consideration OF Broughton's CIV
ing him hfty-one per cent of the property
Stanford refuses. Then Fullerton offers tc
buy the mine outright for $4,000 1t had
cost Broughton's grandfather more than hal
a million. Stanford again refuses,
IX.-Jeanie cautions Brough'
ton against selling the mine. under any cir
cumstances, and. apparently In a spirit OF
mischief, allows him to kiss her. After @
conversation with Daddy Hiram, Broughtor
decides he will stick to the property.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-01-05
SOUTH DAKOTA
FARM CALENDAR
THINGS TO BE DONE IN JANUARY

Windbreak for Farmstead This is
the time of the year when a good good
w%indbreak and grove about the farm
stead is most appreciated. Many times
the question is asked: But what can
we plant, we haven't anything that is
hardy?" Many kinds Of trees have
proven their adaptability to the climate
of South Dakota. If the farmers choice
is confined to these varieties, probably
95 per cent of the failures will be and
have been due to cultural methods
instead of lack of hardness. If in
doubt as to the hardy varieties and
their culture consult your county
agent or the South Dakota experiment
station, Brookings.
Look Over the Neutrality-suspicious. is
a good month, for going over the farm
machinery if you have a machine shed
to work in. Check over the working
parts and order new ones so that they
will be on hand in time to get them
put on before the busy season. Has
the machine shed other advantages be-
| sides the actual saving to the machin-
cry? To be sure. There are many
times when the machine shed will be
useful for grain cleaning, b%utchering
and as a workshop; besides it enhances
the value of the farm.
A Good Mulch = Well-rotted litter
makes a good mulch over the lawn or
around the shrubs. 1t holds the snow,
preventing alternating freezing and
thawing, and enriches the soil.
Housing Club Livestock All club
members in livestock work should give
special attention to the housing of
their livestock during January. The
stock, like the club members them
selves, needs good shelter and feed.
The success of the years work depends
upon the winter care Of the club live
stock to a great extent. Plan the club
work for the year at January meetings.
Arrange tentative dates for the county
club rally, club tour and annual
achievement day.
Watch Rabbits and Mice-Be on the
lookout for rabbit and mice injury in
your orchard. Next spring farmers will
be writing: "The rabbits girdled my
trees; what can l do for them?"
Ice on the Farm-Ice on the farm is
not a luxury. 1t is of economic i'm
portance. If the east and inexpensive
ness of storing ice and the comfort and
hardness of having it were realized,
there would be ice on every farm.
There is not a farm in South Dakota
located in such a place that ice is not
o%btainabie. Water is essential to farm
life and wherever there is a supply of
water, ice can be frozen, harvested and
stored. For full information regarding
ice on farms write to South Dakota ex-
pertinent station, State college. Brook
ings, mentioning Bulletin No. 1875.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-01-05
CHAPTER X.
The Deep-WeIls.

The next morning I turned out at
break Of day, before anybody else was
up. slipped into my clothes, straight
ened up my bunk, and dropped through
the ladder hatchway to the main-deck.
I had told myself that the reason
for the daybreak turnout was a desire
to see If the railroad people really had
been sufficiently In earnest about the
proposed copper mine branch to make
a survey for 1t; but the true ~underly-
Ing push vas d biting reluctance to
have anything more to do with Butler
ton, or even to sit at table with him.
Tiptoeing through the common room,
so as not to wake Daddy Hiram, !
broke into Jeanie's kitchen and raided
the cupboard for a bite Of something
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-01-05
FARMERS ARE COMPETITORS

"The idea that South Dakota farm
ers compete with each other in pro-
ducing crops and livestock for the
world markets is a new n for many
people, says H. d. Mccullough, of
the farm management department of
State college. Farmers always well
come the arrival of new neighbors.
They like to see the country more
densely settled. They encourage their
sons to settle down on adjoining farms.
The city man is quite different. He
views with oncer the entry of a COM
petitor into his trade territory.
"The farmer has felt justified in the
past because the increase in population
brought increased land values. How
ever, in order to profit by this in
crease in the value of land he has
had to sell his farm and go out of
business. In the meantime the extra
interest charges increased his costs
and made it difficult for him to COM
pete with men on lower priced land.
1--WE are coming to realize that all
men who produce wheat, whether they
live In the United States, the Argen-
tine, Australia or Roumania, compete
against each other in the world market.
Obviously those men who lower their
costs. who organize and manage their
farms economically and efficiently. are
the ones who receive the greatest f.
nancial returns. The farm account
book offers the best possible basis
for studying the farm business to In.
crease efficiency and profits"
--w. q. g.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-01-05

New 1925. 600 Girls Dormitory at State
College
Two Exclusive Dry Goods an. Ladies' Fur
nishing Store.
Good Volunteer Fire Department with
Motor Equipment.
Bookings Produce Co., Cash Market for
All Farm Products.
South Dakota State College of Agriculture
md Mechanic Arts.
Brictson Manufacturing Company, makers
of the Brictson Tire Tread.
New $500 900 administrator Building at
South Dakota State College.
Surrounded by the Best Farming Land in
the state, Where Crops are Sure and Boun-
tiful.
Municipality Owned Telephone. Electric
Light, Heating and Water Works Plants.
Strong Commercial Club with 200 Mem
bers In Good Standing. Fine Club Rooms.
Brookings Is Located on the Main Line of
the c. 4 NV. Ry. from Chicago to Pierre,
the Capital of the State. Also Headuuarters
for Train Crews Running North to Water
town and on to Redfeld and Gettysburg.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-01-05

erals. We only regret that there was
so little we could really do for these
saddened families.
So closes the work Of the first COM
plete year Of the Auxiliary. We, the
youngest order Of the Federated Clubs,
feel the Federation may be proud to
welcome us into the federated family.
Let us look forward to the future
which may by careful planning build.
Mrs. B. T. Green,
President Auxiliary.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-01-05
RaIdsd the Cupboard Tor a Bite Of
Something TO Eat.

to eat. There was plenty Of bread,
and some cold fried ham, and cutting
q couple Of generous sandwiches, /
liked out to make my breakfast In
the open.
The sandwiches disposed of, I began
to quarter the bench woodland back
and forth, searching for some indica-
lions Of the railroad survey. In dys
time I found one Of the location stakes,
and from its facing and the markinga
On It, got the direction Of the proposed
line and was able to trace II for some
distance along the bench. Az Dad
dy had said, II ran within = few hum
Sdfod yards Of the Cinnabar claim. and
! short sidetrack would make his sug-
oostion perfectly feasible; ri ore
|could b. shot Into the cars with but .
'G1nGlo hnn6llnC.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-01-05

over two hundred New Dwellings Built
during the past three years. Besides many
Business Blocks and other Substantial I'M
provements.
Beautiful trees line the streets and the
CITY presents a fine appearance. matted as
II Is In the midst of a fine growth of shade
and trees. Her citizens are will
ing and ready to encourage and assist every
helpful industry.
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Ito be c~ontinued)

Begin now to make up the seed and
shrub list for next year. Try a few
new thlngs each year but rely mostly
on the standard sorts. \