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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-31
LEGION GALA DAY
ONE WEEK away
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, FIXED
FOR CELEBRATION IN
BROOKlNGS
PIG CLUBS WILL HOLD JUNIOR FAIR
Unable To Get All Nations Team
But Arranging With Other
Teams Instead

One week from tomorrow, Friday
September s. is the day which has been
chosen by Orr Hoffman post of the
American Legion for their big celebra-
Lon, which the people Of the COM
munity have been waiting for all sum-
mer. Outlines for the program have
taken definite shape and the boys are
working hard to make the day a great
success.
An attempt was made to schedule a
game between the All Nation ball team
and the Sioux Falls League team, who
are engaged in a fast series this week,
but the deal fell through. Instead
two other champion teams from this
section will be brought here for a real
battle. Definite arrangements have
not been made yet this noon but ne
gOtiations are under way.
Automobile races will be one Of the
main features of the afternoon pro
gram. Prizes will be awarded the
winners in the Australian pursuit race
and in the slow race, two types Of
auto racing that are especially interest.
ing with but few hazards. A prize Of
$500 will be given to the winner Of
the hitching race, the prize being a
harness of that value.
Arrangements have been made with
the boys and girls pig clubs of Brook
ings county to hold their annual live
stock show in connection with the
Legion celebration. This plan was
originated last fall and proved to be a
great drawing card. Since no county
fair is held here, this livestock show
by the boys and girls forms the great
est event in the line Of agricultural
exhibits that is held in the county
during the year.. The boys and girls
will have their animals in fine trim
and readiness for the State fair, which
opens the week following.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-31
SCHOOL TAX CUT
DOWN BY 100000
SCHOOL BOARD WILL USE NEW
BUILDING IN PRESENT
CONDITION
EVERYTHING READY FOR SCHOOL YEAR
Next Monday Ends The Vacation And
The School Doors Open To
Receive Students

School taxes in Brookings city have
been cut 10000 is the good news for
the taxpayers which comes with the
announcement that everything is ready
for the opening of school next Monday.
Since the e high school building
can be used in it's incomplete condi-
ton for a few years, the school board
has been able to cut it's estimated ex-
pense and reduce the 1929 levy to
the extent Of $4,000.
Superintendent S. w. Johnson, who
has been extremely busy the last few
weeks, now announces that everything
is in readiness for the opening Of the
school year. The buildings are clean.
the books are repaired, supplies on
hand and the lawns, trees and grounds
all looking their best. Many students
from rural schools are expected to en-
roll this fall. The tuition cost is prac-
tically the same as last year. Mr..
Johnson is enthusiastic over the pro-
spects Of the coming year and is in
shilling the same enthusiasm in the
teachers and the pupils.
The football squad have begun prac.
tice already and expect to be under
rigorous training next week. The first
game of the season to be played with
De Smet on September 80. Coach
Nicholson coached at De Smet last
year and it will be interesting to see
If his new proteges al defeat his
former team.
An important notice to parents is a
regulation to the effect hat children
may start school between the ages Of
5 and 6 if they are nearer 6 than 5
during the school year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-31
LEGION HEADQUARTERS MOVED

AS a result of the American Legion
convention at Huron last week the
department headquarters of the
American Legion will be moved tenn
porarily to Watertown, temporary
headquarters having been maitained
heretofore at Sioux Falls. This
change is of Importance to the Legion
men of this district, since it brings
headquarters closer to home. The
convention next year will be held in
this district, Madison securing this
honor. Brookings was out for the
convention a year ago, but made no
bid for it this year.
The Brookings post was represent
ed at the convention by DR.. E. Fl.
Whitehead, DR.. B. T. Green and A. S.
Mitchell. A. S. Mitchell was chosen
delegate from this district to attend
the national convention to be held at
New Orleans, October 16 to 81.
Jay H. Williams of Gettysburg, a
former enlisted man, was chosen for
state commander in a close rae with
DR.. G.. G. Gotham of Sioux Falls. All
former state commanders have been
officers. r. J.. Lyons Of Madison was
elected vice-commander. Herbert o.
ston Of Lake Preston, was elected state
finance officer. Both Of the last
named officers are in this district.
Guy P. Squire was elected chaplain.
and Wright Tarbell of Watertown, de-
partment historian.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-31
COAL CONFERENCE
FAILS IN EFFORT
DOCK OPERATORS REFUSE TO
ENTER PRICE SETTING
AGREEMENT
NORTHWEST WILL GET SUPPLY FIRST
Assurance Given For Ample Fuel
But No Promise Of What
It Will Cost

The conference which was called
yesterday at st. Paul for the purpose
of fixing a price for coal in the north
west this fall and winter failed. Gov
ernor Preus of Minnesota called all
the coal dock operators of the lake
ports into the conference. He urged
that a set price be established and
maintained If possible, so that the
public might know what coal will cost
this winter and also to prevent pro-
fiteering. The dock operators refus.
ed to have any part in such an agree
ment, pointing out that it was i'm
possible to tell what the prices will be.
The fuel administration in South
Dakota is getting its organization
plans under way and have appointed
fuel administrators in each county.
In general the same committees which
acted during the war, have been ap-
pointed.
Congress is aware of the situation
and is working hard to pass a bill to
ALLEVIATE the condition which faces the
country. On the heels of the an
nouncement Of Representative John
SON, republican, South Dakota, and
others that would endeavor to get
through an amendment giving the
President authority to take over rail-
roads and mines which failed in pub.
lie service. Representative Ander-
son, republican, Minnesota upset party
plans by making public the text Of
the amendment for creating a federal
coal buying and selling agency. The
latter plan was first suggested by the
President in his address to Congress
but in drafting the distribution bill
the interstate commerce committee
abandoned it announcing at the
the same time that it had acted with
presidential approval.
Outstanding developments Ia the
rail coal situation was an order of the
interstate commerce commission for
mally relaxing some Of its priority
control of coal distribution. Priority
still will be given sections of the north
west requiring rail shipments to sup
plement lake movement Of coal and
railroads whose fuel needs are press
ing. Also a second class priority of
shipment will be granted for coal for
public utilities and institutions, do
mestic and building heating and com
mon carriers with several other class
es of consumers.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-31

Alexandria high school in 1917, for the
next two years was a student at Yank
ton college and took the last two
years of her collegiate work at Pulit-
ger school,. While at Yankton she
served one year as editor of the Yank
ton Student. She has had several
years of valuable experience on the
staff Of the Alexandria Herald. her
fathers newspaper. She will spend
some Of her time in developing a
feature story service at State col
lege. having especial talent along
this line.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-31

arguments against it, however, they
all, so far has come to my notice,
enormously assumed that the pro-
posal Of the Committee had been that
the suggested stipulation should be
applied to all foreign loans flOated in
the United States. That was not the
fact. The original letter of the Com
mittee pointed out that not all for
eign loans are susceptible of such a
stipulation, but advocated it's inclu-
sion wherever practicable" Between
including it by negotiation wherever
practicable" and including it by in
sistence in all cases, there is a vast
and very material difference.
1t is clear that some foreign loans,
including a few of no little impor-
lance, are susceptible Of such an ar
rangement and it is desirable that
American investment bankers, when
negotiating such loans, should al
ways have in mind the probability of
rendering a beneficial service 10
The Foreign Trades etc :. -. :. 49,.
American industry. A case in point
was the recent lean negotiated in
New York by the Dutch East Indies
government. The Dutchmen expected
that the American bankers would ask
forty millions they were borrowing
for American products and were pre-
pared to accede to that request. They
went so far, in fact, as to open nego-
tiations with two electrical
for machinery for the East Indies.
But the leaders did not make the re-
quest, and when the loan was con-
cluded without it, the Dutch dropped
their negotiations for American sup
plies, and placed their orders in
Germany.
The investment bankers assert, in
support of their position, that the
proceeds of a foreign loan foated
here must go abroad o n or later
as exports of American products, and
that in the case cited it makes little
difference whether the Dutch bought
electrical machinery here or the Ger
mans used the dollars borrowed by
the Dutch to pay for the American cot
ton, copper or other raw materials
There is this important difference,
however. The exports would have
been prompt if the desired stipula-
ton had been made in the Dutch
loan, whereas now they may not go
out for several months, or perhaps
a year, and there is much employ
ment here.
This matter is regarded as of de-
cided Importance by many of the
leaders Of American industry, who
feel that the investment bankers
should not only be willing to improve
opportunities such as that offered by
the Dutch loan, but also should be
on the lookout for them. OF course,
if American investors in foreign
bonds should form the habit of in
curing whether or not any part Of
the loan proceeds was spent for
American products that would no
doubt tend to make the issuing
houses more active in securing such
an agreement wherever practicable.
The recent National Foreign Trade
Convention, which was composed Of
more than 1000 foreign traders from
all parts of the country, declared it.
self very clearly on this subject by
adopting, unanimously, the following
statement.
THE importance of sound securi-
Continued OF page 10-Col. p
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-31
HEAVY WIND STORM

A dust and wind sttlm visited this
vicinity last Thursdar which did con
siderable damage in some spots to
trees and to the corn. The storm ap-
peared to be very ugly when it ap
preached, but it seemed that it spent
its force before ii arrived. 1t was
rumored on the street that evening
that a terrible tornado had visited
Aberdeen and that Il vas but the tail
end which struck Ut here. The
atmosphere turned very cool and the
rumor sounded plausible. 1t had no
foundation on fact, however, for II
was exactly the kind Of storm at Aber-
deem as 1t was here. a heavy wind and
lots Of dust.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
SAYS WOMEN EAT
LESS THAN NEEDED
Sir Malcolm Norris Declares
Many Nervous Diseases Due
to MalnutritiOn.

Special Cobte 10 THE NEw YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, bD THE NEw YoRk HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
London. April 20.
Women eat too little. according TO Sir
Malcolm Norris lin his presidential adj
dress to the Institute of Hygiene. He
said that he suspected one reason FOR
this was that they were careful 20 feed
the brute" and added that "the brute
would be all the better for less pamper-
ipg. but if his womankind must co or
oserfeeding him let them at any rate be
careful not to underfeed themselves"
Sir Malcolm said that multitudcs Of
adoescent girls. mot only those who
are in boarding schools" habitually eIt
less than they need. He said that this
applied to women also. partly becaus.
he pleasures OF the table make little
appeal to them and partly because OF
their instinct of frugality.
II do not hesitate to say" he added
that great deal Of nervous and other
illnesses for which so many girls and
women engaged in business and profes-
sional life have to seek medical advice
is due to chronic malnutrition as re
sui, OF their having got into the habit
os eating less than nature requires"
He blames this partly on the present
demand for retrenchment. and particu-
larly deplored the underfeeding of chill
dren 1T is necessary he said, that
Al who are intelligently concerned witt
the health OF children bestir themselvel
TO save them from being sacrificed e
IN, CRY for lower rates and taxes
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
HOTELS JOIN GUESTS
IN ROOM TAX FIGHT
30 to 40 Per Cent. Levy in
Germany Will Boost Rates
to About So a Day.

Special Gable to THE New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, bD THE NEw YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin. April 20.
German hotel owners are taking sides
with the guests in opposing the new Ber-
lin room tax. which will take effect in
May The existing tax is 15 per cent,
while the new one is graded and reaches
80 and 40 per cent. of the room rent
The tax will be added to the price OF the
room so that the guest and not the hotel
will bear the full burden. This means
that In Berlin q tourist will have to pay
on an average 700 instead of 500 marks,
or about SO for his room.
Members of the Hotel Owners Asso-
citation told THE NEW YORK HERALD cor
respondent that they did not expect the
municipality to grant reduction in the
tax because of the easy American money.
American souvenir hunters are now
seeking to extend the zone of their oper-
ations to include central Europe. This
time a nimble fingered American man.
aged to lift a silver mug from the bar
of the Hotel Bristol This unwelcome
guest managed to slip the mug under his
overcoat before the eyes of the waiter.
The management held the walter re-
sponsble and he had to make good the
1000 mark loss.
This week the manager of Vienna
hotel informed the Bristol that buyer
from Cleveland had presented mug to
a maid at his hotel The maid found
engraved on the bottom OF the cup;
From the Hotel Bristol Berlin"
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
MARCEL PROUST BUSY
ON HIS NEW ROMANCE
Deals With Habits and Sins
Condemned in Scriptures.

speciot Gable to THE NEw YORK HERALD.
Copyright, Ioss,. by THE New York HERALD'
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. April 20.
Sodom and Gomorrah may have been
noisy towns. but writers who wish to
give the public real idea of how noisy
and wicked they really were must work
In utter silence ,undistracted by mod
ern racket At least. that Is the idea
OF Marcel Proust, who is about to pub
lish the second volume OF his romance
dealing with the habits and sins con-
demned in the Scriptures.
Not only has he carpeted his apart
ment in the rue Hamelin with thick
rugs and cork, but he has placed sound
proof cork on ALL the walls. windows
and doors. leaving only small Open
ing for ventilation. His friends are no
longer received: and the author Is so
engrossed in his work that he even
dislikes to leave his silent haven for
fear a big idea will come at a moment
when he is in n taxicab or autobus
without the necessary pencil and paper
to jot IL down.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
ACCIDENT RESTORES
USE OF CRIPPLED ARM
Fall of British Captain Proves
Cure for War Wound.

Special Cable 10 THE NEW YorK Hgsarp.
Copyright, 1928, bv TIE NEW YosR HrsAtp
New York Herald Bureau.
London. April 20.
As the result OF an accident Capt
Alfred Pearse has completely recovered
the use of his arm which was crippled
IN the war. While serving at the from
Capt. Pearee was blown over by q
bursting shell and his left arm was
rendered useless.
This week while alighting from a tube
train at Trafalgar Square his foot
caught In a gate and he was flunc
violently on the helpless arm against
the walls OF the station. When he re-
covered his balance he found 10 his
astonishment that he could move HE
arm freely. He hastened to a doctor
who. after examining him. said the
blow had moved an accumulation OF
fluid which had made the arm useless.
The doctor says that had he known the
cause of the trouble II would have re-
quired serious operation to remove ~.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
GIBRALTAR CONSULATE
HAS GOTH ANNIVERSARY
Spraguc Family Celebrates
by AngIo-American Dinner.

Special Gable 70 TUE NEW YORK HERALD
Copyright. fo7e, bp THE Nrw YORK HERALD.
GIBRALTAR, April 29.--The nInetieth
anniversary of United States representa-
tion in Gibraltar by the family OF
Horatio Sprague WAS celebrated here by
gala dinner OF British and American
officials OF the diplomatic corps and
guests. Among them we're Gen. Sir
Horace Smith-Dorrien. Governor OF the
colony: United States Ambassador
Cyrus T.. Woods from Madrid Rear Ad-
mirai Niblack, Y. $. NJ; American Con-
sui-Gcneral Totten. Rear Admiral Pelly
~. NJ. NJ. the Spanish. Portuguese and
French Consuls-G General Keith Merrill
American Consul in Madrid: Naval At
tache Lieut.. lie Breton In Madrid
Charles j. Petherick. American Dis
patch Agent. and +. Macklin Morrow,
Jr.. American vice-Consul in Madrid.
Horatio Sprague. the first Consul. APP
pointed by Andrew Jackson In 1882,
served until his death in 1s4S He was
succeeded by his son, Horatio, who
served until death in 1901. when the
present Consul. Richard l.. Sprague. was
appointed.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
Jacques Bonnet's Grand
nephew Would Like to
Know Where They Are.
DECLARED LEGAL HEIR
Adventurer Went to the An
TILES i'm 1864 and Amasscd
Enormous Fortune.

speciaf Gable to THE New YosK HERALD
Copyright, 1899, by THE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. April 20.
What has become of the fabulous
millions which a century ago were be-
lieved to have been left by the late
Jacques Bonnet, the erstwhile King
of Guadaloupe"? The French Minis
try of the Colonies would like to know,
but not as much as would Bonnet's
granddaughter. a humble employee OF
a powder plant near Bordeaux. named
Francois Mesnier, who has just OBJ
tanned a verdict in the Bordeaux
courts that he is the legal heir to
properties which no one is able to
locate.
Mesnier is asking the Government
for financial assistance to help him
find a trace OF the lost properties.
pIedging that he will sell a share
thereof when he comes into wealth
which dates back to the early part OF
the eighteenth century.
The story is not without a Steven
sonian touch. Bonnet was born in Au-
gust, 1854, with an adventurous nature
that led to his becoming the black sheer
of the family. He embarked tor the
Antilles with a convoy Of emigrants
When he reached Guadaloupe he entered
the service Of shLpbuiider. whose af-
fections he captured 10 such an extent
that he was considered an adopted son
The new guardian bequeathed the
Frenchman everything he possessed.
The estate was estimated then
70,000.000 francs. which increased when
Bonnet, according to official records
bought numerous plantations. became .
member Of the colonial government and
soon one of the richest colonists in the
Antilles. Then Bonnet disappeared
But Mesnier says he died at Port Mahut
In 1898. Other relatives have tried TO
obtain proof of his death, but were
unable to do so.
Mesnier cleverly obtained certificate
from the Bordeaux judges that inssnucl
as Bonnet had not been heard from
for nearly 150 years 1t might, safely
he concluded he had passed into ths
great beyond.
All that remains is TO hnd what the
king OF Guadaloupe" did with hi'
wealth before he died. Tho plant ations
and forests seem all to have been trans.
ferred legally to their present holders
but Bennett must have had at least
f40, ,n0O, 900 francs. which Mesnier thinks
he vested somewhere else under q
fictitious name. -
But the Government, however. much
1t would like to increase its income by
sharing in Bonnets fortune. is hardly
likely to spend real money in the will
o. the wisp quest proposed ~ Mesnier
who probably will see his dream go ur
in smoke at the powder plant neat
Bordeaux.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
Dublin CHILDREN
PLAY in mimic WAR
Rival Armies Lurk in Every
Alley and Officers Shout
Commands.
ONE DEFIES FOUR COURTS
Youngest Serve in Ranks.
While Elder Lads Drill
the Privates.

Special Gable to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, f?es, by THE NEw YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Dublin, April 90.
The section of the Irish nation
which enjoys the war most is that
made up of children. Rival armies
lurk in every Dublin alley. The shrill
voices of young drill masters call
original commands for more original
movements, between times croaking
something akin to left foot, right
foot"
Washington at Valley Forge never
had a more disheveled army nor one
more ready to brave the elements In
defense of self-determination than
these little alley armies. Some are
barefooted, some wear only one shoe.
some, arc attired in open work pants,
coats Of verying lengths and design,
their hair is mussed and their faces
despatched. but they march and drill
and shoat intensely.
Occasionally they find an aged horn.
One small army has been besieglng
secessionists. and marches up and down
in front Of the gate the general using a
bugle to clear a path through the by
ISLANDERS. The general shows that his
musical ear lacks cultivation, but his
pair of lungs are fit for any army. The
small army resembles an accordion, the
toddlers in the rear occasionally getting
bewildered by the laughter OF the large
crowd.
The extent of the military training de-
pends on the age. The youngest all
serve in the ranks. lads only becoming
officers when they are able to collect a
personal following and start new
army. Lads who are old enough TO
stand silently leaning against a wall on
street corner usually are found to
have begun to acquire the facility to use
bayonet. Occasionally they are seen
with dummy rifles doing parties and
thrusts along the sidewalk with small
group watching critically and telling
how they saw some one else do it.
This martial spirit naturally bursts
into song at times. writer for local
newspaper managed to catch the words
OF song sung by mixed army OF boys
and girls. The words were as follows:
I'm go out TO meet my dad
AS he comes home on Saturday night.
I'll go out to get my dad
And fling a bomb with all my might"
The favorites around Dublin ar,
mostly the songs which grownups have
produced during the war with England.
OF which the Soldier Song receives
the respect accorded a national anthem.
The kids sometimes march along shout
ing this with varying degrees of discord.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
MOSCOW ART THEATER
TO TOUR UNITED STATES
Contract Signed for Three
Months Trip Here.

specioi Cable 10 THE Nyw YoeK HERALD.
Copyright, f9ee. by THE Nrw YoHK TinRALp
New York Herald Bureau. I
Beriin. April 20.
The Moscow Art Theater, headed by
NJ. Stanislowski, its founder, has signed
a contract with Charles Recht, a Soviet
representative in New York. for three
months tour in the United States. The
company will present works by Ibscn
Gogol. Turgenieff, GorlSy and Andreyeff
the author of "ETe Who Gets Slapped :
with its own scenic effects. The Soviet
Government has supplied some funds for
the tour.
The Art Thcater for many years has
taken the lead IN new methods OF stag.
ing and lighting. NJ. Stanislowski 1:
known az one OF Europc's greatest
realist producers. His theatcr held rs
own in Moscow through the revolution
and continues with daring effects Il
productions