The Brookings Register from Brookings, South Dakota • 1

VOLUME XXVI. LAST GAME OF THE SEASON Brookings and Mitchell Will Lock Horns Friday, Nov. 8 HIGH SCHOOL WORSTS LAKE BENTON TEAM Second Team Plays All the The annual football game between the South Dakota State college and Dakota Wesleyan college of Mitchell will take place in this city on Friday afternoon of next week. The game will be played on the Fair grounds in west Brookings, where all of the college and high school games have been played this year. The game will be the last and unquestionably the best one of the season.

The two colleges are old rivals in athletics and any contest between them is always worth coming miles to see. The Mitchell team this year, judging from its games played so far is fully the equal of the home team. Her victory over Huron by a score of 10 to 0 would make her look stronger than Brookings, who was defeated by Huron, 4 to 0, but comparative scores count for little in football. Brookings was defeated by Huron, but it is generally admitted that Brookings is the stronger by at least two touchdowns. If this is the case it would put Mitchell and Brookings about on a par.

and the team which is in the best of luck will carry off the honors. Brookings has a hard game with North Dakota at Grand Forks tomorraw, and if the team comes through in fair shape they will be in form to give Mitchell a great battle. Coach Juneau has a line of substitutes who are very little, if any, below the regulars in ability, and Brookings supporters may be sure that their team will be in shape to give the Methodists a hard battle for the honors. DEFEATED LAKE BENTON The second team of the high scnool went to Lake Benton Saturday morning and in the afternoon defeated the Lake Benton high school by a score of 6 to 5. While the margoin of the BrooKings victory was a narrow one, the local team outplayed their opponents and deserved a victory, Benton scored their touchdown on a fluke early in the game, and failed to kick the goal, which prevented them tieing Brookings.

Our boys got their points on straight football, and but for an unfortunate fumble would have had another touchdown. The work of Lloyd Holliday, Glenn Tidball and Lacey Caldwell was first class. Chas. Coughlin accompanied the team and acted as referee. Brookings lined up as follows: Walter Reevesle Alvin Johnsonlt Hewitt IK Cecil Skinner Andrew Gaukel rg Lacey Caldwellrt Glenn Tidballre Carl DakenQ Lloyd Hollidaylh Claude Peircerh Johnsonfb A RAGGED GAME The State College team defeated a team representing Toland's Business college of Sioux Falls, at the Fair grounds Saturday afternoon.

Tne score was 29 to 0, but it could have easily been 50 or even 75 to 0 had the home team played in anytmng like its true form. Their work was the poorest shown by a college team in several years, and away below anything iaey have displayed in their previous games this season. They tumbled repeatedly, a fault they had not shown in any previous game and their lack of ginger and fighting spirit was something awful to witness. A slump such as the college team displayed, comes to every football team sooner or later, and tne sooner it comes the better for the team. The coach can reasonably expect better things from this time on.

and the boys should give a good account of themselves in the remaining battles. One of the reasons advanced for the poor work of Saturday is that tne Brookings team expected that the Sioux Falls bunch would be easy, and this overconfidence threw them out of their stride. The Sioux Falls boys were easy, in that they knew very little of the game, but they displayed a fighting spirit superior to that of the home team. a 1 The visitors were stronger on defense than in their offensive play, as they made first down but once during tne entire game. Egge, the big tackle and a brother of the Brookings center, played the best game for Sioux Falls, his work being the best seen on the field.

The game was marred by constant wrangling with the officials, and the period of play dragged out nearly two hours. The line-up was as follows: Brookings Sioux Falls Meharg le Jones Hall It Wars tad Johnson lg Broncushia Egge Kilness Warrenson rg Ellefson Den hart rt Egge Bacon re Munson Donahue Furnstahl lh Flyte Buck I. rh Hecklin Coughlin fb Daley THE BRQOKINGS REGISTER. Mlnnesotlans SCHOOL LAW ALL In the last few weeks re has been a great deal of cr'S) most of it unmerited, upon the ew school law of the state. This law, which was passed by the legislature last winter and which went into effect July Ist, requires that the papers of all applicants for certificates must be passed upon by the state educational department.

This law is very similar to the one passed by Minnesota several years ago, and lowa and Nebraska have recently adopted the same idea. The principle complaint against the law is that it creates a shortage of teachers. This is very easily accounted for. Under the old law county superintendents granted all third grade certificates, and in a great many of the counties of the state teachers held this class of certificates which wore granted under very easy examinations or none at all. The result of this was these teachers failed to keep their work up to standard, and when obliged to write before a state board where all papers are marked alike and upon their merits, they failed.

Surely the new law is not to blame for this condition. In the July examinations, the papers of which were marked at Pierre, two counties had something over 100 applicants each and of these, 90 odd failed in each case. We have taken the trouble to interview County Superintendent Aldrich as to the workings of the law in this county, and he tells us that while he is short about 15 teachers, he dees not lay the blame to the new school law. There have been but three old teachers, that is teachers with at least six months experience, who have failed to pass the examination since July Ist. and there have been 51 who wrote.

This is no greater proportion than in former years under the old law, and it proves that the Brookings county teachers who have received certificates in the past have merited them. The real reason for the scarcity of teachers in this county is that in those counties which are short of help have substantially raised the wages of their school ma'ams. As a result a large number of Brookings county teachers have migrated to where they could get better pay. This is better shown by the figures from the report of the state educational department which states that there are but 12 counties out of the 53 in the state which pay a less monthly wage than Brookings. All the rest are higher, by amounts ranging up to sl4 per month.

We have also taken pains to ask a number of experienced teachers as to the fairness of the examinations conducted by the State board. Without exception they have informed us that the examination were very fair. ELECTRIC RAILWAY LINE IS ELECTRIC LINE WORK Thd work on the electric lino is being pushed steadily forward, although the grading crew has been bothered by wet weather the past few days. We took a drive out along the line Saturday afternoon and were greatly surprised at the work already accomplished. At that time the big grader was working about two miles south of Lunden's, making the first grade while a crew of men with teams and scrapers were following them up to complete the work.

From here to Medary the grade runs over very level ground, although it is lower than farther south. For this reason it is hoped to complete the work as far as the Sioux river this fall and in the spring when it is wet the country south of the river can be worked to better advantage. SOUTHERN There is the gay spirit of in Southern which comes to the Grand Opera house for ah engagement Thursday, November 7 with an excellent company and a beautiful scenic production of the pretty idyll, now as famous as Down Southern is by Lottie Blair Parker, of "Way Down It succeeds in staging local color and southern life in really charming and unhackneyed style. Southern is a love story, downright and wholesome; with youth and gafty, humor and pathos, and a succession of delightful pictures of southern life, all set to the telling of how Lelia Crofton was wooed by two youths, one who wished for her happiness, and another who wished for his own selfish ends and forced her to an unhappy bridal. The story is laid in Southern Louisiana during 1875, and the scenery is true to the last detail of picturesque plantation life.

The statelv wide verandahed colonial mansion of Major Crofton, in the first and fourth acts, the accurate presentation of an old party and the wedding in the next act, reveals the completing possibilities of hospitality and good cheer found in these mansions of the old regime. The Hallowe'en party before mentioned, with its magic and mystery of witches, candles and mirrors, and made to frame true lovers' kisses, its Jack-o-lantern quadrille in the firelight, and the introduction of the jubilee singers, are great features of the production, the old southern melodies and jubilee songs lending the real plantation lilt to the occasion. THE Fifteen young ladles of the high school gave the farce comedy, at the opera bouse Friday evening. The play was put on in very pleasing shape, and every one of the cast took their part in fine shape. The young ladies were greeted with a fine house, in fact nearly every seat was taken, and the crowd was delight- BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, OCT.

31, 1907. ed with the performance. The entertainment was given for the benefit of the high school library, and about $75 was realized with which to purchase new books. Following is the cast of characters: Mrs. Butterfield, a practical person who takes summer boarders Viola Olson Charlina, her fourteen year old Cunningham Mrs.

Du Bois, an unpractical person who boards with Mrs. Kittle Hubbart Mildred, her sixteen year old daughter Mabel Meharg MEMBERS OF WOMAN'S AID Miss Tryphens Sanford, an inquisitive little postmistress Janey Getty Mrs. Pheelan, a kindly old friend of Mrs. Butterfield. Morrow Mrs.

Martin Minnie Winters Grandma TewksburyEdna Jerde Widow Doolittle Madeline Wilcox MEMBERS OF THE LADIES BENEVOLENT Mrs. TibbetsLaura Sexauer Mrs. Pendleton Mabel Lee Miss Malvina Spinney Cornelia Mathews Mrs CrannonEthel Canfield Miss Mary Spurllng Miss Matilda Winnie Hallen PASSING OF THE PIONEERS Silas D. Bennett, an old settler of the west part of the county, living near Arlington, died October 20, and the remains were laid to rest in the Arlington cemetary October 23. Mr.

Bennett was born at Black Lick, 1851. Two years later they moved to Illinois, where they remained six years, removing from there to Wisconsin, where they made their home until their removal to Brookings county in 1880. He was the father of eighteen children, of whom thirteen are living, as follows: Peter of North Dakota, Nathan of Wisconsin, Tunis of Volga, Linas of Wisconsin, Maggie of Minneapolis, John of Minnesota. James of Arlington, Mrs. Lulu Lee of Kelgere, Mrs.

Clara Gettman of Arlington, Eunice of Enterprise Oregon, William of Arlington. LECTURE AND RECITAL On Friday evening, November 15, Edward Baxter Perry, the world-famous blind musician and pianist, will give a lecture recital in the Grand Opera house under the direction of the musical faculty of the S. D. S. C.

In presenting Mr. Perry to the Brookings public they are confident that they are presenting one of the most noted of living pianists, a master and an artist. Aside from his ability as an artist, Mr. Perry is one of the most interest- PROGRESSING MILLERS 111 CONFERENCE-- HIGH SCHOOL AH, THERE, SIOUX FALLS Neil Stewart, president of the Brookings Sioux Falls company, has been in this city for a conference with P. A.

Grose, right-of-way man for the road. Mr. Grose will go to Brookings Monday to take up some matters there connected with the building of the road. President Stewart said yesterday that the company was building its roadbed north from Egan and soutn from Brookings, That will be the first section to be operated. He says that his company will enter Sioux Falls and that he believes that within a year cars will be in operation between BrooKings and tnis city.

A meeting of the uirectors will be held in Brookings Falls Press. Scene from Act 11, from Southern ing speakers on the American platform. He describes, vividly, the content of each number of his program before playing it. Following are a few Interesting concerning this decidedly interesting man: Mr. Perry is the originator and chief exponent of the lecture-recital idea.

He is the only American pianist who ever played before the Emperial court of Germany. He is the only pianist. American or foreign, who ever succeeded in sustaining himself for ten consecutive seasons by concert playing alone in the United States. He is the only blind pianist in the world's history who has succeeded in winning an unquestionable position hi the front rank of his profession. He is a trained and educated musician.

not a freak." Watch next week's issue for more particulars concerning this remarkable man. Mr. Walsh, the engineer of the waterworks ditcher, had a narrow escape from a serious accident one day this week. He was standing on the footboard close to the revolving shovels when one of them picked up an Old kettle imbedded in the earth and hurled it with great force against the bottom of his foot which was extending a short distance over the board. The force was enough to badly sprain his instep and it has been determined whether any of the small bones have been broken.

Had it missed his foot the kettle would have struck him in the head and inflicted a more serious injury. He will be laid up some time with the injured member. The ladies of the Baptist society will give a supper in the church parlors Friday Nov. 8, from 5:30 until all are served. Following is the menu: chicken pie mashed potatoes pickles cranberry jelly salad rolls coffee cake E.

G. Grover of Pardeeville, who recently purchased the C. E. West Co's, stock of furniture, will be here next Monday to take possession. His household goods arrived this week, and he has rented the house now occupied by Prof.

A. S. Harding. Mrs. Grover is visiting at Pipestone, and will join her husband some time next week.

Mr. and Mrs. Grover have three children, two sons, 12 and 5 years of age. and a baby. A number of millers along the North-Western line held a meeting at the Leon Hotel in this city last Friday afternoon to discuss freight rates as it applies to their business.

General Agent A. C. Johnson of Winona, and Agent B. F. Farrell of Huron, were present at the meeting ana Mr.

Johnson gave a very nice talk in which he assured the meeting that the North Western would do everything in its power to adjust ae rates in this state to the complete satisfaction of the millers. Henry Neill, secretary of the State association, was present. The others who were present were: W. H. I Stokes, Watertown; James Christie, Madison: G.

M. Ostroot, Preston; 1 Griffith, Huron; Geo. P. Sexauer, Brookings. life A PECULIAR INJURY BAPTIST SUPPER NEW PROPRIETOR COMING MILLERS IN BROOKINGS ANOTHER BRIDE FOR BROOKINGS Edward Dalton of this city, was married to Miss Florence Brisbfue at the home of the bride's sister at Chicago on 7 Wednesday of last wekk.

Mr. and Mrs. Dalton arrived here Friday evening, having stopped for a days visit at Minneapolis, and they are now getting settled in their home in the Randall cottage, near the residence of J. D. Wilson.

Mr. Dalton has been connected with the Corner grocery the past year, and during that time he has made a large number of warm friends who will extend hearty congratulations to him and his bride. INJURED ON RAILROAD Mrs. D. M.

Cowan went to Tracy Thursday morning to visit her husband. who is in the hospital with an injury received in a wreck near Mankato some time ago. The Cowans are a new family who moved here from Galle, a few weeks ago and are living in the Eric Hovden house in east Brookings. They also purchased what is known as the old Hobbs farm north of town. When injured Mr.

Cowan was on his way here with a car of household goods. FINE BLOODED STOCK On Saturday Fred Rilling Sons, proprietors of the Prairie Center stock farm northeast of town, received a fine shipment of four head of Shorthorns from the noted herd of Walpole of Rock Valley, lowa. The animal that particularly impressed us was a young cow of perfect lines, weighing in the neighborhood of 1,700 pounds. When fully grown she will tip the scales around the ton mark. The Rulings are great believers in fine stock, and no matter what the price is they get the best obtainable.

SMALL FIRE The fire department was Called to the home of G. A. West Monday morning about a small blaze at the barn. The fire started in a pile of old straw near the barn, caused by some ashes which had been thrown out, and it sprang from there to the side of the barn. When discovered It had a good start and was burning briskly, being fanned by a hard south wind, and a few minutes more would have put It beyond control.

The neighbors did good service with buckets and had the fire nearly out when the department arrived. Before throwing the ashes out precaution had been taken by pouring water over the ashes, but there must have been a spark, which fanned by the strong wind igfitted the straw, FOOTBALL SQUAD AT HURON GO TO HURON SATURDAY The high school football team will go to Huron next Saturday for a game with the strong Huron high school team. The Brookings team will be badly crippled by the absence of Edwin Reeves, who is just recovering from an operation for appendicitis. Reeves is the fastest man on the Brookings team and one of the best high school halfbacks in the state, and liis work has always been a great factor in Brookings victories. It has not been decided who will take his place, but whoever the player is he cannot be expected to fill Reeves shoes.

A great deal depends upon the outcome of the game, and the winners will only have to defeat Sioux Falls to be champions of the state. GO TO GRAND FORKS The college football team left this morning by way of Watertown and Benson, for Grand Forks, N. where tomorrow afternoon they meet the University of North Dakota football team in the annual gridiron battle between the two schools. The Brookings team left in very fair shape and confident of winning. Last year Brookings won by a close score, but this year the team is a green one and the North Dakota team is very apt to win out on their own grounds.

The party was made up as follows: Coach Juneau, Captain Coughlin, Meharg. W. Wohlheter, Ciif Johnson, Egge, Warrenson, Atkinson, Chilcott, Furnstahl, Chas. Johnson, Buck, V. Wohlheter, Hall, Bacon.

The team expects to return by way of Minneapolis and take in the Chicago- Minnesota game, arriving home Sunday morning. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS Mrs. Mary Brown of Sioux Falls, department president of the W. R. and Mrs.

Carrie Lucas of Mitchell, department inspector, paid an official visit to the Brookings corps Monday afternoon. A fine supper was served after the meeting. Mrs. Lucas went from here to Arlington Monday evening to inspect the corps there, and Mrs. Brown returned to her home at Sioux Falls Tuesday morning.

HOW ABOUT THE FLEAS P. C. Johnson and J. K. Haugen returned Monday night from Kingsville, Texasf where they spent some time looking over the country.

They were pleased with that country, and Mr. Johnson brought back a number of samples of fruit and vegetables grown there, including a lemon weighing something over two pounds. Mr. Johnson expects to run a number of land excursions to that country the coming winter, the first one of which will leave here November 19th. He has rented his home on Seventh avenue to Mrs.

Beebe and will take his family to Kingsville on the first excursion to spend the winter. BANK PLAYING GAME OF SAFETY Banks of NewLYork Have a Little Touch of Frenzy" LOCAL BANKS PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS ALSO No Reason for Alarm as Banks are Strong and Safe The disturbance in the financial pool, which has excited people having money, during the past week seems to have been wholly uncalk'd for and certainly it was unprecedented. As near as one can judge from newspaper reports the flurry started through the suspension of a few banks, or perhaps one bank in New York city which had been making heavy loans to stock brokers- -gamblers pure and simple. As soon as the patties failed to liquidate their debts people became frightened and commenced to withdraw their funds from the banks. For selfpreservatlon all the banks in New York city Issued a statement that they would pay out no more money only in small amounts each day.

This has led the banks all over the country to do likewise, and we believe it is the best thing that could have been done. When it realized that not more than five per cent of the business of this nation is done with cash and that checks, drafts, statements of credit, money orders, and express orders take the place of money it will be seen that no material inconvenience can come from this conclusion of the bankers. There is an abundance of money in the banks and a calm deliberation on the part of those having money in those repositories will greatly assist in adjusting the matter. Back of it all the real trouble comes through the gamblers, commonly known as speculators, who plunge into anything and everything they can find on which they can get money or credit to create an advance, or speculate (gamble) on advancing. It is these fellows who are responsible for the whole trouble.

President Roosevelt has called attention to this evil and has been holding their methods up to the public gaze. He has been fighting them during his terms of office and by showing them up has saved the people from many wrecks. The finances of this nation are safe and sound. It is the method of handling money in New York city that always causes trouble and we hope to see the day when gambles in stocks will be kicked into space. There is nothing in the present local financial condition that need alarm anyone.

The several banks have seen fit to fall in line with practically all banks throughout the country as a matter of self preservation, but the Register is informed by the several cashiers that their banks were never In as strong a financial condition as they are at present, and that people stili have confidence in them is shown in the daily increase of deposits since the first reports of the crisis in the east. When It is understood that checks and drafts can be used in all large business transactions to any amount, the fact that the banks are endeavoring to protect their cash on hand should restore confidence in itself, and the matter of drawing but $25.00 in currency becomes of little moment. Conditions In the east are reported better to day and in all probability before the week is gone the crisis will have passed and the money market will have assumed its normal condition. The following letter has been issued by the banks of the city to Its correspondents and patrons: Owing to the unprecedented action taken by the Clearing Houses of New York, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha, Sioux City.

Sioux Falls and of practically every city of any size in the country, whereby they absolutely refuse to fill any orders for currency or to pay out any currency over the will be described in the press banks in Brook Ings have deemed it necessary to adopt the same rule and until further notice the banks of this city will fill no orders for currency or pay out currency over the counter to exceed $25.00 on any one account in any one day. We regreV exceedingly the necessity for this action as the banks of this city were never before in as strong a condition as at present, but unless our correspondents will pay us the balance due we cannot furnish currency. First National Bank, Horace Fishback, Cashier. Farmers National Bank, T. L.

Chappell, Cashier. The Bank of Brookings, H. H. Reeves, Cashier. This action of the banks is endorsed and recommended by the comptroller of the currency, by the National bank examiners, and by nearly all of the state bank examiners of the northwest.

Yesterday the Brookings County Bar association passed a series of resolutions endorsing the action taken by the banks and which the Register fails to publish for want of space. Attorney General Clark of Redfield, was in the city this morning and in company with Congressman Hall went to Lake Preston for a duck hunt. The Register acknowledges a friendly call from Mr. Clark who stated that he while here had been in conference with Commissioner Wheaton. NUMBER 24.