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BROOKINGS
VOLUME XLI
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Divide Honors
State Shows Real Strength
in Second Game; Hopes
High for Win Tonight
Over Creighton.
After suffering the worst defeat in
years on the basketball floor, State
college basketball stars staged a mar
velous comeback and decisively de
feated the crack team from the North
Dakota Agricultural college last Sat
urday night at the college armory in
the second of a two-game series. The
first game Friday evening resulted in
a score of 34 to 13 in favor of the
Bisons. The second game was a3O to
22 victory for State. The armory was
packed both nights with interested
spectators many of whom came from
out of town.
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Still larger crowds are expected to
night to witness the two battles be
tween State college and Creighton
university, which will undoubtedly be
the two fastest basketball games that
will be played in the state this season
and probably faster than ever before
played within the boundaries of South
Dakota.
Creighton has been noted for the
past 5 years for her consistently
strong basketball teams which have
met and defeated some of the best
college and university teams in the
country, such as Notre Dame, Syra
cuse, West Virginia university, lowa
university and others.
The two games in the big State ar
mory will be fast and furious for both
teams have high hopes of winning the
big silver of the official bas
ketball, which is the trophy offered to
the championship team of the North
Central conference.
Delegations from White, Clear Lake,
Volga, Elkton, Madison, Sioux Falls,
Toronto. Lake Preston, Arlington, Het
land and Salem, it is already know.n,
will be on hand to *h< "-am.s
There will be a curtain raiser be
fore each game, the preliminaries to
start at 7:20 o’clock and the big game
at 8:20. Elkton high school and
State’s Aggies will play the first night
and Volga high school and the Aggies
the second night. It is also planned
to have some college boxing put on
by college boxers between halves.
As a curtain raiser to the game with
the North Dakota Aggies last Friday
evening. Coach Enke’s Bunnies suc
cessfully defeated the undefeated Pipe
stone Junior college team 24 to 7. The
game lacked interest and everyone
was impatient for the greater and
more interesting game to begin. As
the major contest started it was evi
dent that State had met a formidable
rival. Neither side were able to score
for a considerable time. Captain
Thompson received injuries which
forced him to retire from the game
early in the first period. This seemed
the starting point for the Bisons and
from then on they maintained a lead.
State’s defense was broken up and the
Bison• forwards rang up counter after
counter. Flemm and Greenfield of the
North Dakota team played a stellar
game and shot baskets with uncanny
accuracy. - State made but two field
goals, one by Carey and one by Welch.
The second game was a different
story. Coach West's men jumped |
right in at the start and played at top
speed to the final whistle, never for
a moment losing their grip on their
opponents. Thune and Carey led the
scoring and once in the lead. State
never lost it. Carey and Thune. both,
seemed to have the combination to the
baskets and could locate them from
any point on the floor. Several long
shots were made where the ball slipped
through the hoop without touching it.
The crowd was enthusiastic and
cheered every shot until the armory
rang. State’s defense was ironclad •
and what shots North Dakota was per
mitted to get at the basket were
missed. During the entire first half
the Bisons were unable to register a
single field goal. The free throw j
route, however, was a prolific one for
the Bisons, for Captain Flemm scarce
ly ever missed one. He scored 14 out
of nineteen chances during the game.
The first half ended 15 to 8 in favor of
State.
The second half failed to develop
any weakness in State while the Ag
gies showed no improvement. The
game was so however, that ev-,
ery counter was jealously watched by
the audience. -.Carey and Thune con
tinued to shoot baskets from difficult j
positions and at one time ran up the
lead 22 to 13 for State. The Aggies
made a last minute rally but the best
they* could do was to bring the score
up to 22 to 30 in favor of State.
Carey was the great star for State
in both games and this veteran of the
game certainly deserved the plaudits
of the crowd which he received. He
went like a house afire Saturday and
With N. D. State
In Two Contests
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Postal Receipts Show
Gain Over Last Year
The postal receipts of the Brookings
post office for the year ending Decent
her 31, 1921 were $29,621.55 and for
the year ending December 31. 1922
amounted to $31,999.44, showing an
increase of $2,377.89, according to R.
B. Breed, postmaster.
The money order section also shows
considerable increase in the total
amount of money orders issued at this
office. The year ending December 31,
1921, $70,837.76 in money orders were
issued, and the year ending December
31, 1922, brings the total amount of
money orders issued up to $84,667.45,
making an increase of $13,829.69. This
does not include the business handled
at Station A, of the college.
The number of parcels insured dur
ing the year ending December 31, 1922,
indicates an increase of 1106 over the
previous year. The number of parcels
dispatched from this office as ordinary
mail is a much larger number in pro
portion to the number that are insured.
There is also a marked increase of
parcel post mail received at this office
for delivery during the past year.
The month of January this year
shows an increase of SSOO in postal re
ceipts over the same month last year.
If this percentage is maintained
throughout the year, the Brookings
postoffice will reach the volume of
business required of a first class post
office. In any event it will not be
many years before the Brookings office
will be advanced to first class.
State is Accused
of Stealing Fish
Ire of Minnesota Aroused by
Transplanting Fish from
Lake Hendricks in Near
by Lakes.
When the good people of Lake Head
ricks, Minn., read in the Register last
week that fish were being transplanted
from Lake Hendricks to stock up Lake
Oakwood, they became immediately
aroused and a veritable hornet’s nest
of indignation resulted. The difficulty
arises from the fact that Lake Hend
ricks lies in two states. The largest
part of this body of water is within
the borders of Lake Hendricks town
ship in the extreme northeast corner of
Brookings county, the remainder lies
in Minnesota.
After quoting the article from the
Register, the Lake Hendricks Pioneer
in its publication the following day,
had this to say:
This is certainly a piece or consum
mate nerve and will not go uncnal
lenged. For many years the people <>fi
the Minnesota side of Lake Hendricks
which is an interstate body of water,
have stood for the injustices permitted
by the conflicting laws of South Da
kota in relation to fish, but the above
is the limit.
Minnesota has been stocking the lake
yearly while South Dakota has done
nothing. The laws of our neighbor
also permit taking game fish five
inches shorter than we do, and a very
great many anglers who have enjoyed
the excellent advantages here have
not been in the least particular about
the line when taking the smaller fish.
Several y-ears ago the abuses became
so flagrant that a protective associa
tion was organized in Hendricks and
the expenses of improving the lake
and paying the cost of transporting
fish for stocking purposes has been
borne by the people of this community.
Now South Dakota is taking our full
grown game fish and dumping them in
mud holes.
The Hendricks Game and Fish Pro
tective League has taken the matter
up with Carlos Avery, state commis
sioner, and through him is appealing
to State Game Warden Hedrick of
South Dakota.
ATTENDS ROAD SHOW
Big strides in the development of
better highways throughout America
as well as great Improvement in the
method of constructing them were re
flected in the twentieth annual con
vention of the American Road Build
ers association and at the fourteenth
national good roads show, both held
in Chicago recently, according to C.
H. Atkinson who has just returned.
Mr. Atkinson went to the good roads
convention and show immediately fol
lowing the convention of the South
Dakota Master Builders association in
Sioux Falls.
3ROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, FEBRUARY 1,
FIVE AWARDS FOR R. O. T. C.
Five special awards for scholastic
and military excellence will be made
by local citizens and 01 g«nizations to
students in the R. O. T. C. unit at
State college this year, according to
an announcement just made by Capt.
C. B. Howard. I’. S. Army, professor
of military science and tactics.
To the distinguished graduate of
the senior division, commissioned in
the officers’ reserve corps, will be
presented an officer's saber, the gift
of Walter S. Dudley, manager of Ho
tel Dudley. The Farmers' National
bank will give a gold medal to the
class leader in the first yeai advanced
course of the senior division, and the
Brookings Commercial club will also
give a gold medal for military pro
ficiency in the senior division. An
other gold medal will be presented by
the Rotary club for the student show
ing highest military proficiency in the
junior division. The fourth gold med
al to be awarded will be given by the
Kiwanis club to the leader of the rifle
team in the Seventh corps area
inqlches. At State college coinmence-
ment next June the first R. O. T. C.
graduation exercises will be held and
senior officers will receive commis
sions as reserve officers in the United
States army.
Livestock Industry
Growing Better
Registered Cattle, Horses,
Hogs and Sheep Increase
in State; Less Disease in
1922.
By Mildred E Yule
< Assistant Editor, State College)
Farmers have come to realize more
and more during the last 10 years
that the livestock industry brings
steady profit and quick turn over when
cash is needed. The raising of hogs,
cattle or sheep on the farm has grad
ually become an important business,
and stock raisers find themselves con
stantly facing this question: “How
can we improve our herds, make our
animals better and thus bring in
greater profits?”
Li.estoiK improvement projects car
ried on under the direction of the ex
tension service at State college have
helped the farmer to answer this ques
tion by actual work on the farms and
by interesting stock breeders in de
veloping purebred animals.
During 1922 extension workers as
sisted South Dakota farmers in secur
iag 2.582 registered animals, including
hogs, sheep, cattle and horses. Mot"
than 1,100 high grade beef and dairy
cows were also secured. Sows mad<
up the greatest number of registered
animals obtained last year, totaling
more than 1,000. Registered beef cow
came second, numbering 237.
Under this same project extension
workers supervised or assisted in
treating and testing 277,204 farm atii
mals, including 50,000 treated for
blackleg and 10.000 tested for tuber
ctilosis. Mare than 200,000 hogs were
vaccinated for cholera and agents as
sisted 249 farmers in controlling con
tagious abortion. In 1922 only 968
animals were given anthrax treatment,
while in 1921 treatment for this one
disease reached 2,310 animals, show
ing that continued and persistent work
helped to control the spread of this
contagion. Need for scabies treat
ment also decreased last year, when
only 13,288 animals were treated,
in 1921 the number was double those
figures.
In one township of Haakon county
what might have been a severe out
(Continued on page 10 —col. li
miosis
Glee Club to Sing
For Skating Rink
The young women’s glee dub of
State college will make its first ap
pearance this season Monday evening.
February 5. The club concert will lo
given as a benefit for the ice skating
rink fund, under the auspices of the
local Kiwanis club. Besides the mu
sical numbers arranged for the glee
club singers, Professor H. L. Kohler,
director of the organization, will give
two vocal solos and Byrne Smith of
the music faculty will play two harp
solos. Hazel Rink, instructor in piano
at State college, is accompanist.
The following young women will
take part in the first concert next
week: Edna Cameron of Aberdeen
Maude De Groff of Hutchinson, Minn :
Miriam Hinman of Redfield; Tessie
Burroughs of Huron; Lucile Hedrick
of Rapid City; Ruth Griffith of Cres
bard; Frances Rebstock of Russell.
Minn.; Bessie Brookens of Parker;
Pearl Hobbs of White Lake; Edith
Kile of Hitchcock; Elsie Fryer of Do
land; Gladys Manbeck of Armour;
Viola Hunstad of Bath; Bernice Hahn
of Sioux Falls; Mina Porter of Fort
Pierre; and Orphe Haugen, Irene
Christopherson, Ruth Heywood. Zoa
Mathews, Alma Nelson, Gladys Som
ers, Leona Christensen, and Annabelle
Nesson of Brookings.
Expect Exciting
Times at Pierre
Rumors of Impeachment Pro
ceedings and Other Sen
sations Flying Around
Legislature.
S Travis. Special Correspondent
to the Register.
A few of the legislative members
were back in their seats when the
Friday evening sessions were called,
but not enough to attempt any gen
eral business, and the sessions of Sat
urday showed i hat not all had fin
ished their recess affairs, but Monday
the grind will start for the grand rush,
and with all the rumors flying there
an* several sensations to be sprung
on the public before the session gets
much older. But rumors are not al
ways to be relied on. and all of them
may go glimmering. Among the ru
I moi s is one of possible impeachment
•proc lings, but this rather vague
jas to facts and may go as do many
olli r rumors. It is planned as the
present recess has been longer than
usual, that no other adjournments be
taken other than those of the regular
legal Holidays, which will mean at the
best the session will have but twenty
seven working days to clear up all that
will show up for the session.
The report of the budget board has
been printed and while the member!-
heard it read the last night of the
session before adjournment, they did
not get all that it might mean, but
they will have the printed copies be
fore them at the beginning of their
work after a rest and will be able to
find out just what is covered in the
work of that board. This report will
without doubt mean a number of bills
based on their findings to cover the
appropriations recommended. As to
whether the members as a whole will
approve is the question, as some of
them while out at home have been
quoted as saying that they would op
pose any building appropriation what
ever, but whether that means they will
not accept the report Is a question
of the test of the vote.
Bridge Engineer .1. E. Kirkham, of
the state highway department, who
b's been somewhat revolutionizing
bridge costs in this state, has given
out figures which will start the bridge
enthusiasts going again. The esti
mate's for bridges across the Missouri
have run around a million or more for
each bridge. But after taking sound
ings and measurements and working
out his estimates he says he can build
bridges for highway traffic alone at
figures ranging from about $300,000 up
to a half million dollars, depending
upon the location and length of the
irossings. This would mean that five
bridges could be built at less than the
estimated cost of two before the fig
tires were secured.
(Continued on page 10 —col. 21
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Reports on Good
Roads Congress
1). L. Snader, Professor of Civil En
gineering, State College, attended the
thirteenth American Good Roads Con
gress, fourteenth National Good Hoads
Show, and the twentieth Annual Con
ventioft of the American Hoad Build
ers Association which was held in the
Colseum and the Congress Hotel, Chi
cage, Illinois, January 15 to 19 inclu
sive.
This was the largest and best road
show and convention in the history of
highway building, the attendance of
delegates alone being about five thous
and, and included representatives of
the United States government; rep
resentatives designated by the gov
ernors of various states, and from the
Canadian province's; representatives
of various State Highway Commis
sions, educational institutions, and
various organizations interested in the
good roads movement. Thirty
nical addresses were delivered before
the various sessions of the convention
and the exhibition of road building
machinery and equipment of all kinds
and descriptions was on a larger scale
than ever before, requiring in addi
tion to the vast Coliseum, buildings
adjacent to it on the south. The ex
hibit of th*e United States Bureau oi
(Continued on page 10 —col. 3)
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ARTISTS COURSE NEXT SUMMER
The success of the artist’s course
put on this winter by the music de
partment of State college has brought
out the announcement that another
course will be given next summer for
the summer school students. The
first number will be Irene Pavloska,
mezzo-soprano, who will give a con
cert here on June 7. The next will be
Bogun.il Sykora, violoncellist, one of
the most brilliant virtuosos of today,
on June 18. Charles Norman Gran
ville, baritone, will sing here on June
29 These are all exceptional artists
of proven ability. Miss Pavloska is
especially praised by Glenn Dillard
Gunn, the pianist and critic, who re
cently visited Broftklnga,
1923
SUCCESSFUL RECITAL
Miss Minnie Rude's graduate recital
in pipe organ, which was given at the
college auditorium Tuesday evening,
was a complete success in every way.
'Miss Rude displayed exceptional poise
in her interpretation of Bach’s Taccato
and Fuge in A Minor. The Sonata
showed excellent taste in form rythm
and melodic display, Callaerts Inter
mezzo was delightfully rendered and
much appreciated by the audience. In
Franck's Cantabile Miss Rude excelled
in bringing out in clean cut phrasing
the intricate melodic formations. The
andante from the Fifth Symphony of
Beethoven was beautifully done. Miss
Rud" was delightful in the interpreta
tion of the orchestral effects to which
the organ lends itself to make such a
work effective. “At Evening" proved
to be an entrancing setting with a
lovely accompaniment. The organist
showed her best abilities, probably,
in the concert study in which she dis
played excellent pedal accuracy to
gether with invigorating rythm.
Miss Rude gave her graduate recital
in piano last year and is tin* first to
graduate from the department of or
gan. Her entire program was a diffi
cult one and any student may be hap
py to come up to the standard of her
rendition of any of these numbers.
Great credit is due to Prof. W. A. Pet
erson. her instructor, who has received
a great silent ovation in the success of
another pupil. Mr. Peterson's work at
the college is one of the bright spots
of the institution and he is well de
serving of more such serious students.
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Brookings Needs
Larger Hospital
Annual Report of Deaconess
Hospital Shows Rapid
Growth and the Need of
More Room.
A building program must be institut
ed at the Dakota Deaconess hospital
in this city if the needs of the com
munity for hospital service are to be
met, according to the annual report
made by Mabel O. Woods, superinten
dent. The hospital is now fully equip
ped as far as room will permit and
during the last year admittance has
been refused to a large number of pa
tients for lack of room. Nearly one
hundred more patients were cared for
last year than the year previous.
Brookings deserves a larger hospital,
in fact, it is a necessity if our grow
ing population and increased college
attendance is to be considered. The
immediate meds of the hospital are
rooms for a contagious department, a
dispensary, a laboratory, a children's
department, more nursery room and
several private rooms with modern
accommodations.
A new Victor x ray outfit costing
$3,133.19 was the principal addition to
the equipment in the last year. The
work is growing rapidly with great 1
success and has proven a satisfaction
to the doctors and all connected with
the hospital, The total receipts of the
hospital for the last year was $15,-
366.82. Free work was done to the
amount of $1,279.85. A total of 191
patients were admitted for treatment.
Eighty-four babies were born in the
hospital last year.
The hospital aid society rendered
splendid services during the last yeat
in making supplies and giving finan
cial aid as a result of their Christmas
bazaar. In closing her report Miss
Woods wishes to thank the people of
the community for their loyal support,
the doctors and board members for
their co-operation in making this the
most successful year in the history of
the Dakota Deaconess hospital.
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Brookings Wins First
White Takes Second
Last Wednesday the Brookings high
school basketball team went to Wiiite
and scored a closely fought victory,
19 to 18, over last year’s district cham
pions. Last night White came here
for a return game and defeated Brook
ings by an equally close score, 14 to
16. In both games Brookings was
crippled by the loss of Hutchendorf,
who is out of the game on account of
illness. Both games attracted a large
crowd of rooters and interest was
kept at a high pitch by close scores. In
spite of the score last night, Brookings
had the superior team, but were un
able to get the ball through the loop.
Their floor work was good and they
got a half dozen shots at the basket to
one for White, but couldn't cage the
ball. Another game with White should
be arranged when the Brookings team
is not handicapped through the loss
of its best men.
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C. O. Quail, head of the Columbia
clothing store of this city, left Sunday
for Aberdeen to attend the meeting of
the South Dakota Clothier** associa
tion. At the flrat day’s aesaion Mr.
Quail was made a member of the audit
DeMolay Installed
With 72 Members
New Junior Masonic Order
Starts Career With Im
pressive Ceremonies
Many Guests.
An event of great interest to the
Masonic fraternity took place in
Brookings last Friday with the institu
tion of the Robert F. Kerr chapter of
the Order of DeMolay. A delegation
Huron chapter under the direction of
George M. Hill, exemplified the de
grees and initiated the large class of
Brookings boys, numbering seventy
two. The work of the Huron chapter
was splendidly done, making a deep
impression not only upon the candi
dates but upon the large number of
Masons present. The new order is
being sponsored in Brookings by the
Knights Templar and is named after
Robert F. Kerr, who was one of the
first to promote the local organization.
Supper was served in the G. A R.
Hall to the candidates and visitors by
the Y. W. C. A. The following officers
of tin* new chapter were installed:
Master Councillor, Donald Rice; Sen
ior Councillor, Keith Scarbro; Junior
Councillor, Robert Herman; Scribe,
Bentley Raak; Treasurer, Don Shep
pard; Senior Deacon. Julian Pearson;
Junior Deacon, Stanley Towers; Sen
ior Steward. William Owen; Junior
Steward, Alvin Lunden; Chaplain,
Harold Smith; Marshall, Raymond
Gill; Almoner, Dale Brown; Standard
Bearer, Robert Dott; Sentinel, Harold
Beatty; Orator. Ellsworth Prather;
Preceptors: Richard Kendall; Henry
Dobson; Albert Hume; Ralph Alton;
Martin Carlisle; Clayton Inness; and
Homer Scarlett.
At the conclusion of the exercises
of institution and installation which
were conducted by Rev. Edward Ash
ley of Huron. Grand Councillor of
South Dakota, Rev. Ashley gave a
brief but excellent address to the can
didates and visitors. He stated that
the DeMolay provided constructive
outlet for the energy of the young
man between the Boy Scout period and
the time of their majority—a period
that is practically neglected in most
localities. The need for the order haif
been evidenced in its extremely rapid
growth. While the order Is not yet
three years of age there are now more
than eight hundred chapters institut
ed in the United States, the Robert F.
Kerr chapter being the eleventh In
the state of South Dakota.
An address of welcome to the vis
itors was given by Mr. John 1). Gill,
on behalf of the Knights Templar,
which was responded to by Mr. Hill
of Huron.
Program for Press
Meeting Announced
The program for the annual meet
ng of the South Dakota Press associa
tion which will be held In Sioux Falls,
February 15 and 16, has been an
nounced by the secretary, J. F. Halla
day of Iriquois. Tin? meetings will be
held in the Cataract hotel One of the
big features will be the banquet Thurs
day evening when the members ami
their families will be guests of the
Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce.
The program follows:
Address by Major O. W. Coursey, of
South Dakota. Subject, "The Litera
ture of Our Home State.”
Address by Calvin H. Brown, chief
of the organized division of the Cham
ber of Commerce of the United States.
Address by Herman Roe, editor of
Northfield (Minn.) News, and presi
dent of “Country Newspapers,” a na
tional cooperative weekly press asso
ciation. Subject, "Cooperative Market
ing of Newspaper Space.”
“Benefits of Franklin Price List,”
Walter Fox, Kimball Graphic.
“Is a Bigger Paper Demanded by
Subscribers?" J. B. Townsley, Vermil
lion Republican.
“Relationship of Advertising Agen
cies to the Newspapers,” H. A. Sturges,
Beresford Republic.
"Value of Affiliation With the Na
tional Editorial Association,” W. C.
Lusk, Yankton Press and Dakotan.
“Advantages of Working With the
State Press Association,” Paul Dutch
er, Brookings Register.
"How to Get the Most Out of Rural
News Service,” W. G. Tamlyn, Miller
Press.
“Free Publicity. Where Should the
Line be Drawn,” Casper Nohner, Lake
Norden Enterprise.
"Advertising, Getting It and Keeping
I It,” G. G. Warner, Gregory County Ad
vocate.
“A Survey of South Dakota News
papers,” C. P. Sherwood, DeSmet
News.
“Advertising the Print Shop,” W. D.
Savage, Lake Andes Wave.
Round table discussions.
President’s message.
Report of officers and committees.
Election of officers.
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E. C. Brink of White, was a visitor
Press.
NUMBER 39
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