Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1891-01-02

companies and waterworks, as com.
plete and perfect as any city OF it's
size in the west. Shade and orpa-
mental trees form an attractive
decoration to every avenue, and,
during the summer season, the beauty
is augmented by we'll kept lawns in
the residence portion. Few cities in
South Dakota can rival Brookings as
a residence spot, the time to admire
and appreciate it is during the heated
summer season. However, it is not
without its attractlveness, while
covered with its downy fleece OF
natures white. 1t is then that the
many fine and comfortable dwellings
and stately public buildings are
shown to advantage, without being
hid from view by the dense green OF
the summer foliage. 49,
Our city Is fortunate also in the
possession OF a particularly moral
and religious people. Churches
abound and have large membership.
Our educational institutions are of
the highest order, besides the city
schools which employ seven in
structors, the state agricultural COL
lege is located here, affording the
higher and more practical education
than any other institution OF learning
in the state. The buildings are
located upon g. commanding eminence
about one.half mile from the business
portion OF the city, aud surrounded
by beautiful and well kept lawns,
with trees and flower beds. The col
lege buildings proper are four in num-
Der: College hall, containing the
chemical, physical, and geological
laboratories, the library, the offices
and most of the class rooms; the
gentlemen's dormitory, q three story
rooms and kitchen and dining room
in the basement; the ladies dormitory,
with kitchen, dining room, laboratory
OF domestic economy, music rooms. u
large and beautiful assembly hall on
the first floor, and large and pleasant
rooms for young ladies on the second
and third floors. All OF these build
ings are heated by steam and are
supplied with water, bath rooms and
closets. A part of the college hall Is
also supplied with illuminating gas.
Avery tastily and convenient building
has been erected and furnished for q
botanical laboratory and for class
rooms, propagating rooms and green
house attached. A shop twenty teet
by eighty for wood and metal work,
has also been provided, and recently
q veterinary laboratory.
Besides these buildings the farm and
gardens of the college are supplied
with commodious farm house, barns,
sheds, granaries, tool house, etc,
for the convenience of agri-
cultural operations. The farm con-
tains over four hundred acres Of
choice land, and the whole forms an
aggregate of many thousands OF dol
lars worth OF valuable property, and
is of inestimabIe value to the city
in every way.
A fine musical organization, the
Second Reglmental band and Com
pany &c" OF the same regiment. are
also located here and are the pride OF
the city.
To make the contrast between this.
and ten years ago more discernihle,
we have but to recite the commercials
Importance and the bearing it has.
upon the county and its surroundings.
The city has never enjoyed one OF
those "booms." Its growth has been
steady, constant and OF permanent
character. It's business houses num-
ber fifty, embracing every line OF the
mercantile trade, besides numerous
professional men, artisans, hotels
and newspaper offices.
Brookings has ALWAYS recognized
the fact that if her position as the
commercial center OF an extensive
agricultural district was to be main
tanned, the development of a first
class market for farm products was u
matter Of prime Importance. The
success thus far achieved in this
direction has been extremely gratiiy.
ing, and our city has become the
market town OF large radius, reach
ing lar beyond the confines OF tn.
county line and each year is invading
new territory. ..
The grain Market is operated by
FIVE responsible ana entirely indie
pendent firms, each possessing ampl'
elevator and warehouse capacity an(
facilities. G. w. VanDusen & Co.
represented by VIM. Frick; Winon.
Mill company, represented by PHILLIP
Pesarek; the Farmers Shipping asso
citation, repressnted by w. f. Harza
l.. ] Beynon OF the Brookings Role
Mills, and Allison & Van Epps.
: Since January 1891, or during
period OF twelve months past, thes
five firms have paid out for shipmen
; over 100000 to the farmers VIII
have marketed their grain in this city
D Add to this the large amount of oat