The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-17

those present, as were the happy
greetings exchanged.
Jack Warren has purchased the
machinery and materials in the Brook
ings> Machine Shop formerly owned
by VIM. Stevens and is fitting the
same up so as to be ready to do all
classes OF machine repairing. Mr..
Warren is trustworthy, painstaking
and we believe capable, and it is hoped
he may receive liberal patronage
from those requiring work in his line.
A meeting Of the Brookings Base
Ball Association was held in Mathews
& Stewards Office on Friday evening
and it was decided to keep the present
team in the field until September Is.
A report showed the association to be
in good financial condition and it
was thought that by little effort
everything could be made to come out
about even on the 18th Of September.
Frank Reynolds, son OF Ed Rey.
nolds Of Amigo, Wis, arrived Tuesday
morning for a brief visit with his
uncle, VIM. Cameron and family.
Fourteen years ago when seven years
OF age Mr.. Reynolds moved from this
city to Amigo with his parents. He
however remembers many OF the old
landmarks and early residents of this
city and expressed pleasant surprise
at the growth Of the city during his
absence.
A young fellow called up his girl on
the telephone the other morning at
about half past six and, after waiting
few minutes a very sleepy voice
asked him what he wanted. He told
her there was an agent there who
wanted to sell him an attachment to a
telephone so the person could see the
one they were talking to. Then he
heard shrek and the receiver was
put up suddenly and pretty soon her
mamma told him to ring off.-Ex.
Regent R. NJ. Slocum, who arrived
in this city last night on his way
home from Brookings, brought with
him for exhibition a box of sand
cherries, large and luscious fruit
developed by years of budding on
plum tree stock by Professor n. E.
Hansen. The fruit measured from one
half to three-quarters OF an inch in
diameter and Professor Hansen has
managed to breed out of it the puck
cry, acrid taste OF the native fruit but
has retained nll of its hardy and pro-
life qualities. Aberdeen News.
The Castlewood Republican says
that Prof. R. ]. Sarvis, who has been
engaged as principal Of the Castlewood
high school for the coming year, came
down from Milbank Wednesday even
ing and remained with US until yester-
day noon attending to some matters
appertaining to school work. While
here Prof. Sarvis rented the house now
occupied by H. o. Swift.
Prof. and Mrs. W. F. Allison, who
have been spending their summer va
cation in Brookings the guests of Mrs.
Allison's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P ].
Hegeman, left for their home at Gold
en-, Colo, yesterday morning. Mr..
Allison holds an excellent position as
instructor in the School OF Mines
which is said to be the largest and
best institution Oh. its kind in the
United States.
The Chamberlain Register says that
DR.. ]. W. Clevenger has let the con-
tract to j. H. Stevens to put up a
modern residence on the lots on the
corner of King and Sanborh streets,
just south of Paul Krohn's place.
The basement will be built of cement
blocks and above the basement the
structure will be a story and half
frame. The estimated cost Of the res
idence is $4,000.
Mayor Jones' real estate Office of
Minneapolis will soon complete
$4,000 building for ]. Alden Smith.
1t is located diagonally opposite the
So, 100000 Hennepin County court
house, Third Ave. So. and Fifth st.
The entire second floor 36x15O feet will
be used by the Eclectic Business Col
lege, which has a reading notice in
this paper. The school has a reputa.
tion for placing all its graduates in
good positions.
The Brookings Reds went to Water
town Tuesday to play two games Of
base ball with the local team, but
received such rotten treatment from
the citizens that they returned Tues
day evening. The game Tuesday
was stolen from our boys sleek and
clean and strangers present who were