The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-17

Mrs. A. B. Hanson and Mrs. S. w.
Stone went to Aurora yesterday morn
ing for short visit with relatives.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
give Poverty Social" tomorrow
! friday evening in the G. A. X. hall.
Mrs. c. Dryer arrived from Tabor,
Iowa, last evening to accept position
as assistant nurse at the Bookings
hospital.
Walter WOhlheter severely sprained
his ankle in the football game with
Huron Saturday, and is obliged to
use crutch to get about.
K. f. Gaylord, the optician, has
been running a series OF talks in this
paper upon diseases of the eye. Talk
No. 3 appears this week, and it will
pay you to read it..
The "Dixie Girl" at the opera house
Monday evening was one of the best
shows OF the season. The company
was good one, and their work seemed
to be very pleasing to the audience.
The Catholic ladies will hold rum
mage sale in some building on Main
street next week, beginning Wednes-
day and continuing throughout the
week. There will be lots of bargains
in all lines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cuckow, who
have been here the past month during
the illness OF Mr.. Cuckow, went to
their home at Elkton yesterday morn.
ing. Mr.. Cuckow is greatly improved
IN health, although not fully recovered
from his illness.
a. III. Wheaton, state dairy and food
commissioner, and Prof. j. II. Shep-
ard, state chemist, went to Chicago
Monday night to attend the meeting
OF the National Dairy association.
The meeting is held in connection
with the big corn exposition.
a number OF the lady friends of
Mrs. G. j. Collier gave her an informal
farewell reception at the home OF Mrs =.
W. ii. ROddle Saturday evening. As
a remembrance from her Bookings
friends Mrs. Collier was presented with
a sterling silver fork and a shirt waist
! set.
Work was started Tuesday on the
grading for the electric line between
here and Sioux Fails. The first
shovel OF dirt was turned on Geo.
Eberlein's farm, just south OF the city,
and short distance south of the old
fair grounds. About thirty teams will
be placed at work Monday and the
grading will be pushed as rapidly as
possible, with the hope OF completing
1t through to Egan before the severest
weather sets in. Neil Stewart, presi-
dent OF the company, went to Egan
this morning, accompanied by Chief
Engineer Smith, and they will make
arrangements to start the work from
that end OF the line. 1t is mat
ter OF great satisfaction to the people
OF Brookings to see the actual work OF
building the road started, and its pro-
gress will be watched with great
interest.
1t is reported as soon as the electric
line is completed rs far south as II. |.
Stearns' farm, which ia the site OF the
old town OF Medary, new town will
be started. 1t is said that Mr.. Stearns
will build an elevator and that one or
two Sioux Falls men have already
purchased lots to start in business.
Just fifty years ago this summer the
original town OF Medary was founded,
and this would be most appropriate
time to start a new Medary. Old
Medary was for years the prominent
town in this section, and for some
time was the county seat OF Brookings
county. When Bookings was started
in 1879 most OF the town was moved
here, snd it was entirely abandoned
in 1882, James Natesta being the last
merchant to leave.