The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-21
Locals and Personal Mention

Mr.. Kendall now has the College
stationery for students. 40
Will Shaw was over from Bushnell
Thursday and spent the day with
friends.
Fred Cuckow was up from Elkton
and spent Sunday with friends, return
ing home Monday morning.
Ted Akin went to WATERFOWL last
evening to assist the United CONNER
cial Travellers in putting on a minstrel
show tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Johnson came
over from Volga Tuesday morning to
attend the wedding of Mr.. JOhnson's
brother, Herman, and Miss Emma
Clevan.
Robert Carlisle came up from Lake
Benton Thursday morning for a visit
with his brothers and to take in the
farmers institute meetings. He was
accompanied by his family, and they
remained until Tuesday morning.
Druggist Kendall has received a
sample Of a viras for discriminating
rats, which be will do some expert
menting with. 1t goes by the name of
"Azo" and is said to be sure death to
the rodents. 1t is given to them
through the medium of COrnmeal and
inOculates them with a disease, which
is very contagious and sure death.
Prof. n. f. Hansen returned home
Monday night from his trip to Pierre.
Prof. Hansen was on the farmers in
stitute program Thursday evening,
but was unable to get here. Friday
evening he talked before the house OF
representatives on his recent trip to
Europe, and the next evening was a
guest at a banquet given by the
scandinavian Legislators and re-
spOnded to a toast.
NJ. f. Bacon's dairy business has
grown so the last year that he has been
obliged to enlarge his quarters in order
to take care of his growing trade. He
has rented the farm Of Geo. Cole,
which is located near his property in
east Bookings, and will purchase
fifteen or twenty more dairy Ows
His sOn-in-law, Peter Iuber of Gettys.
burg will be here with his family in
the spring and make his home on the
Cole place.
J. p. Olson got home Monday even
ing from Texas, where he spent
several weeks looking over the country.
He was very much pleased with parts
OF that country, and invested in some
land. He says the number OF home
seekers going into that country is
enormous at the present time, and as
a consequence the state is enjoying a
big boom. He was at Brownsville,
Texas, when the Bookings county
party reached there, and says that a
number Of them invested in land.
Prof. w. A. Wheeler went to High
more TuesdOy evening to spend a few
days at the sub-statiOn. Prof. Wheeler
has been making these trips to High
more about twenty times a year the
last few years, and he expected that
this would be his last one. He will
go to Mitchell about the 10Th OF March
to take the management OF the seed
house to be started there. He has
secured a house at Mitchell and will
move his family at that time. The
regents have not as yet selected a sue
cessor to Prof. Wheeler and it is not
likely that the vacancy will be filled
until fall.
The nice weather Of the last couple
OF weeks has doomed athletics at the
high school, and the boys are already
hard at work for the spring season.
The track team prospects are very
bright, and the boys have resolved
that the cup annually presented by the
college athletic association to the
winners OF the inter-scholastic meet,
shall this year remain in Brookings.
There is also an abundance OF base
ball material at the school, and a very
successful season is looked for. The
past successful football season gave
the boys the necessary enthusiasm to
take up the other branches OF athletics
and attain the same degreeof efficiency.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Crane arrived Mon
day evening for a couple Of days visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Lawrence
and other friends. Mr.. Crane was
agent of the Youmans Bros. lumber
company here until a year ago, and is
now manager OF a line of lumber
yards through North Dakota, with
headquarters at jamestown. Mr.. and
Mrs. Crane have been visiting at their
old home in New York for several
weeks, and on the way here visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Bohrnstedt at Arcadia,
Wis.,, and with relatives at Lake Ben
ton. Mr.. Crane was sick for about a
month while in New York and lost
about twenty pounds, but is gaining
' in health and strength.