The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-31

Brick ice cream every day at Bart's
place.
Caterer Bartlett will serve lunch to
the patrons of the palace Billiard
Parlors Thursday night Jan. Dist.
All friends and patrons invited.
Mrs. H. II. Reeves went up to
WATERFOWL Thursday evening and
visited over night with her sister, Mrs.
Will Peterson. Mrs. Peterson and
the baby accompanied her home FRI
day morning and will visit a couple
OF weeks.
Mrs. Geo. Pond, who is at Phoenix,
Arazona, with her son, Herbert, for
the benefit OF his health, writes that
Herbert is feeling fine and has gained
in health and strength since arriving
there. They expect to remain at
Phoenix until May.
Mrs. A. G.. Cleveland entertained a
party OF friends at her home Saturday
evening to meet her guest, Miss Nell
Troeh of Waterfowl. Cards and dane
ing were the amusements of the even
ing, and nice refreshments were
served. Miss Troeh returned home
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Susie Davis, who was here
visiting for a couple of weeks, returned
to her home in Iowa the first of the
week. The two young boys, who have
been living here, returned with their
mother. The members Of the fire
company and band kindly furnished
Mrs. Davis with enough money to pay
the expenses Of the children to Iowa.
Miss Blanche Bigler departed Satur-
day morning for Palo Alto, Cal,
where she will spend the rest of the
winter with her sister, Mrs. C. +.
Childs, and may possibly decide to
remain there. She stopped off at
Elkton over Sunday as the guest OF
Mrs. Frank Dressed, continuing her
journey Monday morning.
Company G at a meeting at the
barracks last evening decided to give
another military ball on Washington's
Birthday, Feb. 22nd. The BroOkings
Orchestra has been secured which
assures the company of good music.
The company propose to make the
dance on Washington's Birthday
an annual affair. I'd
A Minneapolis Il st. Louis conduc-
tor by the name Of Johnson was
stabbed by a negro at WATERFOWL
Monday evening. The men had some
trouble in a restaurant and the negro
followed Johnson to a saloon, where
the %stabbing occurred. There was
some talk of a lynching, but as John
sons wounds are not serious nothing
came of it
Morris Pond arrived from Wilmar,
Mimi, yesterday morning for a visit
at the home of his father, Geo. Pond.
We are pleased to learn that he now
holds the responsible position OF
general yardmaster for the Great
Northern at Willmar, and is making
good. There is satisfaction in know
ing that all the Brookings boys are
doing we'll.
Miss Bessie Berkhimer, who last
week disposed of her millinery stock
to Mrs. Patterson, left Saturday for
her home at Minneapolis. Miss Berk-
himer received two very flattering
offers, one from a wholesale millinery
house of Chicago, and one from a
Minneapolis establishment, but she
has not yet decided upon her plans
for the future.
A meeting of the directors OF the
farmers elevator company, recently
organized at Aurora, was held n day
last week and the following officers
elected: President, Thos. O'Brien;
vice-president, G. s. Ripley; secretary,
Geo. H. Larrabee; treasurer, III. E.
Lloyd. The company will construct
an elevator at Aurora as soon as the
weather permits.
Some time ago We mentioned the
fact that r. II. Bartlett had entered a
pair OF his high grade Partridge
Cochin chickens in the Minnesota
State Poultry fair. This week he re-
ceived the markings OF the judges,
awarding fourth place to his pair. Mr..
Bartlett is feeling very joyful over this,
as the Minnesota poultry fair is one
Of the largest in the country.
In speaking OF the extension OF the
South Dakota Central railroad in the
spring the Bruce Herald says: at is
also said that the road will be built
from Brookings to Watertown in the
near future. II it does it vii, proba-
bly, go through the Sioux Valley, and
will necessarily pass through Bruce,
Estelline and Castlewood."
Representative Edward Heffernan
passed through here Friday morning
on his way to his home at Elkton to
spend the legislative recess. Repre-.
s~entatives Allen Matteson and Seivert
Simonson, the other two members OF
the house from this county, also came
down, stopping off at Volga and going
to their homes in the country. They
returned to Pierre Tuesday morning.
The cold snap is still with us, and
not much relief il promised by the
weather prophets. About an inch oil
snow fell Monday and Tuesday, and
we now have more SNOW than we have
had altogether in the past Eve years.
The old settlers say that the weather
the past month has been the worst fol-
January they have experienced in this
country, as we usually get our cold
weather during the month OF February.
DR.. f. Klaveness, who is now
located at Sioux Falls, was in the city
Thursday and spent the day with
friends. DIR. Klaveness saws the
people OF Brookings do not understand
the best way to get TO Sioux Falls
from this city. DR.. Klaveness left
Sioux Falls Wednesday afternoon over
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