The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-10-22
Local and Personal

Mrs. G.. F. Knappen returned home
Tuesday evening from a few days visit
at Minneapolis.
Chas. Locke. who formerly worked
at Kendall's drug store, came down
from home Monday for a few days
visit.
f E Hovden returned home yester-
day morning from Tracy, where he
was called to attend the funeral of his
cousin
Mrs. Gray returned to her home in
Canton, H., yesterday morning after a
visit of a week at the home of her
brother, j. X. Fridley.
Fred Harvey, who is nov located
in northern Minnesota, arrived the last
OF the week for a visit with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Harvey
Will Biggar, who has been working
in a bank at Rathdrum. Idaho for the
past year. arrived Tuesday evening for
a visit of two or three weeks with
relatives
VIM. Culhane went to Inwood, Iowa,
yesterday morning on a few days bust
ness trip. Mrs. Culhane accompanied
him as far as Pipestone and will visit
relatives until his return.
Sheriff Miles vent to Volga Tues
day and brought back a fellow named
Keester, who was bound over to the
next term of circuit court on a charge
of furnishing liquor to minors. He will
await his trial in Jail.
Isaac Lincoln of Aberdeen, is in
the city today on business. Mr.. Lin
coin is a banker at Aberdeen and an
all round good fellow. Along in the
early SOS he came to this country a
poor boy, but hard work and a shrewd
business capacity has made him one
of the leading business men of the
state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Lawrence and
son, Ray, arrived from Fargo, n. d..
the first of the week for a visit with
their old friends and neighbors here.
They like their new home at Fargo
and Mr.. Lawrence is we'll pleased
with his new business connections.
Mr.. Lawrence returned to Fargo Mon
day, but Mrs. Lawrence and Ray re-
manned for a visit Of a week here and
at De Smet.
Sheriff Miles took an involuntary
bath in Lake Albert one day the first
of the week. In company with E. J.
Ray he was at the lake hunting ducks,
they being out in a small boat. Stories
of the affair differ, but Mr.. Ray says
that the sheriff had shot at and missed
a big mallard and in his disappoint.
ment and chagrin he sat down outside
the boat. During the rest of the hunt
he did his shooting sitting down.
The Sioux City Journal has started
a contest for the most popular young
lady in the Northwest, and we notice
that Brookings friends have entered
the of Misses Della Gullick,
Minnie Omedt and Ethel Farrenkop.
1t would be hard to select three more
popular young ladies and no doubt
their friends will hustle to- bring them
out winners. The Northwest is divid.
ed in six districts and a $500 piano
a diamond ring. scholarship and a gold
watch are offered in each district.
J.. S. Cole, who is now travelling
representative of the dry land bureau
of the Department of Agriculture, has
been here this week packing his house
hold goods preparatory to moving his
family to Washington, ID. c.. They
expect to remain there during the
winter and in the spring will move
to Denver, where Mr.. Cole will open
an office for the dry land agriculture
bureau. Mrs. Cole and children are
at Gary and Mr.. Cole will go there
tomorrow and the family will Their
proceed to Washington.
The other day while engaged ir
burning the mites in his chicken coop
using a wisp Of hay for the purpose
Jesse Gass and his little girl were
quite badly burned. Mr.. Gass threw
Ia wisp Of hay ON the ground and the
child picked it up and it blazed ant
caught the little ones clothing on fire
Mr.. Gass grabbed her and tore the
clothing on, but not before she wal
badly burned. Jesse now carries hi
hand in a sling. It was a pretty clog
call for the life of the little girl
Miner County Democrat.