The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23
Local and Personal
JOHN L. MURPHY, City Editor

Have you heard the Electric Piano
at the Scenic? 1t is fine.
Mr.. Hayes returned home to Blunt
Tuesday evening after spending a
week under the care of Dr.. Parsons.
Don't fail to attend the inter-colleg-
late debate at the college chapel to-
morrow friday evening between
Yankton and Bookings. An unusu-
ally good contest is looked for.
H. H. Reeves, who returned last
week from his California trip, reports
that he is greatly improved in health
during his visit in the west. He
expects to remain here during the
summer and fall.
5. w. SUSSEX. who has been at Bel
videre, H., for several weeks taking
treatment for his eyes, arrived home
Monday evening. He states that his
eyes are greatly improved, and now
give him very little trouble.
Frank II. Leonard, a member Of the
Christian Science board OF lectureship
OF the First Church OF Christ, Scien-
fist, Boston, will deliver a lecture on
Christian Science at the opera house
next Saturday evening. Admission is
free and everyone is welcome.
Mesdames Erickson, Haag, A. B.
Dalthorp, Robert Henry, A. T. Hor-
ton, c. w. Smith and A. s. Mitchell
were over from Nolga Saturday and
spent the day as guests Of the Brook
ings Ladies Saturday Afternoon club.
They returned home on the evening
train.
A. j. Kendall returned to Pierre
Monday evening after spending a few
days at home. He has a steam outfit
at work breaking up about 1900 acres
Of mis- big tract OF land in that county
and expects to put it into crop. His
crew OF men are able to break about
twenty acres a day, using a 25 horse
power engine, to which is attached
from six to twelve plows.
The sewer construction work is pro-
! crossing very satisfactorily at present,
due to the fine, dry weather, and the
contractor hopes to have the job COM
pleted inside Of three months. The
big ~ditching machine has been behav.
ing pretty decently the last two OF
three weeks, and continued good be-
havior on its part will greatly facili.
tate the contractors problems.
The work on the lst National bank
addition is progressing rapidly and
about half the brick work is completed
The brick used is the same as the
main building and in every way it
has the same appearance. The addi-
ton will run to the Beacon Light
Office, making a solid brick block to
the alley, and it will greatly improve
the appearance Of that side OF the
street.
j. B. Nelson OF Mankato, who has
the contract for the new girls dormi-
tory at the college, has a large crew OF
men at work and it is hoped to have
the building ready for use at the
beginning Of the school year in Sep
TENDER. The brick work OF the first
floor is nearly completed, and it gives
some idea Of the architectural beauty
OF the building when completed. The
brick is buff colored, somewhat
similar to the mechanical building.
Prof. y. f. Hansen, horticulturist
at the college, is certainly getting
some fine compliments on mis- work
these days, the most prominent OF
these being a write-up in the Worlds
Work, OF which we made mention
some time ago. !. couple OF weeks
ago the Des Moines Capital-Journal
devoted a half page Of it's Sunday
edition TO the work Of Prof. Hansen,
and the current number OF the Strand
a magazine published in New York
and London, mentiones his efforts
along the line Of originating new
fruits and plants.