The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-19
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Homer Rexford went to Aurora on
business Tuesday afternoon.
Clean up your back yard, front yard,
too, and then go after the alley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Hurney went
to Elkton Tuesday morning for a few
days visit.
Thos. Pay has been here from Arl-
ington visiting his daughter, Mrs. A.
+. James, this week.
Brookings is the only city in South
Dakota that has submerged crossings.
This is a dirty, sloppy distinction.
Peter Peterson of Prairie Home,
vent to Tyler, Mimi. Tuesday morn
ing for a few days visit with friends.
Orson Rexford was up from Aurora
Tuesday and remained between trains
looking after some business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Ferguson went
to Elkton Tuesday morning for a visit
of a day or two with relatives and
friends.
Mrs, II. G. Boocock returned to her
home at Faulkton Thursday evening
after spending several days with Mrs.
Gertrude Scott.
p. c. Johnson, who has been here
the past two or three weeks. left Tues
day morning for Kingsville. Texas.
where his family are spending the
winter.
A. C.. Taylor left Tuesday morning
for Grand Junction, Colo. where he
will spend some time looking owe the
country and may invest if he finds
something to suit him.
Clerk of Courts Youngberg issued
a marriage license to Eddie Carpenter
of Arlington, and Miss Anna Peterson
of Hetland. on Tuesday and they were
made II by Judge Albert Matson.
DR.. Wells. who has been spending
several weeks with his son, G. w.
Wells, expects to leave the latter part
of the week or the first of next for
his home in the Klondike country.
Geo. A. Poe, who has an interest in
the Brookings Marble and Granite
Works, moved his family here from
Hitchcock yerterday, and they are
living in their newly acquired home
in north Bookings.
Nels Gjordinj arrived from Den
mark the first of the week and will
make his home in this country. He
is a friend of Thos. Schultz, Prof. Han
sens nephew, who came V from
Denmark last m
Marriage licenses were issued as
follows this week by Clerk of Courts
YOungberg: Norris Stettler of Brook
ings and Miss Alice White of Aurora;
Alfred Holm Of BrOokings and Miss
Mazda Refiling of VOlga.
Hans Smith of Clark, and Miss
Anna Fransden of Volga, took out a
license to wed Monday before Clerk
of Courts Youngberg, and a few mo-
ments later were united in the bonds
of matrimony by Judge Matson.
The ducks were seen going north
in large numbers Friday and Satur-
day. and on Sunday a number of local
sports were out after them, but with
Indifferent success. In another week
the shooting ought to be excellent.
Harold Nelson and his company
gave three performances at the Grand
opera house the last Of the week, and
gave excellent satisfaction. Mr.. Mel
son is one OF the best actors ever
oCNI III lhlo WY dllu h1o luiiy
justified all that has been claimed for
him.
The returns from the primaries of
last week Tuesday We're very slow in
coming in form W. the county. and
the canvassing board did not meet
until Tuesday afternoon. Under the
primary law the canyassing board
consists of the county Judge, clerk of
courts and county auditor.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. l.. Mccoy expected
to leave this week for a visit with rela-
tives at points in Ohio, but Mr.. Mccoy
has been unable to get away on ac-
count of so much repair work in his
charge at the present time. They
hope to get away next week. but may
have to postpone the visit until later.
James Hughson and family left
Tuesday morning for their new home
at Portland, Oregon. Mr.. HughsOn
has not as yet invested in land in that
country, but expects to purchase a
fruit farm in the neighborhood of
Portland, He has not sold his farm in
Trenton, but will rent it the coming
year.
S. II. GoodfellOw returned home Sat
urday evening from Chicago, where he
was called some time ago by the
serious illness of his son, George.
George was taken with typhoid fever
and for a week his condition was very
serious, but he rallied and when Mr..
Goodfellow left he was well on the
road to recovery.
The citizens of South Dakota will
certainly have no chance to kick for
a lack of opportunity to exercise their
right Of suffrage this year. In add
tionto the June primaries there will
be the regular city election in March
or April, the school election in June
and the national, state and county
election in November.
j. Haugen and family of Oslo town
ship, left Tuesday morning for Edna,
Texas, where Mr.. Haugen has invest
ed in some land and where they will
make their future home. Edna is in
the southern part of the state, north
of Corpus Christi and not far from
Kingsville, where there is quite IA
party of Brookings county people.
Sheriff Miles went to Elkton Satur-
day and returned with John Miller.
a citizen Of that Mace who iS charped