The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-08-20
Miss Kate Mcnamara came down
from Huron Saturday night and visited
until Monday evening with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcnamara.

until Monday evening with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcnamara.
Mrs. Shelley Horton arrived from
Stewartville, Mimi, Thursday for a
visit with her parents, Mr.. II Mrs
J.. A. Seaton and sister, Mrs. II. ii.
Reeves. On Friday evening Mrs
Reeves entertained at cards for her
C. II. Atkinson has put in a cement
gutter on both sides of his property
which will run the water north to the
sewer. 1t is not only highly useful,
but adds greatly to the appearance OF
the street and his example could be fol
lowed with profit by other citizens.
This section was visited by a heavy
rain Friday and Saturday, which tied
up stacking and threshing for a few
days. Tuesday evening another hard
shower fell, but this dried off quickly.
This season promises to be different
from last year, when we did not have
a heavy rain after the middle of July.
Maurice Hall, the nine year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Hall, fell
from a load of grain while at the old
| Pond farm Monday, the front wheel
of the & passing over and break
ing his left arm at the elbow. 1t would
appear that accidents come in groups
to Judge from the many recorded in
this weeks Register.
]. l.. Colegrove who was dangerously
i'll with pneumonia for several weeks,
has passed the critical stage and is
well on the road to recovery. He was
able to set up and eat dinner with the
family Tuesday, and before many days
expects to be able to go fishing. He
has had a long hard siege and his
many friends are glad to see him
come out OF it so fortunately.
Saturday afternoon about twenty
five kids of the south side broke into
a car of melons on a sidetrack and
made away with a couple of dozen of
the fruit. Chief of Police Gullick lined
up five or six Of the offenders and
secured the names of the rest. The
railroad company has taken the mat
ter up and the culprits will have to
pay for their feast or go to Jail.
l.. II. Skiff informs us that the city
has not as yet settled with him for
the killing of his horse by a live wire
last week, but that he has been assured
that his claim will be paid at the next
meeting. Mr.. Skiff also said that he
had not put a price of $65 or any other
value on the animal and he doesn't
know where the people who started
the report received their information.
The harvest is all completed in this
section and the farmers are now busy
with their stacking and shock thresh-
ing. A large number of threshing
machines are in the field and will pro-
badly be able to- take care of the crop
in record time. From all reports the
crop is turning out to be an excellent
one, with the exception of the late
oats, which has been badly damaged
by rust.
Some weeks ago the Register set up
the type for the Arlington Sun and
shipped it to that point, but Brother
Keene did not receive it in time for
his paper that week, greatly to- his dis
gust. No trace was found of it until
it Unexpectedly turned up at Arlington
last week. 1t went clear to Miller on
the first trip and had been floating
around from place to- place until it
finally arrived at its proper destina-
ton.
DR.. J. N. Mccormick of Bowling
Green, Kentucky, who will speak at
the opera house in this city mex
Thursday evening, has a national repu-
tation as a physician and a lecturer,
and we trust the people Of Brookings
will take advantage of this splendid
opportunity and hear him. The admis-
sion is free and everyone is cordially
invited. On Thursday afternoon DR..
Mccormick will meet the members of
the Third District Medical society in
this city. He goes from here to Water
town, Aberdeen, Huron, Sioux Falls
and Yankton.
The Bookings Cement company has
a crew of men at work putting in the
new walks at the school grounds. A
large amount Of grading has to be
done, especially along the west side
and the expense is a heavy one. The
school board will grade up the south.
west corner this year, and next sum-
mer they hope to complete the work
over the entire west side, which has
needed leveling for some years. The
board thought they could hardly af-
ford to do the work this year, as they
have been under heavy expense on
account ~ the uo,., M oIHc opd tha cour