The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-10-15
I >oeal and Personal
JOHN L. MURPHY, City Editor


The Flaming Arrow at the Grand
October 26.
E. c. Olson was looking after bust
ness at the Watertown Model between
trains Saturday.
]. P. Corbin who is now in the land
business at Aberdeen, has been here
the past couple of days.
Mrs. Chas. Winkler returned to her
home at Hanska, Mimi, Monday morn
ing after a visit at the home of Geo.
p. SeXauer.
Mrs. Ed House has been appointed
chief operator at the local telephone
plant and will have charge of the
operating force.
FOR SALE-Heating Stove, used
only n season, good as new, will
burn either coal or wood. $40 If taken
at once. Apply at Register office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Chain and daugh-
ter returned home to Winona Monday
morning after a several days visit at
the home of Mrs. Chains sister, Mrs.
J. l.. Jarvis.
DR.. J.. G. Parsons, Occulist and
Aurist of Sioux Falls will be at DIR.
Miller's office, Saturday October 81.
Proctice limited to the eye, ear, nose
and throat. Glasses fitted.
Howard Wendell, S. c. Hedger, c. NJ.
Hopkins and Mayor Aldrich of Abe
deem, spent Sunday in this city on
ferring with Congressman Hall regard
ing the Aberdeen ~postofice.
Mrs. A. J.. Vinegar and little son
arrived from Beloit Wis, the last of
the week and will visit for some time
at the home of her husbands parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Vinegar.
Chief Engineer Smith of the Brook
ings and Sioux Falls line, left for st.
Louis Saturday morning to visit his
wife, who has been ill there for some
time. She is gradually improving and
Mr.. Smith hoped that she would be
able to return with him.
Clyde Tidball arrived. home Satur-
day night from Rapid City, where he
spent several months. During the
greater part of the time he worked in
the drug store for "Tillie" Baldwin.
the old college track star. who is doing
a fiourishing drug business in that
city.
Alfred Kennard who has been on
the coast the past year, arrived home
the last of the week. He has been
working at his trade of printer in
several cities on the coast and likes
the country. However, South Dakota
looks good to him and he will remain
here and take charge of his fathers
farm south of town.
! r. E. Gentle of the Press force. went
to Minneapolis Thursday night to
spend a weeks vacation. During his
absence c. F. Allen has been looking
after the news feature of the paper.
Mr.. Allen expects to leave Saturday
for Tacoma, Wash, to join his family,
who have been out there the past
month.
Thos. A. MAR arrived Saturday and
spent a couple of days looking after
business affairs and visiting friends.
He states that he expects to move his
family back to- Brookings to remain
during the winter. Since leaving here
Mr.. MAR has been in the Black Hills,
where he has some interests. while
the family have been holding down a
claim west of the river.
J.. w. Argo and wife Of Upton, Ia,
who have been here the past three
months visiting their sons and looking
after their property in this county,
left for home Monday morning. Mr..
Argo was well pleased with the re-
turns from his farms this year, al
though the wet weather hurt the crop
to some extent, and stated that his
corn crop was an especially good one.
Quite a number from here have
gone to Dallas and Chamberlain the
past week to- register for the big
government land drawing. The regis
"tration period ends next Saturday and
the drawing will then commence. II
is expected that somewhere around
200, 900 will register, and as there are
5000 farms in the land to be thrown
open. there will be 1874, 900 l~andseekers
disappointed. The drawing offers nc
particular advantages except a chance
to gamble, as there is plenty of free
lands in other parts Of the state as
good and which can be secured cheap
err. Ihe winners in the Trip county
drawing will have to pay $3.50 or sc
per acre for the land and. live on II
fourteen months.