The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-19
Miss Leila Smith and Lily Poe went
to Tracy Tuesday for a few days visit.

to Tracy Tuesday for a few days visit.
Summer merchandise is being clear
ed up at a big sacrifice at SINNERS
Department store.
During the intense heat the latter
part of the week a farmer near Hazel
became mentally %deranged and died
within a short time.
Miss Gladys Fassett returned Thurs
day evening from Des Moines, Iowa,
where she visited for some time at
the home of her brother, Glenn.
Miss Alma Walter repturned the
latter part of the week from Lake
Kampeska, where she was the guest
of friends for a week or ten days.
Chas. Roe, who spent a week here
visiting relatives. left Tuesday morn
ing for his home at Kentland, Ind.
His family will remain for a few days
longer.
Mrs. La Grave, who has been here
for some time visiting at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. w. f. Purdy, de-
parted Tuesday morning for her home
at Fairbault, MINI.
AS we mentioned last week, a walk
will be built across the east side of
the school grounds to the northeast
corner. The work will be paid for en-
tirply nv Suhccrintiop
S. b. Kelly and family returned home
Friday night from Watertown, where
they camped at the lake for a week or
ten days. Mr.. Kelly reports that the
fishing there is fine and that the ac-
commodations at the lake are excel
lent for camping parties.
Norris Shea has completed a new
barn and al addition to his house the
past week. Quite a large number of
citizens are building additions, paint
ing or otherwise improving their prop
erty and everyone who wants to work
is busy.
The Pierre Dakotan says that Prof.
E. X. Eyerly, formerly a member OF
the State college faculty, has been
elected to the chair of philosophy in
Amherst college, one of the Oldest in
situations in the east.
Mrs. E. J. Ray left Monday even
ing for Cottonwood for a visit with
her brother, S. w. Sussex and wife.
Mr.. Sussex is foreman of the expert
ment station at that place. Mrs. Ray
will go on to the Hills to spend some
time for the benefit of her health.
Ed Radeke, formerly employed at
the Bank of Brookings, arrived from
Bryant Monday to visit friends and
take part in the tennis tournament.
He working in a bank a Bryant and
is now enjoying his vacation. He was
accompanied by A. J. Cary, a newspap-
er man of Bryant.
Chief of Police Gullick went down
to the stock yards Monday morning
and routed out five hoboes, telling them
to come up town and look for work
or else leave the city. Within an
hour two of them had struck jobs with
farmers and during the day they all
secured work. If they had been al
lowed to hang around the stock yards
they would have beer there yet.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
hold -, o,D,oI ,io,io NJ C4ooroc'
grove at Medary on Tuesday. There
were about 800 present and a general
good time was enjoyed by all, the
weather being almost ideal. A ball
game was arranged between the
youngsters and the "~hasbeens," which
resulted in a bad walloping for the
youths, the score being ~ to G.
The rife team of the South Da,
kota National guard, which includes
three Brookings boys, left Saturday
morning for Camp Perry, Ohio, where
they will participate in the national
contest. We received a card yester-
day from Lieutenant Jensen, written
from Chicago, in which he stated the
team was enjoying the trip and was
confident Of making a good showing at
Camp Perry.
Next year the census taker will be
around and will want to know how
many pounds of milk and cream, how
many dozen eggs, how many bushels
of all different kinds of vegetables and
grain, pounds of poultry, beef and
pork, etc, were sold by each farmer
during 1909. How many farmers will
be able to tell him? And if they
merely guess at it what will be the use
!, of the census report bearing upon
I these questions? Every farmer should
make it a point to be well prepared tc
answer all the questions of the cen
enc IN Lar novt yoor in ordop m ipnproye