The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-07
Tomorrow Night
THE ROBBINS
The Highest Bidder
Boost for Bookings!

c. j. Day, the monument man, made
a business trip to WATERFOWL Tuesday.
A. j. Lockhart, the banker and land
man of Clear Lake, was here a couple
OF days tie first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Cameron return.
ed nome Sunday morning from High
land, Mimi, where they spent a couple
OF weeks with their son, Roy.
n. G.. Skinner, who is a member of
superintendent ChamberlaIn's insti.
tute corps, was here over Sunday.
He left Tuesday morning for Henry,
where an institute was in progress.
Will Lockhart of Pierre, spent a
couple OF days here the first Of the
week visiting at the home Of his
cousin, Mrs. J P. Johnson, on his a
to Mankato, where he is attending
school.
Reed Matheny Of Turton, who has
been here visiting his family the past
couple Of weeks, was appointed as
sistant chief of the e%ngrossing clerks
of the house at the opening of the
legislature.
We are pleased to announce the
Noillb6 VI liz SJdSc-LlSItT company
for an engagement of one night only
tomorrow (Friday) night, in that
pleasing comedy, THE Highest Bid
der" Prices 25. 35 and so cents.
A. H. Wheaton was at Watertown
Saturday to attend the annual meeting
of the policy holders of the Dakota
Mutual Insurance company. He re-
turned Sunday and left for Pierre to
attend the opening of the Legislature.
The state land department has made
the December apportionment of the
interest and income fund from the
state school lands, and BroOkings
county's share is ~$3,212.35. The total
apportionment amounted to $1O5, 466. 30
and was on a basis of SO cents for
each pupil in the state. From this
it may be figured out that Bookings
county has 1857 pupils.
The January Review of Reviews is
noteworthy for it's treatment of topics
related to the movement for the con-
s%ervation of natural resources. There
is a sketch of Clifford Pinchot, the lead
ing personality in the December CON
ference at Washington. An article
by DR.. David T. Day, the worlds fore
most authority On the subject, gives
an account of the petroleum resources
of this country, embodying much ma.
terial before published on this
important subject. An instructive paper
on state control of waterpower, by Cur
It's e. Lakeman, is followed by an il
Illustrated article on Power From the
Farm Brook by Donald Cameron
Shafer, who shows that an enormous
quantity of waterpower is permitted
to- go to waste each year.
John J. Mcguire visited under the
parental roof during the holidays and
returned home TO Lincoln, Neb. The
4th of next March Mr.. Mcguire will
go to Washington and be sworn in
as a member Of the house Of repre-.
sentatives, and will occupy a seat on
the democratic side. While here Mr.
Mcguire received the sincere con
CALCULATIONS OF his friends on the sue
cess that came to him in the recent
election In being selected to represent
his district in congress. Mr.. Mcguire
is a comparatively young man and this
distinction will furnish him a strong
impetus in his life to accomplish great
things. BY reasn of the extra ses.
sion of congress Mr.. Mcguire will be.
gin his duties as a congressman in
March.-Mitchell Republican.