The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-12

Geo. F. Thayer left yesterday morn
ing for points in Iowa on land bust.
ness.
Mrs. Jesse %Farrenkop went to Elk
ton Friday morning and visited friends
between trains.
Mrs. ]. w. Wilson returned home
Thursday evening from her visit at
Lake Okoboji, Iowa.
A. p. Ryger. the dairy inspector,
left Sunday evening for points in the
western part Of the state.
E. C. Olson went to Rapid City
Thursday evening to spend two or
three days at the Model store.
Harry A. Williams returned Sun.
day evening from Spirit Lake, Iowa,
where he enjoyed a weeks outing.
Miss Clara Christie, a former col.
lege student, was over from Volga
visiting friends the last of the week.
Charlie Shea, who is working for the
Western Union at Huron, came down
Saturday night and visited his parents
and friends over Sunday.
We understand that ]. X. and L. J.
Fridley will within a short time go
into the automobile business here and
will construct a garage across the
street from the Register building.
B. A. Durand and wife of Lansing,
Mich, were here four or five days
the last Of the week visiting his faith
err, S. A. Durand and sister, Mrs. Jas.
H. Shepard. They left for their home
Sunday.
Charles f.. Hall and family have
rented the Z. F. Evans house on Sixth
avenue and will move in within a few
days. This property is owned by
w. S. LOban, who recently purchased
it from Mr.. Evans.
Sam Newton returned the first of
the week from a weeks run as mail
clerk between Elroy and Tracy. He
likes the work and expects to be as
signed to a regular run At the
present time he is a substitute, filing
in where there is a vacancy.
The Minnesota and Dakota Farmer
unloaded another car of 1aper Tues
day. Beginning with their issue Of
September 10 the Farmer will be is
sued semi-monthly and a carload of
paper doesn't last them must longer
than a SNOWFALL would on Main street
these hot August days. Bookings can
today boast of as good a farm paper
as can be found anywhere.
That plenty of moisture makes a
big difference in the growth of trees
is clearly demonstrated by those grow
ing around the school grounds. At
the southwest corner where the water
overflows every day from the sprink-
ling hydrant the trees are six to eight
feet higher than their n%eighbors, al
though all were planted at the same
time.
Guy Boyden, who has been attend
ing the Northwestern Medical school
at Chicago, arrived home Friday even
ing to spend a week with his mother
and other relatives. Guy has been
getting along nicely with his work and
next year will be a junior in the
school. He has a position in the
Wellesley hospital, which he says keeps
him pretty busy when not in school
and he has been working there dur
the summer vacation.
The little engine vel at the power
house has been undergoing a complete
o~verhauling the past week, the work
being done by the Minneapolis Steel
and Machinery company, and is now
in as good shape as ever. 1t has been
running along without any repairs for
over ten years and o appears to
be good for ten years more. 1t is
used for the day run and the greater
part Of the night, the big engine being
hitched on for the heavy load from
eight to eleven in the evening.
Along early in the spring DR.. E. A.
Lentz went forth and turned his back
yard bottom side up and inserted var
ious and different kinds of seeds, with
the result that he had to call in a lot
of his friends to help him get rid of
the crop. He had potatoes enough to
keep a Roosevelt family of Hibernian
extraction, corn and sunf1owers to glad
den the heart of a Kansasan, cucum-
bers to propagate a mile of stomach
ache, lettuce to feed to the hens. beets
to beat the band, ETC., etc. His flow
ers also done we'll, and taken all in
all the doctor raised a bumper crop.