The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-28
Personal and Local
Boost for Brookinas!

Mrs. C. C. Dyball came over from
Voiga Saturday morning for a visit
over Sunday with relatives.
Mrs. Frank Alton and children came
over from Volga Saturday morning for
a few hours visit with relatives.
Mrs. NJ. +. Moore Of Athol. has been
here the past week visiting at the
home of her nephew, w. A. Paul.
Rev. A. VI. Work returned to his
home at Watertown Thursday after
spending two or three days in this
city.
J.. VI. Bitterness who is the steno-
grapher of the state senate, came down
Friday night to spend the recess at
home.
JOS. MAR returned to- his home at
Worthwhile Friday after spending a few
days looking after a case in circuit
court.
Robert Hulett. who was formerly a
barber here. was married at Estelline
last week to Miss Nellie Kean of that
place.
Reed Matheny. who is engrOssing
clerk of the mousse Of representatives.
came down from Pierre Saturday night
for a few days visit with his family.
The warm. thawing weather OF the
past week has been a relief to a large
number of our citiZens-they don't
have to shovel the sno off Of their
walks now
The first semester of the college
closes tomorrow and the work of the
second school period will begin Mon
day. Glasses of the first semester
came to an end last Friday and this
week is devoted TO examinations.
Prof. Robert Matheson, entomolo-
gist at the State college, returned Sat
urday morning from Deadwood, where
he attended the annual meeting OF
the State Horticultural society and de-
livered an address before the society.
An old newspaper man who has
lately gose into the photo business
says: Il find that photographers rare
" advertise, but I'm too old a news
paper man not to believe in it for
everything. I'd advertise if was run
ming a cemetery quiet rooms. clean
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Prof. J. w. Wilson, director of the
college experiment station, went TO
Mitchell Monday evening to attend the
annual meeting of the South X
Live Stock Breeders association, or
which he is the secretary. He was
accompanied by his secretary, Ben
Lawshe. who will be official stenO-
grapher of the meeting.
Fred Uletschi returned home Friday
evening from his trip to Colorado
where he spent several weeks. he
visited nearly every part of the state
and say that the people are enjoying
the finest kind of winter weather. Al
the time we were having thirty below
here Mr.. Uletschi says thai an oVer
coat was a burden in Colorado. he
was at Glenwood Springs a couple o.
days after the big railroad wreck IN
: which ]. B. Thompson OF this county
was reported to- have been seriously
Injured. He made inquiry and fount
, that Mr.. Thompson was only slight!
injured and that he proceeded on MI
j was to California without any delay
q The druggists are making consider
able fuss at Pierre over the proposes
new drug law introduced at the re
0 quest of Commissioner Wheaton. Tn
druggists pretend to believe that tn
j. proposed law would make 1t impractl
u cal for patent medicine manufacturer
L, sell their product in this state. This
lsays a representative, would put one
g third of the druggists of this stat
d out of business. But it would seer
ID that the question for the legislature I
e decide is whether or not this propose
s, law would benefit the people as
10 whole. II the restriction Of the sal
of patent medicines would benefit tn
people, why should the druggists ina
cial interests be considered? 1t
j.. not necessary that the good of the PEI
Is. pie be sacrificed that the druggists ms
prosper.-De Smet Independent.