The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18

Next Monday is Washington's birth
day and a legal holiday.
G. f.. Thaycr left last evening for
weston points on business.
A. NJ. Void returned home last
evening from a business trip to east
ern points.
Mrs. Kendall of Berlin, Wis. ar
rived Tuesday evening, called here
by the serious illness Of her brother,
c. II. Collins.
Miss Victoria Schmidt came up from
Springfield, Mimi, Satuid day and visit
ed until yesterday morning with the
family of Chas. Gamble.
l.. G. Hage of Toronto, arrived Mon
day and visited until yesterday morn
ing at the home of Oscar Swart-
ling, when he left for Sioux Falls. Mr.
Hagc has a son attending college.
w. II. II. Phillips and A. J.. Kendall
left Tuesday night for Texas. where
they will look ver the country with
the view of buying some land down
there.
Tho train from the east last even
ing arrived right on the dot. We
don't know why this happened and
even Agent Lcighty was unable to
give Il good ,,nd sufficient reason.
"Pars.fal,' which was presented at
the opera house Monday evening was
one of the finest attractions that has
ever visited %Brookings. and meritcd
even a larger house than the enc that
greeted them.
There is more now on the level at
the present lime than we have had
for several years and if it should
happen to remain cold the next few
weeks we will have an old time flood
in the spring.
Chas. Brown, who has been work
ing at the Bookings cafe for some
months, resigned this week and has
gone on the road for a calendar house.
Charley is strictly reliable and will
make good in his new work.
S. II. Goodfellow left last evening
for Columbia and Faulkton, where he
will deliver an address before the
A. o. U. w. lodges explaining his new
assessment plan. 1t is likely that Mr..
G~oodfellow's plan will be adopted by
the state lodge. and he is kept busy
explaining the merits before the diff
ferent lodges.
At a business session of the Y. NJ.
c. A. convention at Mitchell last week,
Prof. j. n. Rodeheaver of Brookings,
was elected a member of the state
board, succeeding Horace Fshback,
also of this city. G.. F. Knappen was
reelected as a member of the board,
which gives Brookings two represen-
tatives OF the governing body.
julius Nordby, a young man who
has been making his home with Ole
Snickermo, south Of town, was brought
to the hospital for treatment Mon
day noon and passed away the fol
lowing morning, death being due to
heart disease. AS he had no relatives
or friends, his remains were taken in
charge and buried by the county.
The best basket ball game of the
season will be played at the college
gymnasium next Saturday evening be
tween the State college team and the
Aberdeen normal. These are the .wC
best teams in the state, and as the
Aberdeen boys won the game
played in their city, the college team
will make a desperate effort to even
things up by taking Saturdays contest
On account of the Moving Picture
Patents company, a big trust which re
Gently formed in New York City, the
Pleasant Hour has been compelled tC
make a change in the form Of program
and will on and after next Monday
evening, February %, begin the show
at s o'clock sharp, giving but one
show each evening, consisting Of
three thousand feet of film instead o.
two as heretofore. The price Of ad
mission will be fifteen cents and We
will give you a bigger and better
program in every way and you viii
get more value for your money thar
before the change. We positively
guarantee that no pictures will b.
shown that could possibly offend thu
most refined taste. We are here fol
the business and We are going to en-
~tertain you SO royalty that you can
stay away. Come before eight ant
avoid the rush. Thanking you fol
past and future patronage, We be:
to remain.
] The Pleasant Hour.