The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05

property for this year, and has in
creased the total assessment value OF
that class of property in the state
S2,324,0 29 for the year, making a to-
tai of 1872, 120,S29 for all property OF
hat class. The increase on railway
values was the | eaviest on the Mil
waukee and the Western sys-
tens. the former getting an increase
of 1892 900 and the latter being boost
ed $374,000. The average increase in
these systems was over $500 q mile.
]. f. Farrand has purchased II
Of the new houses built by Void &
Johnson in west B~rookings last year,
and will take possession in a short
time. John has been paying rent for
a good many years and is glad
to have a home of his own.
The Milbank News estimates that
one single catalogue house is spending
about $500 in a single advertising CAM
paign in Grant county. What is true
in Grant is true elsewhere. These
men spend money for advertising be-
cause it pays; because that is the only
way in which they keep business
away from local dealers; because with
out advertising the Cats" would soon
go out of business.-Vermillion Re-
publican.
Franklin l.. Osgood arrived from
Usage City, Kansas Friday night to
take a position as foreman of the Reg
lister. Mr.. Osgood is a former resi-
dent of South Dakota, having been con-
nected with the Sioux Falls Press some
years ago, and he is glad to get back
to the state. His family will join him
here as soon as he can dispose of his
home at Usage City. Fay Marvin of
this city, also joined the Register force
this week, taking a position in the
press
Prof. w. A. Wheeler and family ar
rived from Mitchell Sunday night and
are spending the week visiting rela-
tives and friends, being guests at the
home of Mrs. Wheeler's sister, Mrs.
Malcolm Aldrich. Prof. Wheeler was
formerly the head of the botany de-
partment at the college and resigned
ton as manager of a new seed house
at Mitchell. He reports that he is
prospecting in a business way and that
the family like Mitchell as a place of
residence.
From the Usage City. Kansas Free
Press we get the following item about
F.. l.. Osgood, who took a position this
week as foreman of the Register:
About fifty members of the Christian
church met at the home of F. l.. Os-
good on Lincoln street Tuesday even
ing to say goodbye to his family be-
fore their departure for Brookings, S.
d. Ice cream and cake were served
by the company and the evening was
spent in conversation and visiting. At
a proper time in the proceedings an
address was made by E. J. Stone ex-
pressing the regrets of the company |
and the church at the removal of the
family and a very handsome bed
spread was presented. Everybody
thoroughly enjoyed the evening and
all united in wishing the family abund-
ant prosperity in their new location
The county commissioners held a
special session at the court house on
Tuesday to hear testimony on the
Trooien ditch case from near Hen
bricks. This ditch was started a cou-
pie of years ago, but was not COM
pieted and some time ago the farm
ers there started to ditch privately.
Now they have asked the commission
ers to take up the matter with the
Deuel. county board and order the ditch
completed. The sloughs to be drain
ed are all in Brookings county. but
the ditch will have to run into Fish
lake in Deuel. county. The commits
sioners ordered the county auditor to
confer with the auditor of Deuel. coun-
ty and advertise for bids on the work,
and the Brookings county board will
meet later with the Deuel. county
board at Clear Lake to open bids and
let the contract. 1t will cost about
$4,000 to complete the ditch, and this
will be paid by the farmers benefit
ted by the work.
On the Gath day of April, 1898, F. J..
Carlisle left Lake Benton to make
his home in Bookings, opening up
here on the morning of the 25th. In
cleaning up his desk yesterday he
ran across things which he had placed
thereon or therein that long ago day,
and to a Register reporter who was
witnessing the excavating he told a
story of his first day in Brookings