The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-27

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A. H. Wheaton went to Pierre the
first of the week to attend the A. 0.
L. w. grand lodge.
j. Fl. Kelsey, formerly 4 well known
merchant at Aurora, was in the city
the first of the week.
Alfred Nelson returned home Satur-
day from a ten days trip to points i'm
Minnesota and this state
Md. and Mrs. Horace Fishback lett
Monday morning for Spirit Lake, Iowa,
where they will spend the week.
II. A. Williams and r. b. Leland
went to st. Paul Friday night to attend
the track meet between Hamline UNI
iversity and Brookings.
The ladies of the Christian church
will serve dinner and supper June 3
and 4 in the meeting place, second
door east of SINNERS store.
Walter NJ. Cheever returned home
the last of the week from Texas and
other parts of the south, where he
spent the past few months. He states
that he is feeling well.
The College ANIMALS arrived this
week. We have not seen the book,
as the downtown orders have not
been filled; but it is said to be a work
of art and fully up to the standard of
past years.
A big tarantula was caught on a
bunch of bananas at the Brookings
cafe one day last week and is now on
exhibition in a glass jar. He vas very
much alive and had to be chloroformed
before lie was captured.
A gallon Of gasoline will run an auto
mobile 20 miles in 80 minutes on a
level road. That's nothing. A gallon
of the same stuff has been known to
run a hired girl through a kitchen
window in a quarter of a second.
Oliver Austin, a former resident OF
Doland, came up from Brookings the
first of the week and will work with
the A. l.. Chase crew this summer.
The demand for carpenters in Doland
this season seem to be greater than
the ss,rpiy.-Doland Times-Record.
At the state meeting Of the A. O. T..
W. and Degree of Honor at Pierre this
week, S. II. Goodfellow of Brookings
was elected grand overseer of the
Workmen and Mrs. George f. Thayer
of Brookings, grand lady of honor of
the Degree. J.. ID. LAWN was re-
elected recorder, and both orders
adopted new assessment rates.
Mrs. A. w. Dressed and baby will
leave Saturday for a visit at Brandt,
this state, and in northern Minnesota
before going to Spokane to- join Mr..
Dressed. Mr.. Dressed has bought a
"2O-acre ranch not far from Spokane,
where the family will spend the sum
mer. The many friends of the family
will wish them well in their new
home.
Philo Hall and J. =. Cheever went to
WatertCwn Monday morning, where
Injunction case before Judge Mar
quis. Mr.. Hall appeared for the de-
PENDANTS and Mr.. Cheever for Louis
Johnson, who last week secured an in.
junction restraining "A company Of
farmers from draining the water from
their land into Lake Sinai. The court
rcscrved its decision.
This is graduating week at the high
SCHOOL and on Friday evening nine
teen young men and ome will re-
ceive diplomas. At the NJ. +. church
Sunday evening Rev. Hugh Robinson
delivered the baccalaureate address,
which was a very fine effort. Last
evening the class play was given at
by q large crowd. The play was a
parody on the Merchant Of Venice
and each member of the cast took
Their parts in an exceptionally clever
manner. This evening occurs the
class day exercises and tomorrow
evening the commencement exercises.
4. f. Chamberlain, superintendent
OF the Farmers institute, accompanied
by Profs. Larson and Willis of the
South Dakota Agricultural college and
Il. +. Farrell of the Northwestern ar
rived in Huron from the west Thursday
morning, having completed a tour ofthe
towns on the North Western between
Pierre and Rapid City. At each station
they delivered lectures to the farmers
on the necessity of using Pure Seed"
Everywhere they had Large audiences
and were showed marked attention.
The gentlemen speak highly of the
west Missouri country and express