The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03


Campbell Monday. The weather was
very disagreeable, but nevertheless the
boys report a good time.
Albert Matson's family was quaran.
tined for scarlet fever Saturday, one of
the youngster being down with the dis
ease. 1t is a mild form and the little
patient is getting along nicely.
A. +. Vinegar, caretaker of the
school grounds, is devoting his spare
time to moving the grass and other
wise fixing up the grounds. The hole
on the west side has been filled in
and will be graded up level with the
rest of the block.
Misses Mildred Clark, Ruth Hill and
Grace Kingsley of the high school
faculty, left Friday night for their
homes at Minneapolis. Miss Gussie
Heffron left the same evening for her
home at Bemidji, Mimi, and Miss
Mary Young for Lincoln, Neb.
Fred Killing and family are this
week moving into the II. II. Reeves
house, vacated last week by NJ. L..
Redmond, which Mr.. Killing purchas-
ed some time ago. This is one of the
incest residence properties in the city
and will make the family a fine home.
Prof. J. S. Cole, formerly agronom-
list at the college arrived Friday
night and visited over Sunday. He
is now field representative of the dry
land agriculture bureau of the De-
partment of Agriculture, with head
quarters at Denver, Colo. He states
that he likes his new work and is well
pleased with Denver as a home.
Sheriff Miles has not yet gone after
the fellows neal Lake Campbell for
whom warrants have been issued for
SEEMING at the lake. The bad roads
been ~quarantined are the reasons.
Mr.. Matson is the only justice here at
present, as Geo. Hall who was elected
last spring, has failed to qualify for the
Office
Beginning Tuesday evening the city
carrier windows at the postoffice will
be opened at 1880 o'clock and closed
at s o'clock, instead of from 7 to s.
The p~ostofiice department ordered the
change made, as it objects to too
much Office work by the carriers. 1t
will make very little difference to the
public, as all the patrons can be
served in a half hour.
Split log road-drags were used on
the streets after the rain of last week
and they put the roads in fine condi-
ton, smoothing them down as nice as
a pavement. A steel drag, the prop
erty of j. p. Cheever, was used on
Main street and worked well, although
a little bit light. AS cheap and as
useful as these drags are, we cannot
see why every farmer does not have
one. Good roads means money to ev-
cry farmer.
We we're mistaken last week in say
ing that a second survey of the tele-
phone lot showed the building to be
in it's correct position, as a second
survey had not been made at that
time. This work is being done this
week by Albert Ort, the deputy state
surveyor, who has not yet completed
it. We made the statement upon in
formation furnished us, and now this
appears to have been a surmise in
stead Of a fact.
There will be a total eclipse of the
sun on June II, which will be visible
in all portions of the United States
except the extreme south. The eclipse
will begin in this section at about
six o'clock in the morning and will
continue until after sunset. The last
total eclipse was witnessed in 1869,
and it is remembered by many. 1t is
a rare occurrence and is not likely
to be Don forgotten by anyone who
witnesses it.
Prof. Robt. Matheson and Rev. r. E.
Olmstead went to Bear Lake, near
Balaton, Mimi, Tuesday morning,
where they will spend a few days
hunting birds and enjoying an outing.
Not noticing any firearms in their
equipment, we asked them what they
were going to hunt birds with and
they pointed out two large cameras.
Camera hunting is getting very popu-
lar and it is certainly the most hui
name method.
Chas. B. Hoyt, grand master OF the
state grange, informs us that a big
time is planned for Grange Day at
the college tomorrow. Provided the
weather is favorable a big crowd will
be here and a picnic dinner will be
served to the visitors by the Brook