The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-04-21
Local and Personal

Mrs. r. c. Connolly visited over Sun
day with relatives at Elkton.
Good family horse and surrey for
sale. Inquire of S. H. McCarl.
Typewriter paper at the Register of
flee at rs and IS cents per box of 500
sheets.
About twenty lady friends of Mrs.
w. f. West gave her a pleasant sur
prise Friday evening.
Miss Emma Johnson and Ada Shelp
left Thursday for Idaho, where they
will make an extended visit.
County Superintendent Aldrich went
to Sioux Falls this week to attend a
meeting of the educators of the state.
Carl Thayer left this morning for
Mobridge and from there will drive
out on the reservation to select his
claim.
f. II. Carlisle went to Lake Benton
Tuesday morning to accompany his
mother home. Mrs. Carlisle was sick
there for several days.
S. A. McElmurry, who is in charge
VI al uIlClliIS ClcN III lie N1oI pdl L
of the county, came over Saturday and
spent a few days with his family.
c. E. Hoyt, state master of the
grange, departed the last of the week
for Midland and other points west of
the river, where he expects to organize
a number of new oranges.
Fred Dochtler a College student, was
operated upon at the hospital Saturday
morning, his case being a very serious
one, but he is rapidly improving. His
mother arrived from Sturgis to care
for him.
Matt w. Murphy spent Tuesday
visiting at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Murphy. He is
now practicing law at Fargo, n. D.,
and had been u to Onida, where he
was formerly located, to attend a
weeks term Of court.
The Woman's Missionary society
of the Baptist church will meet at the
home of Mrs. E. H. Beatty on Tuesday
afternoon, April Goth, at three o'clock.
Subject,-Spanish North America or
Mexico, Central America and the West
Indies. All are most cordially invited
to m Light refreshments will be
served.
G.. W. Elliott departed the last of the
week for his farm near De Smet. He
took with him his gasoline engine,
which he will give a thorough trying
out on the farm and if it meets his
expectations it is probable that a com
paEy will be formed to manufacture
them. The engine weighs about 5000
pounds and is capable of pulling four
plows.
Rev. Father Shean, of Brookings,
was in the city last Tuesday the guest
of Rev. Father Slattery. These two
priests are great friends and whenever
they meet there is always something
doing. Father Slattery got out his joy
wagon as 500 as Father Shean reach
ed town and then he drove him all
over the best town and country in the
state.-Clear Lake Courier.
Prof. Wilson tells us that the
farmers excursion to the state college
will be held on May % and 26. The
same rate for the round trip in vogue
in past years has been granted by the
North Western, but rates have not
been adjusted with the Milwaukee.
Mr.. Wilson has been working hard
to ecu a speaker of national reputa-
ton and hopes to secure one shortly.
Attempts were made to get Jas. j.
Hill or Governor Eberhart of Mime
sofa. but they were unable to come
ON those dates.
All reports indicate that alfalfa
came through the winter in magnifi-
cent condition and has already set
out to make a big crop. Mr.. N. E.
Hanson, secured some of the yellow
Asiatic alfalfa brought home by Prof.
Hansen from Central Asia and sOwed
it upon his Stanley county farm and
he thinks every seed grew and is ex-
ceedingly thrifty. We observe that
the Brookings college authorities are
now Offering a few plants Of the ST.
berian alfalfa for sale. 1t will be
recalled that this alfalfa grows wild
In Siberia in a region as dry as Ari-
iona and as cold as Alaska. 1t ought
to be particularly adapted to this re-
gion. If it proves to be as cold and
as drought resistant here as in its
native heath it will be the source Of
more wealth than any other agricul.
tural plant which could be brought
into the west. Ordinary alfalfas have
done SO well that we have every rea
son to expect great things from these
harder varieties.-Pierre Dakotan.