The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26

The Minneapolis Symphony orches-
ira visits Bookings Friday, May q.
Mrs G. F. Aldrich returned home
Thursday from a few days visit at
Volga.
a swell line of new silks for waists,
dresses and suits at SINNERS depart
ment store.
About ten members of the Elkton
Nj. b. A. visited the local lodge on
Friday evening.
DR.. l.. q. Borst and Rev. J. l.. Park
er returned home Thursday from their
trip to Montana and Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Smith returned
home the first of the week from North
Dakota, which trip they made in their
auto.
Read the ads in the Register. These
merchants are the ones who are build
ing up the town and are deserving OF
your patronage.
Mrs. Frank Alton left last week for
Rochester, Mimi, to join Mr.. Alton
who recently went there to take a
position in & meat market.
The report of the delegate to the
district convention Of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society will be
heard at the home of Mrs. G. f. KNAPP
pen X Tuesday, May 81.
w. +. Sanders and J. ID. Riordon
Of Ninton, Iowa, were here this week
and purchased farms about half way
between this city and White through
A. b. Allison. They expect to move
here in the fall.
j. f. Wornson, the photographer,
killed a perfectly white gopher at Lake
Campbell on day this week and has
had it mounted. This is n rarity
among these small animals and is the
first one ever seen around here.
The new dairy barn at the college
is nearly completed and will be ready
ton of ten thousand dollars was made
for this building and it is one OF the
best barns in the state. The barn was
built by Hans Jerde, the local con-
tractor.
A special train will run from Wa
tertown to this city tomorrow to ac-
commodate the people Of that and in
t%ervening towns who wish to hear the
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra o
certs. The train will leave Watertown
at 1870 in the morning and arrive
here at one, leaving on the return
trip at about six o'clock.
The ward house in the First ward is
under construction and will be com
pleted in a couple of weeks. 1t is
built of brick and is located on the
lot the city purchased north of Prof.
Shepard's. 1t will be used to store
a small chemical engine in case Of
fire in the vicinity of the college, and
as a voting place for the ward.
Frank G. Orr came down from Mott,
N. D., the first of the week and visit
ed until Tuesday evening with his par
ents, Col. and Mrs. T. G.. Orr and other
relatives. Mrs. Orr and little son
have been here for ONE time and
viii return home next week. Mr.. Orr
is now engaged in the banking bust
ness at Mott, which is one of the new
hustling towns in the western part of
the state, and we are glad to say that
he is prospecting.
The State college track team went
to Huron this morning to participate
in the state meet. 1t is expected that
about a hundred students will attend
the meet, most of them going up this
morning, but a few will go Up tomor-
row for the finals. The track team
is not in very good shape, and the
boys do not expect to win, although
that feeling will not prevent them
putting up the best fight p ssible.
VermilliOn is very strong this year
and it looks as though they will take
the meet.
George w. Egan, the Independent
candidate for governor spoke at the
G.. A. r. hall Monday afternoon. The
hall was too small to accommodate the
crowd, a large number of whom We're
probably attracted by curiosity. His
voice was in poor condition here, but
at that he proved to be the best speak
of the campaign. He fiayed both
the stalwarts and the insurgents, de
most Of his time to the latter
wing Of the party. He went from
here to Clear Lake by auto. He spoke
at Lake Campbell Sunday to a crowd
at five thousand.
during the remaining month Of the
suffrage campaign, beginning with
limo cnma noted sneakers will no