The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-21

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Walker Vail returned to his home
at Columbia Monday evening after a
visit of several days here with friends
F%ifty.three applicants wrote at the
teachers examination held at the court
house Thursday and Friday.
Alvin Kremer went to Minneapolis
Saturday night to spend a weeks va
cation with Halle West.
Mrs. Nash came down from Airing
ton Saturday morning for a visit over
Sunday with her mother.
Mrs. Emma Ferguson returned home
to Tracy Monday morning after a few
days stay at the home of A. w. Fergu-
son.
Ross Elliott returned home Monday
from Carthage, where he has been do
ing some electrical work for two or
three weeks.
Mrs. George Anderson left Monday
morning for Minneapolis to spend a
few days with her daughter. Mrs. Nor
dine.
T. c. Akin left Monday morning for
Milwaukee to attend the annual gath
ering Of the agents of the Northwest
ern Mutual Life at the home office.
Mrs. John Randall entertained a
number of young ladies at six o'clock
breakfast Saturday morning in honor
of the birthday Of her daughter,
w. F. West left Tuesday morning
for Detroit, Mimi, to look after a
tract of land he recently purchased
near there.
George Purdy has been at Sioux
Falls this week attending the annual
meeting of the Redmen as delegate
from the local lodge.
Prof. and Mrs. A. S. Harding and
baby left the last of the week for
northern Minnesota for an outing and
to visit the professors parents.
Captain II. T. Jensen went to Water
town yesterday morning to visit
friends a few days and attend the en-
campment which begins Monday.
Mrs. Maxwell of Kanaranzi, Mimi,
was the guest of her sisters, Mrs. G..
F. Thayer and Mrs. Colegrove a couple
of days this week on her way home
from North Dakota.
Mrs. F. +. Dodsworth and baby ar
rived from Minneapolis Monday even
ing for a two or three months visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Poole.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J.. Jolley came
down from Castlewood last week to
take in the chautauqua and visit rel
atives. Monday morning Mrs. Jolley,
accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Sar-
Wis, left for a visit at points in Hin
DIS.
Charles f. Hall of the Minnesota
and Dakota Farmer, left Sunday for
Omaha to attend the national conven-
ton of the Associated Advertising
Clubs. This is the biggest gathering
OF advertising men in the country and
Omaha was planning a big time for
them.
The BrOokings company Of the ma.
tional guard, in command Of Captain
Harvey T. Jensen, will go to Water
town Tuesday morning for the annual
encampment. After remaining at Wat
ertOwn a week the entire guard will go
tC Sparta, Wis, to remain for a week
with the regulars.
Congressman Burke of Pierre, was
in the city Saturday on his way home
from Mankato, where he had a con
ference with Senator Gore Of Okla.
homa in reference to the charges of
fraud in the Indian lands in the Indian
Territory, which we're brought by the
Oklahoma senator. Congress Burke
is chairman of the house committee
on Indian affairs and will have the
investigation in charge. Senator
Gore was appearing on the chautau-
qua program at Mankato.
Last week we mentioned the acct
dent to DR.. Roys which was caused by
a farmers hay stacker loosening an
electric wire, but we did not get all
Of the affair. superintendent Morton
tells us that the same party tore down
an exposed wire on Medary avenue.
which lay in the street all night, but
fortunately was not touched by any
one. The carelessness of this farmer
in not reporting the damage caused by
his stacker was almost criminal, as
had a person or even a horse touched
the wire it would have meant instant