The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-04

amount of ready cash on hand. the
go ahead and build a substantial court
house that will do for all time, and
do it on comparatively a small bond
ed indebtedness, one that will not re-
quire a burdensome tax levy to liqui-
date.-Aurora Times.
A young lady went into a Hurley
drygoods store the other day and
blushingly asked the head clerk if he
had amy of those elastic bands cap
able Of being elongated and adjust
ed at pleasure, and used by the lem
mine portion OF mankind for put
ting around the lower eXtremities OF
their locomotive members to keep in
the proper position and the required
attitude habiliaments OF their tibias."
The clerk since has applied for a posi-
ton on a sheep ranch.-Vermillion Re-
publican.
Rev. j. G.. Dick was the guest of
honor at two functions Tuesday even
ing. the first being a dinner party Civ
en- to a half dozen of his gentleman
friends by Mrs. C. II. Collins and the
other being a reception given by the
United Presbyterian church at the
home of w. A. Caldwell. The latter
was largely attended, members of
other churches being among those
present. Mr.. Dick went east this
morning, for d visit al his home in
Pennsylvania before taking up his
duties of his new pastorate at East
st. Louis, I'll.
f. l.. Squirting and wife returned
home Saturday night from a trip to
Big Stone Lake and also to Fargo,
n. d., where they attended the North
Dakota state fair. Two weeks ago
today Mrs. Squirting joined Mr.. Spur
ling and j. b. Mcmillan here, the two
gentlmen having motored up from
Mitchell, after attending a sale OF
blooded horses. Mr.. Mcmillan, whose
home is at Rock Rapids, Iowa, left
the Spurlings at Big Stone to make
the rest of the journey by rail. Mr..
Squirting said that of all the crops
he saw on that auto trip from Mitch
ell to Big Stone the best were right
here around this city.
Every dollar spent with your home
merchant will help make it possible
for him some day to build a nice
brick store building, which will most
certainly and surely raise the value
of your real estate or farm property.
Then again the more brick blocks that
live the more business will come into
the town. Therefore is it not a wise
plan to send abroad for only that
which you cannot get at home? Home
home labor. home industry,
home capital, and home pleasures ere
things that should be fostered, boosted
and patronized. In the long run you
will be the winner by so doing.-Ex.
The rains of Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday evenings were the heaviest
we have had for some time. There
was a little hail Sunday evening, but
not enough to do much damage. The
storm of Monday seemed to be quite
general, and, as it is very often the
case, vas worse in other sections
of the state than at Brookings. At
the state fair grounds was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground.
1t was worth 1000 and there was
$1,000 insurance. The horse barn on
the fair grounds and several build
lings in the city were struck also but
the rain quenched what flames result
ed.
Taking pride in your city's good
appearance is a step toward some
thing better in the way of pat
riotism. The boy who picks up
ia fragment OF newspaper blowing
along the street, and stuffs it into
the receptacle for rubbish on the
corner, shows at least one qualifica-
tons for citizenship. There are cities
where wonders have been accomplish
ed by organizing the boys and girls
into leagues to work for improving the
appearance in their particular locali-
ties. And although the result in the
way of clean streets and orderly al
|leys, and gardens on vacant lots, are
not 40 be despised, the greatest of
all is the development of civic pat
|riotism due to such systematic work.
While at Huron last week We could
not fail to note the progress that lit
tie city is making. There appears to
be more building going on at that
point this summer than any other
town We have visited with the excep-
ton of Aberdeen. Their improve
ments are of a permanent character