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

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DR.. and Mrs. r. l.. Slagle departed
last night for Lake Itasca, in northern
Minnesota, where they will enjoy an
outing of four or five weeks.
Mrs. o. D. Mckee returned to her
home at Rock Rapids, Iowa Saturday
morning after a visit with the J. w.
Holiday family.
Mrs. Geo. w. Pond arrived Tuesday
night from Montana and Washington,
where she spent the winter and
spring with her sons.
The county commissioners opened
the regular quarterly session at the
court house Tuesday morning, and as
usual with July sessions it will be
the longest meeting of the year.
The Brookings delegation to the
conservation congress returned home
Friday night. They were enthusiastic
in praise of the meeting and predict
great good to the state from it.
Prof. and Mrs. j. w. Wilson and
little son left yesterday morning for
Traer, Iowa to meet the professors
father, Secretary of Agriculture viii.
son, who is home from Washington.
We understand that there will be
no services in the churches of the
city next Sunday evening and the fol-
lowing Sunday evening on account of
the chautauqua.
f. c. Olson was released from quar-
antine Friday. He was not seriously
i'll at any time, although the con-
finement during the hot weather was
irksome.
The stores of the city will close at
$50 in the evening during chautau'
qua week to allow the clerks to at
tend the entertainments. Shoppers
should do their buying during the
day time.
Banker Harlan of Dell Rapids, was
a guest at the home of Roadmaster
Erwin over the Fourth. He was ac-
cOmpanied by his family and forty
horsepower Overland in which they
made the trip.
l.. P. Won ARK arrived from Beloit,
Wis, Friday night to join his wife,
who has been here for some time Wis
iting at the home of her parents, Mr..
Io-J H,c IIpp,nr ParfnrA 1ThnN rn-
turned home Sunday night.
NJ. G. Carlisle, T. G.. Orr, w. II.
Roddle and Sheriff Miles, delegates
to the republican convention at Sioux
Falls, went down Tuesday morning
and returned yesterday afternoon by
the way of Bushnell.
Prof. Robertson Cook was here
Thursday on his way to Pierre, where
he spoke before the conservation con
gress. He returned to Minneapolis to
/, Join Mrs. Cook and they will go to
Milwaukee to spend the summer.
Col. T. G. Orr is feeling pretty
good over the election Of Capt. King
man as commander of the state &.
A. R. at the e%ncampment at Water
town last week. Col. Orr had charge
of Capt. Kingman's campaign for the
honor and the victory was an easy
one. The encampment next year will
be held at Pierre.
We have talked with a number of
farmers and people of the city since
the movement for a new court house
was started and without exception
they were of the opinion that the
county needed a new home in which
to transact it's business. If every
taxpayer in the county took the trouble
to inquire into the conditions the
verdict would be unanimous.
The celebration at Culbertson's
grove in Trenton on the Fourth was
attended by quite d few BfoOkinss peo-
pie and they report a very good time.
There were ball games and sport
for the entertainment of the crowd,
which numbered close to 500. j. f
Brooke delivered the address of the
day and a reading was given by Miss
Ethel Garfield.
Abbott, the druggist, who is be-
coming quite famous for his neat and
tasty window decorations, had a
very good window djSnlay the LAT
ter part of the week. About a dozen
small ducks were shown disporting
themselves in a tank of water and they
attracted considerable attention, but
unfortunately two or three rats got ac-
cess to the store in some way and
Friday night they made short work of
the ducklings.
Ben LaWShe. who is travelling about