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

Mrs. Mary L. Colberne departed this
week for a visit of a couple of months
at Chicago ana New York.
Miss Pearl Poole of Sioux City, ar
rived last night for a visit at the home
of her uncle, C.. E. Poole.
f. NJ. Grove of Nevada, Iowa, was
a guest of F. r. Johnson a few days
the last of the week while looking
after land business.
Sam Newton, commisary sergeant
of the state guard, went to Waterfowl
Monday morning to get the supplies in
readiness for the encampment next
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Cornell of
Huron. have been here this week Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Cornell. Miss
Alice Glow of Pierre, has also been
a guest at the Cornell home.
Robert Jones of Revillo, a graduate
of the college last year, is in the city
visiting friends. He has been attend
ing the law school of the University
of Minnesota the past year.
Mrs. w. H. Green and daughter, Miss
Freda Of Little Rock, Iowa, mother
and sister of DR.. B. T. Green, came
down from De Smet yesterday morn
ing and accompanied by Mr.. Green left
today for Candy. Mimi, for visit with
relatives before returning home.
Prof. and Mrs. j. w. Wilson return
ed home the first of the week from
their Iowa visit. The professor was
on the program of the Dry Farming
congress at Rapid City this week, but
was unable to attend owing to pres
sure Of other work.
Mayor +. J. Edwards and Adolph
~Gartenoller of Helena, Montana. were
the guests of DR.. l.. G. Borst and fam
lily a few days the latter part of the
week. Mr.. Edwards has served as
chief executive of Montana's capital
city for six successive terms, which
is a pretty good indication that he is
popular with his townsmen.
Prof. Kerr has called our attention
to the prickly lettuce, which is seen
around our streets and he advises all
property owners to destroy it, as he
says that it is worse than the Rus
sian thistle. 1t is something like the
milkweed and on the under side of
the leaves are rows of prickly spines.
The weeds have not yet ripened and
If they are destroyed now the CITY
will no be troubled with them next
year.
County Superintendent Malcolm Aid
rich will III a few days tender his
resignation, to take effect the first of
September, in order to take a position
as principal of the Jackson school in
Minneapolis at the beginning of the
school year. The position was such
a good IN that Mr.. Aldrich could not
afford to turn il down, although he
would have liked to complete his
term, but after the first of January
no school position would be available
until the following fall. The Jackson
school Is an eighteen room building
located close to the business district
of Minneapolis. The county commits
%sioners viii select a successor to Mr..
Aldrich and it is presumed that it
will be Miss Stedman. nominee Of the
republican party, who will be elected
| to the office in November.
The Washington GOwa) Democrat is
running a column devoted to the moth
ers Of soldiers Of that county. A re
cent issue contained a picture of
5 Mrs. Eliza Donaldson, mother of w
II. Donaldson of this city, with the
following mention: Talking Of moth
ers Of soldiers, we present another one
this week and we suspect we are get
ting the county pretty we'll covered
by this time. Mrs. Eliza Donaldson
INtitDl ditu ltI JVln DlltlludN Jullt V.
She was born in Fairview, Virginia,
in 1920. She had one son, John, who
was a member of the 10Th Iowa in
Company b. being a comrade of Ben
Cherry's. Besides John she has a
daughter, Mrs. Guthrie of this town
and a son, David, also here, William
of Brookings, S. D., and a daughter.
Martha is dead. May health and hap
piness be given her in her remaining
years, which We hope will be long
, in the world"
The VI, f. ladies aid society will
meet at the home of Mrs. James
Thursday, July Is. Mrs. II, II. Hoy
will assist,