The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-03-30
Don't forget that Anderson has .
machine for shaping disc drills.

week.
5000 Bushels of Oats for Sale at
the Bookings Roller Mills. Price 20
cents.
Throw away that "old gray bonnet"
and get a new one for Easter at Helen
%Johnson's.
Mrs. A. j. Young departed Thurs
day morning for a visit with rela-
tives at Rio, Wis.
Father Shean was over to Aurora
Monday looking after matters in con
%nection with the new church.
Rev. w. A. Black went down to his
former home at Eagle Grove, Iowa
Monday morning for a few days visit.
Caldwell and Wilson received a car
load of Maxwell machines this week.
Geo. p. Sexauer's new car was among
the lot.
Prof. \. +. Hans n broke ground
this week for a handsome and com
modious home at the corner of Ninth
street and Eighth venue.
Wallace Pike, a brother of Chas.
and the late James Pike, passed
away at Newport, Mimi, last week. He
was an early resident of this county.
The Neighborhood club gave a fare
well reception for Mr.. and Mrs. J. J.
Rossman last evening and they We're
presented with a souvenir spoon Of
Brookings.
Miss Helen Johnson, the milliner,
has a most charming array of crea-
tons for Easter and it will pay the
ladies of the city and vicinity to call
and look them over.
w. II. Cornell, who has been APP
pointed as quartermaster of the Sol
diers' Home at Hot Springs, informs
us that he will go there to take up his
new duties about the 10th of April.
County Auditor Bitterness went to
Pierre Tuesday to attend a meeting
of the county auditors and the board
of equalization, at which time the
basis of assessment for the coming
year will be determined.
Philo Hall is at Castlewood this week
where he is attorney for that own in
the county seat fight with Hayti. The
case is being tried before a referee and
both sides have a big array of coun-
sci and are making a determined fight.
Andrew Hanson, father of Clerk of
Courts Hanson, will move to the city
from his farm south of town. and this
week began eXcavating for a residence
which he will build on Sixth street, a
block north of the United ~Presbyter-
ian church.
c. NJ. Trooien, formerly Of Hen
bricks, now working for the lnterna-
-tional Harvester company at Astoria,
was down on business Tuesday. lie
shortly will leave for the Argentine
Republic. where he will act as sales
agent and expert for Inc company.
Sunday night someoHn node IN Uni
successful attempt to enter w. A. Can
fields confectionery store. Mr.. Can
field had left his AK Just outside the
door and the gang tried 10 batter in
the back door with this weapon, but
evidently were frightened away be
fore they accomplished their object.
Baptist church services for Sunday,
April End: Morning sermon, Christ
tian, or Merely Religious, Which Are
We?' The evening services will be
of special interest to young men. DR..
Tilden will talk to the young men on,
"%Strtngth." This will be the fifth ser
mon in the course on Home Life
A prairie fire near Sinai on Saturday
is reported to octave destroyed a large
amount of hay. as well as some other
property. A railroad engine set a
small fire just west of the city Satur-
day night, but no damage was done.
The rain that night has lcsscncd the
danger from prairie fires for a time
at least.
Adams butcher, who has been
teaching chemistry in the University
of Missouri, has resigned his position
to take a more lucrative n in the
dairy department of research work in
the same institution. AS this is a
competitive government position we
anticipate that Mr.. Dulcher is making
good down where they have to be
shown"
The high school track athletes are
busy at work preparing for the spring
meets and the prospects are good for
an unusually strong team. The
school will not have a baseball team
this spring, as so many OF the boys
would belong to both teams and could
not give proper attention to either
one, and it is thought the cutting
out of baseball will give a big boos
to the track sport.