The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-10-12
Go to the Pleasant Hour for a nice,
clean, cheap entertainment.

II. II. NlllldIUS eApeC 10 ledVS To-
day or tomorrow for Santa Ana, Cal,
to join his family.
Monday a marriage license was
granted to Nels Lund and Nettie
liiilestad of Volga.
The Chase-Lister company will be
at the opera house for three nights,
commencing this evening.
See the Robbins with the Chase
Lister company at the opera house
the last three nights Of this week.
Iva and Alice Blote came down
from Estelline Saturday morning and
spent the day with their grandparents.
Miss Gertrude Martin returned to
her home at Minneapolis Friday norm
ing after a visit with her sister, Mrs.
II. X. Halvorson.
f. w. Moody of Iroquois, deputy
grand master of the A. o. u. W., is
spending the week in Brookings in
the interests of the order.
Vice-president Heckstaff of the Hi
nois Central road, with a party of
friends, passed through here Tuesday
evening on his way to the Black Hills
to look over the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford visited last week
at the home of his sister, Mrs. John
Whitmus, leaving Saturday morning
for Balaton, where they will make
their home. They have been living in
Colorado.
The September auto record shows
237 new machines registered for the
month, bringing the total state regis
tration up to 1,104. The October
record starts well, and if kept up will
crowd the September record.
For sale on Lake lakewood n
80 #. 80 passenger launch with good
Fairbanks-Morse 6 II. p. engine, semi
NEEDLESS propeller, speed 10 miles
per hour. A big snap for some one.
Cost $3.50. Must be sold by October
goth. Price 800 On time. J. E. Mar
geson, Bruce, S. d.
II. G.. Williams and ]. G. Happier
returned home Monday evening from
Saskatchewan, Canada, where Mr..
Happier purchased $50 acres of Canada
land through the Farmers Land com-
pany. He traded in his Moody county
farm as part consideration and this
has been purchased by Mr.. Pinkerton
of this city.
Five young boys were up before the
county court this week, charged with
stealing potatoes from a field belong
ing to c. +. Welch in south Brook
ings. No disposition has been made
Of their case, as it is undecided
whether to send them to the reform
school or place them on probation.
If the boys show the right spirit and
make a promise of future good beha-
vior they will be given another chance,
they will be given another chance,
otherwise it will be Plankinton for
them.
The Oracle, published at White
Owl, carries only an average of thirty
notices of final proof per week, while
some time ago this number was eX-
ceeded by a half sheet, showing that
those who are proving up before
United States Commissioner Johnston
and leaving the country has greatly
fallen off since the rain came. The
banks which stood by the settlers
in the dry parts OF the season by
~loaning money on real estate also
show in their statements an increase
in deposits.
One of the few plays Of modern
years that has compelled New York
critics to abandon their cynical, flip
pant attitude toward current stage pro-
auctions is "The SeryanC in the
House," which came en- Broadway
without undue notoriety and astounded
the reviewers by it's daring and bril-
liancy. 1t is an interesting fact that
only two of the New York critics were
able to discuss the play freely in their
reviews published the day after the
premiers; all the others wrote &C.
ond criticisms of the play which were
published a week later. This play
comes to ~Brookings October goth.
Mayor Lelghty is in receipt of an
appeal for aid from the people Of
Black River Falls, Wis, which was
nearly wiped out by a food the last
of the week. The river, swollen by
heavy rains, broke away from it's
natural channel and swept away the
entire business district and a good
share of the residence part Of the
city. The people of the city are badly
in need of food, clothing and money
and anyone in Brookings and vicinity
that is charitably inclined can COM