The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-01-19

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nearing completion and Will be READY
for use before a great while.
w. II. II. Phillips was unable TO go
70 Texas Tuesday with a party oil
~landseekers and A. b. Allison maze
tho trim for him. Mr.. Allison expects
70 spend several weeks there for the
benefit of his health. j. H. Biggar
a~compauied him and will look over
that country with a view Of invest
ment.
The fire department made a u TO
sourh Brookings Friday morning, an
alarm having been turned in from
that part of town, but found no blaze.
r. was found later that there was a
small fire at the home Of Peter Peter
son. but it was e%xtinguished some
time before the department reached
that vicinity.
MIR. and Mrs. O. b. utigard and
John Korstad departed Monday morn
ing for Homet. Cal, where they will
suond the winter. Mr.. Utigard has
a brother, a former resident Of this
county, at that place. They expected
to stop over for a few days at Clovis,
y NJ, where Mr.. Kerstad has some
property interests.
The Redmen were planning for a big
time Monday night, but word was re-
ceiyed that A. j. Skunk, great sachem
of the order, who was to have been
The guest of honor, had been taken
To- an Aberdeen hospital for an opera
ton for appendicitis, so the festival
planned for the night was POSTPONED
until later in the year.
Attorney f. w. Cuckow went to
Elkton yesterday morning to look
after affairs at the firms Office. Some
time ago his partner, w. L. Quinn,
who has charge Of the Elkton office,
had a stroke of paralysis, but had APP
pareutIy recovered, and this week was
stricken again and was compelled to
go 10 his home at Clark.
Mrs. Jane Prowse, who is living on
a claim near Moreau in Perkins
county, writes that she is well pleased
with that country. The weather there
has been very pleasant with little
snow until the last week. The rail
road is now sixteen miles from hel
claim. having been built through to
Faith and its arrival there was the
occasion for a big celebration by the
people of that section.
Rev. r. E. Olmstead, formerly pas
tor of the Unitarian church here, ar
rived Thursday evening for a visit witt
old friends. He was accompanied by
his sister, Miss O'mstead, who has
been a teacher in the public schools
of Chicago for some years. Rev. Ohm
stead and family are now located a
Benson, Mimi, where they are livins
on a farm, Mr.. Olmstead having giver
up his ministerial work for a time.
Roberts & Few have disposed o
their plumbing supplies to the Brook
ings Construction company and here
after will not do small plumbing jobs
but will devote their time to tn,
large ditching contracts outside o
the city. They completed a numbe
of large jobs of ditching in this an
surrounding states last year and stat
that the outlook is good for an excel
lent business during the coming year
The first basketball game of the sea
son was played at the college armor,
Saturday afternoon between the co.
lege and Arlington, the visitors win
ming by a score of 26 to q. MOnda,
afternoon the college again met defea
at the hands of Huron College, tn
score being 81 to %. The colleg,
boys We're not in very good shape
through injuries and a lack of prac
tice and should do much better in tn,
remaining games.
The large metropolitan papers ar,
all right for general ews of the world
but it is your home paper that adver
tises your town and county and bust
ness opportunities, s%ympathizes Will
you in adversely and rejoices with yol
in prosperity. In short, it is the loca
paper that mentions the thousand ant
one things in which you are interested
that you do not find in the large cit,
papers, and lets the world know there
is such a place on the map.
Mrs. Mary Elson, mother of Mrs
NJ. l.. Redmond, passed away at the
home of her daughter at Redfeld or
Wednesday of last week and the
funeral was held at Huron Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Neill went up from
here to attend the funeral. Mrs. Ell
son made her home with the Red
mond family the gerater part of the
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