The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-16

II. /. Ennis, the Bruce druggist, was
down a few hours Monday.
Clothes cleaned and pressed at the
Columbia Clothing Company.
Attorney Olaf Eden left Tuesday
morning for a few days business trip
to Sioux Falls.
Chas. and Michael Maher left Tues
day night for a visit at their former
home at Monroe, Wis.
Mrs. Farrand arrived last evening
from Chester for a visit at the home
Of her son, j. f. Farrand.
Mrs. e. II. Patterson left Monday
night for the eastern markets to buy
her new spring stock Of millinery.
Miss Edna Bixler, stenographer at
the Bank Of Brookings, was called to
Bryant Monday by the death of her
grandmother.
Mrs. Blanche Murphy of Onida, N.
Y, who visited some time at the home
Of her son, Frank, departed Tuesday
morning for Albion, Mich.
ole Erickson, formerly county com
missioner from the Bruce distric:,
was own a couple of days this week
renewing old acquaintances.
George Moores of Sandusky, n. Y, is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Gilby, having
arrived in the city last week, and ex-
poets to remain a couple Of weeks.
Roland G. Walters and Miss Anna
Weinreich We're married at the home
OF Gus Gohr in Argo township yes
terday. We extend congratulations.
The Register want columns get re-
suits and this was demonstrated again
last week when the pair of glasses
advertised in the last issue found
their owner on Friday morning.
Tuesday evening Messrs. Goodfellow,
Purdy and Quail Wen to Aurora and
installed the officers of the A. O. U. w.
lodge. 1t was a joint installation with
the d. of H., and a very pleasant time
was the outcome.
B. l.. buckingham, formerly in the
bakery and restaurant business here,
was in the city Monday on his way to
Harold. He is located at Fort At
kinson, Wis, and reports that he and
the family are prosperous and happy.
Already several newly welded
couples have taken advantage of the
Registers offer of a years subsrip-
ton by sending in their anne We
are glad of it and they can't get mar
ried too fast to make us back down
on the offer.
The high school boys tell us that
the prospects are excellent for q
strong track team this year. livery
member of last years team ls in
school and with the added years eX-
perience they expect to make a fine
showing. They will start training iE
a couple of weeks.
A subscription paper is being passed
among the sheep owners of the county
to raise a wolf bounty fund to be
paid those killing wolves that prey
on the flocks. 1t is planned to tax each
sheep wner two cents per head and
it is thought that this will raise a fund
sufficient to pay twenty-five or thirty
dollars for each wolf killed.
The county commissioners met in
special session yesterday to award the
contract for moving the old court
house. There were only two bids and
the contract was given to J. b. Nelson,
who has the contract for building the
new court house. Mr.. Nelson's bid
was $3.50, but after a conference with
the board he lowered this to $500 The
other bid was from a DeSmet firm, who
wanted 81 $50 for the job. 1t is planned
to move at least two of the vaults and
If this is found impossible they will be
torn Il and new ones built after the
building is moved. 1t is thought that
the big chimney can be moved, if
properly braced up. The work will be
started about the first of March.