The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-08
local and Personal

Mary Wright.
Mrs. J. e. McGill went to Trac.
d. Tuesday morning to look after SOM
II business matters.
y Mrs. j. w. Catlett entertained a
6 O'Clock dinner for her son, Bland
J and his athletic friends.
Mrs. Evans and Miss Anna Yankee
returned home the last of the weel
from Hot Springs, whore they spen'
about a month.
G. +. Hepner departed Monday ey
r ening for Laramie, Wyoming to visit
: his son, Frank, who is assistant pro
fessor of chemistry in the state uni
versity.
Mrs. T. c. Akin departed Tuesday
morning for North Dakota to visit her
brother and sister. Mr.. Akin accom-
=. panied her as far as Aberdeen to at
|, tend the Elk's convention.
Roberts e. Few, who have the con-
tract for the extension OF the water
works have shipped in three carloads
Of pipe and have two more on the
road. The work on the contract will
be started the first of the week.
Word from Bert Tree. who is in the
Hills for his health. informs us that
he is gaining slowly and it is only
a question of time until he will have
hi, ,,g,t.1 IaoIth anJ gfrnnrth Tbic
will be good news to his friends here.
The ladies Of the Neighborhood
club gave a farewell surprise party
for Mrs. J.. b. Meharg yesterday af-
%ternoon and presented her with a
souvenir spoon as a token of their
regard. The Meharg family will move
to Idaho in a couple Of weeks.
Through the efforts of the Com.
mercial club a bandstand has been
erected on the west side OF the school
grounds. where the weekly concerts
will be given this summer. as the
court house grounds are fully &c
cupied. This is only n Of many
instances of the value of the club 80
the city. The club went ahead and
built the stand without the usual de
lay and petty soliciting that would
have been necessary if the matter had
been in private hands.
The dope" went wrong last Satur-
Jor. T., IowA vyonI'. gcr,n We nrndio-
ted that the seniors were due for a
trimming at the hands of the faculty,
but this prediction failed to a out,
the graduates walked all over the
pedagogues by n score of II to 5.
From all accounts both sides put up
an awful travesty on the national
game, but it was great sport for the
spectators. The alumni have chal-
lenged the seniors for a game next
week, but we refuse to make any
predictions on the outcome.
A small-sized earthquake was felt
over this state last Friday afternoon,
but the jar was hardly noticeable in
Brookings. 1t only lasted about two
seconds, the time of its appearance
here being at 4:37, and it apparently
moved from the northeast to the
southwest. 1t appeared to be the
heaviest in the vicinity Of Huron,
where it was sufficient to jar dishes on
the tables and knock owe ink wells.
At washington a large cement block
building was badly damaged. This
is the seventh earthquake in the his
tory of the state, the last happening
in 1902.
Prof. Kerr takes exception to one
statement in the write-up of Judge
w. w. Brookings in the last issue.
The writer made the statement that
Judge Bookings never visited the
town that was named for him, but
Prof. Kerr says that he has a very
distinct remembrance of spend
ing about a half a day with him while
he was here or a visit some ten or
twelve years ago. r. NJ. Crawford
also tells us that Mr.. Brookings Wis.,
tied this city in the early eighties
and delivered a campaign speech
while he was a candidate for a ter
ritorial office.
T. L. Chappell purchased the Clev-
enger property at the corner of Eighth
street and Medary avenue last week.
This was a very desirable property,
but has been allowed to run down and
the old house has been an eyesore
to the people of the neighborhood for
several years. Mr.. Chappell will tear
this building down and erect four
nice cottages to rent. Mr.. Chappell
is a pretty good business man and
wouldn't build the houses unless there
is a demand for them, and this doesn't
look as though there were any vacant
houses in town or that the city is de-
oreasing in population.