The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-08-03
BR0OK|NGSI|EWS
THE ASi WEEK
INTERESTING ITEMS EANED IN
AND ABOUT THE CITY
THIS WEEK
SCHOOL LAND APPRMsEMtNT MADE
Deputy GIasner Of State Land Depart
ment Makes a Thorough Exam
ination of Land Hero

The school board held another meet
ing Monday night and organized for
the coming year by the election Of
the following officers: President, Geo.
p. Sexauer; vice-pres ident, DR.. E. C.
Miller; secretary. P. J. Erie.
The recent cover page of the Sat
urday Evening Post showing an old
farmer looking with establishment
at a notice on a tree has been worked
into a neat and catchy ad by the
Brookings Roller mills. The picture
is the c%enterpiece of a nice bit Of
burnt work, executed by Miss Laura
Sexauer.
J. NJ. Smythe went to ST. Paul last
night to spend a few days on bust
ness and visiting old friends. The St.
Paul and Minneapolis ball teams are
playing a series this week, and Mr..
Smythe says that if the Saints do
not wallop Minneapolis in every game
the pleasure of his visit will be sad
ly marred.
In another column the Register this
week publishes the annual financial
statement of the city school board.
This report has lever been presented
to the people in the past, although the
books OF the board have always been
open to public inspection, and we
think the action of the present board
is to be commended.
Miss Alvira Johnson, soprano, and
Miss Hannah Jacobson, reader, gave
a very pleasing entertainment at the
M. E. church Friday. evening, which
was fairly we'll attended. The young
ladies left Monday evening for a two
weeks tour of the state, and they
expect to give another entertainment
here later in the summer
Tom l.. Johnson Of Sterling, was
called 10 La Crosse Friday by the
death Of his brother, John Of Coon
Valley, Wis, who passed away in a
hospital, after being struck by a
train. He was deaf and dumb and
did not notice the approach of the
train. He was formerly a resident of
this county and owned a half section
of land here.
Henry Schmidt of Argo, brought to
the Register a mess of new potatoes
Tuesday, that We're about the best We
have seen and in a year when the
potato crop is generally poor. Mr..
Schmidt tells us that he has nine
acres of them, all Early Ohios, and
he expects a fine yield. The potatoes
were planted April % and already
have attained a fine size and flavor.
An unusual attraction which has
been engaged for the State Fair at
Huron this year is that Of a pack of
sheep dogs and their trainers-the
outfit TO arrive from Scotland this
month. These dogs have reached the
perfection of animal training. They
go after sheep, separate one kind from
another, putting some into n pen
and others in another, as intelligently
as would a human.
Presbyterian church, morning ser,
vice, 1915, sermon subject. What
Is a City?' Text, From OFT the
~populous city men groan. who's to
blame. God or the city," Sunday
school at 1915 p. m, subject. The
Varied Career of a Courageous Ma
tlonal Leader-Jeremiah. Young peo-
,le's society, ZOO p. m, subject, An
Ancient Intellectual Giant-Job." Ev-
ening service, I~nter-church fellowship
r,eeting at 500. Subject, God in
Burning Bushes-On the Trails of
the Loard in the Realm Of Nature"
Text, And God spoke to him out Of the
midst of the bush" Nature lovers
and scientists particularly invited.
The Brookings team will meet Arl-
ington in a return game at the fair
grounds tomorrow (Friday) afternoon
at three o'clock. The Brookings boys
were defeated by Arlington at that
place on Saturday, but are not alto
gether satisfied that Arlington Is the
better team, and are out to win tomor-
row. The local team is composed Of all
home boys who are being welded into
a pretty formidable team and they are
deserving Of better support than they
have received. Last Friday at the
g,n ne here there were about al many
AIrora people present as there were
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