The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-03-07
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Seed Wheat, Oats, Barley and Flax
for Sale at the Brookings Roller Mills.

Sma OF NOlga, took out a license to wed
this week.
President Slagle and Prof. y. +.
Hansen Of the state college, are
among the prominent speakers on the
program of the meeting of the State
Builders at Aberdeen, March 20 and
81.
Miss Ellie Tolagson departed Tues
day evening for Stettler, Alta, Canada
for an extended visit with her sister,
Mrs. Elmer Atkinson. She also accept
ed a position as sales lady in the
ladies cloak and suit department OF
Sharp & Pages department store
of that city,
Every man should recognize him
self as a factor in his home town and
become a soldier of the common good.
We are mutually dependent, every one
of us, from the sunrise to the sunset
of life, for no man lives to and for
himself alone. The utterly selfish
man is a misft in the scheme of hui
man existence, is a libel upon a bene-
ficent Observation-Disclosures
Nick Hermann, a farmer living in the
east part of the county, committed
suncide last Thursday by drinking car
bolic acid. He and his wife were ar
angin TO celebrate their silver an
niversary and it is believed that the
joy of the coming occasion unbalanced
his mind. He was well thought of
by his neighbOrs and there is much
lily of children.
The value of the Commercial club
to the city has again been demon
strated the past week, when the club
assisted materially in making the far
mers' Institutes and fair meeting a
success. The visitors We're given the
use of the club rooms when not in
attendance at the meetings and this
courtesy has brought the club and
the city many compliments from the
visitors.
The dramatic club of the college
presented Ibsen's League of Youth
at the Opera House on Friday even
ing. The performance was of a high
order Of merit, each member of the
cast taking his or her part in a cred
liable manner, and it is hard to see
how is could have been improved upon.
Prof. Powers, who had charge Of the
play, is to be congratulated upon its
able presentation. The club was
greeted with a fine house, which un-
doubtedly was an inspiration to them
to do their best.
The annual meeting of the North
west Development league will be held
in Seattle June 5 to s, inclusive and
will be known as the Northwestern
Development Congress" President
Lewis Penwell of the league has is
sued a call for the meeting and states
that not only the city of Seattle, but
the entire state Of Washington will
be hosts to the delegates. Each gov.
ernor of the seven states included
in the league is entitled to name two
delegates for each county in his state,
while each commercial club, regard
less of membership, is entitled to two
delegates.
The Royal Neighbors Of America
held a very successful school of in
struction in the I. o. o. F. hall on
Monday, with Supreme Manager
Neighbor, Alice Gilliland Of Rock Is
land, ILL.,, as instructor. The floor work
in the afternoon was ably performed
by the degree staff Of Aurora, and in
the evening the Brookings degree staff
had charge. Four candidates We're
initiated. Supervising District Dep
uty Neighbor Nellie Moran, of Water
town and District Deputy Neighbor
Anna Woodbeck, OF Aurora were pres
ent, also delegations from White,
Bushnell, Elkton, Bruce and Volga.
A dispatch from Lewiston, Idaho
says that Prof. w. s. Thornber, head
of the Lewiston Charleston school OF
horticulture, and a graduate Of the
!, South Dakota state college. will short
. ly come east to deliver a series o.
: lectures. Brookings being among the
! cities to hear him. The trip Is the
first made by a horticulturist upor
; request Of eastern colleges and future
> homeseekers. Mr.. Thornber will trea'
: technically with orchard problems II
the northwest. and will endeavor a
the same time to interest future col
onists in that section.