The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-07-25

Liquid glass for packing eggs, at
KendalTs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lovett OF Caledonia,
MIMI, visited a few days this week
at the home Of Patrick Hurney.
Choice New Potatoes. II. Chi
dester, Phone k3o7.
Miss Alma Flittie arrived from Min
neapolis Sunday morning and is visit
ing at the home OF her brother, G.. j,
Flittie.
Miss Ruth Norelius returned to her
home at Luverne, MINI, OF Saturday
after a pleasant visit at the home of
her uncle Elmer Gates.
Bunday, the auto man, has just re-
ceived a carload of Fords, seven in all
Call and see them at the Ford garage
in Brookings.
A new hardwood floor a laid in
the Rising Sun meat market this
week, and it makes quite IN improve
ment in the interior Of the place.
The ladies of Brookings will have
an exhibit OF their work at the state
fair at Huron this fall, under the aus
pices of the Woman's Civic league.
j. II. Roberts left last night for
an extended western trip. Mrs. Rob
erts and little daughter yer to Elan
dreau to visit relatives during his
absence.
County Auditor bitterness this week
sent out 1900 copies OF the constitu-
tional amendments, laws and meas
ures to be voted on this fall, to the
voters OF the county.
G. r. Sanderson informs the Regis
ter that he picked six hundred quarts
OF Strawberries from his patch. 55Il35
feet, this season. We guess straw.
berries will grow In South Dakota.
Mrs. Milo Stebbins and daughter Of
Poole and Ed. Poole families. They
came here from Woolsey and will re
main about a week.
j. e. Beck arrived in the city the
latter part OF the week from Macomb,
H., where he has been visiting for
several weeks. He is on his way to
Hot Springs where he will again take
up his residence at the Soldiers
Home.
J. p. Ashbaugh this week disposed OF
his drug business to j. b. Rogers, a
st. Paul real estate man. Mr.. Rogers
did not come to Brookings and II is
not his intention to conduct the bust
ness, hut expects to dispose OF it as
soon as possible.
The home Of o. d. Plumb, a well
known farmer OF Preston township,
was totally destroyed by fire, together
with all it's contents Sunday night.
The family had all retired and one or
two of the children had a narrow es-
cape from death. The fire is supposed
to have been started by rats gnawing
matches.
Ole X. Olson Of Astoria, was arrest
ed by Sheriff Halvorson Tuesday OF a
charge of selling intoxicating liquor to
a minor. He waived examination and
gave bond for his appearance at the
next term of court. The offense is
alleged to have been committed at a
dance in Oak Lake township, in the
northeastern part Of the county.
We are indebted to w. II. Donald
son for a copy Of the Washington,
Iowa, journal containing a write-up OF
the new 100000 county hospital recent
ly opened there. The hospital is the
first of it's kind in Iowa and Is the
result of a recent law passed by the
Iowa Legislature providing for county
hospitals. The building is a fine
one, modern and complete in all it's
appointments and is a credit and a
source of pride to the people Of that
county.
Mrs. Will Leighty and children, OF
~BrOOkings, and her sister, Mrs. Chas.
Wright. of New York City, arrived to-
day on their way to Ft. Pierre, to visit
relatives. These ladies' were at one
time popular girls of Pierre, as Misses
Pearl and DOllie Price. Their mother
Mrs. Price is already visiting in TT,
Pierre at the Chas. Price home
Pierre Dakotan.
The surroundings of the new court
house are not in keeping with that
magnificent structure and We trust
the county dads will soon put the
/. grounds in proper shape as becomes
2 this piece of county property. Con
l.. siderable more grading ought to be
done and the park ieveled up anC
seeded down. The commissioners are
2 surely missing the ODDOrtunitV for Z