The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-05-02

Mrs. Jas. jerks came down from
Bruce Saturday evening and visited
until Tuesday with her parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. w. A. Garfield.
II. II. H~odgeson, who has been con
Quoting a special course in Topographic
cal surveying at the college the past
month, left Saturday evening for
Huron, from where he will return to
Washington, ID. c., where he is con
neCted with the Government Survey.
r. w Tinker returned Friday
ing from Blue Earth, Mimi, where he
spent several days on business. Sat
urday he went to Seneca to assist his
son-in-law, Geo. Wells, in getting
things in shape to do business>again
after the fire which destroyed his
building and stock.
The commercial club members will
be asked to open their homes and room
the visiting athletes who will be here
neXt week to participate in the high
school meet at the college. This is a
splendid means of advertising the col.
leSe, and every effort should be made
by Brookings people to make the visi-
tors stay a pleasant one.
Miss Carrie Thomas, who has been
teaching near Bruce, came down the
last of the week for a visit with Miss
Frances Bagley and other friends.
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. B..
Thomas, who moved to Texas last
fall, have gone from there to their old
home in Ohio to live, and she expects
to join them soon.
We note by the Madison, (Wis.,)
State Journal that A. G. Johnson, for
merly of ~Brookings and an 'O7 grad
uate of the college, has been elected
to the Sigma XII, the honorary scien-
tific society of the University of Wis
consin. Mr.. Johnson is taking work
at the university for his doctors
degree.
Ernest Hewitt, known to base ball
fame as "Jingles," left Monday night
for Rochester, Mimi, where he will
try out for a place on the pitching
staff of the Rochester team OF the
Minnesota-W Wisconsin league. "Jingles"
has the ability without a doubt and if
he wakes up and puts forth his best
efforts he should win a job.
w. II. White, who has been assistant
in the dairy department Of the college
for the past two years, departed Fri
day evening in company with Mrs.
White for Manhattan, Kansas, where
he takes a position in the state agri-
cultural college. Mr.. and Mrs. White
have many friends in Brookings, who
sincerely regret TO have them leave
the city.
The State college debating team,
concicting of r. A. Nord, Ben Schap-
horst and VIM. Sauder, left this morn
ing for Yankton, where they meet the
Yankton college team tomorrow night.
The question will be, Resolved, That
the Ownership of the Forest and Min
eral Lands Now Belonging to the~Unit-
ed States in the Several States, Should
be Retained by the Federal Govern
ment." Bookings will defend the
negative.
Tuesday was the twenty-ffth we'd
ding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. P. O.
Peterson and in the evening a COM
pany of about forty-ive friends appear
ed Unexpectedly at their home to ex-
tend their congratulations and hearty
good wishes to them for another quar-
ter of a century Of happy welded life.
The evening was spent very pleasantly
a nice lunch being served, and many
beautiful pieces OF siiverware were
left by the guests. The out Of town
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Knute
Lewis and Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob John.
son, of Lake Preston, and MI. and Mrs.
P. ]. Hovey, of Bruce.