The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-01-18

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R. F. Kerr, e. c. Sheldon, Prof. N.
E. Hansen, DR., A. A. Harris and Prof.
II. c. Solberg returned home Thurs
day night from the Convention and
Good Roads congress at Sioux Falls.
On account of the poor train ser
vice we have had some delay in get
ting goods, but by tomorrow friday
the Big Star sale will be in full swing.
The Variety Store. X. II. Bartlett.
Joe Swering arrived the last of the
week from Iowa, where he has been
engaged in engineering construction
work for the past year. He will visit
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Swering for two or three
weeks.
c. l.. Bartholomew, the c~artoonist
of the Minneapolis Journal, who lee
tured before the Horticultural society
meetings this week, is an old friend
and schoolmate of Prof. Hansen, the
two having attended college together
at Ames, Iowa.
Local merchants who have held
clearing sales during the last cou-
pie of weeks tell us that these have
been a greater success this year than
ever before. AS these sales are for
cash only it wouldn't indicate that the
people hereabouts are very hard up.
L.. G.. Olson, who has been connect
ed with the Toggery the past year, has
made arrangements to open a tailor
shop at Coopperstown, n. d., and he
will move there about the middle of
next month. His brother, Oscar, who
will work for him, left Monday for
Cooperstown to arrange for the open
ing of the shop.
1t may not be generally known to
our readers that the weather forecasts
are received daily at the local tele-
phone office and are available to all
forecasts are especially interesting at
this season of the year, if for no other
reason than to see how close the
weather man comes in his guesses.
Last Friday, the coolest day of the
year, the government bureau reported
Huron was the coolest spot in the
United States, the government Their
mometer there registering AZ below.
The government thermometer at the
college registered Al below that morn
ing, so we justly consider that Brook
ings was the second coolest spot in
the country.
DR.. A. n. Hume, head of the depart
ment of agronomy at the college, his
assistant, Prof. Hutton, and Miss
Mary Tough, professor Of domestic
science, are at Mitchell this week at
tending the state corn and grain
show. DR.. Hume is in charge Of the
corn school and Miss Tough is on
Quoting a class in domestic science.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Fraternity company was
day evening, but there was no quorum
present, only one-fourth of the stock
being represented. Therefore the old
officers and directors hold over for an
other year. The directors met later
in the evening and reelected E. H.
Carlisle as manager Of the opera house
for the coming year.
The weather this week has been
fairly decent, although blustery at
times. Last Friday was the coolest
day of the winter, the college Their
mometer registering Al below zero, a
record that has not been equaled in
many years. Saturday was in marked
contrast, the mercury rising above
the zero mark, with snow falling most
Of the day, and in some parts of the
state they had heavy rains.
THE Travelling Salesman" James
Forbes latest comedy, with a full line
of plain and fancy laughs, will be
presented at the Grand on Saturday
night. In The Travelling Salesman"
the author has written a humorous
exposition of the characteristics Of
the modern drummer. 1t is a story
true to life, and among the thousand
laughs the play contains, are bits Of
pathos which add variety to a most
interesting performance.
DR.. e. w. Forsee and family depart
ment Friday morning for their old
home in Missouri, where they will
visit relatives for several months. The
doctor will take postgraduate work
at the Osteopathic college at Kinks
vile, Mo-, returning here in the spring
to resume his practice. Beginning
with the first of the month he ex-