The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-07-18


to Aurora Tuesday morning.
Mrs. w. H. Leighty and children
and her sister, Mrs. Wright, left the
last of the week for a visit at Pierre.
Now is the time to use Paris Green.
We handle only the best. Kendalrs
Pharmacy.
r. A. Storm and family left the last
of the week for a weeks trip to North
Dakota.
Mrs. w. H. H. Phillips went to Ar
lington Tuesday evening to visit her
daughter.
Miss Mabel Stumley of Volga, was
the guest of Miss Lula Comstock a few
days the first Of the week.
Misses Krete Kendall and Amy
Kelly returned home Tuesday norm
ing from a visit at Green Lake, MINI.
Oscar Swartling returned to Toronto
Tuesday morning, after spending a ten
days vacation with relatives here.
His family, who accompanied him, re-
NAMED Tor a longer VlSlt.
The county commissioners complet-
ed their business at the court house
Thursday night and on Friday visited
the poor farm near Aurora, that duty
finishing the July session.
Mrs. Hazelton and daughter, Mrs.
Wolf OF Albert Lea, Mimi, arrived
Friday evening and We're guests at
the home of Mrs. Hazleton's brother
in-law, E. F. Bagley, for a few days.
F. E. Youngberg, o. A. Hagen, r. H.
Bartlett and E. w. Mcknight went
overland to Big Stone the last of the
week for a day or two of fishing. They
report that the crops are fine in the
section through which they passed.
w. NJ. Cheever and family departed
Thursday night for Superior, Wis, 60
ing from there to Canada to visit rela-
tives of Mrs. Cheever. The family will
remain there several weeks, but Mr..
Cheever expects to make a trip to the
Pacific coast.
l.. II. Skiff departed Thursday even
ing for Salt Lake City to attend the
annual meeting Of the National Plum
bers' association as a delegate from
the state association, of which he is
president. He will visit different
points of interest in the west before
returning.
One of the best indications of pros
perity we have seen is shown by the
receipts Of the Chautauqua the last
week. These show that over a thous-
and dollars more was taken in at the
gate this year than last, and indicates
very plainly the difference that good
and poor crop prospects make.
The good roads crew are now at
work west of the city and already
have completed the grade four miles
west along the model road. Prof. Sol
berg tells us that he is now working
instead of talking good roads, but he
expects to have some substantial re-
suits to show by the end of the sum
mer.
Miss Belle P~ettigrew, sister Of eX-
Senator Pettigrew, and for more than
a quarter of a century a resident of
Sioux Falls, died Monday at a Cham
berlain sanitOrium of hardening of the
arteries, after a prolonged illness. She
had served as a missionary during her
younger womanhood and had visited
many parts of the world. She was
known to a number of Brookings peo-
pie.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Akin departed
Monday morning for Milwaukee,
where Mr.. Akin will attend the annual
meeting of the agents of the North
western Mutual. From there they
will go to Jackson, Mich, by boat
and will spend about six weeks visit
ing at the home of Mr.. Atkins father.
Rev. and Mrs. Walter Finch accom-
panied by their daughter arrived from
their home at Slayton, Mimi, Monday
by auto and visited at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Breed until Tues
day evening. Mrs. Finch is a cousin
of Mrs. Geo. Light, who is the guest
of Mrs. Breed at present.
A small hailstorm struck and dam
aged a small piece of country north
east of White early Friday morning.
The storm covered a strip of country
about four miles wide and six miles
long and damaged some grain that was
nearly ripe, but most of it was so
green that it escaped entirely. The
hailstones were large and some dam
age was done to window lights.
Geo. l.. McNutt, one of the Chautau-
qua lecturers, was highly pleased with
Brookings and pronounced it the fin
est little city of its size in the west.