The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-03-14

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~quarantined for scarlet fever the last
OF the week.
Mrs. Geo. Wells Of Seneca, has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
lhoS. Tinker, the past week.
Go 10 the Brookings Greenhouse for
your green carnations. \. +. Thorn
Der, Prop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Lynch and the
Misses Enright went to White Mon
day TO attend the funeral of Harry
Francis,
We have the only automatic disc
sharpener in the city. Do work quick.
r. II. Anderson, Blacksmith.
II. q. Skinner, who is out with
the state institute corps, visited at
home a day or two the last of the
week.
The Ladies of the Baptist church
will sell home baked goods and eat
ables at SINNERS store Saturday,
March l6.
The following marriage licenses
have been granted by Clerk Of Courts
Hanson this week: Mikael X. Mikael-
son and Agnes Nelson, Bushnell; Geo.
Bowley, Van Meter, Lyman county,
and Olivia S. Eken, Sinai.
V. d. Wilcox is going to handle the
Ford agency in Brookings for A. f.
Bundy, of Bruce. He has also opened
a first class shop for repairing and
phone office.
The weather still continues cold.
although there was one or two warm
days this week. The chilly weather
is probably a good thing, as when it
does break away we can reasonably
expect that spring will be here to stay.
Those who desire, eye, ear, ose or
throat consultation, or wish glasses
exactly fitted, should see DR.. Frunden-
field, the Madison eye, ar, nos and
throat specialist, who will be in Lake
Preston at DR.. Fosters Office on
Thursday, March 2Sth; one day only.
We are in receipt of a copy of the
| Winnie, Texas, Chronicle, by
which we notice that w. c. Plasted,
a former Bookings citizen, has just
completed a fine new home. The
paper also makes local mention of
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Pond, former resi-
dents of this city.
The new board of directors of the
fair association held a meeting here
Friday afternoon and elected S. j.
Rudolph of Brookings, president, and
Robert Henry of Volga, treasurer.
The election of a secretary and vice
presidents for each township was left
to the next meeting, which will be
held the coming Saturday.
Harry Francis, a former resident
Of the northwestern part Of the coun.
ty and a son-in-law of Mrs. Honan
of this city, passed away at Ralph
last Friday, following an operation
for appendicitis. He and his wife
had been living on a claim in Perkins
county for some months. The re-
mains were brought to White for
| burial.
At the election in Alton township,
which includes Bushnell, held last
week, the license element was de.
feated by a majority Of ten, which
means that the village will have nc
saloon this year, at least. White will
not vote on the license question, as
it was found impossible to get enough
freebooter signers for a legal petition
so Aurora and Elkton will likely be
the only damp" points in the county
We are in receipt Of a letter from
Harris Oium, Of Meeting Creek, Al
DNl "a a lI'I Wei hIONH tOiitIl
and at one time sheriff Of this county
mentioning the coming visit to the
states of the exhibition train from
Camrose district. This train carries
an exhibit Of the grains, grasses ant
vegetables grown in hat section o
Alberta. The train will be in Brook
ings March %, arriving here at 81,
O'Clock in the morning and staying
until seven o'clock in the evening.
Guy Morrison, a former well known
college student, now living at Elbon
met with a calamity, the like of which
comes TO but few. While out driving
with his wife and baby the team rar
away and Mrs, Morrison and the
little one were thrown out. The baby
was almost instantly killed and Mrs
Morrison received injuries from which