The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-01-11

house next Wednesday evening.
Mrs. H. T. Odegard returned home
the last of the week from a couple
of months with her daughter in North
Dakota.
The next number of the college lee
ture course is The Hussars. a singing
band which comes to the opera house
January II.
Miss Elsie Morris, one Of the teach
ers in the city schools, returned Sun
day from her home in Iowa, where
she spent the vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Roddle expect
to go south oon for the benefit OF
Mr.. Roddle's health, which has been
poorly for some weeks. He has been
taking treatment in Minneapolis for
some time and is reported to be
slightly improved.
The Volga temperance people had
another investigation last week and
at this hearing one of the young men
W uOSt DStI was NOlllSNdltu Ol Shilot
mas Eve was bound over to the cir
cult court on a charge of selling in
toXicating liquor without a license.
Union "Encampment No. 25, l.. O,
O. F., installed the following officers
on Friday evening: Chief Patriarch,
Vernon Kelly; senior warden, +. c.
sheldon; high priest, j.. f.. Wornson;
scribe, w. r. Vinegar; treasurer, A.
A. Harris; junior warden, c. Z. Palm
er.
There is a considerable change for
the better in the appearance of the
interior of the Bank of BrOokings this
week. The radiators and steam pipes
have been re-guilded a beautiful gold
improvement. The guiding is the
work of Arthur Marvin.
The county commissioners have
been in session during the coolest
weather of the winter and they are
therefore inclined to let the county
officers move into the new building
at the earliest opportunity. The old
building is a pretty cold place these
days and the officers are tickled at
the prospect of getting out Of it. 1t
may be possible to make the change
some time next month.
The Pumpkin Husker," which was
scheduled to appear at the opera
house tomorrow night, has been an
Travelling Salesman" on the goth. Two
other fine attractions, The Toymak-
er's Dream and "Brewster's Mil
lions,' come to the Grand this month.
The cold weather of last week CON
tinued up until Tuesday, but yester-
day it had moderated so hat it was
fairly decent to be out. The trains
have been late, as usual, especially
from the east. The cold wave extend.
ed all over the country and caused
much suffering IN many deaths in
the larger cities.
DR.. A. w. Hyde returned home Mon
day evening from Rochester, where he
spent a week, having accompanied
w, r, Vinegar to the hospital. DR..
Hyde says that DR.. Chas. Mayo, the
noted surgeon of Rochester, just re-
t1lrnnI hama frnp1 tho nnCf Whnrn
while on a visit he was obliged to
undergo an operation for appended
tbs.
j. p. Cheever left yesterday morn
ing for Minneapolis and will go from
there to either Florida or California
to spend the winter. He expects to
make up his mind as soon as he can
get definite weather reports from the
two states. He favors Florida, but
has heard that the rainy season is
unusually severe down there and if
this proves true he will go to Cali
fornia.
The college agronomy department
reports the following thermometer
readings for the past week: Thursday,
25 below zero; Friday, q below; Sat
urday, % below; Sunday, 80 below;
Monday, IA below; Tuesday, IA be-
low; Wednesday, 1914 below. The
reading for this morning was not
available, but thermometers down
town would indicate that il is colder
today than any day since Sunday.
e. j.. Mannix before the Implement
Dealers at Sioux Falls last week said.
THE most economical way to tell the
people about your store and your
goods is through the local newspaper.
| cant understand why merchants do
not make greater use of the papers.
You should send a message to custo-