The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-06-20

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Miss Mildred Davis returned home
I Friday evening from a visit of a week
at st. Paul.
Mrs. Walraff returned to her home
at Tracey Friday morning. after
spending 4 few days with her cousin,
Mrs. R. +. Clarin.
See Browns in Town" a farce
comedy at opera house July 4. pro-
duced by local talent directed by F, C.
Paige.
The Bank of Brookings had a new
screen sign installed in their big front
window this week. 1t is the first of its
kind to be used here and gives the
bank a very metropolitan appear
ance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Poole have been
visiting his mother the past week.
They have been on the vaudeville cir
cult through the eastern tates and
Canada the past year.
Ole Vinjem and VIII Hanson de-
parted Sunday evening for Pierre,
where they will represent the Brook
ings companies at the state fire tourn-
ament.
The weather was very cool several
days this week and frost was pre-
dicted, but did not come. 1t has since
warmed up and We will probably get
enough hot weather from now on.
Geo. Hauge and j. II. Hagen of the
Palace and Plymouth clothing stores
Of Minneapolis, were here Monday to
testify in the case Of the State VS..
McAllister in circuit court.
Nels Christensen and AXel Nord,
who have been in charge of the steam
engine on the road work the last
couple of weeks, finished up today.
They have done excellent work.
J. F. Farrand installed his three
new barber chairs on Monday and has
connected with the big cistern under
meath the bank. His patrons will
now indulge in the luxury of soft
water baths and shampoos.
Horace Fishback calls attention to
the matter of hail insurance in this
issue of the Register. In view of the
splendid crop prospects he gives time
ly warning to the farmers.
The summer school and teachers
inCtitnt, ne tho State Cp11anp nppnnI
yesterday and there was splendid at
tendance for the first day. The indi-
cations point to a very successful
session.
Prof. Kerr returned home last even
ing from his trip to Indiana. He
spent Tuesday in Chicago and was a
spectator at the big republican con-
yention, witnessing the battle over
the organization.
The Ladies Aid of the NJ. e. church
will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank
Slocum, Thursday, June y. The June
Committee will serve a picnic lunch.
Come and frolic on the green. If the
weather is u|nfayorable the doors will
be open.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Johnson, who
spent the past year with relatives in
Portland, Oregon, arrived Tuesday
morning to again make their home in
Bookings. They are glad to get
back to South Dakota, although they
had a vey enjoyable year on the
coast.
Prof. c. F. Brown, former superin-
tendent of the city schools here and
now holding a similar position at
Iowa Falls, Iowa, was here the first of
the week for a brief visit, He had
been to Aberdeen, where he was one
of the instructors Of the teachers in
stitute and went from here to Spirit
Lake to join Mrs. Brown.
A county Superintendent in a neigh
boring county asked every teacher at
the county institute who took their
local paper to hold up their hands and
only six responded. The superintend-
ent expressed great surprise and said:
You don't spend a dollar a year with
those papers, and yet you expect them
to print free of charge reports Of all
institutes, insert long programs, ex-
pect them to advertise you, thus as
sisting you to climb the ladder to bet
ter salaries without a cent in return"
The unofficial primary election re-
turns from the state give Sterling a
lead of 999 in all counties, the totals
being: Gamble, 25,O15, Sterling, 2G,-
Ola. The Richards vote was 1895,
and Grigsby 1923. The total vote on
governor is: Byrne, 3S,628, Egan, 30
242, Gull, 6681, giving Byrne a clear
majority of nearly 10000. Hepperle fof
secretary of state beat Glasner by 619.
School election day in Brookings