The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-05-02

Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Ames re-
turned yesterday morning from a brief
visit at Watertcwn.
Geo. Schlosser, secretary of the
Sioux Falls commercial club, will de-
liver IN address before the Brookings
commercial on the commission form of
government some time within the next
two weeks.
Charley Erickson and Mrs. Josephine
Hawkinson OF Aurora, were married
yesterday morning at ten o'clock at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Eric Ear
ness. Rev. c. +. Hoffman of the L. p.
church oficiated.
II. l.. Hopkins, f. c. Olson, NJ. G.
Carlisle, DR.. +. l.. Moore and Paul
butcher, Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine.
journied to the Mecca of Sioux Falls
the first of the week to attend the
regular spring ceremonial of El Rad
Temple.
Mrs. w. ID. Bell arrived from st.
James, Mimi, Saturday evening, call
ed here by the illness and death Of her
husbands mother. She was accompan-
led by her two youngest children and
another son, Fred, arrived yesterday
morning to attend the funeral.
The high school inter-class meet was
held at the college yesterday after
noon, the Seniors winning first place,
the Juniors second, Sophomores third
and Freshmen fourth. The meet was
a fine one and was undecided until the
last event. We will give the list of
events and winners next week.
This week we publish the statement
of the Bank of Bookings and a com,
p~arison Of it with the statement of
February 90 would not indicate that
times were at all hard in this neigh
borhood, in fact it shows that they are
getting better rapidly. The state
ment of the bank on February 90
showed that the institution had $780,
045.54 on deposit, while this weeks
statement shows deposits of $417,-
1904, an increase in two months of
$47,104.90.
Prof. II. C. Solberg went to Sleepy
Eye, Mimi, Saturday morning to adj
dress a good roads meeting, which was
largely attended by the good roads
enthusiasts of southern Minnesota.
The professor receives a good many
more invitations for addresses than he
is able to give and if he had nothing
else to do he could hardly fill them all.
A recent invitation came from the
Southern Minnesota Bankers associa-
ton, who want him to address their
annual meeting on May %.
Anton lyersOn OF this city, who
about a year ago lost his hand in a
bone grinding machine while working
FOR Carl Look, the Sioux Falls butcher,
recently brought suit for $500 dam
ages against Mr.. Look. The case was
decided at Sioux Falls Saturday and
the jury returned a verdict in favor of
the defendant, not allowing Mr.. Iver.
son n penny for an injury which
badly cripples him for life. 1t is prob
able that the case will be carried to
the supreme court. Mr.. VERSIONS at.
torneys were Hall, Alexander. Roddle
& Purdy.
A deaf and dumb beggar started a
near-riot at Getty's garage Tuesday
afternoon. He applied to Mr.. Getty
for aims and was refused and hung
around the place so persistently that
finally Bob" became tired OF him and
leading him gently to the door assisted
him into he street with a well-placed
kick. This election and consequent
humiliation angered the beggar and
going into the street he picked I'D a
large rock and heaved it through the
front window Of the garage, and then
beat it down the street to the west.
~ ~ dii MN anu IOuIutu
him up near the G.. A. r. hall. but he
refused to pay for the window, so Mr..
Getty went looking for Chief of Police
Gullick. In the meantime the beggar
had started for Volga, so an auto
was secured and after considerable of
a chase he was finally rounded I'D
near the Junction. He was brought
back to the city and given a five dollar
fine and five days in the village watch
house by Judge Stowe.
Brookings Lodge No. 40, I. O. o. F.,
assisted by Tetonka Rebekah Lodge
No. &c, gave an entertainment in the
!. o. O. F. hall Friday evening, in
celebration Of the ninety-third ami
versary Of the order. The evening
was taken up with a most interesting
Music was furnished by Van