The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-26

DR.. H. NJ. Derr Of the engineering
that he has finally secured the patents
on his power blowing machine. There
We're nine applications before the pat
ent office for similar machines, and
DR.. Derr considers that he was rather
fortunate in winning out.
T.. =. Anderson returned to his
home at Story City. Iowa. Saturday
morning after spending a week at the
home OF his daughter, MIS-. +. A.
panied him here, will remain and
teach in this county.
Theodore Flitte, who has been con
nected with the Bank of Brookings the
past couple Of years, departed Mon
day morning for lroquois, where he
has acquired a substantial interest in
a bank. Mr.. Flittic is a first class
young man and We commend him
most highly 10 the people of %Iroquois.
MISS IVA EVANS, lHt Cltltc ana
Latin teacher. is taking up her new
duties in mastery shape and will
doubtless prove "A fine addition to the
corps Of teachers OF G.. c. l.. She Will
also take her place in the social in
~terests of our people.-Geneseo. Qll)
News.
c f. Allen brought two books with
him from the Coast which he present
ed to the Commercial Club for its
reading room. They are The Guar
dian of the Columbia" and The Noun
tain That was Called God" Both are
by John II. Williams and are descrip-
tive Of the Coast country and are
handsomely bound and illustrated.
On Sunday evening the Epworth
League held a memorial service at
the NJ. E. church for the late Clifford
Johnson, who took a prominent part
in the work Of the League during his
college days. At the close of the reg
uldi stlNlNt heN' bidth TcltlTeu leSl
ingly to the death of Mr.. Johnson and
paid a high tribute to his worth.
Mark S. Sheldon and Miss Eliza f.
Duff were married by Rev. w. A..
Black last Friday at high noon at the
NJ. f. pasonage. The couple are
among the excellent young people of
the county and have a multitude OF
friends who will extend congratula-
tons and best wishes. They will re
side north OF the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Allen and daugh-
ter, Miss Norma, arrived from Tacoma
Saturday morning. Mr.. Allen is here
to close up the deal for the sale Of
the Press to r. l.. Turner, and Mrs.
Allen and Miss Norma are visiting old
friends. Their daughter, Miss Doris.
accompanied them and went on to
Washington, ID. c., where she will at
tend Georgetown convent.
A letter to the Register from J. II.
Peterson a former well known resi-
dent Of B~rookings, finds him well and
happy at Portland, Oregon. He says
that the season has been an unusually
rainy one in that section and that the
crops have suffered somewhat. He
says that he frequently meets old
friends from Brookings and is always
glad to see them.
The Bradbury and Welch sale of
real estate and city property was held
in front Of DR.. B~radbury's office Mon
day afternoon, with a good crowd in
attendance, many OF whom were no
doubt attracted by the novelty Of an
auction sale of this class of property,
The Office building was sold to DR..
it as an investment Ind it is a pretty
good one at the price, $3.50. DR..
Bradbury's farm, northeast Of the city,
was sold to S. +. Arthur for $3.50 an
acre. The Welch lots We're not sold.
Col Carey Jones OF Chicago, cried the
sale.
Elsie G. Olson, eldest daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Even Olson, died at the
family home northwest of the city
September ~, after a lingering i'll,
ness, death being due to tuberculosis.
She spent last year in the west but
the change Of climate failed to bene-
fit her and she returned home in May,
since the time she had been confined
to her bed. She was born in this
county. November 81, 1890. She grad
uated from the country school and had
entered high school, but was Obliged
to give up her studies on ccoun Of
i'll health. The family have the sin
cere sympathy of their friends in the
loss of their daughter and sister.
The critic on the Milwaukee Sen
tinel' says of The Shepherd Of the