The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-11-27
Local and Personal

Don't fail to read the our ad of G,
w. Van Dusen & Co.
M. E .Culhane went to WATERFOWL
on business Monday evening.
John Swenehart went up to Clark
on business Monday evening.
R. E. Cameron, Chas. Arnold and
John Barg were over from White
Thursday.
A daughter arrived at the home oil
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Williams on Tues.
day morning.
Mrs. J. r. Culhane went to Elkton
Monday morning to spend a few days
with relatives.
Call and e our beautiful assert
ment Of cut flowers for Thanksgiving.
A. l.. Davis & Co.
A. j. Surratt, field agent for the De.
partment of Agriculture, spent a few
days in the city last week.
The Watertown bowling team came
down Thursday and defeated a local
team by a couple of hundred pins.
Brookings Chapter r. A. M. con.
ferred the Royal Arch degree upon
three candidates Saturday night.
The Smythe grocery has been closed
" 1uNCuIOly lulo Wcch, DuL IL is I'LL
derstood that it will open again in a
few days.
Misses Gladys Olmstead and Rhea
Roach went over to Marshall Tues
day morning to spend Thanksgiving
with Joy Morton.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Austin came
down from Clark Tuesday morning to
visit at the home of their daughter,
Mrs. Harold Davis.
The public schools are enjoying a
vacation this week on account of
Thanksgiving and the educational
meeting at Sioux Falls.
Otto Egeberg arrived from Port
land, Oregon, Tuesday to spend a few
days with his sister, Mrs. H. C. Sol
berg and other relatives.
Geo. w. Roskie, who is in charge of
the government forest in the Black
Hills, is here this week visiting rela-
tives. Mrs. Roskie and the children
have been here two or three weeks.
The Star Restaurant this week NOV
ed to the building vacated some time
ago by the variety store. Mr.. Larson
has fixed up the interior in fine shape
and now has a nice place of business.
F. W.. Cuckow returned home Sun
day morning from Denver, where he
spent a week or ten days with Mrs.
Cuckow. He reports that Mrs. Cuckow
is getting along nicely and has shown
a big improvement in the past three
weeks.
Lieutenant Oscar Foley departed
Tuesday morning for New York City
to witness the annual football game
between West Point and Annapolis
next Saturday. Mr.. Foley is a gradu.
ate of West Point and naturally will
be there yelling for the Army boys.
have secured the services of Frank
Maves, who is known to the horse
men of Brookings and surrounding
country as the best horseshoer that
has ever been in the city. If you want
the best work done come here. r. H.
Anderson, the blacksmith.
Mrs. w. j. Brown visited over Sun
day at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Nels Larson, returning home
to Tyler Monday morning.
Miss CARRIER, who has been one of
the nurses at the hospital for several
months, left Monday morning for
Minneapolis.
Lest you by any chance overlook it
we would call your attention to the
two-page ad of the Skinner & Ellis
Department Store in this issue. This
is a real ad, chuck full of bargains, and
it would pay you to read it. This kind
of advertising brings trade to the city
from quite a distance, and is the best
way to fight the mail-order houses.
The high school football team jour-
neyed rel to Madison Monday and
defeated the team of hat town by a
score of Z to 0, outplaying them all
the way. This game was a battle royal
as the two teams met here a few weeks
ago n played an 0 to 0 game. The
high school boys went to Pierre yes
terday morning, where they play the
last game of the season with Pierre
high school this afternoon.
A large delegation of Brookings peo-
pie left Monday morning to attend the
South Dakota Educational meeting at
Sioux Falls, which was in session Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday. The
entire teaching corps of the high
school and quite a delegation from
the college went along and including
the Elkton delegation, which went
with Brookings, there were about one
hundred in the party. They returned
home last night and this morning.
There is a city ordinance against
throwing ashes in the street and it is
the intention Of the authorities to pro-
secute all those who do it in the future.
People do this without thinking of
breaking the law, and We hope that
this warning will be sufficient. Usually
there are nails in the ashes and they
remain after the ashes have blown
away and work much damage to auto
tires as well as horses feet. When
there Is s%leighing the throwing OF
ashes on the snow will practically stall
a team with a load.