The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-16

Lieutenant and Mrs. =. b. Peyton
departed Friday for their new home at
Seattle, Wash.
Miss Lillian Breed went up to Elk
ton Friday morning, having a large
class in ~elocution there.
F. II. Ripley, who will take up his
duties as county auditor March LIST,
was up from Aurora on business Tues
day.
The Trains have been generally late
this week for the first time this win
ter, principally because of the cold
weather.
President Slagle left Tuesday morn
ing for Mitchell. to attend the meet
ings of the stock breeders and grain
growers associations.
Local doctors report that there Is
considerable old-fashioned grippe in
the city at present, due probably to
the frequent changes in the weather,
c. A. Davis, the expressmad, is
thinking of calling in a veterinary to
examine into the health of his team,
as they haven't ran away since last
Friday.
Edgar Johnson, private secretary to
President Slagle, went up to Minneap-
oils last week to see his brother and
uy;fo uhn uyarn on thni- Toy IN thnir
home at Camrose, Canada, from
Pennsylvania.
February 81 is the thirty-first ami
versary Of the granting of a charter to
the State College, and the event will
be celebrated for the first time at the
college this year. There will be a
chapel program in the morning and an
indoor track meet in the afternoon.
On account of the large amount of
advertising this week we were Obliged
to leave out our serial story, but it
will appear as usual next week. For
the same reason We had to leave out
Mrs. Nevada Briggs cooking depart
ment, but We hope to run the first in
stallment Of this next week.
Rev. Bruce tells us that the Register
is altogether too good an advertising
medium for our own profit, and we
believe that he is right. Last week
Mrs. Bruce put in a want ad for a
domestic, with the expectation Of run
ming it three or four weeks, but had
so many applicants that she had to
discontinue it.
Prof. j. w. Wilson returned home
Saturday from Topeka, Kansas, where
he delivered an address before the
state board OF agriculture. He tells
as that Kansas has eight inches OF
snow and that it was very cold there,
The professor left home with a light
overcoat that is just right for South
Dakota weather and he nearly froze
to death farther south.
Miss Elise Highly, who has been at
tending college here the past year, de-
parted Tuesday morning for Chicago,
to visit an aunt and will go from there
to her home at Lander, Wyoming.
Miss Higby's departure will be regret.
ted, especially in college musical cir
cles, as she Is a contralto of rare ex-
cellence and her singing was one of
the features of the recent tour of the
concert company.
The mid-winter meeting of the
South Dakota Press Association will
be held at Sioux Falls, February G
and 7, the mail vote taken by the ex-
ecutive committee being almost una
nimous or the Power City. A rate of
one and one-third fare has been grant.
ed by the railroads, and a big attend
ance Is expected. Among those ON the
program are Miss Walker of the Bruce
Herald, and Editor Horton of the volga
Tribune.
The State College Orchestra and
and Concert Company, which returned
home Saturday night from their tour,
will repeat their concert at the opera
house tomorrow night. They gave
this concert a couple of weeks ago
and delighted their audience, but that
was while the students away on
vacation, and tomorrow nights per.
Torrance Is for their benefit particular.
ly, although any Of the citizens who
did not hear the first concert will miss
a rare treat II they are among the
missing on Friday night.