The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-02-20
corner. A broken wagon tongue was
about the only damage.

ker informs us that the common school
land in Brookings county will be offer.
ed for sale 1t the court house in this
city on April 8. Also all unsold school
and endowment lands Unbiased will be
offered for lease at the same time.
We notice by the Hendricks Pioneer
that our old friend l.. j.. Fjerstad is
again in the stouthouse for beating up
his wife and family. He started the
rough house by throwing dishes and
other b%ricabrac at them, ending by
threatening to scalp them with a
butcher knife, and he vas arrested and
given sixty days in jail. Fjerstad is d
pretty good citizen when sober, but
goes on the warpath when he imbibes
a little tanglefoot.
Judge Sherwood adjourned circuit
court on Saturday evening, the work
of the January term having been COM
pleted, and he will be here again in
April for a chambers session. The
case of j. A. Neal VS.. Norman II.
Spooner and Gilbert Murfeld, which
was on trial when we went to press
last week, was completed Friday noon,
the our deciding in favor of the de-
PENDANTS. The balance Of that day
and all Of Saturday was taken up with
the argument Of motions.
Mrs. j. G.. Oyloe received a message
this loon telling her Of the death of
her father, liver Reppe, one of the
pioneers of Brookings county, which
occurred this morning at Sherman, in
Minnehaha county. Mr.. Reppe had
made his home with Mrs. Oyloe for
several years, but recently went to
Sherman to visit a on. The remains
will be brought here for bun al and it
is probable that the funeral will be
held from the Lutheran church on
Sunday.
Secretary Gullick of the Commercial
Club received a telegram Tuesday
from a al at GAINESVILLE, Mimi, who
wanted to know if there was an open
ing here for a produce and commission
house. Mr.. Gullick wired back that
there was a fine opportunity here for
a business Of this kind and invited the
gentleman to come to Brookings and
look the town W There Is need of
a commission house here and all the
merchants are heartily in favor Of it,
and it should do a good business.
The Nonpareil laundry opened for
business on Monday morning and there
has been such a rush of work this
week that the force has been working
overtime to get it out. AS Is usual
with a new establishment things are
not running as smoothly as they will
and in a week or so the laundry will
be able to turn out more and better
work. At the present time Mr.. Roberts
Is employing six people and he will
add more as the occasion demands.
His foreman is John Gardner of st.
Peter, MINI.
Another graduate of the State Col
lege has landed a splendid position.
John Larson, who finished last year.,
having been appointed agricultural ad-
wiser of Sphinx county, of which Red
field Is the county seat. Sphinx is one
of the first counties in the state to
take up the work Of educating it's
farmers, but eventually every county
in the state will follow, and this will
afford an opportunity for good posi-
tons for a large number of State Col
lege graduates. Mr.. Larson COM
n work at a salary of $4,000 a
year.
Prof. Solberg tells US that he is
anticipating a big enrolment for the
practical automobile course to be
offered by the college in April. Last
year, the first time such a course was
offered, fortyeight students we're en-
TOlitu anu pQ6 COuISc Was 81 uiuCu VI
a success that it Is not unreasonable
to suppose that the attendance will be
doubled. Prof. Solberg has received a
large number of automobile parts, such
as carburators, bearings, etc, for prac-
tical Illustration in the class room,
and a new Case car will be used for
demonstration.
The Civil Service Commission an
nounces an examination for ~stenogra-
pher and typewriter and also for de-
partmental clerk, to be held at the
Brookings post office March 18th. Ap-
plications can be had by inquiring at
post office, or from the Civil Service
Commissioner at st. Paul, MINI. The
Commission has been unable to supply
the demand for stenographers and
typewriters. Those who are willing
to accept appointment at an entrance
salary Of $40 to 5000 per annum have
excellent opportunities Of appoint.
ment. Advancement is reasonably