The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-08-28

Miss Lula Comstock visited friends
at Arlington between trains Monday.
Jacob Jerde was here from Sioux
City this week, called by the death Of
his father.
Mrs. Wallroth OF Tracy, was the
guest Of her cousin, Mrs. r. E. Clardn,
a few days last week.
H. J. HOLSTER of Minneapolis, visit.
ed over Sunday with his daughter,
Miss Gertrude HOLSTER.
S. w. Armstrong and daughter, Miss
Inez, returned home Sunday from a
several weeks visit in Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Erstad returned
Friday from a visit of a week at the
home of their son at Sioux Falls.
Misses Lenore and Ruth Browning
returned home Sunday evening from a
six weeks visit at Clinton and Atlanta,
Ill.
Prof. and Mrs. B. l.. Thompson re-
turned home Friday from a several
weeks visit at Columbus. Ohio, and
vicinity.
Miss Halle Hyde leaves tomorrow
for Boise, Idaho, where she takes up
her duties as instructor in the state
university.
Miss Frances Bagley returned home
Monday evening from a visit Of three
or four weeks with her sister at Shell
Lake, Wis.
Miss Florence Iverson went up to
Arlington Monday evening for a few
days visit at the home Of her sister,
Mrs. S. c. Ness.
VIM. Cameron left Tuesday morning
for Allen Junction, Mimi, for a BRIEF
visit with his son and he will bring
his two grand children who will attend
school here again this year.
w. G. Cremer arrived from Brook
lyn, n. Y, Sunday evening to join his
wife who has been visiting at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Fishback for several weeks.
Dairy butter seems to be getting
scarcer every year, as most OF the
farmers now take their cream to the
local creamery and many Of them even
buy butter for their W use.
Mrs. julius Clevan and children re-
turned home Monday evening from a
several weeks visit at Heron Lake,
MINI. Mr.. Clevan, who had been on a
buying trip to Chicago, accompanied
them home.
Mrs. T. NJ. Way passed through here
last evening on her way to Lake Pres
ton and expects to visit Brookings
friends next week. The family former
" lived here, but are now located in
California.
Miss Helen Koehler, who was the
guest of Miss Gertrude Hollister for
a couple of weeks, left the latter part
of the week for Luverne, where she
takes a position as trimmer in a mil
linery store.
Mayor Johnson has issued a procla-
nation naming today as Weed Day
and all citizens are ordered to have
the weeds removed from their prem
ises or the city will do it at the ex-
pense of the property owner.
A gasoline stove exploded at the
home of John Culhane, Jr., Monday
afternoon, setting fire to the kitchen,
but the flames were extinguished by
n~eighbors before the fire department
arrived. The damage to the house
was small.
G. A. Richard moved his family here
from Hitchcock this week and they
are living in the Jesme house In east
Brookings which they purchased. Mr.
Richard is a travelling man, selling the
yours Truly" food products, and he
was attracted to Brookings by the ex
cellence of our schools.
B. ]. SWEET and family are guests
this week at the home of his sister
Mrs. J. f. Erwin, arriving Sunday from
an auto trip to North Dakota with II
v. Harlan and family of Dell Rapids
Mr.. SWEET is a bridge contractor ant
has Just completed a big railroad
bridge at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
John Hooker, a former we'll known
resident of Bookings, arrived from
Tyro, Kansas, yesterday for a visit a
the home of his sister, Mrs. A. A
Harris, and with old friends. Anothe
brother, Samuel Hooker, was here TO
a couple of weeks, leaving for hi
home at independence, Kas., on SUI
day.
John C Jenkins, who Is here fror
Portland, Oregon, tells us the forme
:. residents of this city held a "Brool
5 ings picnic" at a pleasure resort nea
: Portland on August Is, the party II
: Guiding those who live in and aroun
that city. The day was a most happ
: one, being devoted to games and I
1 talking over old times lat home" TIL
following were present, although tn
!. does not include all of the formt
\ Brookingsites in that vicinity: M