The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-09-25

He Can take in his beak enough for a
ewek' but We don't understand how
the helican.-Ex.
VIII have a chicken car on track
Saturday, October 4 and will pay the
following prices: Hens, 81 cents;
springs, ~; ROSTERS, s; geese, Z;
ducks, 8; turkeys, IA. Z. P. Goerndt.
With three cluster nights on the
first block east OF Main on Williams
street n two on the block west 1t
looks as though We would have to
designate this street as the Great
White Way.
The grades of the city schools had
yesterday OFF to attend the fair. The
high school students have this after
noon and tomorrow afternoon of, and
the higher grades also have tomorrow
for vacation.
Miss Ferguson, the new assistant
in vocal culture at the college, arrived
from Minneapolis Thursday evening.
Miss Mary Allen, also an assistant in
this department, arrived from her
home at Usage, Iowa, the same even
ing.
The first heavy frost OF the season
came Sunday night and 1t was a good
one, but 1t did no damage for the good
reason that there was nothing for 1t
to damage. The weather turned very
cold OF Friday, but warmed up with
the rain Monday night.
Coach Dillon's high school warriors
will line up mex Saturday for their
first game OF the season, their oppon-
ehts being the strong Aberdeen team.
Aberdeen won the championship last
year and they expect to repeat, and it
is up to the local boys to give them a
jolt early in the season. The game
will be played at the college park
Most Of the farmers we have talked
to during the past few weeks have
expressed their regrets that they did
not plant more corn this year. It's
only an evidence that we are in the
corn belt and that we are beginning
to realize some OF the possibilities
along the line of corn growing. In
planning your farm for next year, be
sure TO have a considerable acreage
set aside for this crop.
The Baptist cnurcn and parish will
give a reception TO the music depart
ment OF the State College-to the
musicians Of the city and TO all lovers
of music on Thursday evening OF next
week, Oct. End. Several musical num-
bers will be given and a paper on The
Philosophy OF Music" will be read by
the pastor. This function will
at the Baptist church under the aus
pices Of the Ladies Aid Society, Mrs.
S. Marvin, president. Light refresh.
mentg will be served. A royal good
time Is expected and the invitation TO
the parties above named is most cor
dial.
The state will attempt to secure ac-
ton on the two cent rate law at the
hearing fixed for today at Sioux Falls,
before Judge Willard Of the United
States court. Judge Willard having
signed an order setting down for ar
gument at that time and place a mo-
ton made by the legal department Of
the state TO dismiss the complaints
Of the railway company in both the
az and the 2 cent rate cases on the
on the ground that there Is an
failure OF proof on the part OF
the railway companies, as the testl-
mony Is read in the light Of the decis-
ion of the supreme court Of the United
States in the Minnesota rate cases.
We noticed some time ago that the
automobile world was considerably
excited over the building of an auto
that would burn kerosene, but
hasn't anything on the old Buick
delivery car at the Fridley garage.
The other day we were riding home
With Ray Fridley In this car and after
going a couple OF blocks the machine
baked, an examination revealing the
fact that the gasoline tank was empty.
Mr.. Fridley happened to have a a
OF kerosene on board sc he put come
Of this In the tank and the old car kick
ed up its heels and wheeled up the
road faster than IT has done for two
or three years. Now Mr.. Fridley says
that he is going to put it on a steady
diet OF kerosene.
A farmer in Sullivan county, Tenn,
had one hundred bushels OF potatoes
in his cellar because he couldn't
haul them TO his market place on ac-
count OF bad roads. Potatoes went 70
$40 a bushel, and the town was
shipping them In to feed that locality.
Not only potatoes were shipped in,
but ten carloads Of all kinds Of food
products. The farmers lost that
market by not being able to reach IT.
They paid a big tax for their bad
roads. SO it goes. Wherever roads
are bad al any season OF the year the