The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-06-26

ice cream and lemonade. Ball games
and races.
r. NJ. Crawford received word last
week of the death of his brother, An
drew G. Crawford at Pasadena, Cal,
on June II, at the age of seventy-three.
He served through the var as a men,
Der of the First Minnesota Light Ar
tillery, and he was a resident Of Min
nesota for years after the war.
Mondays dailies stated that a young
man named Andrew Hanson of Brook
ings was drowned in the river near
Redfeld Sunday. The young man
never lived in this city, but formerly
worked in Sterling township and has
some relatives in this county.
James Lockhart was in the city
Saturday, having recently returned
from Moscow, Idaho, where he at
tended the state university the past
year. He will spend the summer at
White with his sister and will be a
member Of Whites fast ball team.
Jorgen Ronning was the first man to
secure a loan from the Brookings
Building and Loan Association, and
he is building a home on the lots east
of his fathers house on Sixth street.
The associat IN has P large number
of applications for loans and quite a
l few houses will be bui,t here this
| year as a result.
Nothing adds more to the attractive
) ness Of a town or makes a better i'm
. preston on visiting strangers, than
l newly painted residences, neat fences,
good sidewalks, clean streets and
. alleys, and withal a goodly number OF
{ shade trees and ornamental shrubbery
I and flowers in your yard. 1t is indica-
tive of refinement, culture, good taste
and thrift.
. w. B. Wood returned home Friday
. night from a trip through the western
y part Of the state inspecting the alf
alta fields which the horticultural de
/, partment Of the college set out in tn,
spring. The crops west Of the river
> Mr.. Wood says, are better than TO
several years, although the cut worm
are doing considerable damage il
some localities.
Tom Harmon and Fred Mailey, su
- ~ ru,re.ro on tho Mai1nyr rnod nno
Lake Campbell, are putting in a lot 0
" work on this piece of highway an,
promise to make it one of the best In
stead Of one of the worst, roads il
the county. Three or four concret,
bridges are being put in and the roa,
" is closed temporarily. Everyone VIII
O goes to the lake will join in a vote o
thanks to Messrs. Mailey and Harmon
The school board is having tn,
boulevard on the west side of thu
9 school grounds graded up and it pre-
sents a vastly improved appearance
q doing the work are certainly to b.
complimented for the excellent mar
d ner in which it is being done. TIL
elms which will eventually replac
a. the ~boxelders, have been plante'
along this side, but farther from tn,
walks than the old row of trees.
To destroy cutworms, treat them t,
p a bran-molasses-p paris green banquet
says Prof. Harry c. SEVERN, ento
g mologist of the State College. Thor
oughly mix one pound of paris greer
d with 25 to 35 pounds Of bran or mid
dlings. Dilute one quart of any cheaI
molasses with two or three gallons O
water and mix with the poisoned bran
The exact proportion of this poisoned
bran mash Is not important. Stir in
s enough paris green to give the mixture
e a faint tinge of green and then add
sweetencd water until the mass has
the right consistency. Scatter this
k "bait" over the infested field as rear
! evening as possible in little heaps. In
gardens, place a tablespoonful at the
/ base Of cabbage, tomato and other
}. base Of cabbage, tomato and other
plants.
At the annual meeting of the North
western Association of Dairy Oficials