The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-10-23

get the idea INTO your mead that he
will think you want your name in the
paper. The goings and comings Of the
community are OF interest to all and it
Is impossible for one person to collect
all of the local news. Now therefore,
and hereafter when you see a piece
Of news trying to get out of sight, grab
the son-of-a-gun by the collar and
bring it in to this Office where we will
take absolute charge and see that
proper attention is given it.--Ex.
City Auditor Stoddart informs us
that Registration Day, last Thursday,
failed to attract much attention from
the voters, in fact there were fewer
registered IN that day than n day Of
the week. Up to yesterday 30S had
handed in their hands, less than one
half of the voters Of the city. The
registration is divided up among the
wards as follows: First, So; Second,
81; Third, 81; Fourth, 70. The city
auditor will turn the books over to the
county auditor on November LIST, and
after that date the voters may register
there until January LIST.
There will be no more guessing at
weights of the rural post packages,
because all rural carriers are to be
supplied with tested postal scales, ac-
cording to late reports. The scales
are all Of the dial pattern, and weigh
up to twenty pounds. Their use will
prove convenient to both carriers and
patrons, for the former can give cor
rect weight of packages and the send
ers will be able to purchase the re-
quired amount of stamps without wait
ing to come to town or hand the
money to the carrier to buy the stamps
at the end of his trip.-Ex.
The State College is not the only
institution where they have trouble
over the "hazing" Of freshmen, as the
following dispatch from Vermillion
would Indicate: AT a meeting of the
male upper classmen of the university
committees were authorized and APP
pointed to form a student senate for
the control Of freshmen limitations,
and to prepare a concise thruthful
statement of the condition of affairs
leading up to the formation Of the SEN
ate for the purpose of refuting the
charges of alleged cruelty to fresh
men which have emanated from here"
On Saturday, November list at the
Grand, local theatre goers will have
their first opportunity of witnessing
Owen Wister's famous story The
Virginian" produced in play form. The
stage version was made by Mr.. Wister
and Kirke LaShelle, the latter before
his death was considered one of Amer
icas greatest producers. The cast
which will appear in the play here has
been carefully selected, and it is said
the mounting. Of scenery, electrical
effects, etc., Is absolutely complete in
detail. The company is playing to
packed houses everywhere and no
doubt will do the same here.
Theatre goers interested in plays Of
love and adventure have a treat in
store for them when Jones and Cranes
latest and most p~retentious offering
The Virginian" will be presented at
the Grand opera house or Saturday,
November 1st. Plays that can make
discriminating Broadway audiences go
time and again must possess charm
above the ordinary. 1.-THE Virginian"
has succeeded in doing that rare thing
OF pleasing both the critics and the
public. Seldom has a play been pro-
duced in recent years that has met
with such unqualified approval at the
hands of the metropolitan press. Broad.
way critics who are noted for their
discrimination and in the slang OF the
street must be shown" were unstint,
ed In their praise and proclaimed
The virginian" as the long looked
for American play.
The following dispatch may be OF
interest to Brookings ladies, as the
fakir mentioned is operating in the
state and may come here and in any
event 1t illustrates the foolishness o.
, giving money to strangers: Offering
a big bargain to women in Siou,
Falls whom he meets in q house t.
house canvass of the city, a man who
calls himself Mr.. Morris and claims
to be an authorized agent Of the But
terick Publishing company Of New
York. Is operating in an attempt te
sell bogus subscriptions to the Define
ator magazine. His sale talk has al
ready separated . good many house
wives Of the city from II to IS each In
return Tor the magazine for one yea,