The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15

Geo. p. SeXauer made a business trip
to Arlington between trains Friday.
Editor Walker was down from Bruce
Saturday and made the Register a call
G. E. Ostroot, the milling man OF
Watertown, was in the city on business
Friday.
Mrs. Omodt of Sioux Falls, has been
visiting old n%eighbors and friends here
this week.
DR.. B. H. Sayre has rented the cot,
tage just south of Prof. Forsee's on
Medary avenue.
H. G. Moffatt went up to Arlington
Tuesday evening to spend a few days
with his daughter.
Walter Anderson was down from
Castlewood a day or two this week
visiting his parents.
Ed. Woodwork left the last of the
week for his home at Exeter, Neb.
to remain three or four weeks.
A. J. KatZ, president of the Colum,
bia Clothing Company, vas in the city
on business the last of the week.
}. A. McGillivray, cashier of the
Security Bank of Clark, was the guest
of the Bank of B~rookings force on Fri,
day.
Mrs. J. H. Roberts returned home
Tuesday evening from a couple OF
weeks visit with relatives at Elan
dreau.
Thos. Mccarthy of Elkton, was a
guest at the Hurney home the last OF
the week, returning home Saturday
morning.
Miss Helen Peterson arrived home
Saturday morning from Stockholm,
this state, where she completed a very
successful term of school.
DR.. B. H. Sayre returned Thursday
from Mitchell, where he very credita.
bly, passed the examination before the
state board of veterinary examiners.
The past week has been pretty damp
and you can actually see the grass
grow, at least it seems that way to the
man who has to NOW his lawn every
other day,
The Brookings Creamery took in 900
gallons of cream Saturday, which
leads us to suspect that ONE of the
COWS of this vicinity are violating the
e%ight-hour law.
Quite a large number from here at
tended the organization of the Knights
of Columbus council at Elkton on Sun,
day and several local people joined
A class of sixty were initiated.
The Brookings Auto Club will hold
a meeting at the Commercial Club
rooms next Monday evening and a full
attendance is desired. Good roads
work and the new motor law will be
among the matters discussed.
Elmer Steen, a young man of Brook.
ings township, fell from the old stone
mill at Lake lakewood Sunday and was
quite severely injured. He attempted
to climb to the top of the old relic, but
a stone under his foot loosened and
he fell about eighteen feet, being
severely bruised.
w. H. Leighty and w. r. Vinegar
and their families were up to lakewood
fishing on Saturday. At first the
gentlemen informed us that they got &
string of big fish, but after much ques
tioning they admitted that it was {
big string of fish. Further cross-ex
animation revealed the fact that somt
of the fish we're bullheads, which We
do not classify as fish, so the onl.
fact we are certain of is that they wen
fishing.
Saturday evening the B%rookings rol
Ter mill sang its swan song. When tn,
hour of closing came the whistle wa
blown as usual, but it was tied oper
and sounded for over fifteen minutes
until all of the steam in the boilers
was gone. Brookings people regre
very much to have the mill close, blu
under the circumstances there seem
to be no help for it. The Sexauers will
continue in the elevator and feed grind
ing business and will handle outsid'
-four.