The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-04

field Saturday evening for a few days
visit with the Dodge family.
In this issue We print an interesting
letter from a Brookings citizen who is
spending the winter at Delray, Florida.
c. o. Quail is now in possession OF
a new 1914 REQ car, which he pur-
chased from S. H. McCarl, the local
agent.
With no street lights Saturday and
Sunday nights the people of Brookings
o know how it would seem to have
no lights at all.
The Sioux Valley Ladies Aid Society
will give a "Flode-Grod Social at the
home of Erick Gilbertson on Friday
evening, December 18th.
Fresh cut flowers every Wednesday
morning at the Temple Furniture
Store. Everything in flowers for
Christmas. A. l.. Davis & Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Eaton returned
home to Rochester Monday morning,
after spending several days at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. Van d.
Fishback.
Over 100 dinners were served at the
Leon hotel on Thanksgiving Day, and
everyone that had the pleasure of eat.
ing there was we'll pleased with the
splendid men
Trainmaster McCauley of this di.
vision has been promoted to the posi-
ton of assistant superintendent of the
Minnesota division, with headquarters
at Winona.
The city council ought to get busy
and give the public power and light
Sundays as we'll as other days of the
week. More people want it Sunday
and want it worse than any other day
of the week.
Mrs. c. H. Moore of st. Paul, who
was recently called here by the death
of her brother, Arthur Stone, left
yesterday morning for a visit with her
sisters at Aurora and Elkton, and will
return home from there.
Don't fail to see the great picture
play, "Ivanhoe." 1t will be presented
at the Pleasant Hour both afternoon
and evening on December 10th. Mat
inee at A O'Clock. Admission 5 and 10
cents.
The college orchestra and soloists
gave a concert at White last evening.
The orchestra consisted of ten pieces,
with Miss Mary Allen at the piano and
Dean Hedge and Miss Laura Ferguson
as soloists.
G. w. Roskie departed Saturday
evening for his home at Custer, after
spending a week with Brookings rela.
tives. Mrs. Roskie and children who
have been here the past month, left
for home on Monday.
In November last year there were
592 books taken out and in November
this year there were 743. There We're
129 volumes Of non-fiction read this
November, "a volumes Of this mum.
Der being taken out by the younger
readers and 35 volumes by adults.
We don't think it a very bright idea
that of turning off the street lights
in the morning just as people are 60
ing to work. Its the laboring and the
business man that goes to work early
that needs light, not the plutocrat who
lays abed until it gets daylight.
In this issue We print Superintend.
ent Browning's address at the educa-
tional meeting at Sioux Falls last
week. This address explains the
eighth grade departmental plan that is
in use in the local schools, md we be-
lieve that our readers will find it in
teresting reading.
Next Saturday is Doll Day at the
Racket Store. We will have a splen-
did display Of Dolls of all kinds and
prices, and this will be your time to
select a Christmas present for the
little folks. Ask about the big Doll
that We are going to give away free
to some lucky purchaser on December
oath.
The Brookings Produce Company
has been delayed in starting their
building on account of the failure OF
the Northwestern to send an enginee,
here to survey out the site, and the
delay Is a serious one at this season OF
the year. The company had hoped tc
have their building well under way by
this time.
Prof @. Larsen, State Dairy Exper,
Ryger and Prof. ]. m. Fuller left Tues
day evening for Red6eld to attend the
annual meeting Of the South Dakote
Dairymen and Buttermahers' Associa
ton, which is in session this week. Mr.
Ryger is secretary OF the association
and Profs. Larsen and Fuller are on
the program.
Where the Trail Divides" the show
that comes to the opera house next
Saturday evening, was dramatized
from Will Lillibridge's novel Of that