The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-16
President Slagle spent a few days

John WhitmuS departed Thursday
night for Manistique, Mich, where he
has a position.
Attorney Berke came up from Elk
ton Monday evening to spend a day or
two on legal business.
The county commissioners went to
Aurora Tuesday morning and spent
the day at the county poor farm.
DR.. E. L. Moore went to Mitchell
Tuesday morning to deliver an address
before the meeting of the South Da-
kota Stock Breeders Association.
The county commissioners at their
meeting this week selected the Regis
ter, the White Leader and the Bruce
Herald as the official county papers
for this year.
The Alpha Iota Literary Society
held a reception at the home of Harry
Halvorson to celebrate their first an
niyersary. 1t was a great success and
enjoyed by all members present.
Mrs. Chas. Soden, who spent several
weeks at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Chan Heath, departed Monday morn
ing for her home at Sprague, Wash.
Mr.. Soden arrived a week or so ago
and accompanied his wife home.
On account of the long vacation, the
trip of the concert company and the
revival services now being held at the
NJ. E. church it has been thought best
to postpone the Choral Club concert
of next Monday evening for a short
time. Watch papers for future date.
The city installed several more
Tungsten cluster lights on Main street
this week and it greatly improves the
appearance of the street. They will
be left up until after the text meet
ing of the Commercial Club, at least,
and we have an idea they will be
needed even after that.
Polly of the Circus" which will ap-
pear at the opera house next Wednes-
day night, is probably the biggest at
traction that has ever been through
this section. They carry five horses,
besides other animals, and a platform
will have to be built in front of the
local stage to accommodate the extra
stuff.
The state prohibition committee has
decided to discontinue publication Of
the Northwestern Patriot, official
organ TO- the states of South Dakota
and Minnesota, which has been print
ed in this city. The printing plant is
still running in a half-hearted way,
any time now.
The Rebekahs installed the follow
ing officers on Tuesday evening: n. G.,
Mrs. E. C. Sheldon; V. G., Mrs. Ole
Knutson; secretary, Miss Mable Bin
neweis; treasurer, Mrs. S. j. Rudolph;
warden, Mrs. Carl Quail; conductoress,
Mrs. S. L. Belden; r. S. N. G., Mrs. G.
H. Soule; l.. S. n. G., Mrs. S. p. Luck
enbill; R. S. ". G., Mrs. b. II. Ringle;
L. S. V. c., Mrs. Scott; I. G., Mrs. A. f.
Thornber; o. G., Mrs. Rio Miner;
organist, Miss Sadie Callahan.
e. l.. Van Dyke, the retiring county
treasurer, left Thursday night for Min
neapolis, where the family will make
their home, thus following the custom
that seems to be prevalent in Brook
ings county, of the retiring county
officers hiking for greener fields as
soon as they get out of office. 1t
might be a good idea for the voters in
the future to require all candidates
for office to give a bond that they will
remain and spend some of Brookings
county's money in Brooking- county.
In the announcement of the legisla-
tive committees we notice that Sena-
tor Miller of this county has been
named as chairman of the committee
on public health. In the house
Representative Kerr was the only man
from this county to get a chairman
ship. This was the committee on
banks, and he was also named on the
committee on education. Mr.. Schultz
was given two committee assignments,
dairy products and roads and high
ways, and Mr.. Olson was placed on
the committee on manufactures.
Each farmer should take an inven-
tory of all things that he has upon
the farm. An inventory is the first
step in keeping farm accounts. 1t
enables the farmer to tell something
about his financial standing. 1t tells
him whether he has made or lost
money on his farming operations. In
arriving at the inventory prices, at
tention should be given to the cost of
the article and to its present valua-
ton. If tho machinery will last ten
years ten per cent should be taken
away from the cost price each year.
Live stock is put in at the market
price on the day that the inventory