The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20

store.
See the complete line Of Ansco Cam
eras and Photo supplies at Kendalrs,
Remember the change in the band
concert date, to March 25 and plan on
attending.
Brookings greenhouse has a fine lot
of Easter lilies just ready for Easter.
Order early.
Father Flynn of Estelline, came
down yesterday morning and held SER
vices at the Catholic church last even
ing.
Miss Eta Downing of Aurora, spent
Saturday and Sunday in Brookings as
a guest of her teacher, Miss Edna
Jerde.
]. A. Ness. the new proprietor of
the steam laundry, arrived from Ken
yon, Mimi, yesterday to take posses
sion of the business.
j. w. Brooks left yesterday morning
for Tracy, where he takes a position
as manager of the depot lunch
and he will move his family there in a
short time.
]. NJ. Swartz of Edmonton, Alberta,
was a guest at the home of his neice,
Mrs. John Rhutassel, a few days this
week on his way home from a visit to
Illinois.
Carl Thayer, who has been spending
the winter at home, expects TO leave in
a few days for his claim in Dewey
county, where he will spend the sum
mer. He is going to put his farm into
crop this year and anticipates a large
yield OF flax, buffalo grass. coyotes
and other things that grow we'll in that
section.
l.. H. Comstock has been here visit
ing his family a few days this week.
He is laid up for repairs having a
game leg that was injured in trying to
move one of those troublesome autos
that refused to go with its own power,
The members of the State College
Band have been working hard on this
years concert which will take place in
the opera house on Tuesday evening,
March 20, and by all indications it will
surpass that of last year. Remember
the date-March %.
Mrs. ]. c. Larsen, wife of the pro-
prieto" of the Star restaurant, went
insane suddenly on Thursday, and
when brought before the insanity
board Monday afternoon she was COM
mitted to the asylum at Yankton. She
will be taken there in a day or two.
The farmers will be able to go to
work in the fields in a few days, if the
weather remains favorable. The
ground thawed out to a depth of six
inches or more last week, but the cold
weather froze it again on Saturday.
However, a few days of sunshine
should put it in working condition
again.
The North Western this week placed
the new electric headlights on their
freight engines. The passenger
trains were supplied with the new
lights some time ago. The railroad
men tell us that the lights are a big
improvement over the old ones and
are bound to result in a saving Of life
and property.
Those neither absent nor tardy for
month ending March IA are: Laura
Exc, Selma Exc, Florence Johnson,
Leonard Johnson. Those who missed
no words on examination papers in
spelling are: Selma Borsvold, Clara
Haugen, Selma Exc, Philip Peterson,
Florence Johnson. School District No.
AZ, Sterling, Jane e. McNown, teacher.
Teddy Akin tells us that when he
ans for the legislature a year hence
he is going to MAKE his campaign on
the issue to compel the railroads to
put cluster lights all along their right
of-ways. This is the only plank of his
platform that he has definitely de-
cided upon, and when all completed IL
promises to be a fearful and wonderful
document.
City politics have been little dis
cussed the past week, probably on &C
count of the weather, which has kept
the walking delegates cooped up in
side most of the time. None of the
various gentlemen mentioned for
mayor or aldermen have as yet tossed
their hats into the ring, and it seems
to be a case of "one's afraid and the
other dasn't."
Burnett Christianson and family,
who have zen visiting at the home
of Mrs. ChristiansOn's father, w. S.
Loban, for some weeks, left Tuesday
evening for the west. They will go
first to southern Idaho and from there
to Oregon and Washington and they
hope to find a desirable location for
a drug store and at the same time a
climate that will benefit Mr.. Chris
tianson's health.
Saturday was the twenty-fifth ami
versary Of the day that Geo. P. Sex
auer started in the milling business
and to fttingly celebrate the day Mr..
Sexauer got put on Main street in the
afternoon and disposed of Perfection
flour for one dollar a sack. AS it was
a silver anniversary Mr.. Sexauer re
fused to take gold or paper money and
nothing went but big round dollars.
He disposed of over five hundred sacks
of flour during the afternoon.
j.. M. Shoemaker Of st. Paul, district
secretary for the civil service commits
sion, was in the city yesterday making
arrangements for the government
civil service examinations, which will
be held here twice a year. The exami-
nations have lever been held in Brook
ings, but the government decided to
bring them here after receiving a petit
ton sent in by Prof. Starring and con-
tanning the names of sixty students
who wish to enter the government SER
vice. The examinations will include
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