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

Mrs. Graham of GAINESVILLE, Wis,
spent a few days this week at the
home Of her brother, Chas. Gamble.
Although the Register was a little
late last week We had four nswer to
advertisements in the classified col
umn before four o'clock Friday. AS a
result getter in the advertising line the
Register is hard to beat in this neck
o the woods.
Fred Gerth, a farmer residing a
short distance south of Aberdeen has
demonstrated that peanuts can be
grown in South Dakota. Last spring
he planted a pound Of Spanish peanuts
a very small variety. This fall he
gathered over a bushel Of peanuts.
The year vas exceptionally dry and no
particular pains were taken with the
crop.
Watertown M%ethodists recently
started work on a new $50, 900 church
building, and now the Congregational
lists of that town announce they will
build a new, up-to-date church. The
building will have a full basement in
which a gymnasium will be installed,
and 1t will contain a spacious lee
ture room, reading room, rest room,
music and q library.
The report Of condition of the state
treasury at the close OF business Sep
TENDER 30 showed 5000. 284 in all
and of this the general fund
$95,079. The Irvine fund is up
$134,857, and the income fund for
the common schools, which will be
distributed later in the year, shows
$176,124, which will be materially in
creased before distribution. The game
Is $40,S13, and the special forest
reserve fund shows $11,437.
The state university team was de-
feated by Notre Dame by a score Of 20
to 7 Saturday, but the South Dakota
boys put up a creditable game against
strong Indiana team. The uni
and the State College teams
do not play this year, for the first time
n years, as Vermillion insisted that
game be played there, while Brook
ings was equally insistent that the
game be pulled off here as last years
battle was played at Vermillion.
Mrs. ]. v. Crawford of Cedar Falls,
Iowa, arrived in Arlington Thursday
of last week and visited for q week
with her friend, Mrs. c. /. Madsen.
Mrs. Crawford and her husband form
lived on a farm south of this city
and moved away nineteen years ago.
Ten years later Mr.. Crawford died and
nine years ago Mrs. Crawford moved
to Cedar Falls. This Is her first visit
leaving. Mrs. Crawford goes
from here to Brookings to visit her
Sun.
The maximum fine of 500 and 80
days in the county Jail was administer.
ed to William Bowman, of Big Stone,
for the offense of carrying game fish
as a common carrier. 1t seems Bow
man carried the fish in his boat, which
Is used regularly as a common carrier,
and so was given the biggest sentence
possible. Fred Smell was fined $40
and costs near Sand Lake, for hunt.
ing without a license. It is absolutely
forbidden under the present laws to
transport game fish or game birds.
A resident Of Wellsville, Iowa, in
looking over an account book kept by
a merchant of that village IN 1882
finds that lumber sold for SO and s.
per 1000 feet. Whiskey could be
bought for six cents a pint, beef wa.
three and one-half cents a pound,
board and lodging could be had fol
$1.65 a week, common labor was pait
80 cents a day, skilled labor rs cent.
q day, calico was thfrty-three cents {
yard, tea ranged from rs cents :,
$3.50 per pound, coffee was PRACTICAL,
unknown.-Ex.
We n dn receipt of q card from
Eugene Kelly, who is attending tn
University OF Idaho at Moscow. H,
says that at first he was so lonesom,
he wept bitter tears every time h
saw a train pun out for the east, bu
now he has q position in the veterir
airy department and is buster than
cat on q Tin roof. 90 that work ha
brought blessed forgetfulness. He cay
that James L0ckhart ID considered tn
star OF the university football team
and has been doing most or the ground
gaining Tor the team.
When anything Of interest occur
don't - afraid - ten the editor; don