The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-17

ward, and next year takes a position in
the Brooklyn Botanical gardens under
DR.. Olive.
Mrs. NJ. A. Adams and son Alton. of
Pierre, arrived Sunday and visited at
the j. L, Tree home until last evening
when they went TO WATERFOWL. Mrs.
J.. \. Meadows and daughter Ethel.
of Castlewood, were also guests at the
Tree home this week.
DR.. l.. G. Borst and family arrived
home yesterday from their extended
auto trip. They first went to Wiscon.
sin and from there to Chicago and
home through Iowa, travelling over two
thousand miles. They were accom-
panied home by Mrs. Borst's neice,
Miss Iva Bruce of Rockwell, Iowa.
We are getting so that rain does
not worry us any more, but we can't
help mention the two or three fine
rains of the last week. On Thursday
night s of an inch fell, with lighter
showers Friday afternoon and even
ing. This week has been close and
muggy with an occasional shower and
crop conditions are certainly fine.
L. c. Sheldon tells us that South
Dakota is not the only place where the
wind blows, as he is in receipt of a
paper from his old home in Illinois.
which tells of the severe damage done
by the wind. 1t was not a twister but
a straight wind and ii blew down trees.
tipped over barns and generally blew
the way it is credited with doing in
South Dakota.
The colored Ministries We're witness
ed by a large and appreciative au-
dience here last Tuesday evening. 1t
is very seldom We get to see as good
a minstrel show as this one except in
the larger cities. The darkies were
right there, both in singing and dane.
ing and were encored to almost every
number. The show carries a fine brass
band which rendered some excellent
music.-Geneseo Post. Brookings
Saturday, July 10.
Herbert Cohn, who will be goven-
ment inspector of the new Brookings
post office, was in the city yesterday,
coming here from Huron, where he is
in charge Of the new government build,
ing under construction there. The
contractors arrived to begin work on
the local building this week, but it was
found necessary to take out another
foot of dirt from the basement and
just as soon as this is completed things
will begin to move around there.
A dispatch to the dailies says that
State Game Warden Hedrick is con
WINGED that perch-pike can be Matched
successfully in South Dakota, and in
his opinion that is the variety which
the state should undertake to- provide
for stocking its lakes. The warden
has also investigated the Illinois sys.
TEN of restocking the fields with ring
necked pheasants, and expects to pur.
chase a large number of the birds to
be placed in South Dakota the com
ing fall. A state fish hatchery will be
established at Lake Kampeska.
City Superintendent Morton called
on us Friday to tell us that he expect
ed to take a full-blooded Jersey COW
with him to his new home at Marshall
and that if Alderman Roberts would
bring the goat over there he would
see that it got a good banquet OF
cream instead of skinned milk. We
informed Mr.. Roberts of this generous
offer and he says that he will take his
goatship ver provided the majority OF
the council-that is the insurgent ma
jority-are willing to take chances on
the goat leaving town.
o. o. Olson Of the Bee Hive and
John Wornson left Tuesday morning
in Mr.. Olson's car for Big Stone lake,
where they will enjoy a weeks outing,
According to the ad in this weeks
Register Mr.. Olson's clerks appear
to have slipped n over on the boss,
as he was hardly out of town before
they arranged to pull off a big sale in
his absence. He didn't expect to come
back until next Tuesday, but If he
gets hold Of a Register and finds out
what is going on he may be back
sooner. However, the clerks say that
he is a pretty good boss, so they have
got the 81 Should Worry" sign out.
Mrs. Carter Collins, wife of a farmer
living just across the Moody county
line south Of Aurora, committed sui.
eide on Monday afternoon. Mrs. Col.
Inns husband was away from home at
the time and she had sent her three
young children down to the creek to
play, and n of them returning after
a time found his mother hanging from
a rafter in the shed zeal the house. II
was found that she had also badly
slashed her throat with a razor, but
had evidently not inflicted a fatal
wound. She had been in poor health
menfallv for couo time and only 70