The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-10-09

R. A. Storm went down to Lake Ben
ton Saturday morning and spent the
day on business.
Paul butcher spent Sunday in
Aberdeen with mis- mother, who was
81 years old last week.
James Jesme departed Sunday for
Pasadena, Cal, to join his wife who
went out last week, and they will make
their home there.
Miss Arrabel Anderson, who spent
the summer at the home of her sister.
Mrs. L. A. Hanson, returned Monday
to her home at Story City, Iowa.
Leslie Gooch sold a Hupmobile last
week to Herbert Crowells, south OF
the city, and this week he disposed
of one TO DIR. Gardner of Clear Lake.
The new tariff bill must have lower
ed the price of pianos. Solberg, the
piano man, unloaded a al here in
September and now has another car
on the track.
Any person making an investment in
a business enterprise always looks
toward the security of the invested
money and the interest returns. What
kind Of an investment would you On
slider the purchasing of Y. NJ. c. A.
and All Star Artists Course season
tickets? Your answer will be taken in
a few days.
Professor Shepard and his assist
ants at the State College are busy
these days making a chemical analysis
Of the sugar beets which e raised
this summer from the world record
seed owned and bred by the State
College. While it is too early yet
to know how the beets are testing
QUOT, present indications are that
they will run two to six per cent high
er in sugar content than the average
for the United States. 1t will be re-
membered that last years beets tested
from one-ifth to %one-fourth their
weight in sugar, which was an easy
worlds record.
Professor James w. Wilson, direc-
tor of the experiment station, has just
been chosen as one of a committee OF
three on proxies to elect directors in
the Percheron Society of America at
its annual meeting in Chicago, Deem.
Der l, in the Congress Hotel. The pos
ition is one of great importance among
Americas leading horse-breeders. The
other members are Lee Server OF
Prairie City H., and Wayne Duns
more, Secretary of the society. The
International Livestock Exposition
will be held during the same week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Culhane went to
Elkton Saturday morning and visited
over Sunday with relatives.
While at Aberdeen we dropped in
on our old friend H. L. Walker. Harry
is happy once more, he's got a play
house and it's a dandy. Ever since
the old opera house burned dowr
some years ago Harry has worked in
season and out to get a new play
house for Aberdeen and at last, with
the aid of some of its e~nterprising citi
zens, he is 10 the manager of whar
We believe to be the largest and fines
opera house in the state. So far al
it can be made the building Is abso
lutely fire proof. The stage is an ex
ceptionally large n and a accom-
modate any of the larger attraction
that make the big cities only. San
Spedden with his excellent compan.
has been playing there the past week
There are many here in BroOking
who remember Sam, who was at on
time here in the drug business wit
Frank Paige, the firm name beini
Spedden & Paige and they were local
ed in the building now occupied b.
the Tidball pharmacy. Mr.. Wake
still attends to the large booking bus
ness for his theatrical circuit whici
embraces all of the best amusemen
houses in the two Dakotas and par
of Minnesota, but he is not yet so bus
that he cannot stop to extend tn
glad hand" he is always "at home
to his friends.