The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-30
Local and Personal

Call at the City News Stand for the
Appeal to Reason.
S. E. Perley of Flandreau, was here
the first Of the week.
Rebekah entertainment at the Pleas
ant Hour February As.
Pure Vermont Maple Sugar and
Syrup for sale. H. NJ. Sanderson.
Phone 327.
The entire B~rookings county delega-
ton at Pierre voted for Sterling on
both ballots last week.
Senator Miller came down from
Pierre Thursday night to spend the
legislative recess at home.
j. w. Catlett has disposed of his
interests in the Bank of Bstelline and
will hereafter spend most of his time
in Brookings, where his family have
resided for several years.
Joe Swering came up from Renwick,
Iowa, Saturday night and will visit at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Swering, for some time. Joe
has been engaged in construction work
in Iowa since last summer.
"The White Sister was presented at
the opera house or Monday evening to
a good house. The play itself Is a
powerful one, but the company that
presented it here was a very ordinary
one and they could hardly come up to
it's possibilities.
DR.. A. A. Brigham went to Mitchell
Tuesday evening to attend the annual
meeting of the South Dakota Poultry
mems Association. He will also at
tend the meeting of the South Dakota
branch of the National Poultry Assoc
%iation, to he held there at the same
time.
If you have a little money and con-
slider land a safe investment talk to
Harry G. Williams, Office over Coles
shoe store. l have 100 acres and l
will leave it to you, after going over
the particulars, whether or not in your
opinion you think there is some money
to be made in it.
Come and bring your friends to the
Pleasant Hour, Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings, February 4-5. Special
music Tuesday evening by Prof. Chris
Jensen. Wednesday evening vocal
music by Leila Linn, reading by Iva
Herd. Entire change of program each
evening. In charge Of the Rebekahs:
About forty local alumni of the s. D.
S. c. held a meeting at the college on
Friday evening to talk over the Home
Coming to be held in June. 1t is ex.
pected to be the biggest event of the
kind in the history of the college and
assurances have been received that
there will be a large number of gradu-
ates and former students here.
The directors of the Commercial
Club now hold two regular meetings a
month, one of which is held during the
supper hour at Gullick's cafe. The
members are so dreadfully busy with
private affairs that they have to dis
pose of the clubs business while
snatching a hasty bite, and afterwards
they stroll over to the club rooms and
play Norwegian or billiards. The
busy little bee has nothing on them.
Farmers get your corn selected for
the big contest to be decided at the
farmers institute the last week in
February at Brookings. The following
prizes will be awarded for the best 10
ears: First prize, $500; Second prize,
$500; Third prize, $1,000; Fourth
prize, $500; Fifth prize, $500; Sixth
prize, $500. The farmers institute
board is planning for the best insti-
tute ever pulled Of in Brookings. Re-
member the time, last week in Feb
ruary. Begin planning now to attend
every meeting.
Senator Miller informed us on his
visit home that he has heard little
talk among legislators of a desire to
consolidate the state university, the
State College and the school of mines.
President Hitchcock of the board of
regents, has recommended that no per-
manent improvements be made at any
of the institutions until the matter is
disposed of, one way or the other.
There doesn't seem to be any demand
from the people of the state for such
a change and little is likely to come of
it. One thing is certain, if the institu-
tions are consolidated into n univer-
sity it will never be placed at Vermil-
lion or Rapid City, and Brookings
would stand a very good show Of land
ing it. However, Huron, Sioux Falls,
Mitchell and one or two other towns
are known to want such an institution
located among them and they may
start something in the hope that they
can pull down the prize.