The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-06

and has taken a position as baker at
The IDEAL Home Bakery.
G. A. Johnson & Son this week re-
ceiyed a car load of Bucks, n Of
which is already sold to a party at
Henry. Among the machines is a big
forty horsepower touring car.
Prof. C. Larsen Of the college, has
been appointed associate editor of the
Dakota Farmer and will have charge
of the dairy page. The Farmer could
have made no better selection.
Mrs. G. F. Thayer returned home
Sunday evening from Minneapolis,
where she attended the grand lodge
meeting of the Degree of Honor and
also visited her sister, Mrs. Towne.
K. ]. G~rotluschen and family, who
have beer living in the Prairie Home
neighborhood north Of the city, de-
parted Monday morning for Sterling,
H., where they will make their home.
Ben Bolles, who travels for the
International Harvester Company, has
moved his family here from Huron
and they are living in S. H. McElmur-
rvs cottage, north Of the McElmurry
residence.
Misses Esther Burnham and Sarah
Looysen of White, were here attend
ing the teachers meeting Frid.y and
Saturday and remained over Sunday
as the guests Of Misses Edith and
Edna Jelde.
Rio Miner has resigned his position
with the Brookings Construction Com
pany and will engage in the plumbing
business for himself. He has rented
the basement OF the Press building
and is already occupying it.
J. NJ. Bitterness, who is to be private
secretary to Senator Sterling, received
word from the senator this week that
the special session Of congress would
not v until April 1 and that he
need not report at. Washington until
about March 20.
Robert Carlisle of Lake Benton, was
here last week visiting at the homes
Of his mother and brothers and taking
In the farmers institute meetings. Mr..
Carlisle is an enterprising farmer and
believed that it was worth while to
come thirty miles for the institute.
j. B.. Hastings and family arrived
this week from Grand Junction, Iowa,
with a couple OF cars of stock and ma
chinery and have moved onto a farm
which they purchased three miles
south of Bruce. Mr.. Hastings is a
brother of c. G. Hastings, of this city.
The Seniors of the college, that is
the boys, are raising m~ustaches, and
some of them have fairly good ex-
amples of facial adornment, but we
notice that Lloyd Hyde and one or two
others are making rather a sickly look
ing job of It. The Aggies, so we are
told, are also going in for the soup
strainers, and the Seniors do not
know whether or not they should feel
complimented.
A dispatch from Washington an
nounces that the parcel post delivery
system is to be extended so that the
addition of ten cents in stamps to any
package will insure it's prompt de-
livery the same as a special delivery
letter. The parcel post business at
the local Office is increasing steadily
and after awhile the city carriers will
have to get a light wagon or an auto
mobile to cart the stuff around.
c. E. Poole did not attend the in
a~uguration of President Wilson on
Tuesday, but it was not because he
was not invited. Mondays mail
brought him a large and imposing look
ing envelope containing an invitation
to the inaugural ceremonies, with the
privilege of a place close to the scene
of the activities, and also pictures of
President Wilson and v~ice-President
Marshall and a program of the days
events.
The city school board is now engag-
ed in selecting the corps of teachers
for the next year and have already
reelected Superintendent Browning
and the entire high school faculty.
The grade teachers have not as yet
been selected. as several have tender
ed their designations, but this list will
be completed in a few days. The
Register is pleased that the board has
retained Mr.. Browning, as he has
brought the schools up to a high state
Of efficiency and he has worked so
harmoniously with those about him
that both teachers and pupils have
been prompted to do their best work.
Frank H. Ripley, the new county
auditor, and his deputy, Hall Reeve,
both of whom are from Aurora, took
possession OF the once on Saturday.
Mr.. Bitterness. who has served as
auditor the past four years, has been a