The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-02-13
Local and Personal

MISS hrete henual visited 1rlenQS
at Arlington the last of the week.
Frank H. Ripley, our next county
auditor, was up from Aurora yester-
day.
Mrs. Walter Anderson of Castle
wood. visited relatives here Saturday
on her way to Minneapolis.
Miss Winifred Crouch left last even
ing for Henry, where she speaks in
the interest of the hospital.
Nels Christensen took Ole Hasle's
place at the P. N. Peterson implement
house a few days last week.
DR.. ]. R. Jackson, O~steopath, sue
cessor to DR.. Bradbury. Office in
Bradbury building, phone s.
The Catholic ladies will hold a bake
sale in Smytbe's store Saturday, Feb
ruary Is. Baked beans, cake, bread.
You should see the new spring dress
goods, silks, laces and embroideries
at C. A. SINNERS Department Store.
Miss Adine Rowe returned home to
Pierre last evening, after spending
some time here as the guest of Miss
leila L%indskog.
A birthday social will be given by
the w. L. c. Society in the parlors Of
the Baptist church, Thursday evening,
February Goth. All are invited.
The Civic League have their regular
meeting Friday at 3 p. m, February
18th. Every member interested in the
tend.
Just a word to farmers wives! Don't
fail to come to Brookings Wednesday,
February 26th. Do your shopping in
the forenoon and attend the meeting
for farmers wives and daughters at
the opera house in the afternoon. A
good time promised. Farmers Insti-
tute Committee.
Wednesday afternoon, February &c,
the Woman's Civic League of Brook
ings, will entertain the farmers wives
with a fine program and lunch at the
ton with the farmers institute and
all farmers wives and daughters are
cordially invited to be present. Meet
ing begins promptly at 1 o'clock p. m.
Miss Gertrude Wheeler, who has
been Western Union operator here for
several years, has left for greener
fields and her place is taken by l.. H.
Larson of Minneapolis. 1t was M
ed that Miss Wheeler was about to
assume the obligation of matrimony,
but before leaving she Indignantly de-
MED this and stated that she expected
to have charge Of a branch office for
the company at Minneapolis.
Dates for the Brookings county farm
ers' institute have been selected and
they are Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, Feb. 25, &c, 81. On the 2Sth
the annual meeting of the school Of
ficers and directors of the county will
be held here, in connection with the
institute, and an effort will be made to
bring in a big crowd of farmers for
every meeting. The institute and the
school officers meeting will be held in
the opera house.
This week S. H. McCarl, local agent
for the Case company, received a 40
horsepower Case gas tractor. This is
a machine which has been little used
in this section, but on account of their
general utility Mr.. McCarl expects to
sell a number in this vicinity this
season. With the tractor comes an
attachment of six plows and it will do
as much blowing in a day as eighteen
horses. Besides being used for plow-
ing it can be utilized for running a
separator, hauling grain to town and
any other work that horses usually do.
A legislative committee, in charge
of Senator Miller of this county, came
down from Pierre Sunday night and
spent Monday looking over the State
College and ascertaining it's needs.
Besides Senator Miller there were Sen
ator Morrison of Stanley, Senator
Murphy of Perkins, Senator Smith Of
Sanborn, and Representative Roberts
Of Day county. They were grealy
pleased with the college and were sur
prised at the importance and magni-
tude of the work being carried on
there. They stated that they apprec-
lated the fact that the institution was
badly in need Of improvements and
will do what they can to impress this
on the other members Of the legi-la-
ture. They were entertained at dinner
at the college and in the evening we're
guests of the Commercial Club, which
was responsible for their coming here.