The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-04

game on Saturday. He reports a
crowd Of $4,000 people present at the
game, including President Wilson, the
secretary of the navy, the secretary OF
war and other notables. The West
Point team won by a score Of % to 8.
There was a shooting affair at Elk
ton Tuesday, in which John Mosten
took a shot at c. F. Claussen, but
missed him without touching a hair.
Mr.. Mosten was arrested and bound
we to the next term of circuit court
on a charge of attempt to kill. The
justice evidently believed that he
should be kept in Jail, as he fixed the
bonds at $4,000.
The dairy husbandry department OF
the State College Is making a compare
tive study Of the various kinds of milk.
ing machines including the S~harples,
the Human, the Burrell-Lorn Kennedy,
and the Lakewood. The object of this
is to obtain for South Dakota farmers
some reliable information concerning
these types of mechanical mixers.
These machines are now being install
ed in the college dairy barn.
The South Dakota Experiment Asso-
liation seed list is ready for distribu-
ton. 1t contains a list of all seed
companies in the state and idividuals
who have good seed for sale, with a
description Of varieties. 1t also con
tains a list Of seeds which may be OBJ
tanned for experimental purposes from
the state experiment station. Send
for list addressing Agronomy Depart
ment, State College, Brookings.
Patrons of the B~rookings post office
are asked to mail their parcels early
and avoid the Christmas rush. 1t will
not only be a great help to the postal
employees but also insures that the
parcels will be handled with more care
while in transit and arrive at their des-
tination safely. All parcels must be
securely wrapped and plainly address,
ed, showing the return address of the
sender. Parcels may be marked mot
to be opened until Christmas" or with
a similar direction.
A. c. Semple has rented the Allison
building, recently vacated by the Star
restaurant, and will open a barber
shop within a week or ten days. 1t is
his intention to put in a frst-class
shop, with three chairs, bath rooms,
etc. He left Tuesday morning for
Minneapolis to purchase his fixtures.
Mr.. Semple formerly worked in Brook.
ings, having been employed in the
Farrand and Young shops a couple of
years ago, and since that time he
has been in Wisconsin.
Geo. W.. Faulkner, a student at the
college, won the annual cross country
run at Aberdeen on Thanksgiving day,
and he will remain in possession of
the silver loving cup for the coming
year. The college also cleaned up on
the second and third prizes, leaving
little for the balance of the conte it.
ants. Thos. Strachan, who while
a student at the college last year won
the 1912 event, took second and Merle
Legler, another student of our institu.
ton, took third.
Horace Fishback, Jr., of Brookings,
was named by the st. Paul Pioneer
Press as tackle on the AL Minnesota
Team" for this year. Horace is at.
tending Carleton college, where he
has made a great showing in football
the past two years. The Pioneer Press
IN speaking of his work says: "Ex-
cellent material is available for the
tackle positions. In Fishback of Garlic
ton, and Vasseau of st. Thomas, Is a
pair OF tackles that on both the Of
Tense and defense are ~fortresses of
might"
Prof. c. Larsen, head of the dairy
husbandry department in the State
College, has just written a new book
entitled Experiments in Farm Dairy
Ing" and is published by John Wiley
& Son, New York. 1t Is a loose leaf
and laboratory manual of about two
hundred pages for agricultural high
schools and colleges and a practical
guide for farmers and dairymen and
enables each student to carry each
point out and verify the results for
himself. It is an excellent book for
country superintendent and agricul.
tural high school teachers.
One Of the most pretentious produc-
lions for this season is said to be C. s.
Primrose's masterful production of
Robert Blossoms great play Where
the Trail Divides" Mr.. Edeson ap-
peared In this play for a number OF
years and pronounced II to be n of
his most famous Indian ~interpreta.
lions; in fact, Mr.. Edeson was loathe
to let 1t 60. until he was satisfied with
the ability Of the man who was to sue.
coed him. The story which is familiar
to q great many Of the readers as well
as the theatre-going public. deals with
one Of the delicate questions which 90