The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-27

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The "Detroter" is sold by John
~Swenehart. Only $3.50 and 5000.
The Bunday agency received an
other a load of Fords on Tuesday.
Rupert Howard was down from his
farm near lakewood the first of the
week.
Barton Carothers was operated upon
at the hospital last week and is I'M
proving nicely.
Mrs. A. J. Kendall and Miss Krete
returned Monday morning from their
visit at Sioux City.
Mrs. Raabe left Tuesday morning
for a couple of weeks visit to differ
ent Minnesota points.
Arthur Lynch went yer to White
Monday morning to look after the
spring work on his farms.
B. w. Lanphier left Tuesday morn
ing for the Twin Cities to spend three
or four days on business.
A. j. Rhodes, formerly proprietor of
the Cottage hotel, was here from s..
Paul the first of the week.
l.. H. Comstock left Monday morl-
ing for eastern points, after spending
a week or ten days at home.
Nels Christensen who lives near
White, commenced work last week at
the p. N. Peterson implement house.
F. M. Ellis left Tuesday morning for
his former home at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, to look after business matters.
Rufus Ames and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Paige arrived home Satur-
day morning from California, where
they spent the winter.
j. c. Mcdowell of the Office of farm
management of the Department Of Ag-
riculture, spent two or three days at
the college this week.
Leo Walraff of Barbaroo, Wis, was
a guest at the home of his sister, Mrs.
R. E. Clarin, for a week, returning
home Monday morning.
Thos. Wornson departed Monday
morning for Mankato, Rochester and
other points in Minnesota, where he
will visit friends and look after his
land.
Mrs. G. F. Thayer departed Monday
evening for Aberdeen to attend a
meeting of the officers of the Degree
of Honor, of which she is grand chief
of honor.
The school Of agriculture at the
college closed this week, the gradual
ing exercises taking place this morn
ing, and most of the students have
left for their homes.
A. l.. Davis, who went out to Mo,
bridge last week to look after his new
store, went from there to the Twin
Cities on a buying trip and will not
be home until the last of the week.
Fred Gilman came down from Huron
Monday morning and spent the day
with Brookings friends. Mr.. Gilman is
in the tailoring business at Huron
and he tells us that he is doing nicely.
Secretary r, A. Larson of the col
lege, departed Monday morning for q
couple of weeks business trip to the
east, during which he will visit the
Universities of Wisconsin, Chicago
and Illinois.
Mrs. F. H. Ripley came up from
Aurora Monday evening to spend a
few days with her husband, the new
county auditor. The family have rent
ed a house and expect to move here
within a short time.
Bland Catlett, who is attending the
University of Michigan, o the pole
vault in a recent meet against the
Michigan agricultural college, going
ten feet, nine inches, which is a
pretty good mark for an indoor meet.
You are known not so much by the
business you are in, but by the goods
you deliver and if you deliver the
goods" according to specifications
you'll be we'll known. That's us-we
deliver the goods. R. H. Anderson,
Blacksmith.
Carl Thayer left Tuesday evening
for his claim in Dewey county, where
he will spend the summer. He tells
us that in giving the list of his expect.
ed crops last week we failed to make
mention of the rattlesnakes and
prairie dogs, and we hasten to make
the correction.
County Auditor F. H. Ripley left
Monday evening for Pierre to attend
the meeting of the county auditors of
the state, who meet with the state
assessment board. This will be the
last meeting of the auditors, as under
the new law the tax commission will
run all taxation matters without ad-
vice from the county officers.
Rodger Stewart, who has been n
Of the operators at the depot for sew
eral years, left this week for Ivanhoe,
where he will relieve the agent for a
week or two and will then go to the
Pacific Coast, where he will remain.
His many friends here will wish him
the best of success wherever he To-
Gates. His place is taken by j. c.
Webster Of Elkton.
Prof. Kerr tells us that the baro-
meter at the Bank of Brookings drop
ped over an inch Sunday, indicating
general storm conditions, but forum
ately We escaped in this vicinity. This
was the day of the big tornado at
Omaha, which killed over $50
people and did ten million dollars
damage. The storm was general all
ove the country and in the east there
was a heavy snowstorm. At Leola,
in McPher.on county, a house was
blown down and two people killed.
Geo. P. Sexauer & Son held a Silver
shower" on Main street again Satur-
day afternoon and sold Perfection
-four for one dollar a sack. The sale
attracted a big crowd and 1877 sacks
were sold. Mr.. Sexauer would take
nothing but silver dollars and had a
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