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

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yesterday morning to spend the day.
Volga will vote on the license ques,
ton at the city election next month.
"Detroiter," Everyone who has seen
it says its :. big a for a small price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Enright of
Bushnell, spent Easter at the home of
his mother here.
James Tracy OF Howard, a former
college student, has been here this
week visiting friends.
Messrs. Floran and Uhrich came
down from Waterfowl Tuesday morn
ing to help out the college band at
the concert in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dull, who spent
the winter in Iowa and Texas, arrived
home on Monday evening.
A heavy sno storm struck the
country west of the river Sunday night
and Monday and blocked all railroad
traffic for two or three days.
DR.. and Mrs. A. A. Brigham enter
tanned the graduating class of the
school of agriculture very pleasantly
at their home on Monday evening.
The first annual firemen's ball will
be held at Company G. hall tomorrow
evening. every citizen of Brookings
should buy a ticket and help the boys
out.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence came down
from Doland Tuesday morning for a
few days visit at the home of his
sister, Mrs. VIM. Cutler. They have a
son attending college.
The fire department responded
promptly Tuesday morning end saved
a residence from being destroyed. The
boys give all of their efforts willingly
and without pay, end the people of
the city should show their apprecia-
ton by a liberal patronage of the fire
mems ball tomorrow night.
The German Lutherans Of Brook
ings and vicinity are considering the
question OF building a church this
season, and a minister of that faith has
been here the last week ~canvassing
the field. Most of the members are
in the country, but as they live on
different sides of Erookings it is eX-
pected that the church will be located
here.
The corps of teachers for next year
have not all been selected and the list
will not be ready to give out for a few
days. The board is having some
trouble to select a successor for Prin-
cipal Patty and are considering care
fully the qualifications Of the candi-
dates. Mr.. Patty has resigned and
will return to the State College Of
Iowa at Ames, where n years work
will give him his degree.
Mrs. Jos Matson passed away at
the Yankton asylum, where she had
been confined for a couple of years,
last Friday and the remains reached
here Monday morning. The funeral
was held from the Lutheran church
that afternoon, conducted by Rev.
Fossnes. Mrs. Matson was ~fifty-three
years old, and is survived by two chill
dren, her husband having died a few
months ago. The children are being
cared for by a family named Sham
barker, who recently moved to the
city and who are living in the Matson
house.
The brilliant emotional actress,
Edna Marshall, will appear at the
Grand on March 20, in the new play
by George Broadhurst entitled "The
Price" The engagement of "The
Price" at the Hudson Theatre, New
York, which has just terminated after
lasting since early !all, proved a
memorable one in the metropolitan
theatrical circles. 1t vas highly sue
cessful from the box office standpoint.
The author was accorded his full
quota of praise for having contributed
another Camille" to the literature Of
the stage.
An inunni,c on1 nffnntiun Yonthnd
Of irrigation, and one noted for it's
originality, is that pursued by Fred
Altman, living near Custer City. Mr..
Altman has erected a dam about 100
feet long and approximately 20 feet
high, and this dam usually ,entraps a
vast amount Of water. At the lower
part of the dam Mr.. Altman has plac-
ed a 3-inch pipe extending through the
dam into the bed Of the stored water.
To prevent the water from running
out through this pipe, he attaches an
elbow pipe, which extends above the
top Of the water a short distance.
When he wishes water for irrigation
purposes he turns this upright pipe
slightly downward, and the water runs
out until the surface is level with the
upper end of the pipe. BY inclining
the upright pipe still further any de-
sired amount will thus run out and
regulate it's own flow. Mr.. Altman
irrigates 100 acres and always has
good crops.
Stories relating to the rather drastic
corrupt practices act passed by the
South Dakota legislature just adjourn
ed eem to give credence to the be-
lief that the giving Of cigars at cleo
ton time is not prohibited. AS a mat
ter of fact the actual wording of SEN
ate bill No. 373 as originally intro
duced into the legislature had among
the things prohibited the term
cigars" but this was stricken out be-
fore the bill was finally passed and be-
came a law, but the measure still
states that nothing of any value"
may be given in return for voting
pledges, etc, so the cigars are there
fore as much tabooed as II they were
actually and literally mentioned in the
act. The reason for striking out the
words relating to cigars was that the
general phrase above referred to alb
solutely covered the ground and they
were therefore unnecessary in the act
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