The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-24

Miss Mamie Smith went up to Bruce
TUESDAY evening for a few days stay
Miss Harriet Cheever returned home
Saturday morning from a several
months visit with relatives at St
Louis.
E. l.. Buckingham, who has been
i'm feeble health for some months, pass,
ed away at the hospital yesterday.
> He was eighty years old.
]. F.. Olander Of Pierre, formerly
county superintendent Of this county,
! was in the city Tuesday en- his way
home from Chicago.
Last week we stated that John Berg
] had been ~adjudged insane, but this
] was a mistake, the unfortunate mans
] first name being Christian.
The city has just completed the e
5 tension of the water system from
l Prof. H. B.. Mathews corner a block
, east to Quincy Lee Morrow's residence.
Mrs. E. j. Steuerwald and little
daughter arrived from Virginia, Mimi,
Saturday morning for a two or three
weeks visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. L. Tree.
County Auditor Ripley informs us
that the assessed valuation Of Brook
ings city, as equalized by the county
board is $2,5O0,O71 about %two-thirds
of which is real estate.
Mrs. Ihos. Polkinghorn and Mrs. f.
w. Conliff departed Friday night for
their home at Two Harbors, Mimi,
having spent several weeks here at
the home of their aunt, Mrs. Mary
IDeeth.
Mrs. Chas. Keith vent up to Water
town Tuesday evening for a few days
visit with her daughter. She was &C.
companied by Mrs. Albertson, of Sioux
Falls, who was her guest here the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Burman returned
home Sunday from a several weeks
visit at Waverly and other points in
Iowa. They were accompanied home
by Mr.. Burman's uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Sloat of Nassau, Iowa, making
the trip by auto.
Arthur G. West of Lansford, n. H.,
and Miss Agnes L. Mortensen 0! Tor
onto, were united in marriage by Rev.
r. A.. Bruce at the NJ. T.. parsonage
Tuesday afternoon at 1870 Mr.. West
is a former resident of this county,
having lived at Aurora anG re con
Quoted a merry-go-round in this sec
ton for several years.
A. w. Morton, who has been city
superintendent for several years, clos
ed his connection with the city last
evening and left this morning for Mar
shall, Mimi, where he has a similar
position. Mr.. Morton has been one
of the best men the city has ever en-
ployed in the position of superintend-
ent, that is he has been faithful and
hard working and has always tried to
look after the interests of the city. He
and his family, who will join him in a
short time, will have the best wishes of
their many Brookings friends in their
new home.
Some months ago the Register had
an item to the effect that B. c. TOlliver
had been arrested for breaking into
a car on the track and stealing a water
melon. We have since ascertained
that Mr.. Tolliver was not arrested for
breaking into the car, and even though
late we are glad of an opportunity to
set him right before the people of
Brookings, where he has lived so long.
The information came to the Register
from what we considered an authora-
tive source, at least our informant
should have known better thar to have
given us wrong information. Mr.. TOLL
yer has lived in Brookings nearly as
long al there has been a Bookings
and has always borne an excellent
reputation for honesty. His old
friends would not believe the state
ment that was made, and it is for the
benefit of those who do not know him
SO we'll that We make this explanation.
The Register, like every other news
paper, is obliged to rely On many differ
ent sources of information for our
news, and our information will some
times prove to be incorrect, but it is
never our intention t O wrong anyone,
least of all our friends.
Brookings had another fire in its
business district last evening about
700 and only the prompt action Of the
fire department prevented a serious
fire. The blaze started in a pile of
rubbish at the rear end of the Moore
racket store and quickly spread to the
racket store and from there to Hagen's
bakery, the next building on the north.
The back end of the racket store was
badly burned, but the fire boys were
able to keep it cut of the store and
the stock was not damaged. The
flames did not reach the first floor of
the bakery, but ran up the side of the