The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-02-06

San Francisco worlds fair stamps
are now on sale at the post office.
Mrs. O. A. Hagen returned home
Thursday evening from a visit in Iowa.
Mrs. +. f. Ribstein was down from
Bruce Tuesday visiting at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Bunday.
Mears & Johnson, proprietors of the
roller rink, will hold a masquerade at
the rink next Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Henry Swering returned home
Thursday evening from a several
weeks visit at Spring Valley, MINI.
Miss Edna Jerde, who is teaching
near Aurora. came up Friday evening
and visited at home until Sunday morn
ing.
Miss Lucille Baker returned to her
home at Aurora Sunday morning,
after a few days visit at the home Of
Homer ReXford.
II. J. Jerde and sister, Miss Hilda,
! returned to their home al Toronto Sun.
day morning, after a visit of a couple
of weeks with relatives here.
President Slagle, DR.. A. N. Hume
and Prof. G. Larsen returned home Fri
day night from Pierre, where they at
tended the conservation congress.
Mrs. C. II. Moore, who spent some
time at the A. b. Hanson and Arthur
Stone homes, left Friday morning fol
Aurora, and will go from there to heI
home at st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gum, pioneer
residents Of the county, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary a
Aurora Monday. They formerly LIVED
four miles south Of this city.
The McCalley company gave an en-
tertainment at the opera house OF
Thursday evening, but we doub
whether anyone Of the audience wa
greatly entertained, as the compan,
put on a very ordinary performance
Frank Wilson arrived from Belgrade
Montana, Tuesday morning, and vii
visit for a couple Of weeks at the HON
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. l.. Wi
son. He has been clerking in a drus
store at Belgrade for the last year an
likes that country.
Prof. N. e. Hansen returned HON
t Tuesday morning from his trip t
: Pierre. He attended the conServatio
t congress there last week and was il
vited to remain and address the legi
| lature, and he gave a twenty minut
talk before each house on Monday.
Our ~neighboring city of White ha
organize a commercial club, with {
l w. Koenig as the first presiden
t Nearly every town OF any size in tn
S state now has it's commercial club an
they are all doing good work in a
e vancing the interests of their cor
munity.
. A petition praying for the removi
e of the county seat of Moody count
e from F1andreau to Egan has bee
n submitted to the commissioners
X that county who will take actio
at the April meeting. The cou
e ty is preparing TO build a $4,000 cou
S house and work will not be startt
until the county seat question Is di
n posed Of. 1t looks al though our neig
Dor to the south is going to have
e rather turbulant time for the next fe
n months.
The Brookings orchestra went
Oldham Thursday and furnished Il
music for a dance. They made L
II trip by way of Lake Preston, drivil
8 from there to Oldham. a distance
d thirteen miles, by auto and on t
o. return they left at three o'clock in t
morning, with the thermometer
t. below zero and faced a cold north wi,
lie the entire distance. The machiI
v. worked poorly and it took them neal
two hours to make the trip. VIII
Il they reached Lake Preston they we
o so chilled that they were unable
Re get out of the auto and the hot
keeper and his clerk carried them
h and stacked them up like cordwo
ir along side Of a redhot fire and tn
T. thawed out in time to take the morni
train home.