The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17

business.
E. A. Hanson went up to WATERFOWL
last evening to spend a day or two on
business.
DR.. Hoyt came down from Huron
Monday TO attend the peace contest at
the college.
Mrs. Cronk arrived from Sioux Falls
this morning to visit her daughter,
Mrs. S. L.. Belden.
Don Slawson of Huron, was in the
city Tuesday and spent the day with
his brother in-iaw, Jack Vrenegor.
The farmers have been busy in the
fields this week, as the warm weather
dried off the ground in good shape.
DR.. b. T. Green went up to De Smet
Tuesday evening to see his brothers
little daughter, who is i'll with pneu-
monia.
Judge Stowe went down to Sioux
Falls yesterday morning to visit Col.
Tom Brown and other friends for a
few days.
Everett King, who is now in the
newspaper business in California, is
here this week visiting his parents
and other relatives.
G.. f. Knappen, II. l.. Hopkins and
y. d. TllNllC NClS at q NOuPAS VI
days the last of the week closing up
the deal for the purchase of an inter
est in the principal bank there.
Remember the Coed Hippodrome
at 8 o'clock, Saturday afternoon, April
10, at the college gymnasium. All the
ladies are cordially invited to attend.
Admission, girls, 15c, ladies 25c.
Now is the time to clean up the
back yards and alleys for spring. We
have the reputation of being a clean
city, in more ways than one, and
every citizen should take pride in
keeping it clean.
Rev. A. F. Won Tobel, Mrs. Ed. Harte
and Mrs. l.. C, Dewing left yesterday
morning for Woonsocket, where they
will rep esent the Brookings church
at the annual meeting of the Central
Dakota ~Presbytery.
A. l.. DaI S returned home the first
of the week from a business trip to
Omaha. While attempting to get on a
crowded street car in that city Mr..
Davis was knocked down and received
a bad cut on the side of the head.
A. j. Sanders recently purchased the
Mcmillan house in east Bookings and
is making extensive improvements to
the property. He is raising the
house and will add a porch and kitchen
and when he is through he will have a
nice home.
Mrs. Rhoda Anderson returned home
Monday evening from Tacoma, Wash,
where she spent the winter at the
home of her brother, Henry Lawshe.
Mrs. Anderson says that the Coast is
a nice country in many respects, but
she prefers Brookings.
Conrad Gehard, the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. l. e. Steen, passed away
Sunday morning at seven O'Clock,
and the funeral was held from the
home Tuesday afternoon. The funeral
service was conducted by Rev. Eos
ness of the Lutheran church.
w. G.. Elford left Tuesday for Ip-
switch to visit with relatives for a few
days and will go from there to Port
land, Oregon, where he takes up pro
hibition work with the state campaign
committee. Mrs. Elford and the chill
dren went to Ipswich last week and
will remain there with relatives until
Mr.. Elford gets located at Portland.
The Brookings creamery yesterday
installed a new large churn Of the
latest model. Mr.. Goerndt's business
is increasing steadily and he is equip
ping his plant with the best machinery
in order to take care of it. The farm
ers around Brookings evidently APP
~preciate the value of a home creamery
and are giving Mr.. Goerndt splendid
support.
w. NJ. Cheever received a letter
from Congressman Burke this week,
in which he endorses the recommends
ton of the Commercial Club that lime
stone instead of sandstone be used in
the new government building, and he
will endeavor to have the change made.
He also stated that he would urge the
Department to have the work on the
building commenced at once.
The FIVE l. o. o. F. lodges of Brook
ings county will hold a big celebration.
in this city on Tuesday, April 20, the
Gath anniversary of the founding OF
the order. All of the lodges in this
section as far north as Gary, west to
Huron, south to Dell Rapids and east
to Lake Benton, will be invit| d. A
big crowd is expected and the Brook
ings county lodges are preparing to
give them a royal good time.
Inc SOIhllCl ~ iuD
soliciting funds for the flood sufferers
report that they have secured some
thing over a hundred dollars, which is
doing very we'll indeed. Other or
CARNATIONS have given literally and
the churches we understand will help
so that the total amount from Brook
ings will be large. The Commercial
Club, Odd Fellows, and Masonic lodge
have each given one hundred dollars
toward the fund.
We understand that there is some
talk Of contesting the election at Volga
Tuesday, which went in favor Of the
non-license element by. a majority of
one. The saloon crowd claim that one
man who has not as yet taken out his
naturalization papers voted with the
"drys" and the latter insinuate that
there were three men registered for
license who had no business to vote.
There are prospects of a lively scrap
should either side take the matter into
court.
The first annual peace oratorical
contest for South Dakota was held at
the college chapel on Monday evening.
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