The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-10-30
Vaudeville at The Fad Thursday,

this space under penalty of missing a
good show at THE Fad"
Albert Pulitzer of Twin Falls, Idaho,
was a guest at the home of C. G. Erie
the latter part of the week.
T. C. Akin went up to Watertown
Monday evening to spend a few days
hunting-ducks and life insurance
prospects.
Mr.. and Mrs. Faye Atkinson return
ed home Monday evening from their
wedding trip to the Twin Cities and
Madison, Wis.
John Kleinjan, of lakewood, vas at
tending the teachers meeting Friday
and incidentally dropped in to sub
scribe for the best paper in Brookings
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fromme are now
located at Lafayette, Indiana, where
Mr.. Fromme has a fine position as
assistant professor of botany at Pur-
due university.
Mrs. Kenneth Norris of Huron, was
down the latter part Of the week visit
ing at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Eide; returning
home Saturday evening.
E. C. Olson was here Tuesday and
spent the day at the store, going to
Watertown in the evening. He inform
ed us that he had just secured a fine
new home for his Rapid City store.
President Hall of the Commercial
Club, has purchased a cluster light
which will be installed in front of his
Main street property, across the street
south of the new government building.
Oscar Mathews visited at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Mathews, last week on his way to
Washington, D. c., where he will as
usual spend the winter in the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh MAR Of Redfleld,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. MAR and
daughter, Ottalie OF Worthwhile, were
guests this week at the home of Frank
Dull. Mrs. Chas. MAR is a daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dull.
MI. and Mrs. w. H. Conklin left Sat.
urday night for Minneapolis, from
where they will drive a car through to
California. They have no plans for
the future, other than that they will
spend the winter in California.
Marvin & Son, the plumbers, have
captured enough outside work to keep
one of their crews busy for several
weeks. They have a 5000 job at Bruce,
a 500 job at Elkton, and will overhaul
the steam plant for the bank and drug
store at Hendricks.
At it's last meeting the county COM
missioners of Hamlin county settled
up the bills Of the county seat contest,
paying out over $5,00O-and the con-
test isn't settled yet. It seems to be
expensive to quarrel over the location
of the county capital.
1t Is said that a certain mother in a
neighboring town was informed by a
note from a teacher that her son
should be treated for astigmatism. The
faithful mother wrote a note back that
she had given Johnny a sound thresh-
ing and hoped he would not do it again.
; W.. M. MAR, superintendent Of the
college extension work, will deliver an
address at the Better Farming Corn
show at Watertown next week. The
show will be under the direction of
Andrew Palm, a State College gradu.
ate who is county agricultural expert
for Codington county.
The college stock judging team re-
turned home Monday from Chicago,
where they were entered in the stock
judging contests in connection with the
National Dairy show. Students from
sixteen agricultural colleges were en-,
tered and South Dakota scored twelfth.
However, the scores of all the teams
were unusually high and close and the
local team have every reason to feel
pleased with their showing. Missouri
won the contest.
Roy Nord writes US from the Univer,
sity of Michigan to deny the statement
that he was hazed, as he Is a sopho-
more and therefore not subject to the
college initiatory degree. He says
that the only bad feature about the
report Is that the professors at the
State College, 80 he understands, were
tickled to death when they heard 1t,
as Roy was somewhat Of an insurgent
when he was attending college here,
and he says that he doesn't want to
give them any cause for hilarity at his
expense.
L. p. Won ARK and wife are now in
charge OF the Leon hotel, taking active
management the last Of the week. The
hotel has done a splendid business
since they have taken charge, and /,
should again become the popular place
1t was with the travelling public years