The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-30

down from Arlington on Tuesday.
o. o. Graves has been suffering from
an attack of the grip the past week.
G. A. Stead went to Arlington Satur.
day evening and visited over Sunday,
Rev. Roberts went to De Smet Satur.
day evening and held services on Sun.
day.
julius Clevan visited over Sunday
at home, returning to White Monday
morning.
J. P. Johnson went over to White
Saturday morning and visited over
Sunday.
James Holiday was down from
Watertown visiting relatives between
trains Monday.
Mrs. II. c. Johnson went to Luverne,
Mimi, Saturday morning to spend a
few days with relatives.
Ole Erickson, former county com,
missioner, has been down from Bruce
attending court the past week or so
Miss Emma Schmidt came up from
Aurora Saturday evening and was the
guest of Miss Grace Short over Sun
day.
Mrs. X. X. Linn and baby came from
Volga Saturday morning for a visit at
the home Of her father-in-law, j. w
Linn.
Mrs. S. A. Overaas was called to
Detroit, Mimi, Monday by a message
saying that her mother was not expect
ed to live.
Mrs. Natesta and Mrs. Emma Coe
returned to WATERFOWL Saturday even
ing, after spending several days here
visiting friends.
Miss Lottie Engsberg returned to
her home al Toronto Monday morning
after spending a week with her sister
Mrs. A. j. Dokken.
Ralph Anderson, who is working at
the Brictson plant at Minneapolis, was
here the last of the week, returning to
Minneapolis on Saturday morning.
Mrs. f. T. Baker was up from Aurora
the first of the week, called here by the
serious illness of her neice, the little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Han
son.
Mrs. Guy Stephens of Circle, Mon
tana, formerly Mrs. Florence Thomp'
son, arrived here Tuesday morning to
visit friends and look after property
interests.
w. r. Stowe returned home Friday
night from the Hot Springs sanitar'
ium, where he has been since early
last fall, and is very much improved
in health.
Willis Bonesteel, formerly of this
city, was here this week visiting ole
friends. He has been at Wagner fol
several years, but is now located al
Watertown.
Quite a few Brookings people have
been fishing through the ice at Oak
wood the last couple of weeks. Some
days the fishing is fair and other days
it is no good at all.
President Slagle, DR.. A. N. Hume an6
Prof. N. E. Hansen departed Monday
evening for Pierre, where they are at
tending the sessions Of the state con
~servation congress on there this week
All three gentlemen are on the pro
gram.
Clyde Tdball has discarded the city
lights and has installed a new gasoline
vapor lighting system in the drug store
It looks as though John D.. and his
Standard Oil has the city light plan
as we'll as every other competitor, or
the run.
Mrs. o. A. Hagen returned home Fri
day morning from Mandan, N. D..
where she was called by the death Of
her brothers wife. Mrs. Hagen was
accompanied home by her brother ant
baby and they went to Iowa Monday
to leave the baby with relatives.
The other morning as We were com
ing down town we saw a blue-jay fly
ing around in r. F. Kerr's yard, ant
as the professor is not at home tc
record this important event, we fee
obliged to do it. AS a matter OF fac
there has been several different var
ieties of birds around here all winter
having evidently had a bunch that We
were going to have a fine winter.
Prof. n. f. Hansen tells us that the
annual meeting Of the State Horticul
tural Society held at Redfield last weel
was an unusually interesting one, witt
a large attendance and a good pro
gram. Prof. Hansen was reelected
secretary of the society, a position
that he seems unable to escape from
p. F. Kinney of Storm Lake, Iowa, &C
companied Prof. Hansen home and
spent a few days looking over the col
lege. Mr.. Kenney is n of the promi
nent horticulturalists of the Northwest
and was the delegate to the Soutf