The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-10-16

Mrs. Russell Jensen arrived yester-
day from Lincoln, Neb., for a visit at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Gamble.
The contractors expect to have the
government building enclosed this fall
and to that end they have greatly en-
larged the force.
Friday evening We had a heavy rain
and the most severe electrical storm
of the year, rather an unusual occur
enc for October.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Fishback and
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Fishback went down
to Spirit Lake yesterday by auto for
a few days outing.
Frank Purcell, Jr., who lives north
of town, and Miss Martha Kerr Of
Bruce, were married at the NJ. E. par
sonage yesterday afternoon by Rev.
R. A. Bruce.
Attend the big demonstration and
eatfest at the c. A. Skinner & Ellis
Co. store Saturday, October 25, all
day. The National Biscuit Co.'s pro-
ducts as we'll as Chase & Sanborn
coffee will be demonstrated.
Chas. Childs, who worked here for
his brother, C. E. Childs, in the real
estate business several years ago, has
been here the past week. He is now
living at Marshfield, Wis, but Is con-
templating moving his family to Brook
ings.
Wesley c. Elston and Miss Ellen
Bane were married at the home Of
the brides mother near Bushnell on
Wednesday morning of last week, DR..
Horace w. Tilden officiating. The
ceremony was attended by a large
circle of relatives and friends.
Mrs. S. A. McElmurry departed yes
terday for Wadena, Mimi, to be pres
ent at a family reunion which will
celebrate the Goth birthday Of her
mother. The aged lady enjoys good
health and last week wrote a FIVE page
letter to her daughter here, without
the aid Of glasses.
The committee appointed at the
Commercial Club meeting Friday even
ing had decided to hold a colt show
for Brookings county in this city on
Saturday, November LIST. Colt owners
should get their animals in shape and
bring them in. More detailed informa-
ton will be given next week.
This week Street Commissioner
Lynch put in a cement tile drain in
the ditch east of the Register Office
and graded the street up even with the
sidewalk, a much needed improvement.
Mr.. Lynch has the reputation of being
one Of the best street commissioners
the city ever had and from our know
ledge of his work on this job we are
inclined to believe that the report is
true.
The upper classmen at the college
have found it necessary, at least that
is the way they look at it, to discipline
the freshmen this week, some Of the
first year students having refused to
wear the green cap or green ribbon
emblematic of their rank. The stu
dents perhaps went a little too far in
hazing the girls, an unprecedented oc-
curance, and as a result some excite
ment has been worked up. In this
issue W. have a communication from
n of our readers on the subject OF
hazing and a piece of poetry from an
other entitled, "The Wearing of the
Green"
The Episcopal congregation have
sold their property a block north Of
the Register Office to A. E. Bunday, the
Ford man of Bruce, who will erect a
large brick garage there, starting
build 1g operations in a few days. The
lot sold is 100x6O and Mr.. Bunday will
make the garage nearly that large.
The Episcopals are contemplating the
purchase of the w. H. H. Phillips prop
erty at the corner Of Sixth street and
Eighth avenue, and If the deal goes
through they will love the house to
the rear end Of the lot and erect a sub
stantial church building Of brick, some
what similar to the Catholic church.
The following item from Urbana,
ILL.,, to the Chicago Record-Herald will
be Of interest as DR.. Hopkins Is a grad
uate of the State College and a brother
of H. L. Hopkins Of this city: cyril
G. Hopkins, head OF the department of
agronomy at the University of Illinois,
has been granted a leave of absence
for n year from November 1, 1913.
Professor Hopkins has been called to
the post of director OF agriculture with
the Southern Settlement and Develop
ment Organization, which is made up
chiefly by the governors of sixteen
southern states and the presidents of
the important railroads entering those
states. The purpose of the organiza-
ton is to encourage settlement or
colonization in the South and to bring