The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-08-20

home in st. Paul.
Chas. Sample returned home Satur-
day morning from Doland where he
spent a few days looking after his land.
He states that the crops there are
wonderful, but the cor is poor, having
been burned by the hot winds.
A new attachment for automobiles is
u 1t is a music box, and when the
a is driven less than twenty miles
an hour is plays Home Sweet Home"
When the car is driven faster than
twenty miles an hour it plays Nearer
My God to Thee."-Ex.
The fixtures for the new home of the
Ellis-Hall Department Store arrived
Tuesday night and are being installed.
This is n of the very finest store
buildings in South Dakota, and the
fixtures match the building. Bookings
will have cause to be proud of this
splendid institution.
The state game warden wants it
made known that the open hunting
season is September 10 and not Sep
TENDER Z. The federal law is the It'll
and state law the 10th and the state
law will be upheld anyway until the
next meeting of the legislature this
winter when they will be made to con
form.
By a recent order of the food COM
missioner all outdoor eating stands
are to be prohibited. This will apply
principally to the street hamburger
and hot dog" stands which are so
popular during circus and gala days
and at the county fairs. During the
recent tour of Ringing Brothers cir
Gus the food commissioner made the
trip with the show and kept all street
eating stands from selling.
Brookings merchants are warned to
be on the lookout for a couple of
swindlers who are said to be working
towards this section. They work this
game: One of the swindlers makes a
small purchase at a store, rendering a
500 bill and getting the change. Soon
after his confederate enters and makes
a small purchase, giving a 81 or IS bill
in payment. On receiving his change
he protests with the salesman, saying
he gave him a $40 bill, and quotes, by
way of proof, the serial numbers of
the $40 bill left by the first man.
Mr.. Kenneth Stead, one of our form
er town boys, gave a very able and in
teresting song recital at the Methodist
church last Friday evening, accompan-
led by Miss Cecile WEIGH at the piano.
Miss WEIGH is also one of our former
young ladies and all who attended ex.
press a great deal of pride in these
two young people for the accomplish.
ment they have attained and are hope.
full for a large future for them both in
the musical field. 1t gives us a great
deal Of pleasure to attest the worth
of the program they render.-Arling.
ton Sun.
The South Dakota Central Railroad
is reported as about ready to begin
work on it's extension north of Water
town. The company expects to be able
to have about twenty miles built and
in operation early enough SO that il
can haul part of Grant county's wheat
crop. The matter of finance was put
up to the Watertown people recently
and they, through some good assist
ance of the Commercial Club succeed
ed in handling the matter satisfactor
lily. 1t is reported that the survey is
already made, the right of way secured
and the contractors will soon be on the
ground. The company plans to be able
to extend the road to join the Mil
waukee.
A new use for Sixty Day oats has
been developed at the South Dakota
experiment station during the last two
years, according to Prof. Champlin
Since this variety ripens so early that
it can frequently be harvested before
barley or wheat is ripe it has proved
useful as a nurse crop for alfalfa. In
1912, it was seeded with alfalfa at the
Bookings farm at the rate of "a 10 of
oats and 10 10 of alfalfa per acre. An
excellent stand was secured. In 1911
at Vivian farm half of one field was
sown without the oats and half of i
with the oats. On July LIST the alfalfa
with the oats was far ahead Of thar
which was sown without. The oats
protected the young alfalfa from the
wind and helped it through the crusted
soil. Thus does the sturdy little Sixty
Day oat lay hold of a new claim for
recognition.