The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-19
What They Say


Charles E.. HaIl-When l was in
Minneapolis this week l had a few
minutes of idle time, so dropped in to
the Electric Short Line Offices. While
talking with the elder Mr. Luce /
noticed hanging On the wall an archi-
tect's drawing of a splendid looking
ten-story building, marked Luce Line
Terminal" / asked Of Mr.. Luce IL it
was their proposed terminal building
and he stated that a firm of capitalists
had offered to build that building on
the terminal property and let the Luce
Line use the first three floors for their
waiting rooms, baggage rooms, gen.
eral Offices, etc., the builders to retain,
beside the upper seven stories. a small
space on the first floor for restaurant,
news stand and checking room. The
capitalists had even gone SO far as to
have an architect draw up plans and
a picture Of the building. II will ad-
NIT" said Mr.. Luce. that the PROPOSE
ton has me guessing. or course, 1t
would be a fine thing for us to have
such a building put up on our terminal
property, with free use of practically
all of the first three floors, but from
this offer 1t looks Is though the check
ing room privileges and other con-
cessions would be very valuable, and
l don't know whether or not we should
exchange them for free rent" This
indicates that the monjnd men have
confidence in the Luce Line, as 1t
takes a lot of real money to build a
tep-story building.
Fred RiIling-The action of the
Commercial Club in lending valuable
assistance in making the farmers In.
stitute a success will, l believe, be ap-
preciated by the farmers. It will in
dictate to them that the business men
of the city are interested in the farm
ers' welfare to such an extent that
they are willing to spend their time
and money. Personally I appreciate
the assistance Of the club, and I be-
lieve other farmers will look at 1t in
the same light.
Geo. q. Cole--I believe the county
fair directors were very wise in NOV
ing the dates Of the fair forward. The
weather will be warm and the chances
are ten to one that 1t will be a dry
week. And II we do have a rain the
fall chill is not yet in the air and the
track will dry out quickly, giving us a
chance to pull OF the races. There
is some talk about the farmers being
very busy that time Of the year, but I
know that the fairs in Iowa last year
that we're held in August and the first
week In September drew much larger
crowds than the fairs held the middle
and last Of September. BY taking
the first four days of September we do
not interfere with any other fair
around here, and we ought to get q
good bunch of the horses and attrac-
tons that are going to the state fair
at Huron.
Olaf Eidem-Last summer when the
circuit court decided against us in that
Elkton saloon case both Of the Brook
inrs aners gave II considerable pub
Hcity. mentioning the names Of the at
torneys. l know the Register aims to
be fair. % you no doubt will mention
that the state supreme court decided
in our favor, reversing the ruling Of
the lower court.
Frank ohsrwln-That was certainly
! splsndi6S ~ o. pictures that the Luce
Ixne psopls showed Il the club meet
- I911ay evening. and they would