The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-06-18
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Mrs. Robert Clark of vermillion, is
visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mckee.
E. c. Sheldon sold his fine farm
north of town to G. W. Fem this week.
Mr.. Fem will rent the place.
Mrs. II. L. Davis and Mrs. Ben
Lawshe went up TO Bruce Friday even.
ing to visit friends for a few days.
Mrs. l. G.. Loomis last week enjoyed
a visit from her sister and neice, Mrs
and Miss Verrill of Tacoma, Washing.
ton.
Mrs. B. H. Sayre returned home
Tuesday morning from a couple OF
weeks visit at Omaha and Lincoln,
Neb.
Miss Mamie Youngburg departed
Tuesday morning for Battle Creek,
Mich, where she will remain some
time.
Mrs. F. H. Hendricks of Algona,
Iowa, was a guest at the home of her
uncle, j. A. Hegeman, a few days this
week, returning home Tuesday morn
ing.
Misses Cornelia Mathews and Ann
Wilson arrived home Saturday ven
ing from Madison, Wis, where they
have been attending the University of
Wisconsin the past year.
The six weeks summer school and
teachers institute opened at the State
College this week. The attendance is
very good, there being 1877 enrolled
yesterday and more will be coming in
for the next week.
H. F. Haroldson and family depart
ed Monday morning for a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Aylmer Cole at Bellevue,
Iowa. They will take the river trip
and visit various points of interest and
will be gone several weeks.
w. H. Donaldson purchased the
Sponsler residence property on
Eleventh avenue this week. j. P.
Alexander, who has been occupying
the house, has purchased the w. H.
Roddle property on Williams street.
W. H. Murphy has been busy for
some time gathering a list of the
school children of the city and now
has 1,057 names, an increase of 207
over last year. AS the city gets be-
tween four and five dollars for each
child this increase will make quite a
difference in the next apportionment.
Mrs. G.. F. Knappen departed Thurs
day morning for Bay View, Mich. She
visited at points on the way and was
overtaken by Mr.. Knappen and the
boys who left Monday morning. They
will make the trip by way of the great
lakes. Mr.. Knappep will return in a
month or six weeks, but the family
will remain at Bay View until Septem-
Der 1.
The real estate of the Stone estate
was sold at the court house Monday
afternoon, but it did not attract a
very large crowd of buyers. Four
hundred acres of land and the property
in this city was offered for sale, but it
was all bid in by the heirs with the ex-
ception of one quarter which went to
P. N. Peterson at $50 an acre. This
is located south of the city.
Aurora had a double celebration the
latter part of the week, and according
to all accounts it was a hummer, with
some attractions on the bill that were
not advertised. 1t was planned to hold
the big event on Friday, but on &C
count of the rain it vas continued
over until Saturday, so that everyone
could get a sufficiency. The Brook
ings band furnished music on Friday.
The ranches in the western part OF
the state who are experimenting with
sweet clover this year, claim that it is
not doing as we'll as is the alfalfa they
are trying out for the first time. The
sweet clover does not apparently take
as kindly to the excess of rainfall
which is boosting the alfalfa and all
other class of crops in the west half
of the state. The clover boosters say
that it is a better dry weather crop
than alfalfa, which will stand a great
deal of dry weather itself.
The Commercial Club directors met
Monday evening and authorized the
loan of 81, 500 of the clubs money to
the Brookings Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION. A resolution was passed
giving the Civic League sole posses
sion Of the club rooms on the days
that they meet, as the ladies have
objected to having any horrid men, in
Guiding the caretaker of the rooms
on the premises. 1t was decided to
send out 1,500 circulars advertising
the merits of the college to high school
graduates.
The brick work on the Void build,
ings and the Wold-Hall double block is
practically completed and the inside
work is now in progress. While the