The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-12-24

Wanted-Clean cotton rags at Regis
ter Office.
Take a chance at the big Chance
Sale. Hauff Dry Goods Co.
E. E. Hyde, piano tuner, will be here
until about February LIST. Phone 251.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hartman of New
Ulm, are spending the week at the
home of his mother.
l. L.. Brown, one of the progressive
farmers living north of the city, has
just completed a fine big barn, 32x52.
G. w. Roskie arrived yesterday
morning from Custer to spend Christ
mas with Mrs. Roskie and the child
rem.
J.. J. Kendall of st. Paul, was a guest
at the home of his cousin, A. j. Ken
dali a few days this week, returning
home Tuesday.
Earl Tolagson arrived last evening
from Mankato, where he is attending
the commercial college, to spend the
mondays at nome.
Miss Ann Wilson is home from the
University of Wisconsin to spend the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. D. Wilson.
Miss Bessie Chappell, who is teach
ing in the high school at LeMar, Colo,
arrived Saturday to spend the holiday
vacation with home folks.
Thos. II. Brown, a pioneer of South
Dakota and one of the well known
citizens of Sioux Falls, was here Mon
day on business in probate court.
Elton Perley, a former college stu
dent, is visiting this week with his
sister, Mrs. G.. II. Hauff. He has been
in western North Dakota the past year,
We have seen nothing of the Civic
Leagues Christmas tree and evidently
the ladies decided to spend that Christ
mas cheer money in other and better
ways.
"A hlCC Vii IVA vi AioiiiS ihN
candy was left at this Office yesterday
"in remembrance of the nice things
said in the Register about the high
school cooking girls" The candy was
simply out of sight, and the young
ladies have our very sincere thanks.
The post Office force tell us that the
Christmas business this year has beer
much larger than last year and un
doubtedly the greatest in the history
of the office. The force has handled
the big rush splendidly and patron:
have received the usual good service
A number have called this week ant
had the Register sent as a Christina:
present for a year. 1t is not too lat
yet. Have it start with January LIST
Can you think of anything for thu
small sum of $3.50 that would Civ
more genuine pleasure for a whole
years. weeks-365 days-rain o
shine.
We are in receipt of a letter from
Joy Mikkelson, who is spending tn
winter at Houston, Texas, in which h
says in part: "It is a great pleasure t
me to be able to keep in touch wit
Brookings through the Register.
have been with the Prince Theatr
here as treasurer for the past fv
weeks and like the work real well, a
though the theatrical business ha
been rather dull compared to othe
years. Not only the theatrical bus
ness, but everything else in genera
has been very quiet here, due mainl
to the war, on account Of the price g
cotton, which so many people in tn
South depend on for a living. TIL
number of unemployed here La som'
thing awful and the appeals for al
are many, much more than we hav
ever heard of in the North. They tai
about the Sunny South, but believe m
I would rather spend my winters 1
South Dakota. The climate IL dam
and we have had an unusual amour
of rain this winter"