The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-01-29
Local and Personal

The Register Office needs so pounds
good clean cotton rags ard Will pay 4
cents per pound delivered.
Miss Marie Vahle, n OF the teach
ers in the city schools, was called
home. to Tracy Friday by the serious
illness of her father.
Tom Johnson, of Sterling, received
a telegram Friday announcing the SER
ious illness of his mother and departed
Immediately for Coon Valley, Wis. He
was accompanied by his daughter Mae.
Prof. N. f. Hansen went down to
Mankato Friday and gave an address
before the annual meeting OF the South
Dakota Development Association. He
reports a big and enthusiastic meeting.
There was a big crowd of people in
town Saturday and local business men
tell us hat they are enjoying a good
business, although this is expected to
be and usually is the dull season OF
the year.
Prof. N. f. Hansen returned Thurs
day night from Mitchell, where he was
in attendance at the annual meeting
of the State Horticultural Society.
Prof. Hansen was reelected secretary
of the society for the coming year.
+. II. Ainsworth returned Saturday
night from a week in Minneapolis
where he attended the lumbermen's
convention. He reports hat a neice of
Mrs. Ainsworth was run down by al
auto, while he was there, and serious
ly injured.
c. l.. Chapman, who owned a piece
of land in Eureka tow nship thirty
years ago, and who nov resides at
Stevens Point, Wis, has been in the
city the past week as a witness in the
Welch-Hart case now before the Cir
cult court.
Building operations were started
this week On the temporary structure
of the Brookings Produce Company,
under the direction of Manager Rich
ard. The building will be 50x2O, and
an ice house will also be put up to
house this years crop.
Bookings has four candidates on
the state tickets of the prohibition
and socialist parties. j. ID. Wilson
and G.. II. Brown are the prohibition
candidates for lieutenant governor
and secretary of state, and M. e.
Bacon and Ole Venjum are the can
didates of the socialists for the same
Offices.
DR.. Horace w. Tilden has been in
vited by President Gage of Huron col
lege to deliver a short course of lee
lures to the student body of that insti-
tuition, in what Is known al the oliver
lecture series. DR.. Tilden has accept
ed and the students of Huron college
a bank on some of the best they
ever heard.
Brookings is well represented at the
meetings of the Grain Growers and
Stock Breeders and Poultry Mems AS
sociations at Mitchell this week. The
following are present: Profs. j. w.
Wilson. A. N. Hume, N. E. Hansen,
Manley Champlin, c.. c. Lipp, J.. G..
Hutton and G.. A. Starring, and
Messrs. G. N. Kennard, Geo. Fem,
Zach Prentice, Geo. Eberlien and Fred
Killing.
Friday was the last day for the fill
ing of petitions for independent can
didates, and in this county there were
seven who SHE'D their hats into the
ring. They are: Senator, Paul
butcher; representatives, r. F. Kerr,
|, Nels Rishoi, Julius Weise; county
commissioners, Chan Davis, first dis
trict; Thos. Tote, third district; Thos
Kidman, fifth district. No candidates
filed for county Offices.
Those neither absent nor tardy fol
the month ending January 18th, 1914
were Lois Laddusaw, Blanche Laddu
saw, Dora Laddusaw and Gladys Lad
dusaw. Olive Plumb received 1909
in spelling every day this month. Las
months report was. those neither at
sent nor tardy were Blanche Laddu
saw, Lois Laddusaw. Olive Plumb
Lottie Plumb. Dora Laddusaw, Gladly
Laddusaw, Olga Odegard and Rober
Plumb. Blanche Laddusaw receive
1000 in spelling every day. Ruth Ho
londs, teacher. District No. 1.
An important change in the trai
schedule on the north line went int
effect Sunday. The passenger train
have been turned around, coming dow
at night and going back In the morl
ing under the new arrangement. TIL
passenger from the north now get
] here at 11:08 p. m, to connect wit
the late train from the west, and
goes north In the morning at So
after the arrival Of the east passenge
The mixed train also slightly change
It's time. going north at $50 In II
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