The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-30

"Ath h1S UIOluST.
Olaf Eden went out to Pierre on
legal business Monday evening.
DR.. Stoll has commenced work on
his new home in east Brookings.
W. E. Purdy was at De Smet and
tried a case in justice court Friday.
Mr.. Heffernan, a druggist at McIn-
tosh, spent a couple of days here last
week.
L. c. Gooch sold a new Hupmobile
car last week to r. F. Ough, field
manager of the Luce line.
Daily hundreds are availing them
selves of the wonderful bargains given
in Gillespie & Rogers shoe sale.
We now have two efficient shoe
makers and can turn out your work
quickly. Gillespie & Rogers, foot
filters.
The wet weather of the past week
has delayed building operations but
things will go forward again in a day
or two.
Last week a crew of men started ex-
cavating for the basement of Mrs. Geo.
Nelson's big rooming house to be built
on Eighth street.
Chas. Locke and bride, who were
married at Wintersett, Iowa, last week,
arrived here Monday night. They will
live on east Third street.
Mrs. Meadows of WATERFOWL, was a
guest at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. ]. L. Tree, a few days this week,
returning home Monday evening.
Mr.. Hallock, an old friend Of J.. L.
Tree, was a guest at the Tree home
the first of the week. Mr.. Hallock is
on the road for a shoe company.
Miss Gladys Fassett returned home
Tuesday morning from Watertown,
where she has been staying with her
sister, Mrs. P. F. Loucks, for several
weeks.
A. E. Bunday was down from Bruce
Tuesday, and he informed us that
active work on the big Ford garage
would start just as soon as the weather
clears up. Part of the brick is already
on the ground.
The two and a half cent fare goes
into effect on interstate business to-
morrow, and rates to Minnesota points
will be based on a two and a half cent
fare through South Dakota and two !
cent in Minnesota.
Mrs. Marie X. Hansen, who spent
the winter here at the home Of her
son, j. H. Nielsen, departed Tuesday
morning for her old home in Koling,
Denmark, where she will probably re-
main permanently.
Last Friday was Arbor Day, but it
was not generally observed, as Cover
nor Byrne's proclamation of the day
was issued in March and it had been
forgotten. The postoflce force very
nearly overlooked the holiday, a grew
ious error indeed.
Monday evening, May 4th, at the
college auditorium, will occur the first
Graduate Piano Recital given by Miss
Clara Smith, assisted by Miss Margaret
Campbell, contralto. This recital will
begin promptly at 8:15. Yourself and
friends are cordially invited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Donaldson ar
rived home from Eugene, Oregon, last
week. They left the Brookings people
fine. The Thornbers have bought a
ten acre fruit ranch about five miles
from Eugene and Mr.. Thornber said
to tell inquiring friends he was well
pleased with that country.
Over at White the BARRIERS charge
ten cents extra for every child who
has his hair cut OF Saturday. We be-
lieve Brookings BARRIERS should adopt
this system and include men as well
as children in the extra charge, and
are certain it would be popular with
the patrons who have to wait while
omeone ahead of them is being
sheared. .
Messrs. Newcomb and Mattsen of
Minneapolis, and Britton of Sioux
City, spent Thursday in Brookings, the
guests of H. F. Haroldson, on their
way home from the bankers conven-
ton at WATERFOWL. They took a sixty
mile ride about the city, to the college
and through the surrounding country
and were immensely pleased with
Bookings and Bookings county. Mr..
Mattsen is cashier of the Scandinav-
ian-American bank of Minneapolis,
and Mr.. Newcomb is connected with
the Northwestern National bank or
the same city. Mr.. Britton is cashier
of the Security National bank of Sioux
City.
A deal was completed the past week
whereby c. A. Johnson & Son and
.Thos. Madden exchanged properties.
The Johnsons get the Madden property
next to the opera house, where they
will erect their garage, while MI. Mad
den obtains the Day residence in the
same block, to which he will move.
The deal was satisfactory to all con-