The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-05-14

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Mr.. and Mrs. Foreman and Mrs.
Thos. Gallery were up from Elkton a
few hours Friday.
The Northwestern resumed Sunday
service between Huron and Pierre,
commencing last Sunday.
r. B. Lee, who is the partner of f.
c. Olson in the Model store at Water
town, was down Friday and spent the
day.
Mrs. Mary Wilson came down from
Arlington Tuesday morning for a visit
of a month at the home of her son,
b. l.. Wilson.
O. o. Olson departed Tuesday morn
ing for Aberdeen to attend the annual
meeting of the South Dakota Retail
Merchants Association.
The county commissioners met at
the court house Tuesday and will
spend some time examining the
VI LNS6S ONtl lHt NOuuly.
f. C. Olson came up from Sioux
Falls the last of the week and spent
"A few days. Mrs. Olson and Lyle have
been here for some time.
Editor and Mrs. B. Z. Lloyd were
down from Arlington between trains
Friday visiting friends and taking In
the high school track meet.
Mrs. r. II. Brown of Atlanta, Ca,
arrived the latter part of the week and
Will remain for some time as the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Homer Rexford.
The Ellis-Hall Co. Department Store,
Bookings, is selling the best cane
sugar for $3.50 a hundred. Better get
a sack before canning season as the
price always has gone up then.
You don't need an automatic or a
great big shop to have your lawn
mower sharpened and sharpened
right-take yours to r. H. Anderson
and you get the best job in town.
The Farmers National Bank and the
Bank Of Brookings are among the sub
~scribers for stock of the regional bank,
which is to be established at Mime
apolis under the new currency law.
DR.. Horace w. Tilden will deliver
the baccalaureate address before the
De Smet high school graduating class
on the oath of this month. and on the
3Oth he delivers the memorial grafton
at Elkton.
The high school track meet last Fri
day attracted a large number of visit.
ors to the city, and there would have
been a much larger crowd had the
weather prospects been better the few
days previous.
Miss Litta Dewing has resigned her
position at the Davis Furniture Store,
on account Of i'll health, and her place
has been taken by Miss Laura Irish,
an experienced clerk from Kansas
City. Miss Irish Is a sister of w. S.
Irish.
J. H. Johnson and family moved here
from Volga Thursday and are living
in the ]. F. Farrand house on west
Sixth street, which Mr.. Johnson has
purchased. The family were former
residents of Brookings and have many
friends here who will welcome them
back.
The Brookings steam laundry in
stalled another new piece Of ma
chinery on Friday. This is a collar
molder, a high priced machine and the
only one of the kind manufactured, and
it's purchase is in line with Mr.. Nc
Cormick's policy Of giving his patrons
the best service possible.
Mrs. McGill has rented the opera
house and will move the Pleasant
Hour there within a short tine. The
management reserves fifty nights dur
ing the year for other attractions.
This looks like a good arrangement,
as it gives Mrs. McGill a splendid
show house, and the opera house as
ISOLATION will receive a steady income.
Geo. Rude corrects one or two mis-
takes in the history Of the county,
which the Register published a couple
Of weeks ago. We stated that Mr..
Rude came to Brookings from Foun-
tain in the fall of 1879, when this city
was first started, but he tells us that
he did not get here until January, 1880.
He was working for Kelsey Bros. at
Fountain and when they moved their
store to Aurora, at the time the other
buildings in the town were moved to
Bookings, he went with them. He
was elected county assessor that fall
and came to Brookings the first Of the
year to take up his duties. After he
had completed his work he took a posi-
ton with Pierce's general store.
The baseball enthusiasts Of the city
are making plans to organize a team
for the season, and will go ahead II
they get .ome encouragement from
Brookings people. They do not intend
to och for anv great amount of money,