The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-23

days visit.
The drinking fountains on Main
street opened up for the summer bust
ness this week.
The Goods had charge of the Col
legian this week and got out the best
number of the year.
w. f. Sheridan of Sioux City, was
here the last of the week looking after
his farm near Volga.
Mrs. Agnes Carlisle went to Lake
Benton Saturday morning to visit at
the home of her son.
d. J.. Berry returned home the last
of the week from Sioux City, where he
was called to attend~the funeral of his
mother.
Mrs. j. l.. Jarvis returned home the
first of the week from California and
the north coast states, where she spent
the winter.
Mrs. l.. II. Comstock returned Mon
day morning from a several days visit
with her daughter, Miss Lula, who is
now working in Schaller's big depart
ment store in that city.
The Messenger plant is being moved
this week to the basement Of the Skin
ner block from the old brick building
which it has occupied. This building
will be torn down at once and replaced
by a modern brick structure, which
will be built especially for doctors
offices.
F. w. Cuckow returned home Sun
day morning from his western and
southern trip and reports that he is
feeling much better than when he left
Brookings. We are also glad to report
that Mrs. Cuckow. who is now at
Denver, is gaining in health and
strength.
This week the Register runs the
first of a series of letters of a Country
Editor in Panama, being descriptive
of Lou d. MacWethy's travels in the
canal zone. Mr.. MacWethy is a
humorous and entertaining writer and
we believe the readers of the Register
will enjoy his letters.
B. E. McVenes, who recently pur.
chased the Shannon grocery, was mar
ried to Miss Ada Gregg at Greeley,
Colo, on Wednesday of last week. Mr..
McVenes arrived with his bride the
last of the week and they are making
their home with J. p. Ashbaugh and
family. The Register extends con.
CALCULATIONS.
The farmers in this vicinity are go.
ing to plant Marquis wheat this year,
1t is a new variety from Canada and is
claimed to mature earlier and yield
better than our standard varieties.
Many are sowing from one to five acres
for seed purposes, for it is too expen'
sive yet to SOW 1t for a principal crop.
The wheat area is decreasing every
year in this county and unless some
new variety is found that will yield
better wheat will cease to be a staple
crop. Winter rye came through the
winter in fine shape and Is growing In
much favor as a small grain crop. Win
ter wheat is much in evidence in this
county. The work of seeding is going
forward rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Fishback re
turned Saturday from their winters
trip to the Pacific coast. MI. Fishbacb
says: 1--WE had one of the most enjoy
able trips of our lives. We met sc
many old friends and acquaintance
that formerly lived in Bookings and
Rochester that it almost seemed like
going home. At Oakland we met
Charlie Allen and he entertained us
for a day and a half taking us in his
big auto to San Francisco, hen down
to San Jose and over to Palo Alto. Al
Fresno MI. and Mrs. Carnine met us
at the depot with their seven passen
ger touring car and insisted that We
should not go to the hotel and we were
most royalty entertained at their beau
tiful new home. At Los Angeles We
sat down to the table with seventeen
Brookings people and you may be sure
we had a good time. At Santa Ana
there were still more and it seemed
as though we met most as many Brook
ings people as we usually do at home
Among the old friends we saw there
were r. H. Williams, John Allison
Henry McComb, j. T. Tidball, w. H
Dinehart, Dan McKeith, Frank Adams
R. B. Palmer, u. d. Palmer, E. p
Lamb and Guy Cunningham. We die
not see Mr.. and Mrs. Reeves, as the,
were visiting their son Edwin, on hi,
ranch near there. At Los Angeles W.
had a nice visit with DR.. and Mrs. Col
Ter and Prof. McClenon, and Mr.. ant
Mrs. H. E. Lloyd entertained us royal.
at Hollywood. We met A. L. Binfor'
and his father at Whittier and Adam
Hurd at Redlands. We enjoyed
pleasant evening at the home of MaJo
Guyer, former commandant at the CD