The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-06-04

Get your seats early for the ANA
IONS, the senior class play.
Mrs. A. Fry went up to Iroquois to
visit relatives the first of the week.
Procure seats for the Arlazons at
Kendalrs after 1870 Thursday. June
4th.
Mrs. Achterbcrg of Arlington, was
the guest of Mrs. L. Prentice between
trains Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Roberts return
ed home the last of the week from
their Black Hills visit.
Ed. Phillips went up to Arlington
Friday evening and visited over Sun,
day with his sister.
Mrs. II. b. Breed and little daughter
returned Friday evening from a visit
TO Minnesota points.
Mrs. w. T.. Purdy returned home
Friday evening from a visit at differ
ent Minnesota points.
Editor and Mrs. Leighton were down
from Estelline Sunday to attend the
funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Geo. n. Breed.
While coming from Sioux Falls the
last of the week ID. Sharp was injured
by a fall from his motorcycle, and is
now confined to his home,
Mrs. G.. NJ. Hoff repaired Friday
morning for a visit at Austin, Mimi,
and in Kansas, and was accompanied
by her little neice. Mr.. Hoff is now
working for a land company at Austin.
The Degree of Honor has changed
its meeting night from the second and
fourth Thursday to the second and
fourth Friday of each month at the
usual place of meeting. Jennie Glidden,
Recorder.
Prof. n. f.. Hanson left Friday even
ing for a trip to the western part of
the state to look after his ~alfalfas. He
has planted his seed entirely on the
high dry uplands, where nothing else
would grow, and he tells us that they
are doing splendidly.
j. f. Brooke, who has been in Kan.
sas the past two OF three years arrived
Friday morning for a visit with his
mother and Bookings friends. "Jim''
is looking fine and said that he never
felt better in his life. He was accom-.
panied by his mother who has been
visiting in the south.
~Brookings people, many of them for
the first time, saw a sawmill. in opera
ton this week. The portable saw mill,
mention of which was made in the
Register some time ago, began opera
tons back of the Dewing livery barn,
and attracted a big crowd. The mill
seemed to work fine, as far as we
could see, and cut up big cottonwood
trees into first-class lumber. Mayor
Johnson had all of the cottonwoods re-
moved from the garage site convert
ed into lumber.
Henry Weise resigned his position
as one of the caretakers of the school
buildings the last of the week. but at
a meeting of the school board Monday
evening the members refused to ac-
cept the resignation and Mr.. Weise
was induced to 20 back on the job.
being given entire charge of the small
or building. He is a splendid man for
the position and the board were wise
in retaining him. In fact if he had
been let 20 there would have beer
trouble with the boys. especially those
in the manual training department,
who declare that they learned more
from him during the past year thar
they did from the regular instructor.
As the time draws near for the
Homecoming week, which will be
held in Sioux Falls, June 18th to goth,
lco-incident with the celebration of the
tw~enty-ffth anniversary Of statehood
preparations are being FASTENED for
the celebration which promises to be
a great affair. Thursday, the 18th, has
been selected as Governors Day, and
invitations have been SEN out to the
governors of the nine states in the
northwest closest to this state, to at
tend and participate in the ceremonies
Of that day. In addition, all the Twins
~ex-governors and ex-lieutenant cover
nors of South Dakota have been invit
ed to be present, and without an!
doubt there will be a great array O
notables here on that day. Governo
Frank Byrne of this state will preside
as chairman of the day. "