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

the latter part of the week.
Your shoes quickly repaired at Gil
lespie & Rogers, footdtters.
F. c. Neill was at Pipestone on bust
ness a day or two this week.
Miss May Button went over to Volgs
Friday evening for a brief visit.
T. o. Bogstie was up to Toronto OF
business a few days last week.
r. F. Ough, of the Luce Line, wen
up to Minneapolis Saturday night.
Mrs. Emma Waltz left last evening
for a visit at Arlington and Redfeld.
Z. H. Sexauer was at Lake Preston
on business between trains Saturday
Word from Rochester is to the effect
that Mrs. R. L. Slagle is slowly gain
ing in strength.
H. F. Haroldson attended the dis
trict bankers convention at Water
town last week.
Miss Mable Jarman left Friday
morning for a visit of a few days al
Bushnell and White.
If you are ever going to need shoes
get them now at Gillespie & Rogers
she sale, still in progress.
Mrs. L.. H. Button returned home
this week from a several weeks visit
to west of the river points.
The freshman and sophomore
classes Of the college will have a
dual meet at the college Saturday.
Prof. H. B. Mathews went up to
Watertown Friday evening to see his
son win the district o~ratorical contest,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Walter returned
home Thursday evening from an en-.
joyable visit of four months in the
east.
Miss Selma Iverson returned Satur-
day morning from Sinai, where she
completed a very successful term of
school.
Mrs. Geo. Alton of Pipestone, was a
guest at the home of Thos. Alton, a
few days last week, leaving Thursday
evening for Huron.
Bring in your lawn and
have them s%harpened with the auto
matte lawn mower sharpener at John
Matson's big blacksmith shop.
B~rookings boys will have a chance
to carry water FOR the elephant on
June 9, when Gollmar Bros. big circus
is scheduled to show in Brookings.
The fishing season in South Dakota
opens tomorrow, May LIST. The bass
and pickerel fishing at Lake Campbell
promises to be excellent this season.
The Void Construction Co. Of this
city was awarded the contract last
week for the construction of the new
chemistry building at the state uni
versity at Vermillion. The building
will cost close to 500, 900 completed.
The farmers had their seeding Of
small grain nearly completed before
the rains of the past week set in, and
the moisture should give the crops a
fine start. The rain has been a great
thing, too, for the grass and trees.
Mrs. Powers came up from Tyler
Friday evening with her son, a boy Of
fourteen who was operated upon at
the hospital for appendicitis. About a
month ago the young man was taking
treatment at the hospital for pneu-
monia.
The county candidates failed to meet
here last week and elect a county
chairman, as directed by the primary
law. There seems to be 10 penalty at
tached for failure to observe this fea-
ture of the law, and it is likely that
chairmen will be elected later in the
year.
The work of securing subscriptions
for the Luce Line between here and
Madison was completed Tuesday and
the road is now assured between these
two points. The people of Mitchell
are very duAlOuS tbdt thO AOou OO "a
tended to that point, and If the Luces
can be shown that it is a good move
the line will extend to that city.
A candy manufacturer was here yes
terday and secured an option on a
building, with the intention of starting
a candy factory. Provided he COM
pletes satisfactory arrangements where
he is now located he will return here
next week to begin operations. 1t will
be a small factory, of course, but 1T
will employ several people at the start
and it will grow. Enterprises of this
kind will be heartily welcomed.
A new bulletin has just been print
ed announcing the six weeks summer
school of the State College, which will
convene June Is to July 81. In addi-
ton to regular review courses for
teachers there will be offered courses
in soils and crops, dairying, manual
training, home economics, stock judg-
ing. horticulture, rural sanitation and
rural economics. The first South Da-