The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-12-17
Local and Personal

Mrs. E. Newland of Gettysburg, was
the guest of Mrs. S%hanbarker this
week.
DR.. c. c. Lipp went over to Madison
yesterday to deliver an address on hog
cholera.
Mrs. j.. Lovett of Cavour, was the
guest of Mrs. Hurney a day or two
this week.
Mrs. j. p. Johnson is over from
White visiting relatives and friends
this week.
julie Rage at the Ideal Home Bakery
Saturday of this week and Thursday
before Christmas.
Mrs. D. Culhane of Elkton, spent a
day or two at the John Culhane home
the last of the week,
Mrs. Alexander returned from the
Rochester hospital last week and is
much improved in health.
Come to the Hub Department Store
for your Christmas candies, nuts, bar.
rel apples, and all kinds of fruits.
Mrs. A. Mears came down from Ban
croft Friday morning and spent the
day here looking after business mat
tiers.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ryan of Marcus,
Iowa, were guests at the home of her
sister, Mrs. John Culhane, a few days
the last of the week.
Mrs. R. r. Fisk departed Friday
morning for Plainview, Mimi, to visit
over the holidays with relatives. DR..
Fisk expects to join her Christmas.
Mrs. j. W. Catlett and Misses Wini-
fred and Marguerite returned home
last evening from their visit of several
weeks in southern and eastern states.
The public library will not be open
Christmas Eve nor the day after
Christmas. All books due that day
may be held over till the following
Monday.
H. A. Parsons of Brook Park,
Mimi, was here the latter part of the
week to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Merle Fox. Mr.. Parsons is a brother
of Mrs. H. G. Fox, and was formerly
a resident of this county.
We are informed that the North
Western will install oil%-burning en-
gines on this division January LIST, and
they will ~displace all of the c%oal-burn-
ers. Some of the engines are being
tried out on freight trains at the pres
ent time.
A visitor who attended the CONNER
cial Club meeting Tuesday evening
said that he vas not surprised that
Brookings was going ahead when it
had a boosting organization OF the
strength and efficiency of the CONNER
cial Club of ~Brookings.
Ole Aslakson informs us that he has
received word from State Engineer
Derr that he will be in Brookings in
about a week to survey the proposed
ditch to straighten the Sioux river
west of the city. Mr.. Derr says that
his delay in getting here was caused
by illness in his family.
State High School Inspector Young
of Pierre, who was in the city this
week, remarked that in no town he
had visited has he found better schools
or a better spirit of cooperation be-
tween the schools, citizens, news
papers and Commercial Club than here
in Brookings. As we view 1t this is
some compliment for all of us.
States Attorney Matson and Sheriff
Halvorson were at Elkton Friday to
look up the charge that n Of the
saloons had opened on Sunday. The
date Of the alleged ofense was in
March, 1913, and evidently the case
was brought to get even," this being
the second charge Of this kind against
the saloonkeepers Of the town. The
case was dismissed.
Mrs. G. M. Hof informs the Register
that 10000 Red Cross Christmas seals
have already been sold in Brookings
county. The Red Cross association
promised each county which sold this
number that 1t would send q visiting
nurse who would spend q month
among the county schools some time
during the next year. She viii LOOK
after the health Of the children and
the sanitary conditions Of the schools.