The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-07-23


week.
j. X. Fridley went up to Sphinx coun-
ty Tuesday evening TO look after his
farms.
Do justice TO your purse and let your
good judgment guide you to our sale.
The Toggery.
J. W. Warren, L. c. Gooch and
Ernest Wills motored over TO Sioux
Falls Sunday.
Mrs. Jane Prowse went over to
Flandreau Sunday for a few days visit
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson returned Tues
day evening from a several weeks
visit at Chicago.
II. L. Hopkins was down from Clark
visiting his many Bookings friends
the last of the week.
Stanford Halvorson returned Satur-
day morning from a couple of weeks
visit at Dawson, MINI.
Prof. and Mrs. S. p. Miller left
Tuesday evening for a months trip
through the Black Hills.
Cecile Welch returned the first of
the week from a weeks visit with her
sister Hazel at Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Henry left yester-
day morning for a several weeks visit
at their old home in Ontario, Canada.
Mrs. La Grave arrived Tuesday even
ing from F%arribault, Mimi, and is
visiting at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. w. E. Purdy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Peterson sold
their house here and departed Monday
for Occur d'Alene, Idaho, where they
will make their future home.
John Swanson and family of Ne
braska, and Glenn Boyer of Sloan,
Iowa, returned home Monday, after a
visit at the j. A. Swanson home north
east of the city,
Miss Amy Kelly, who is a lecturer
in the extension department of the
University of Idaho, is expected here
Saturday for an extended visit with
( Bookings relatives and friends.
Roy Cameron, who is now located at
Owatonna, came up Tuesday morning
for a visit of a day or two with his
family, who are visiting at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Cameron.
Mrs. NJ. G. Carlisle and son Martin,
left yesterday morning for the Pacific
Coast. They will visit relatives at
Seattle, Portland and other points
and will be absent until about the first
of September.
Anyone interested in art painting
call at the home Of Mrs. S. Selix, sol
Ninth street. Glasses conducted Mon
day and Friday afternoons of each
week. Visitors invited to inspect the
work at any time.
Mrs. Langdon returned home tC
Parker Tuesday evening, after an eX
tended visit at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. NJ. E. Culhane. Mrs. Cul
hane and children and Miss Alice Lang
don accompanied her home for a visit
Quite a number of harvest hands
have been in Brookings the past week
and they seemingly have not made
much effort to get work. At RedfeiC
and Aberdeen the city authorities have
had a serious time with this class, anC
at the latter place they threatened tC
take possession of the town. They
were driven out of town, however
after some of the ringleaders had beer
jailed.
The farmers in Brookings county
have been busy harvesting this week
although the light rain of yesterday
put a stop to work for a day or two
Yesterdays rain was a fine thing fol
the corn and potatoes, but it was no
just the best thing for the small grain
There has been considerable talk O
rust III lUlS COUNTY Tie last week dHC
there will be some damage from tina.
source, although it is not general a
all.
The carnival which show in Brook
ings the next three days, comes here
under the auspices OF the Brooking.
County Fair Association, which hope!
| by this method to reduce that indebted
ness of some -four or five thousand dol
lars. The carnival is reported to be
very good me-, with a large number o
clean shows, and should draw goot
crowds, although of course it is in thu
midst of harvest. All of the attraction.
will be pitched on the fair grounds.
The directors of the Commercial
l Club met Thursday evening at the clul
rooms and organized for the comini
= half-year by electing the following OF
I ficers: President, A. w. Hyde; vice
: president, Charles Z. Hall; secretary
f c. A. Gullick; treasurer, L. A. Otter
= ness. These selections will be YER