The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-12-10

T.. y. Murphy was up from Elkton or
business Tuesday.
Miss Aurora Leekley was at Elktor
between trains Tuesday.
Oscar Swartling went up to Deue.
county on business Monday morning
We have a complete line of Christ
mas goods. The Hub Department
Store.
Geo. Dempster was down from
Estelline on business between trains
Monday.
Mrs. Thos. Fogarty of Parnell, was
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Marx
Connolly the past week.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Commercial Club will be held at the
assembly oom tomorrow evening.
We still have some of those good
warm ladies' and children's coats al
half price. The Hub Department
Store.
A. d. Simmons of Flandreau, writes
the Register from Santa Ana, Calf.
and says the family are going to spend
the winter there.
Pat Hurney finished up his four
months threshing season Saturday
and he tells us that the yield on the
whole was very good.
Mrs. D'Arms of Chicago, who is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Lillian Smith
spent a few days with another sister
at Flandreau last week.
Jack Vrenegor and wife returned
the latter part of the week from theil
wedding trip. They have taken rooms
in the new Medical block.
Several inches of snow fell this
week, the first of the season, and al
though it has not been cold it seems
more like the holiday season.
s.. A. Arthur departed Monday morn
ing for Mineral Point, Wis, in re
spouse to a message that his mother
had passed away. She lived to a ripe
old age, being SO years old at the
time of her death.
Thos. Bang of the ~Brookings cream
cry, is showing a handsome silver cup
which was awarded him at the butter
makers convention at Mitchell las
week for winning first prize in the but
~ter-making contest at the state fair.
1t doesn't pay to buy dairy butteI
when you can get champion creamery
butter for the same money or less. We
are selling creamery butter for 8:
cents per pound. Better lay in you
supply for over Christmas now. Thu
Brookings Creamery.
John Green, who lives northeast O
the city, was one Of the Brooking'
county farmers who had a good corr
crop. Mr.. Green raised $500 bushels
of the staple and his best piece wen
50 bushels to the acre. Wilbur John
son, who lives east of town, also hat
a good yield. his best piece of thir
teen acres of white corn going 5;
bushels to the acre.
Virgil Ashbaugh, who is a sopho
more dairy student at the State Col
lege, took eighth prize in the butte,
contest at the South Dakota Dairy
men and Buttermakers' convention a
Mitchell last week. This is a fint
showing when it is considered tina
there were ~thirty-one others entered
all Of them experienced buttermakers
in charge of plants in the state.
The house and other buildings OF
the farm occupied by Leon Gle, nortl
Of the city, were totally destroyed b!
fire last Friday afternoon. The farm
is owned by Miss White Of Minneap
oils, but Mr.. Gle also lost consider
able personal property. Miss White
arrived here from Minneapolis Satur
day evening and 1t is expected tina
she will lrebuild in the spring.
Rev. M. B. Milne the new pastor o
the Baptist church, arrived the latte
part Of the week and occupied thu
pulpit of the church on Sunday. MI
Milne is a very pleasing speaker a!
well as a pleasant gentleman to meet
and we predict that his pastorate here
will be a successful one. He was &C
companied by Mrs. Milne, but thu
children will remain with relatives a
Minneapolis until the new parsonag,
Is completed.
The college and high school football
teams elected captains for next easol
this week. The college selected Lewis
f. Nelson of Oldham, a member of thu
junior class, as their leader. Nelson
was the best man in the line this sea
son and as he is an aggressive playel
he should make a good captain. Thu
high school boys elected Phil Sever
son as captain. Phil is a fighter an(
one of the best backfield men in tn,
state and the boys could have made NJ