The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-05-28
Local and Personal
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John Poppingo was over from Bush
nell on business yesterday.
Prof. G.. A. Starring went up to
Huron last evening to take in the state
meet.
The opera house has been fixed up
in fine shape for the Pleasant Hour,
which will open there tomorrow night.
The first open air band concert Of
the season was given on the school
grounds Thursday evening. A good
crowd was out and enjoyed the fine
music.
The local ball team went to Estel-
line this morning to play the Estelline
team, The boys will try to get a re-
turn game with Estelline to be played
here in connection with the race mat
inee Saturday.
The McCarl Auto agency sold a
Chalmers six" to Matt Mahowold of
Elkton, yesterday, making the second
six" they have sold this spring. They
also sold another REQ this week, the
purchaser being Mr.. Francis of White.
Mrs. ]. p. Johnson came owe from
White yesterday and left last evening
for a visit with relatives at Pierre. She
expected to be joined at Huron by her
sister, Miss Mary Lockhart, who has
bee nteaching in Montana the past
year.
Prof. Austin B.. Crane, formerly a
member of the State College faculty,
has been elected to the chair of mathe-
MATES and civil engineering Of the
Spokane university of Washington. He
will assume his new duties at the be.
ginning of the fall term.
E. A. Hanson has accepted a posi-
ton in the dry goods department at
Ellis-Hall's and will begin his new
duties mex Monday. Mr.. Hanson
should make a very good man for the
store, as he has had much experience
as a salesman and is popular with the
buying people of Brookings and vi
cinity.
A Trip county circuit court jury
awarded Mrs. Alice Dickman damages
of 81 900 against F. c. Thomas, pro.
prietor of a Winner saloon, IN the
charge that he was responsible for the
death of the husband of the woman
who committed suicide while under
the influence of liquor. The costs Of
the case also were assessed against
the defendant by the jury.
The annual short course in automo-
bile mechanics opened at the State
College Monday with an enrolment
that numbered about forty. The stu
dents in this course come from all
parts of the state and from neighbor-
ing districts to learn the workings of
the automobile from the practical side.
Cars are provided for demonstration
by down town garage men and agents
of the standard car companies.
fTellIlludIy Steps W StCuIS oil eA-
tension of the South Dakota Central
railroad north from Watertown were
taken Monday at a meeting of Water
town business men and representative
farmers from the territory through
which the projected line will pass.
President F. L. Maytag of Chicago,
Vice-President and General Manager
G.. W. Macarthur and Superintendent
F. l. Cummins of the railroad attended
the conference. The meeting, which
occupied the entire day, is said to have
resulted in a definite understanding
whereby the city of Watertown and
the country to be served are to CO.
operate in the preliminary steps neces-
sary to get the road under way. Three
surveys have already been made north
from the city, each in the valley of the
Sioux river. The extension will tap
a rich farming section which has no
adequate rail facilities, and is expected
to 60 far enough north to make a con.
nection with the 500 line.