The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-19
Tarzan of the Apes.
Haggard sells Shorthorns at the
Stock Pavilion, March 10.


tute dates next week and attend every
day if possible.
About two weeks more and the
Register begins that great story of
Tarzan of the Apes.
DR.. Wakefield brought Walter
Gherts here from Lake Benton last
week for an appendicitis operation.
Bookings county farmers institute
begins next Tuesday and continues
the balance of the week. Read the
program in this issue.
Nels Rishoi republican candidate for
Representative from Argo township,
was in the city Saturday. Mr. Rishoi
is quite optomistic over the results at
the March primaries.
Rev. Pears Pinch of Huron, will de-
liver the address concentrating
Charter Day in the auditorium at the
college at 10 a. m, Friday, February
20. The public is invited.
The Watertown Cement Products
Company, of which our fellow towns
man, c. H. Atkinson is president, was
last week awarded the contract for
ten blocks of paving at Sioux Falls.
County Auditor Ripley left Monday
evening for Pierre to attend a meeting
of the auditors of the state and the
tax commission. At this meeting the
assessment for the coming year will
be discussed.
The Welsh Singers who come to the
opera house next Monday evening are
one of the best musical attractions
travelling today and the people of
B~rookings will miss a rare treat if
they fail to attend.
The commissioners of Turner coun-
ty have called a meeting of the auto
owners of the county at Parker to de-
wise the best method of spending the
money in the auto fund. 1t will be
used for road work.
Across the line in Lincoln county,
Minnesota the farmers have organized
a club which meets twice a month for
the discussion of farm problems. The
idea is an excellent one, and is similar
to the grange order which is well
established in Brookings county.
A letter from Fred Cole, Rathdrum,
Idaho, tells us that he hasn't been so
well in several years as this winter
and that all the family are unusually
well. The Register and his many
friends here are glad to know that the
change of climate has been beneficial.
On Wednesday of last week the two
and half year old o of Lars Jergen-
son, living north of here in Deuel.
county, got hold of a bottle of silver
polish and drank some of the contents.
1t proved to be poisonous, and the
little fellow passed away after several
hours of suffering.
In u write-up of the school house
institute held north of the city last
week we stated that it was the first
one held in this county, but this was
a mistake. The first institute of this
kind was held in Trenton township on
the Oath of last month, and the one
north of town therefore deserves only
second honors.
Charles French, a former citizen OF
Bookings but now living at Dogtooth,
N. D., was in the city last week dis
posing of his Brookings property. Mr..
French is prospecting in his new loca-
ton and he returns home square with
the world, having cleaned up every
thing here and is in debt to nobody.
The Register wishes him continued
success.
Forty-six students of the farm ma
chinery class of the college, in charge
of Prof. Champlin, went to WATERFOWL
Saturday morning and spent the day
absorbing knowledge of modern and
up-to-date machinery in the big dis
tributing warehouses at that point.
This is the third year the class has
made this trip and it is larger this
year than ever before.
At a special meeting of the M. B. A.
on Tuesday evening a class of thirty
six received the first degree. At the
previous meeting a class of sixteen
was initiated. Mr.. Stegner of Sioux
Falls, the state deputy, and the dis
trict deputy, Mr.. Livermore of Water
town, were present. After the secret
work at both meetings good programs
were given, followed by a fine lunch.
The De Smet News well says: at
should not be necessary to hire farm
ers to attend farmers Institutes. The
benefits of such meetings is not a ques-
tionable thing but positive. No farmer
that is in earnest and Is anxious TO i'm
prove his methods and thereby make
more money a fail to derive benefit
from attending an institute, and at
this time of year it is no sacrifice to
do so, as there is nothing doing to
prevent his coming to town."
Manager Carlisle is in receipt of the
following letter from Miss Minnie
OmOdt IF Siouv Falls q formor reci.