The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-05-21

Mrs. Geo. n. Breed is reported to oe
considerably improved the past few
days.
c. \. Johnson & Son have sold nine
teen Bucks this spring, which the
other agents will have to admit is go
ing some.
Mrs. F. p. Austin was down from
Bruce visiting at the G.. w. Austin
home yesterday.
+. f. Haugen went up to Mime.
apolis Thursday night to attend the
funeral of a relative.
Mrs. r. b.. Breed and little daughter
departed yesterday morning for a visit
to different Minnesota points.
Miss Helen Peterson returned home
the last of the week from Stockholm,
where she has been teaching the past
year.
The ladies of the NJ. Z. Aid will hold
a home bake sale Saturday, May %, at
Connolly Brothers grocery. Sale to
DeSln at l p. m.
At the meeting of the county board
last week Bushnell was incorporated
as a village, the voters having decided
fayorably at the recent election.
Mrs. Ernest Mathews and son Amos,
are guests this week at the home Of
her brother-in-law. G.. A. Mathews. The
family formerly lived in the eastern
part of this county.
The work of tearing down the old
Press building was started this week,
and as soon as this work is finished
construction of the fine new brick
block will be started.
Our neighboring city of White is
~prospering this year, and among the
improvements will be an amusement
hall, 50xS0, a new state bank, and sew
eral new dwelling houses.
Alexander c. Hanson passed away at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arnold
in south Brookings, early Tuesday
morning, The funeral will be held
from the Lutheran church today.
All boys from the age of IL to II or
IS years interested in organizing a
Brookings Junior Band should see or
telephone Prof. Christensen at once as
rehearsals will begin about June LIST.
Phone R-2S0.
NJ. l.. Erickson, who has been con
nected with the Ellis-Hall Department
Store for several years, will in a short
time go to Scobey, Montana, where he
viii engage in the general mercantile
business with a brotherin-law.
o. 0. Olson returned Thursday night
from Aberdeen, where he attended the
annual meeting of the South Dakota
Retail Merchants Association. He re-
ports a splendid meeting, with fine
entertainment from the Aberdeen
boosters.
The inter-class meet at the college
last Thursday was an interesting af-
fair, the sophomores winning out, with
the juniors second. A large and hand
some pennant, given by the Columbia
Clothing Co, was presented to the
winners.
The Dakota Wesleyan base ball
team played W games with the State
College team at the college park Fri.
day and Saturday afternoons. Both
contests were interesting, but they
did not turn out exactly right, the
visitors winning both days. The scores
were IA to 4 and 5 to 2.
The alumni of the Brookings high
school attending the State College
have formed a booster organization
and will do their share to bring the
college attendance up to 1900, the
mark set for mex year. The officers
are as follows: President, Harold Mil
Ter; vice-president, Matte Chappell;
secretary and treasurer, Joseph Ber-
geim.
C. A. Johnson & Son broke ground
this week for their new garage north
of the opera house. The building will
be 5Ox130 and built of brick with con
crete floors, making it fre-procf. In
the southeast corner, facing on the
street, will be a show room, 18X40, and
back of that a sleeping room for a
night man. In the rear will be the re-
pair shop, 32x50, and the large floor
space left will be used for storage
room.
Superintendent Browning of the city
schools, has received a letter from SUI
perintendent McDaniels Of Sioux Falls,
informing him that Delmar Swenehart
and Elmer Kennard have been select
ed by the board of control Of the 5. d.
High School Athletic Association, as
members of the all-state team, which
will compete in the athletic meet at
the University of Chicago next week.
This is quite an honor, but n that is
fully deserved. If the boys decide to
enter they will go 10 Sioux Falls and
Join the balance Of the team for the
trip TO Chicago.
Z. W. futile, representative of the
International Harvester Company, was