The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-01-22

home yesterday from a visit to Iowa
points.
E. c. Chambers and Miss Hannah
Rice, Of Dempster. we're here Mon
day on business matters connected
with the estate of the late Mrs. VIM.
Rice.
Good reports continue to come from
Rochester regarding Geo. Thayer's
condition. He has not yet been operat-
ed upon, but expects to be some time
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. s. Binford, who re-
side at Caldwell, Idaho, are now at
Los Angeles, California, enjoying q
visit with their relatives and will re-
main for some time.
At the college auditorium on the
evening Of the 26th, Miss Margaret
Stahl-interpretor of plays. Third
number of the Y. NJ. C. A. and All Star
Artists Course. Single admission soc.
Word from H. G. Moffatt tells us he
is in Denver, Colorado, and that he
enjoys getting the Register. He says.
"its like getting a long letter from
home" We have no doubt he reads
it from A to lizard.
]. Murphy and c. Weaver, who
have been the guests of J. E. Crosser
for a week returned to their home in
Iowa Monday. They were delighted
with South Dakota and Brookings
county in particular.
An Ohio editor condensed into a
brief space a great truth when he
wrote the following paragraph: Don't
attempt to ask the editor to write up
and rebuke every evil in the town or
community, but when convinced that
such duties need attending to. write
an article for your paper and sign
your name to it for publication. Don't
expect the newspaper to fight all the
battles"
The Register was informed this
week that Albert Messerschmidt, who
resides in Brookings township, recent
ly killed a young steer afflicted with
black-leg. After skinning the animal
he hung the carcass in one of his
sheds intending to feed it to the
chickens during the winter. A few
days later the carcass was missing
and the superstition Is that the party
who stole it is now dining on black-leg
beef.
Mrs. H. A. Odekirk, writing from
Moscow, Idaho, to the Arlington Sun
says: Some time ago l read an IT.
ticle in the Brookings Register from a
former Bookings young man at the
college here where he spoke of much
mud. Well, we did have some fall
rains alright, but since then we have
had some lovely weather and roads
couldn't be better. There are a good
many Brookings people here connect
ed with the university. James Lock
hart couldn't be spared from the foot
ball team at the university. OF course.
! will always stick up for the South Da-
kota people, and their qualities"
Below we give a list of the prizes
won by Mrs. A. E. Gentle and F. e.
Woodward at the Mitchell poultry
show. This report reached us too late
for publication last week: Mrs. Gentle
eighteen irsts, five seconds and six
thirds. Also specials as follows: $40
silver cup for the best display in the
English class of White and Buff Orp-
ingtons. SIS silver cup for largest
number of birds entered by n x
hibitor, scoring 80 points or over IS
silver u for best dozen brown eggs.
IS silver cup-given by the South Da-
kota Poultry Association-for the best
pen in the show. F. E. Woodward
Judge C. G. Sherwood of Clark, con
vened the regular January term of
circuit court at the court house on
Monday. The first case was a divorce
suit, but this was not completed and
went over until the jury cases are dis
posed of. The first jury case was
taken up Tuesday, this being JOS.
Tomscha VS.. r. Luncheon, a tenant
eviction case, and the jury brought in
a verdict for the plaintiff for about
$3.50. John Hast VS.. Josephine Walsh
a boundary line ase from Eureka
township, was taken up yesterday and
promises to engage the attention of
the court the balance Of the week.
Judge Sherwood announced that he
could only stay this week and next
and there is plenty Of work to keep
the court going during that time.
Charles E. Hall went to Minneapolis
Saturday night and visited over Sun
day with his family, returning Tues
day morning. He brought US back a
copy of the first time table issued by
the Electric Short Line. which gives
the schedule of the passenger trains
from Minneapolis to Wayzata, where
the line is now completed. 1t shows
that the road makes four trips daily
during the week and three on Sunday,
although the first Sunday they had