The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-01-15
Local and Personal

r. II. Bartlett departed Tuesday even
ing for a business trip to Sioux City,
the Twin Cities and Chicago.
Rev. c. f. Hoffman departed Tues
day morning for Ireton, Iowa, where
he will assist with a weeks revival
meetings.
There will be joint installation of
the Modern Woodmen and Royal
Neighbors Thursday evening, January
%, 1914. Nice refreshments will be
served. Committee.
Harvey Thornber, a son Of James
Thornber of this city, and a young
man well known in Brookings, was
married December % at Long Beach,
Cal, to Miss Dot Metre. Mr.. Thorn
Der is now in the employ of the Can
adian government In fruit inspection
work in British Columbia.
John Lutzi, a farmer nea Rochester,
Mimi, has just completed putting In
twelve acres of onions, according to
the Minneapolis Journal, and he ex-
poets an unusually early crop. This
may sound like nature-faking, and
maybe 1t is, but the weather has been
nice enough to plant almost anything.
Neil Donaldson returned home the
first of the week from Chicago, where
he has been taking a course in the
Jones school of auctioneering. He
has the theory Of the business learned
thoroughly and only needs experience.
He expects to go west to Eugene, Ore
gon, where his parents are located, in
a few weeks.
Miss Ruth Estrem and A. J. Daley
were married last evening at Mt.
Horeb, Wis. The bride Is well known
to many Brookings people, as she
made her home here for several years,
staying with the family of her brother
in-law, Rev. j. M. Green, and she grad
uated from the high school. Her
many friends will extend pest wishes.
The Trenton ladies aid society en-
tertained the husbands of the members
to an oyster dinner at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. C. McRae on Thurs
day evening. About eighty men, wo-
men and children were present, and
the guests Of honor voted the ladies
royal entertainers and wished them all
kinds of success with their work for
the coming year.
Prof. Garrett Hedge, dean of the
college music department, sang South
Dakota is the Sunshine State" for an
Edison talking machine record at Min.
neapolis last week. This song, the
song of South Dakota by a South Da-
kota man, will be used by Charles Nc
Caffree, state immigration commits
sioner, in his work
The one lone man who accompanied
the twenty-one women to the ID. of H.
at Aurora last week, tells
us a good one on the ladies. They
Aurora just a few minutes
past nine and as they drove up the
street a small boy, who evidently knew
they were from Bookings, yelled,
You're just a little bit too late, the
saloon closes at nine o'clock"
President Sherwin of the Brookings |
County Farmers Institute Association,
tells us that they are going to have a
$780, 900 institute this year, that Is it
will be worth that much to the farmers
Of the county If they will only attend.
Mr.. Sherwin says that a fine program
Is being prepared and will have sew
eral outside, speakers. including two
men from the University of Minnesota.
The institute dates have been fixed for
February "a, %, Is, 81, 20.
Supt. Browning's address Sunday
last at the M. e. church was
such as ought to have been heard by
everyone interested In education. 1t
well received by those present
but the audience was not as large as
should have greeted the professor ow-
ing no doubt to the cold night. He
dealt with problems related to church
and school and maintained that the
was the focusing point around
which the social service work should
They ought to be live
and light instead of dark a great part
OF the time. That the investment
therein ought to be used to a fuller
purpose. He also held out his thought
that the school ought to be intensely
practical and At for entering into life's
duties better. We are sure that he
will be welcome again.
Tuesday was q day Of general
thanksgiving for the Catholics of
Brookings and vicinity. for on that
day the last cent against the church
property was paid OF. The event was
observed by q special service In the