The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-05-07

Mrs. Sam Richards of White, wa.
visiting friends here the past week.
A. E. Swift, the land man, went VI
to Huron on business Tuesday even
ing.
DR.. E. c. Miller was at Bruce or
professional business between trains
Monday.
Cashier F1ittie of the Bank of Brook
ings, went up to ~IroQuois on business
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. ]. H. Porter returned home tc
Mitchell Tuesday, after a visit at the
home of her brother, E. T. Burris.
Floyd and Elmer Thayer returned
home Saturday from York, Neb., where
they have been attending school the
past year.
Anniversary day at the Columbia
Clothing Co. next Saturday. Hand
some souvenir given away with each
suit or top coat for $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Copley departed yester.
day morning for their home at st.
Paul, after a visit at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. F. o. Wood.
Vaudeville at The Fad, Wednesday
and Thursday, May Is and IA. 1.-THE
Musical Dutchman." Plays seven diff
ferent instruments. A rare treat.
The Northwestern doesn't very
often make a cut rate any more, since
the passenger rate was lowered, but
they are offering a trip to Deadwood
and return by way Of Denver for $27.60
which is cheaper than walking.
Miss Gertrude Valentine returned
home to White yesterday morning
after a few days visit with her brother
Vey Valentine, a student at the college
While in the city she was a guest a
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. l. Atkinson
The scarlet fever scare-that's al
it was-Seems to be over, as there ar
no new cases since the three that cam
down with the disease two or tire,
weeks ago. The disease was in a very
light form, the patients not being sicl
enough to go to bed.
John Whitmus, who is working OF
the Oelwein, Iowa, Daily Register
sends us a copy of the paper which
tells of the death of Abraham Nune
maker, an old time resident of Brook
ings county. Mr.. Nunemaker came tt
this county in 1881, and made his
home here until 1908, when he went t.
Oelwein to live with a daughter.
X. V. Myler and d. r. Chapman Of
Sioux Falls, state agents of the MAJ
we'll automobile, have been spending
the week with the local agent, f. G
Fryer. Three new Maxwell cars wen,
out this week, the purchasers being
Father Shean, A. Frye and S. H. Nc
Elmurry. This would indicate that
the Maxwell is going to be a popular
machine in Brookings and vicinity
For some time past there has been
complaints of boys making a disturb
ance outside of the churches on Sun
day evenings. Night Waterman
Holmes has been on the lookout for
these boys and Sunday evening he had
a little skirmish with them. He took
one of them down town to the Jail
and after a severe lecture he was
allowed to go. The next time, how
ever, the offenders will not get off SO
easily.
The township and town boards OF
equalization met at the court house
Monday afternoon with Chairman c,
M. Henry of the state tax commission,
The time was spent in discussion of
this years taxation and numerous
questions on doubtful points were an.
swered by Mr.. Henry. He urged upon
the boards the necessity for a full and
equitable assessment, as directed by
the new state law. Messrs. Jarvis,
Davis and Tollefson of the county
board were also present.
The new federal game law which
prohibits spring shooting of migra'
tory birds ought to have the effect of
greatly increasing the number of ducks
and geese in the future, says the De
Smet Independent. We never knew
of a year when the geese remained in
this section so long a time as they
have this spring. And evidently the
law has been quite generally observed
for the birds seem to have no fear of
man. Large fiocks will alight in stub.
BILE fields and remain and feed for a
long time regardless of how many
teams pass close by them.
One of the most difficult tasks in a
newspaper Office is getting the facts
relative to births, deaths and mar.
riages in the community. Many peo'
pie take it for granted that when a
person dies the editor is familiar with
every detail Of the deceased and his
activities, when as a fact he probably
knows nothing about him, but he has
to get his information from other