The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-23

Attorney P. F. Loucks was down
from Watertown between trains Fri.
day.
Andrew Eide was down from Water
town visiting his family a day or two
this week.
Mrs. G.. F. Knappen went to Mime
apolis Tuesday morning for a few
days stay.
Mrs. E. P. Fjerstad of Estelline, was
here last week visiting at the home OF
Prof. Forsee.
Mrs. Rebecca Shea returned home
last week from a several months visit
in Iowa and at Chicago.
Next Tuesday a special election will
be held at Bushnell to decide whether
the town will be incorporated.
Prof. j. w. Wilson left Saturday
morning for Traer, Iowa, to spend a
day or two looking after his farm.
Prof. Carl Christensen spent Satur.
day at Elkton, where he is in charge
of the newly organized town band.
Mrs. E.. R. Hubbart visited at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. V. d. Will
cox at Waterfowl the last of the week,
Miss Abbie Sanderson returned
Monday morning from a visit at the
home of her brother Harry, at Estel.
line.
Have you the new Oliver machine?
If you have, new metal spool and
ribbon can be found at the Register
office. We sell 'em.
VIM. Cutler, who has been ill the
greater part of the winter, is much
improved since the nice weather of the
past couple of weeks appeared.
Saturday afternoon and evening we
had a heavy wind storm, with some
rain and snow, and west and north of
here there vas a twelve hours rain.
There will be a basket social at the
Stearns' school house, Medary town
ship, six miles south of Brookings, on
Friday, April oath. Everybody invited.
The State College relay team enter.
ed the relay meet at Des Moines last
Saturday. The boys only took part in
one event, the two-mile, and won Sec
ond place.
j. A. Williams, a former resident of
Bookings, was down from Watertown
the latter part of the week. He and
Mrs. Williams lately returned from
Florida, where they spent the winter.
Messrs. Botsford and Streater Of the
Botsford Lumber Company of Winona,
spent a couple of days with H. E. Riley
the local agent, the last of the week.
They are making a visit to all of their
yards.
Five horses are reported to have
died north of town on Friday, which
was the warmest day of the spring.
Their death was due to their poor con-
dition, as they were soft from a win
ter of idleness, but the warm weather
was no doubt a contributing cause.
The annual convention of the South
Dakota Sunday School Association will
be held at Mitchell May 5, 6 and Z.
There will be addresses by men prom
inent in the work not only from this
state but from the entire country, and
a most successful convention is ex-
pected.
Claude Chonnncn hoe a lot IF hnnC
laying for him. Last Saturday he
brought to the Brookings Produce Co.,
eggs that filled three pals, two milk
cans, n dish pan and a case-S6k
dozen in all. This was a single weeks
crop and brought him $12.11. Be good
to the hen.
Changes in the plans for the new
Ellis-Hall Department Store building
were made this week whereby the
basement will be $50 feet long and a
concrete vault built in which to store
furs. This vault will be fire, burglar,
moth and mice proof. In addition to
using the vault for storing their own
stock of furs the company will store
furs for it's customers.
The home of Nels Gulick was quar-
antined Thursday for scarlet fever, the
young son of the family being the
victim, and he is reported as doing
very well. Mr.. Gullick was %quarantin-
ed for a few days, but was released
Tuesday. During his temporary i'm
prisonment S. II. Goodfellow acted as
chief of police, the first socialist city
official in the history of Brookings.
Everett c. Brown has been secured
to referee the Minnesota-Dakota Con-
ference track meet at Huron on May
% and 20. Mr.. Brown is one of the
best known promoters of track sports
in this country, and is a member of
the international Olympic committee,
which arranges for the next Olympic
games at Berlin. 1t is expected that
the college will be represented by a
fairly strong team, and there is talk
, of having a special train from here to
Huron.
Some parties from the east in con-