The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-06-18

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at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed.
Poole.
F. NJ. Ellis returned home Saturday
night from a business trip t North
Dakota.
Mrs. w. II. Murphy departed Mon
day night for a couple of months visit
at Minneapolis and Milwaukee.
Mrs. Dreamer of Brooklyn, n. v, is
visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Fishback.
Misses Edith Poole and Myrtle. Don
oldson returned home Sunday after
spending a week at De Smet and Lake
Preston.
Lieutenant Foley departed last
week for Chicago and he expects to be
assigned to special duty during the
summer.
Mrs. j. T. Sarvis, formerly of Brook
lngs, underwent a serious operation at
Oshkosh. Wis, last week and is re-
pol lSu W pe SloNly lSSoNSlluS'
l.. B. Johnson sold his residence to
Norman Hanson, who is moving it to
the addition in northwest Brookings.
Mr.. Johnson will put up a fine new
home.
The graduating class of the college
returned Monday moo from a four
days outing at Lake lakewood and
most of the members left for their
homes on the evening train.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Burlingame of
Bristol, autoed over for a few days
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Dokken.
Mrs. E. o. Engsberg of Toronto, is
visiting at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. A. j. Dokken.
The Register has two interesting
communications from our readers this
week. One relates to good roads and
good citizenship, and the other takes
up the question of Strengthening the
channel of the river west Of town.
The annual meeting of the state
grange opened at the college yester'
day, and a good attendance is reported
although the biggest part of the crowd
is expected here to today's meeting.
will have a complete report for
our next issue.
The brick work on the Bunday gar
age is practically all completed. The
structure is of pressed brick on the
street and alley sides and runs up two
in front. 1t is going to make
a handsome and commodious garage
when completed.
Mrs. Jesse Kelly left last week for
Moscow, Idaho, to attend the COM
mencement exercises of the Univer-
sity of Idaho, her son Eugene, being
a member of this years class. Her
daughter, Miss Amy, is connected with
the extension department of the uni
versity as lecturer in domestic science.
Frank Swanson and Miss Cora Biet-
tner were married by Father Shean at
his residence this morning. 1t was a
quiet wedding and only a small party
of relatives were present. The young
people live northeast of the city and
they will make their home there on the
groom's farm. The Register joins with
the friends in extending congratula-
tions.
Prof. Shaefer of the Vermillion
schools and two of his students,
Messrs. Barton and Peterson, spent
several hours here yesterday looking
over the city and college. They are
walking to Big Stone, where they will
enjoy a couple of weeks outing. They
had been on the road eight days and
had averaged about eighteen miles a
day.
A letter from Ben Alton tells us that
he is now a full fedged M. d. and the
Register, in common with his Brook
ings friends, extends congratulations.
Ben says he starts for Labrador on
the 18th to act as hospital surgeon in
charge of st. Anthony hospital and
will work in conjunction with DR..
Grenfell who has done a wonderful
work among the northern fishermen.
He will return to Boston about Jan
LET IN take a DOsitiOn in the
Massachusetts General Hospital.
The Commercial Club has secured a
splendid advertising cut, made up OF
about a dozen or fifteen small pictures
showing up the advantages of Brook
ings and vicinity, and it is intended
to be used on the back of letterheads.
Among the pictures are the court
house, city hall, government building,
school buildings, college buildings,
residences, churches, etc. 1t will make
a splendid advertisement for Brook.
ings, and business men should use it
with their next batch of letterheads.
Among the new books recently re-
ceived at the public library is Mrs.
Gene Stratton Porter's What / Have
Done With Birds" 1t is full of charm
ing character studies of native Amer
lean birds and their photographs
which Mrs. Porter succeeded in get
ting only with the infinite patience of