The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-03-11

special sale on Boys suits, size III
to II. Columbia Clothing Co.
F. NJ. Kremer has been confined to
his home by illness the past week.
NJ. G. Carlisle was at Pierre a day
or two last week, returning home Fri
day.
The county fair directors will meet
today to elect officers for the coming
year.
The Catholic Ladies will hold a bake
sale at Connelly's on Saturday, March
18th.
Arrived; Spring Coats fer Children.
New styles, attractively priced. Ellis
Hall. Co.
Miss Joerns has moved her millinery
store to the Rood building on north
Main street.
The assortment of bargains is com
plete again at the Variety Stores big
Spotlight Sale.
l. e. Lees and little daughter went
to Elkton Sunday morning for a brief
visit with his parents.
Mrs. j. w. Warren returned home
this week from a several weeks visit
in Wisconsin and Chicago.
Lewis Johnson, former county com
missioner, was over from the west
side between trains Tuesday.
Jack Vrenegor went down to Elkton
Tuesday morning to meet his wife,
who was returning from a visit at
Flandreau.
More beautiful than ever, Our New
Materials for Spring and Summer
Dresses. Don't buy till you have seen
them. Ellis-Hall Co.
County Superintendent Blakely and
"a delegation of teachers from this
neighbolhood attended a district meet
ing at Elkton Saturday.
The monthly meeting o fthe Com
mercial Club will be held at the as
sembly room tomorrow evening. All
members are urged to be present.
Mrs. Hammel, who has been keeping
house for her b%rother-in-law, A. J.
Sanders, was called to Waterloo, Iowa,
Tuesday morning by the illness Of her
daughter.
Prof. Clifford N. Mills purchased a
lot from John l.. Murphy on Eleventh
avenue this week and will build a
house there the coming season at a
cost of about $4,000.
Prof. w. NJ. MAR went to Mitchell
Friday evening in the interests of the
boys and girls club work and he was
accompanied by Mrs. MAR. The fam
lily lived at Mitchell.
The busiest Commercial Club COM
mittee at the present time is the enter
tainment committee, which is in
charge of the annual reception to the
college people. The committee tell us
that plans for the event are coming
along in fine shape and everything will
be in readiness for a big time on
the 23rd.
We had a heavy nov storm Thurs
day night and Friday, six or eight
inches falling. The western part of
the state was visited by a heavy storm
the first of the week, delaying train
service. The train from the west
Monday morning was nearly ten hours
late and the train from the north was
stalled in a snowdrift near Redfeld.
Will Holbein sends us the following
item from San Francisco: MI. and
Mrs. F. G. Allen were callers at the
North Dakota building Thursday. Mrs.
Allen is spending the winter with Mr..
Allen at Oakland, Cal, and will re-
main through the spring months. They
were much interested in the North Da-
kota exhibit, and said that it reminded
them of home.
Monday a well known citizen was
arrested under the city ordinance for
failure to keep the snow cleaned off
~ ain, dIlu "Itu ulouShl DtIOIV
Judge Grover he pleaded guilty and
was given a ten dollar fine. This is
the first time, in our remembrance,
that an arrest has been made under
this ordinance, although we are will
ing to admit that there should have
been others.
There is much building talk at the
present time and apparently Brookings
will experience another substantial
building season. 1t is almost impos-
sible to rent a house, and there are
several families who would move here
if they could secure a home. Thee
are the conditions in spite of the fact
that about t~hirty-ive or forty low
houses were built last year and it GER
tainly indicates that Brookings is
growing.
Perhaps the most interesting of the
many dramatic events Of the season,