The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-01-28

Dokken.
Prof. n. E. Hansen is at Albert Lea
MINI, this week, where he is the
principal speaker before a large farm
ers' meeting.
Miss Lottie Ensberg returned home
TO Toronto Monday morning, after a
several weeks visit with her sister,
Mrs. A. j.. Dokken.
Mrs. Thos. Jackson returned home
TO 81 Pau the latter part of the week,
after spending several weeks at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John MacNamara.
Ted Akin tells us that he wrote
more life insurance during January
than any month in recent years, and
he now agrees with the Register that
1T pays to advertise.
Last weeks ~lroquois Chief had a
picture of the new Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank building in that town.
which is claimed to be the finest bust
ness structure in Kingsbury county.
This is the bank with which Theodore
Flittie, formerly Of Brookings, is con.
nected.
We are in receipt Of a copy of the
Dakota Wesleyan University Bulletin,
which gives the details of the cam
paign that is being carried on for a
100000 endowment fund by April 80.
G. f. Knappen, our fellow citizen, is
the leader in this campaign, which
fact will no doubt stimulate the local
contributions.
Geo. Bishman drove into town
Thursday with a little jag of velvet
chaff wheat, which netted him s101. go
at the mill. liver Dybdahl, who took
in the wheat. says that this is the
most he ever paid for a single load,
and it shows that the products of the
farm are worth real money now days.
Mr.. Bishman hauled the wheat in
eight miles with a team of horses
weighing 100 apiece.
Monday morning reliable Their
mometers reported twenty-five below
zero, one Of the coolest mornings of
the year. Conductor Madden tells us
that it was twenty-seven below at
Redfield the same morning. The win
ter so far gives no indication of being
the open one so freely predicted last
fall. Yesterday morning the college
reported 26 below, but this morning
was about 10 degrees warmer.
Union Defenders Day, February
18th, Abraham Lincoln's Birthday, Is
to be especially observed this year by
the patriotic orders of the city. Plans
are being laid which will provide a
stirring celebration of the birthday of
of our nations life, proved himself
above the average in Christ-like char
acter, and whose memory is a bless
ing to all. Keep your eyes open for
the full program which will be pub
lished in these columns at an early
date. All Sons of Veterans whether
members of the order or not are re-
quested to send their names to w. r.
Vinegar, or o. c. Slocum.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Linn were very
much surprised last Saturday when
their six children and Mrs. Inns
only brother and sister with the sis
ter's family came in on them unan-
nounced. 1t was the first time for six
years hat they had all been together,
January being the anniversary month
Of all the married ones of the family
they are having a jolly time. Those
present are: Mr.. and Mrs. II. s.
Linn, Earl Linn, and f. J. Stewart, all
of Iowa; Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Ford and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. K. X. Linn of
Volga, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Linn of
B%rookings. The children presented
the parents with some nice silver
ware.
The st. Cloud Daily Times has the
following to say Of the company which
plays at the Grand the last three
nights of this week: "In that flourish
ing state institution so ably conducted
at Fergus Falls by DR.. Welsh can be
found scores of faces exhibiting more
unmistakable evidences of intellect
than even the closest scrutiny of Mil
ton Schuster's stage face assays. Even
the cleverest appearing patient in the
Otter Tail county asylum is unable
to draw simon pure currency, the sort
you and I are e%verlastingly digging
for, just because Of his face. Still
Schuster, with that nobody at home
Expression, magnetizes the dollars,
makes his audiences laugh-and then
brings them back to laugh again.
Schuster and his Graces Of Musical
comedy Opened at the Davidson yes