The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-06-03

lHlS week LOOKING AFTER business lnlei-
ests.
The teachers of the city schools de-
parted for their homes Saturday and
Sunday.
Attorney II. Hanson was at Water
town on legal business a day or two
this week.
Excavation was started this week
for Jack Vrenegor's new home on Will
liams street.
Large and complete assortment of
hammocks at Kendalls. Call and
look them over.
Miss Ida Bitterness. who has been
teaching at Centerville, arrived home
Saturday morning.
S. C. Cornell has sold his pool hall
TO Fred Sanders, who took possession
the last of the week.
G.. A. Kleinfelter has leased the
Northwestern hotel and has already
opened for business.
Mrs. James Kaufman of Webster,
visited her sister, Mrs. Shanbarker,
the latter part of the week.
Miss ALERT, milliner at the Ellis
Hall store, enjoyed a visit from her
brother from st. Paul, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Rhinderknecht of
st. Charles, Mimi, were guests at the
E. H. Williams home the past week.
Several local young people are in
the cast of You Never Can Tell" at
the opera house next Monday evening.
Mrs. f. r. Burris and Miss Frances
HarZa departed Tuesday evening for
Portland, Oregon, where their mother
is now living.
E. II. Moffatt of Garden City, was
here the first of the week to visit his
father, who has just returned from
Colorado.
The Brookings ball team played at
White Monday and met defeat at the
hands of the home team by a score of
6 to 2. The same teams play here at
the fair grounds, tomorrow.
DR.. Hyde tells us that so far this
year the county board of insanity has
not been called to pass upon a single
case. AS there are usually from ten
to twelve insanity cases in the county
each year this record is worthy of
note.
Prof. F. E. Brown delivered COM
m~encement addresses at hardwood,
Iowa, Thursday night and at Center
vile Friday night. Members of the
State College faculty seem to be in
great demand as commencement
speakers.
The county justices and constables
met with Sheriff Miner and States At
torney Purdy at the court house yes
terday afternoon to discuss matters
relating to the enforcement of the law.
Practically every peace officer in the
county was present.
Several local concerns have taken
out insurance against burglars and
shoplifters. This takes away in a
measure the risk of loss from these
sources and puts the matter directly
in the hands of outside parties who, of
course, deal with offenders without
sentiment.
P. r. Crothers drove over from
Badger the first of the week and visit
ed his many friends in Brookings. He
reports everything in the way of crops
as looking fine in and around Badger.
Mr.. Crothers has a fine farm near
there and is putting up a lot of new
buildings this season.
In a letter to the Register Father
Shean, who is on his claim near Dali
ton, Montana, says: Here I am in
my 10x12 mansion and most c%ontented.
I haven't been here long enough to
notice any material change, but am
surely living next to nature. I cook
my own meals and work from morn
till night. Kind regards to Brookings
friends"
Ray Breed borrowed a neighbor's
Ford Monday to get into the Memorial
Day parade and as the machine wasn't
used to a strange driver it acted up
considerable, running into another car
and damaging itself to some extent.
This settles Rays case with us and If
he ever comes around and wants to
borrow our Ford we are going to re-
fuse him %pointblank.
A conference Of county agents and
field men Of the new agricultural ex-
tension department, was held at the
State College Friday to select a state
leader for the work. Prof. Randlett,
who has been in charge of this work
in North Dakota, was selected for the
position and he will take up the work
within a short time. He will have
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