The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-06-17

~ n AlklnSOn visited over Sunudy
with his family.
Prof. f. E. Brown left Friday even
ing for Nebraska to do institute work.
Myron Stevens went to Butterfield.
Mimi, Monday morning to visit rela-
tives.
Mrs. r. E. Phelps went up to Estel-
line Monday morning to visit the
Steuerwald family.
Thos. Wornson and family departed
Friday morning for Mankato, where
they viii make their home.
Bruce had a gala day on Friday that
attracted a number from here, and
they report a very good time.
John Y%oungburg visited a few days
last week at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Wetterberg, at Arlington.
Mrs. H. F. Haroldson represented the
Bookings Eastern Star lodge at the
state meeting at Sioux Falls last week.
Mrs. Shinnick of W~atertown, IA
here last week visiting at the home of
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Cul-
hane.
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. F. Wood and Prof.
and Mrs. Stevenson of Doland, visit
ed at the A. Hoover home the last of
the week.
Alfred Bushey, a former college stu
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He has been attending Purdue univer-
sity the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Johnson re-
turned home to jamestown, N. ID.
Friday, after spending some time with
Bookings relatives.
James Morrow of Kenmare, n. d.,
visited a few days this week at the
home of his sister, Mrs. G.. II. Stod-
dart, leaving yesterday morning for
Iowa.
Mrs. Neil Labbitt returned home to
Sioux City Saturday morning and was
Boyd, who will spend the summer
there.
Governor F.. NJ. Byrne came down
from Pierre Thursday night and spent
Friday here. He addressed the big
bunch of teachers at the State College
institute.
The Saturday morning passenger
from the west was over two hours late
Saturday, the heavy rains west of the
here having softened the road bed il
some places.
Mrs. A. Perry was over from White
visiting friends a few days last week.
She was accompanied home by her
son Will, who was here attending the
college commencement.
That President Wilso~ is popular
with BroOkings people was evidenced
at the Fad the other night, when a
moving picture of him created on
siderable patriotic enthusiasm.
Chas. Shea, l.. C. Dewing, Orren
Simpkins and Ed. Sorenson returned
home the last of the week from Belle
Fourche, where they attended the
state fire tournament. They report a
very successful meeting.
The band and quite a number of
other citizens went to De Smet Thurs
day morning to help the people of that
town celebrate their annual Old Set
tiers Day. They report that our neigh
boring town had a big crowd and a big
time.
Secretary Geo. Phillips, Horace
Jones, Harmon Kopperud, Ralph John
son and Arthur Miller left this morn
ing for Lake Geneva, Wis, where they
will represent the college Y. NJ. C. A.
at the national conference of the or
ganization.
A change in the train service has
been made that may interest those
contemplating a trip to the Black
Hills. The evening passenger from
the east o goes only as far as
Pierre, but the morning passenger goes
clear through to the Hills.
The Brookings ball team played the
Affiliations, a travelling aggregation, at
the fair grounds on Friday afternoon.
The visitors were altogether too fast
for the home boys and had they ex-
tended themselves the game would
have been a slaughter. The score was
8 to 2. Donaldson, the famous colored
pitcher, played center-field for the
visitors.
Saturday morning about six o'clock
we had a severe electric and wind
storm, followed by a heavy downpour
of rain. The wind did no damage in
the city, but northwest of here in Ster-
ling township it blew down a barn on
the farm of Mrs. Amund Nelson. The
storm was unusual after the cold
weather we have been having. This is