The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-03-25

Mrs. G. F. Thayer went down to her
sons in Parnell township Friday morn
ing to visit a few days.
Alex Nyman, one of the old time
residents of the West Side, was over
from Volga on business between trains
Thursday.
Rev. II. Fosness returned Friday
morning from Norden, where he at
tended a district conference of the
Lutheran church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank p. Zschunke OF
New Ulm, came up Thursday evening
for a few days visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
C. o. Quail. Mr.. Zschunke is a mem
Der of the Columbia Clothing Co.
Samuel Elston, a former resident of
this county, was here last week visit
ing at the home of his son Robert, who
lives in the eastern part of the city.
Mr.. Elston is now located at Glad
stone, N. d.
E. c. Olson was up from Sioux Falls
visiting friends and looking after bust
ness matters On Thursday. Mr.. Olson
recently returned home from an ex-
tended trip to southern states and
Cuba, accompanied by Mrs. Olson, and
he reports that they had a very pleas
ant trip.
Herman ~Gednalski, who has been
employed at Jack Vrenegor's barber
shop the past couple of years, has been
obliged to give up his work on account
of i'll health and will spend the sum
mer on his brothers farm neal Bruce.
His place in the shop has been taken
by Boyd Sigler of Sioux Falls.
A six weeks summer session will be
held at the State College beginning on
June 7. Special credit college courses
will be offered in animal and dairy
husbandry, soils and crops, horticul-
ture, chemistry, biology, economics,
home economics, etc; and special
teacher training in manual training,
education, mathematics, reading, geo.
graphy, rural school methods, penman-
ship and public school music. A Joint
teachers institute covering Moody,
K~ingsbury, Hamlin. Miner and Brook
ings counties will be presided wei by
President E. c. Perisho.
E. A. Wing of Brookings, salesman
for tho n piacc Cnn1 10 nf Chnhny
gan, Wis, says that he is taking an in
terest in seed corn and that he will
engage Prof. Hansen of the State Col
lege to grow a corn with an asbestos
cob. The corn cob is cutting into coal
sales quite heavily. This may seem
ridiculous to one who has had no ex-
while it may seem funny to some, it is
a sad reality to the coal dealer. One
man in Mr.. Wings territory reports
that his tonnage has been reduced a
half in the last two years by the inof-
fensive appearing corn cob. The farm
er who raised a large corn crop, espec-
loiiy IL ht ohtlIo pau VI II " lit
market, is not going to buy coal at
$500 a ton when he has tons of good
clean corn cob that can be used as
fuel.-De Smet Independent.
Fred Stoltenberg, florist at the col
lege, say that with sweet peas best
results are obtained when the ground
is prepared in the fall. Spade a foot
deep and mix with old, well rOtted
manure. Should be planted as soon as
the frost is out of the ground, and as
soon as it is possible to work it. Be
fore planting we the seeds, that is. put
them in lukewarm water for about "a
hours before sowing. The seed will
then terminate much quicker. If the
season is dry following planting, the
seed will nevertheless have absorbed
enough moisture to terminate. Dig a
trench about eight or ten inches deep,
and smooth out the soil before scatter
ing seed. Sow the seed not too thick.
covering with one to two inches Of
dirt. Leave trench. When three or
four inches high a little more soil may
be added, leaving enough of the trench
to water well during the dry season.
During hot season put cut lawn grass
in the trench to keep plants from dry
ing out. Keep well picked to prevent
going to seed.
Any person that has been inclined
to sheer and scott at the Boy Scout
proposition, had better gather in his
horns at once and make his peace with
the rising generation. No movement
was ever inaugurated that has been of
SO much real service to the coming
men of the next decade as the Boy
Scout movement. So popular has the
movement become in New York City
that the chief of police of that city
has enlisted and sworn in one hundred
and fifty Boy Scouts as members of