The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-04-01
Cut flowers and Easter plants at A.

Mrs. Frank Farrenkop visited at
Aurora the last of the week.
VIM. w. j. Brown of Tyler, vas here
visiting relatives the last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Strain were down
from Estelline between trains Thurs
day.
Mrs. Adolph AmundSon of Estelline,
visited relatives here the last of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Wiley came up
from Elkton Saturday evening for an
over Sunday visit with relatives.
Miss Alice Hastings, who is attend
ing the Madison normal. spent a few
days at the home of her parents this
week.
The South Dakota Educational Asso-
citation will hold its next annual meet
ing at Aberdeen November %, 90
and "a.
Mrs. J. +. Dowden and children of
Lake Preston, visited a few days last
WYNN Will hCl di'il H. dliu L
a. J.. Shoenwether.
Albert Johnson, a former resident of
friends. He has been located at ST.
Paul since leaving here.
Levi Gray, a pioneer resident of
Moody county, passed away at his
home at Flandreau last week. He had
been a resident of our %neighboring
county since 1876.
Joe Swering went over to Flandreau
Friday morning, where he has some
electrical work. He expects to go
from there to Minnesota points, where
the electrical construction company for
which he is foreman has contracts.
Several local hunters are reported to
have been out after the ducks and
geese the past week. A federal judge
in Kansas has declared the national
hunting law, which prohibits spring
shooting, unconstitutional, so the
SiduShtNI a. hON plOIttb.
Paul Sheeks of Mitchell, a graduate
of the University of South Dakota,
and a four letter man in athletics from
that institution, has been elected di-
rector of athletics at Wabash college,
Charlottesville, Ind, to take effect
next fall. Sheeks is well known in
Bookings as he has appeared here
S veral times in high school and col
lege athletic events.
Mr.. Patterson informs the ~Independ-
ent there is another feature of the
new auto law, which we have not yet
seen mentioned. 1t is the matter of
Uses to which this license money can
be put. There are only three things
for which it can be used, viz: drag
ing roads, graveling, or browning. We
believe this is a wise provision. The
road drag is the best all-around road
implement we have, and it is an abso-
lutte necessity if a road is to be kept
in repair after it has once been grad
ed.-De Smet Independent.
Considerable interest is being man
Tested by the people in all portions
of the country relative to the proposed
project of turning some of the surplus
water of the Sioux River into Dry
Lake. 1t is thought the expense
would not be very heavy and it would
be hard to estimate the advantages
that would be derived. The local COM
mittee is in correspondence with the
state engineer and when he appears
and makes a report of his findings we
observation-disclosures Republican.
Prof. G. Larsen of the State Colltge,
advises farmers to skim as rich cream
as is consistent with it's handling
properties during the different sea-
sons of the year, between 80 and 35
per cent during the cold weather, and
between 35 and 40 per cent during the
SulhlleI. hiCu CIedHl ledVeS more
skim milk to be fed on the farm, less
bulk to handle and transport. 1t keeps
better than does thin cream, and the
creamery men can make a better quail
ity of butter from it. The separator
can be made to skim richer cream by
turning the cream screw towards the
center of the bowl, by increasing the
speed, and by lessening the inflow Of
milk to the bowl. The reverse will
cause thinner cream The per cent
fat will very some from day to day due
to the variation in one or more of
these factors.
John Lucas, one of the Registers
old and valued subscribers, wrote us
as follows, from Ralph: 81 see an
item in your paper this week about
mining for hay in the western part Of