The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-04
Local and Personal

Geo. F. Thayer visited friends in Elk
ton last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Arend and Mr..
and Mrs. w. II. Davis autoed over
from Flandreau the first of last week
for a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j.
Cogley.
Grant Bergstreser, who is attending
State College, spent several days last
week with relatives in Wentworth. He
accompanied Fred Bergstreser to that
city in his car.
The Northwestern has discontinued
its day train between Pierre and Rapid
City and substituted the night train.
~Brookings travellers desiring O go
through to the Black Hills should
make note of this change and take the
evening train for through service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert TIygstad NOV
ed over from B~rookings county Satur-
day and are now occupying the Smell
residence, says the ~Flandreau Enter.
prise. Mr.. Trygstad recently negotiat-
ed a deal whereby he becomes part
owner of the Motor Inn in Flandreau
and assumed charge the first of last
week. The firm name will hereafter
be Ingvalson & Trygstad.
Jack rabbit hunting at night by the
use of automobile head lights, is one
Of the popular sports among farm boys
north of Pierre. One party of four
near Okobojo secured twenty rabbits
in a little owe an hour in one evening
and their success has started a num-
Der of hunters out evenings to gather
in the Jacks" which are classed as a
nuisance, and the cause of destruction
of many young alfalfa fields every win
ter, by their eating the crowns of the
plants when there is rot enough snow
protection to cover them, and doing
damage even with a good covering Of
snow by digging down to the plants.
Our neighboring city of Volga also
has a high school football team that
is cleaning up things. They Journey
ed to Clear Lake recently and won by
the overwhelming score of 48 to Z.
This was the third game that the
Volga team had played this season and
won them all. The first game was
with De Smet and the score was
Volga 10, De Smet 0. The second
game was with Flandreau and the
score was Volga 25, Flandreau 13. The
defeated teams were from county seat
towns-two of the towns being much
larger than Volga, so the three vic
tories of the team are Ones that
place Volga strongly in the limelight
in high school football circles. The
Volga team is organized strictly &C
cording to the rules of the state as
ISOLATION and every member is requir-
ed to meet all requirements of the
same.
Judge Carl G. Sherwood Of Brook
ings last week rendered a decision in
a "cow case" at Hayti which attracted
much attention during the term of cir
cult court held in that city. The case
was adjusted in a novel n by the
Brookings judge, he making short
work of it when it was called for trial.
Fred Mengels was charged with grand
larceny, complaint in the case having
been made by L. w. Ball. Mangels'
cow liked the grass on Balls land bet
ter than that on its home grounds and
when the animal trespassed IN his
land Ball made a prisoner Of the ami
NAL, locking it in a shed. Mangels
pulled the staple out of the door and
rescued his cow. For doing this he
was arrested on the charge of grand
larceny. Judge Sherwood promptly
dismissed the action. and assessed the
cost of the case, amounting to $38,
equally between the two men, so now
Mangles has a high priced cow and
Ball is the owner of some expensive
grass.