The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11
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Charles Morrow of Miller visited
friends and attended Hobo Day in
Bookings last Saturday.
Attorney Geo. w. Case autoed down
from Watertown last Thursday to at
tend to business matters and visit
friends.
Miss Jennie Prentice came up from
Sioux Falls last Friday evening and
visited over Sunday at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. z. Prentiss.
Bookings police officials are in re-
ceipt of a circular letter from the VIII
liam j. Burns detective agency of
Minneapolis, giving warning of a bad
bunch of thieves and forgers operat-
ing in this section. The letter says
one Of the number will call on a doc
tor or dentist and ecure entrance into
his office. If the opportunities are
afforded him he will Immediately at
tack the desk and tear blank checks
from the back of the check book. The
master penman plays his part. In short
order one of the gang presents a check
at the bank. 1t is so ~cleverly forged
that the banker is entirely taken off
his guard. The man at the window
also presents a note supposedly from
the doctor or dentist asking that the
banker honor the check. If the banker
calls the party he is unable to get any
answer as the telephone wires were
cut while the forger's co-worker was
in the doctors office and to cause no
further delay he hands out the cash.
Hobo Day attracted many alumni of
State College last Saturday and among
the former students of the Brookings
institution who were present were:
CARROLL Iverson of Ames, Iowa; Lars
Larson Of Dell Rapids. Geo. Kephart of
Sioux City, Miss Loretta McElmurry
of Madison, Fred Basgen, Frank Law
Ter and Mr.. and Mrs. Loucks of Water
town; Oscar Mathews and Mrs. A. C.
Dillman of Newell, Harry Randall of
Arlington, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Roskie
of Custer, Miss Ada Erwin, Brook
ings, Andrew Palm of WATERFOWL,
Guy Little of Hazel, Jens Bollard
of Pierpont, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Sloan
Of Webster, Frank Lawler of Water
town, Leslie Ausman of Clark, A. A.
Jarratt of Colman, Miss Florence Nord
OF Peever, Miss Hazel Cooley of How
ard, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Johnson Of
Hetland and Clarence Stanley of
Pierre. Leroy Kennedy Of Mountain
View, Cal, also came from Madisos
View, Cal, also came from Madison,
w. A. Ostrander, representative of
the government in this congressional
district in it's agricultural extension
work under the Smith-Lever act, an
nounced last week that the short
courses and farmers meetings which
are required to be held in every county
where no county agent is employed
will begin in this district December Is
and continue to March 25. The sub
jects that will be treated during the
courses are beef cattle. potato grow
ing, dairy cattle. rope tying. silos and
silage, soil and conditions, draft
horses, alfalfa growing, corr growing.
better farming, feeds and feeding.
Demonstrations will be given in judg-
ing beef cattle. judging draft horses
and judging soil. The speakers and
demonstrators for this district are An
drew Elliott, G. w. Dixon. Guy E. Nor
rison. w. r. Woods. AS a part of the
short course there will also be a course
in home economies. Miss Kellar will
give demonstrations in practical cook
ing and Mrs. G. w. Randlett will lee
ture and give demonstrations in home
conveniences. During the course IN
each town each Of the women will also
give q popular lecture. Brookings has
been assigned the dates February 20 to
March .. Arlington win have Febru-
AIRY 20 and 20.