The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-10-21
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plentiful.
L. w. Ruste visited with friends in
Arlington last Wednesday evening for
a short time.
Mrs. A. Cole of Kellogg, Mimi, ar
rived last Saturday evening for a visit
at the George Etting home.
Frank Alton of Augusta, Montana,
arrived last Thursday called here by
the serious condition of his father.
Mrs. Mary Nicholson of Yale, S. d.
came last Friday and - now at the
home of her brother, Thomas Alton.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Reeve and son
went to Volga last Saturday evening
and visited over Sunday with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Alton of Pipe
stone, Mimi, have been called here
by the serious illness of Mr.. Atoms
father.
Mrs. E. w. Smith returned home to
Arlington last Thursday evening after
visiting a short time with Brookings
friends.
Glen Gilbert autoed down from Nit
chell last Thursday and visited a short
time at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. J. Gilbert.
Mrs. Art Alton, who has been con-
fined to the Dakota Deaconess hospital
Cow cnrprol u,nnlyc with tunhni6 foyer
returned to her home last Saturday.
Mrs. r. f. Picht and three children
left for their home at Walnut Grove,
Mimi, last Thursday evening after
visiting two weeks in the G. A. Rich
ard home in Bookings. Mrs. Picht is
a sister of Mrs. Richard.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Alexander return
ed home last Thursday evening from
Rochester, Mimi, where Mrs. AleXan-
der had been taking treatments for
a couple Of weeks at the Mayo hos
pital She is confined to her bed since
her return.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Fishback re-
turned home last Friday from Mime
apolis where they accompanied their
daughter, Mrs. Kennedy, who was on
her return to Calcutta, India. They
spent several days in the city before
returning home.
Mrs. H. Halvorson returned home
to Toronto last Saturday after visiting
a short time at the home Of her friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Utigard. Mr.. and
Mrs. Halvorson expect to leave the
last of this month for southern Cali
fornia where they will make their
home.
Kingsbury county commissioners
have entered a new field. Recently
they appropriated $4,000 toward the
expense of a corr and potato contest
for the boys and a baking and sewing
contest for the girls, to be held under
the direction of the county superin
tendent.
City Auditor George Stoddart and
Chief of Police Nels Gullick left last
Friday for Lake lakewood to spend a
week hunting. These gentlemen plan
a weeks vacation each fall for the pur
pose of becoming acquainted with the
festive duck among the lakes in this
part of the state.
The football game advertised fol
last Friday between the BrookingS
High second team and the Volga team
at Volga was not played, it having pre-
viously been called off. Instead Of
playing Brookings on that date Volga
played Flandreau high at Volga, the
latter team winning "a to IS.
The Brookings county auditors Of
fee has been supplied with a new cal
culating machine for use in the extend
ing of taxes. Taking any given valua
ton of property the machine multi
plies it by the levy in mills and frac
tons of a mill, and gives the produc
instantly and accurately. 1t thu
services of one man and a great dea
of mental drudgery for the auditor ant
his deputy.
Ernest. Wills left last Saturday morn
ing for Shadyside, Pa, where he vii
enter the auto electric lighting, start
ing and ignition department of tn
Westinghouse Electrical Mfg. Co. II
expects to take a two months cours
in electrical engineering at that plac
and will then receive a station. Ernes
has been employed at the power hOus
in Brookings for some time and hi
many friends in the city wish hir
we'll in his future work.
Coach Wood of the Sioux Falls hig
school team thinks Brookings high ha
some team, as evidenced by the 70
lowing statement which appeared !
one of the Sioux Falls papers las
week: "Brookings has a good team
a regular whirlwind of a team" contiI
ued Coach Wood" But their victoric