The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-04

high" and asks what other car but a
Ford could do that.
The new public library will be open
ed to the public Monday, February
18th. AT that time DR., George A. Petit
grew will deliver an address in the
Presbyterian church at eight o'clock
Board of Education in Sioux Falls,
and known all over the state for his
scholarly tastes and interest in public
affairs. After the address there Will
be an informal reception in the library.
H. L. Hopkins of Clark, was in the
city Saturday shaking hands with his
many friends and he went from here
to Estelline in the evening to spend
Sunday with his parents. He was on
his way home from Mitchell, where he
delivered an address before the grain
growers meeting. Mr.. Hopkins was
hopeful that the soil survey measure,
which is being pushed by the bankers
of the state, would pass this session
of the legislature.
Brookings friends received work
this week that Abbie, the oldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. West, was
buried last Sunday at Seattle. Her
death was due to diabetes. Abbie was
a very winsome girl and had just grad
uated from high school, so that her
death is a severe blow to the parents,
who will have the sympathy of their
Bookings friends. Mr.. and Mrs. West
formerly lived here, Mr.. West being
foreman of the college farm for a num-
Der of years.
Some time ago we printed a little
compliment from II. NJ. Harden of the
Dakota Farmer, who said that he
Register was the best of he many
weekly papers that are received at the
Farmer Office. In a letter this week
from Ben B. Lawshe. who is manager
of the special service department of
. Tic ~ pdpNl, hC soy hS"N
Mr.. Harden's boost for you in the last
Register and | can truly say Amen, for
| read every exchange newspaper that
comes to this office"
C. p. Halver is advertising a sale of
his personal effects as he and his wife
expect to go to Brookings within a few
days where Mr.. Halver will engage in
the automobile business. He has trad
ed his residence here to Mrs. Anna
Carr who will occupy it soon after the
sale. Mr.. Halver has quite a bunch of
horses and cattle on his ranch but he
will not dispose of these nor his land
holdings here as he says he probably
will be back within a few years.-Bison
Courier.
s Doane Robinson, state superintend-
2 ent Of census, oun that the third
state census will be taken this year,
beginning May /, by the assessors. The
4 assessors are not paid specially as
enumerators, but each is paid a per
diem by his district for all the time
spent in doing the assessing and emu
merating. The county auditors are
r county superintendent of census, and
upon them rests the responsibility for
full and accurate enumerations. Com
plete population and agricultural sta
! ~tistics will be collected.
2 An epidemic has broken out among
the families east of the lake which bids
fair to reach into more homes than
one, if you don't watch out. Else
: born to Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Danes on
. Monday, and the day previous the hap
by home of Harley Smith was stricken
4 by the advent of a bouncing baby boy.
Harley is considerably alarmed over
S the locality and will hold an auction
sale in the near future and out of
the neighborhood before another joy
I hits him. There are several exposures
over in that vicinity and the doctors
of the town are doing all in their power
! to spread the epidemic.-Clear Lake
Courier.
Supt. A. A. Coulson has decided to
enter the teachers institute with Ham
lin, Brookings and Moody counties.
The institution will be of two weeks
duration and will m either
June 7th or 14th, and is to be the first
two weeks of the regular summer
school conducted by the State College.
The teachers are to have free admis-
sion to all summer school classes for
the two weeks of the institution. As
yet the entire faculty has not been
selected, but it can be depended upon
to be the best o~btainable, and far SUI
perior to any one county can secure.
The Independent has been a firm be-
lever in this method as against the in
stitute of one week in each county