The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-09
Local and Personal

Ole Erickson and p. l.. Johnson of
Osceola, Wis, anne down from Bruce
Friday for a brief visit in Brookings.
They were accompanied by Ed. Ander-
son, of Lake Preston. Mr.. Johnson
had not been in Brookings for % years
and of course saw many changes. He
is a brother of Marcus Johnson whom
many of the old-timers know as having
been connected with the college force
of employees.
Governor Byrne has received Motif
cation of the deposit of 1 2,988.11 to
South Dakota's credit, this fund com
ing from the forest reserve fund of the
government. Three per cent of the
receipts of the government from land
sales, lease monies, ETC., is given to the
state in which the forests are located.
The funds for South Dakota this year
came from the three reserves in this
state, $8,993.58 from the Black Hills
reserve; $3,2O2.65 from the Harvey d.
vision and $7S1.92 from the Sioux por-
ton. This money is paid out directly
from the South Dakota treasury to the
various counties, where it is used for
road and school funds.
WATERFOWL News.-Commenting on
the statement of the Aberdeen News
that a little boomlet has started for
Jack Lockhart for governor, the
Bookings Register states it has seen
"lots worse governors than Jack Lock
hart would make were he honored
with the job" The Saturday News
agrees with its Brookings contempor-
airy concerning the sort of man Lock
hart is-but it ventures to suggest
that it will be very much surprised if
Lockhart becomes a candidate at all
for the election of 1916. The boomlet
was not inaugurated with Lockhart's
knowledge and it will not receive SER
ious consideration by the gentleman in
our opinion.
Local tobacco dealers have received
notice of a proposed boost in the price
of tobacco, especially the plug variety.
OF course the wal is to blame for this
mournful situation. Some will not be
able to understand why a commodity
raised and manufactured in This coun-
try should be affected by the war. Here
is the reason: the British foreign office
has refused American manufacturers
of plug tobacco the right to further
ship licorice roo from Turkish ports
to the United States. AS a result man
ufacturers of plug tobacco will oe
seriously hampered. Licorice is an es.
sential in the making of plug tobacco.
Some licorice is grown in the United
States. but this is not of sufficient
quantity to supply the need of plug
tobacco manufacturers.
The White Leader Is authority for
the statement that a fellow living at
Brookings comes forward with an auto
mobile story for the truth Of which he
vouches. 1t appears that after a Ash
ing trip he started home and that run
ming out Of gasoline, he filed the tank
with some fresh milk that a farmers
wife had given him and came home
with colors flying. His friends say
that the car not only ran beautifully
but that he took a pound of butter out
Of the carburator when he got home.
The Saturday News Is well acquainted
with this Brookings man and 1t backs
up the statement that the White Lead
er makes concerning the story that
the man tells. But the trouble with
1t Is that the man is noted far and
wide as the biggest liar in Brookings
county and nobody believes him, even
when he tells a story that seems so
plausible Al the one in question:
WATERFOWL News.
II . Register Want Ad viii not do Il
1T can't DO donei"