The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-01-13
Local and Personal

n great combination sale at the
Hub Department Store begins Satur-
day.
See the funny Dutch girl January II
at the Fad and see the man with 100
faces and hear the violin talk.
During this week every freight train
from the east has brought some new
goods for the special sales at the Hub
Department Store.
Bring the children to see the two
tiny tots Thelma and Rose from the
San Francisco Exposition, who receiv-
ed medal for their excellent work.
Now with Bob and Eva Mckinley at
the Fad January T..
The Flax Fibre Co, of Watertown,
writes the Register as follows: I'VE
are simply surprised at the amount of
fax straw there was in your commdn-
ity, and which we received by reason
of that little 'ad' in your paper
Mrs. M. e. Bacon left here Saturday
Allol AilS " ICl III III bloohIllSo
after spending a number of days visit
ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
G.. F. Poulson. = = = Miss Lena Gull
lick returned to Brookings Saturday
after spending a number of days visit
ing with friends in Castlewood.-Cas-
tlewood Republican.
The committee appointed by Judge
Sherwood to purchase a suitable mon
ument to the memory of the late c.. X.
Seward selected a beautiful one de-
signed by T. H. Pritchard of the Water
town Marble & Granite Works, and
the work to be completed before Men,
orial day this ~year.-Watertown Pu lie
Opinion.
Due to a temporary shortage of
facilities. the Western Union Tele-
graph company has announced that it
will be necessary for a few days to
suspend the handling of Transatlantic
messages. The suspension of deferred
service by other Transatlantic com
panies, several days ago, has resulted
in a flood of deferred messages being
sent to the Western Union cables, and
to protect the company's regular pa
irons and it's wi service it has been
necessary to temporarily suspend all
but the regularly full paid service.
Christmas vacation for the pupils Of
the public schools of Brookings ended
last Thursday morning and the nine
o'clock bell announced the opening of
the long hard mid-winter term with
the next recess at Easter vacation.
Christmas vacation in the schools be-
gan and ended at a peculiar time this
year. Instead of school being closed
on Friday and opening or Monday two
weeks later, it was dismissed Wednes-
day afternoon before Christmas and
opened in the middle of the week. This
had it's advantages in the minds of the
pupils as there were only two days Of
school last week. Teachers, who spent
the Christmas holidays at their homes
in other cities, have all returned.
That South Dakota not only raj ed
enough seed corr which will test up
to the required standard, the past sea-
son, to supply all the seed corn needed
in the state, but will be able to supply
other states which need tested corn,
is the opinion of immigration Commits
sioner Chas. McCaffree. after an inves-
tigation of the situation. He is re-
ce'ving numerous inquiries as to where
the dependable seed can be secured,
and is also receiving many letters of
raisers of corn which tests out all
right, and is putting the different
classes in communication, to allow the
grower who needs the seed cor to
make early purchases of such amount
as he desires. Mr.. McCaffree is cer
tain that there will be a surplus in the
state and that there will be no short
age next spring.