The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-08-03

Houge.
Geo. Lee was visiting friends and
relatives in WATERFOWL a few days
this week.
Lloyd Hyde and sister Halle are
home from a pleasant outing at Green
Lake, Mimi.
Miss Edith Payne was quite ill at
the home of Mrs. VIM. Cameron a few
days this week.
Mrs. Thyng, who had been here for
a couple of weeks visiting her sister,
Mrs. II. G. Williams, left Monday for
her home in Portland, Oregon.
Mrs. Jas. V. Walker, of Seattle, arriv-
ed last week for a visit with Mrs. VIM.
Anderson and other old time friends.
The Walkers were among Bookings
early settlers.
Chas. E. Hall returned Monday from
a business trip to Minneapolis. He re-
ports the heat there last week as very
extreme, many people being overcome
by it while he was there.
H. E. Riley and family, DR.. Harris
and family, L. p. VonArx and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Neil and Miss
Aurora Leekley have been spending
the past week at Lake lakewood.
Ellis & Fox report the sale of 500
acres of North Dakota land recently
A quarter section was sold t. Howard
Biggar, the well known u. S. soil in.
sDector. The balance was sold to
other parties.
j. w. Warren and Harry Wiley wee
at Elkton Friday on business matters.
MI, Warren reports small grain going
down badly on account of rust. The
stocks are too weak to hold up the
weight of the heads.
Miss Stella Collins, of WATERFOWL,
has been here the past week visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Col
Inns. She is on her way to California
to spend several months, leaving Mon
day from Beresford.
Mrs. G. G. Eitcl who had been here
visiting her sister, Mrs. Bertha Lien,
returned Saturday to her home at
Minneapolis. She WIS accompanied
by Miss Jeanette Lien, who will
spend several weeks with her.
Ronald Mcdonald, giving Frederick,
S. d., as his home, was found Sunday
evening by Chief of Police Nels Gull
lick, lying on the street suffering with
a sever pain in the side. He was
rushed to the hospital for treatment.
Emil Skoug and family, Ansel Sever
inc and family, Harry Benson and fam
lily, Walter Neil and family, all of
Sioux Falls, and Mr.. Kelley, of Vivian,
autoed up from Sioux Falls and spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Hauff.
The first new grain OF the season
to be marketed here was brought in by
c. w. Mcknight Tuesday, July %, and
sold to Sexauer & Son. 1t was rye and
the yield was 20 bushels per acre on
a field of % acres. The yield was good
and the quality Of grain was good.
VIM. Cameron, returning from
Watertown Sunday evening, viewed
the destructive effect of the big fire at
C~astlewood that morning and gave the
Register a report Of it. Nine buildings
in all were destroyed and most of the
contents went up in smoke. 1t was the
most destructive fire which ever visit
ed that city.
All sorts of designs are possible in
modern fireworks, and, n or more of
this sort of design will be produced
each night at the fair, among those
which might be mentioned, are Mon.
ster Star, Massive Cross of Malta, Star
Vi Sol ctIttllCot Il an
and many other beautiful phyrotechnic
creations. September 6 and 8.
F. M. Ellis and A. T. Tompkins were
down to Griswell. Iowa, last week to
visit with Mrs. Ellis and Mr.. Temp
kin's parents. Mrs. Ellis had been
there for a more extended visit and re.
turned the fore part of this week with
Mr.. Ellis end Mr.. Tompkins. They
made the trip by auto and came back
by the way of eastern Nebraska where
Mr.. Ellis OWNS land.
One Of the most beautiful effects in
fireworks are the big designs of mass
ed golden scintilating fire. Some new
and magnificent representations of
gorgeous effect will be produced At
each performance of Martins Fire.
works, which will be the closing fea.
tire of the big night show this year at
the Brookings county fair to be held
at BrookingS, S. D., on the night of
September 6 and 8.
Theo. Ibandahl, who worked for
Geo. Bishman in the country, quit his
job Saturday end came to town. After
he left Mr.. Bishman missed some
tools and reported it to Nels Gullick,
Chief of Police. Ibandahl was arrest.
ed and the tools were found. At a
hearing Monday morning he was found
guilty and given 80 days in Jail. Sen
tcnce was suspended in case he left
town, which he did on the morning
passenger east.
The children will find something of
particular interest to them at each per,
Torrance of Martins Fireworks, the
closing event of each night at the
Bookings county fair. Happy Hooli,
gan" will perform on the horizontal
bar in a most realistic manner, doing
all the stunts of real circus performer,
Kicking Mule Maud will do some new
styles of kicking, The Dancing Skelc.
ton will dance the highland fling, but
not the Vinegar Dip, but it will all be
in fireworks and not by real actors.