The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-20
Rained all day yesterday.

Several parties have called at the
Register office this week looking for
houses to rent.
S. A. Dimes, Sinai's progressive
hardware dealer, was in the city Wed
nesday and today on business matters.
The Independent School, Eureka,
Dist. No. So, will give a shadow social
Friday evening, April 21st. The public
is invited.
Miss Margaret Crowley, of Elan
dreau, returned to her home Tuesday
after spending a week with her niece,
Miss Mary Dobbs.
Up to date County Treasurer Gull
lick has issued 925 automobile
licenses. The number is considerably
greater this year than at the same
period last year.
About twenty-five men from various
points in the state are gathered in the
city today to take pharmacy eXamina-
tons under the supervision of the
State Pharmacy Board.
The Ladies Aid Society of the First
Presbyterian church will hold their
annual Easter sale of baked goods and
Easter eggs at Mr.. j. l.. Jarvis store
Saturday, April %, beginning at 1890
a. m. Mrs. Hubbard, Secretary.
The citizens of Laketon school dis
trict No. 35 recently voted bonds in
the sum of 100000 to build a new
school house. The present building is
in very poor condition and the mem
bers Of the school board are to De
congratulated on meeting a long felt
need.
The Register is in receipt of the
announcement of Simon Seward, of
Volga, who has entered the lists as a
candidate for representative from the
west side of the county. Mr.. Seward
will have sharp competition in A. B.
Dalthorp who is also a candidate from
the same town.
Marriage licenses were issued dur
ing the past week to: Anton n. Jen-
sen, of Rodney, Iowa, and Nellie Marie
Green, of Brookings; Arthur w. Toll
yer, Brookings, and Title Helen
~SchentZel, Balaton, MINI, Severt Mel
son., Sinai, and Edna Thompson, Sinai,
VIM. d. Storts, De Smet, and Ida
Belle Coryell, De Smet.
Supt, Blakely has worked out a
the schools in the county outside OF
Bookings. The clubs will be formed
to encourage industrial work in the
schools as well as out. Cards hay"
been sent to the various teachers Of
the county to be distributed to the
pupils and from the way the cards
are being returned indicates that
many will enroll in the clubs.
f. F. Ribstein, of Bruce, came over
Monday and drove home a new Supcr-
Six Hudson automobile, which he pur-
chased from A. E. Bunday, the local
dealer. During the same day Nj.
Bunday sold two other Super-Sixcs.
one to c. A. Skinner, of this city and
one to G.. w. Austin; and sold a Ford
Runabout to Fred Howard. Only
three of the Hudsons were shipped in
and they went like hot cakes" so to
speak.
Chas. II. Collins, mail carrier rural
route No. 4, was thrown from his
vehicle Monday morning about nine
miles south of Brookings falling on his
head and shoulder, rendering him IN
conscious for some time. The acct
dent vas due to part of the harness
breaking causing his team to become
frightened and in his effort to jump
from the vehicle he was thrown to
the ground. Mr.. Collins is still con
fined to his home today and is con
siderably bruised up.
A. B. Dalthorp, of Volga, was in the
city the first of the week and while
here interviewed many of our promi-
nent citizens in regard to his candi
dacy for representative. Mr.. Dalthorp
has been urged for some time to yet
into the race but has been undecided
until this week when he called and
placed his announcement with the
Register. Mr.. Dalthorp is one of the
live business men of the west side and
the kind of timber Brookings county
needs at Pierre. If we can believe
what we hear the Register is of the
opinion that he will get almost a unani-
nous vote at the county seat.
The merchants OF Brookings have
almost unanimously joined in the
movement to hold a monthly Market