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

Mrs. J. l.. Jarvis left Monday morn
lne for Rochester, Mimi, to consult
the Mayos regarding her health.
The best bargains offered during any
sales will be those at the Hub Depart
ment Store, beginning Saturday the
18th.
The Civic League will meet at the
Commercial Club rooms Friday after
noon at three o'clock. This will be a
mothers meeting and Miss Thielman
and Supt. Browning will deliver ad-
dresses. Every oma in the city is
invited.
Arrangements have been made for &
tour of the western part of the state
by the State College military band.
The tour will be made the first week
in February and concerts will be given
at all the most important cities in
Western South Dakota.
The glee clubs of the Bookings
high school have selected The Cap
tain of Plymouth" for their annual
glee club operetta. Part five will be
assigned this week and over fifty will
have a part in the production of this
popular comic opera in three acts.
Circuit court convened in Bookings
Carl G. Sherwood presiding, The first
day was occupied with arranging the
calendar and disposing of other mat
ters. Yesterday the first jury case was
held but the jury had not reached n
verdict last evening.
Bookings has been in the throes of
the coolest wave Of the season this
week. A heavy nov prevailed all day
Tuesday and Tuesday night a heavy
wind accompanying it drove the Their
mometer down and caused bad drifts in
the roads and walks. Yesterday morn
ing the thermometer registered from
"a to % degrees below zero and a cold
wind caused one to seek the comforts
of a warm fire. This morning it was
even colder, from "a to 40 below.
Trains have been hours late and bust
ness in the city is practically at a
standstill.
Hon. A. f. Chamberlain, formerly
superintendent of farmers Institutes
for South Dakota, arrived in Bookings
NI,nI,,, n;rht oyJ ad1raCCoH tho Ctl-
dents and faculty at the weekly convo-
cation at State College Tuesday morn
ing. Since leaving South Dakota Mr..
Chamberlain has been engaged in agri-
cultural extension work, first with the
Great Northern Railway Co. and then
with the International Harvester Co.,
having his headquarters at Minneapolis
and which position he holds at the
present time. He is a man who has
spent a great part Of his life in South
Dakota and always has a good word
to speak for the state and its citizens.
Under the auspices of the Ministerial
Association, Commercial Club, and var
ious musical organizations of Water
town, Handel's Oratorio "The Mes
siah' will be given next Friday even
ing, January IA, at Waterfowl by the
State College Choral Union. A special
train will leave Brookings Friday after
noon at about one o'clock. The Fourth
Regiment Band will meet the train,
weather permitting, and escort the
party to the First NJ. f. church where
there will be a short rehearsal with
the large organ. Seats for the evening
will be assigned at this time. The
Ladies Aid Society of the NJ. f. church
will serve supper to both chorus and
orchestra. The sOloists will be the
same as in the performance at Brook
ings last month, Prof. Garnett Hedge,
tenor, Mr.. Oyloe basso, Miss Laura
Ferguson soprano, Miss Margaret
Campbell c~ontralto and Mr.. Carl Chris
Jensen assisting director. Mr.. Whit
mus will assist in the Easter quar-
tetIeS. lHlS Is TIE hIcl ZIP W p'
taken by the Choral Union, but in all
probability it will not be the last. The
special train returns from Watertown
Friday evening, leaving there immed,
lately after the concert.
Superintendent j. w. Browning re-
ports that the results of the prelimin-
airy debates in the BroOkings high
school indicate that there are a mum
Der of students interested in this line
of work that the local school will have
a strong team to enter the State De-
batting League. The question for de-
bate this year is, Resolved, That I'm
migration into the United States
Should Be Further Restricted by a
Literacy Test" The various societies
have held their debates and prospects
for a winning team are bright. The
preliminaries for the Observation-Disclosures
ing contest will be held Friday, Febru'
airy 4 Supt. Browning, who is presl'
dent OF the State Declamatory League,
ond tho avocutiya committee have re.