The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-26

~ SUI was DOlH " MI. anu MIS-. Ctll
Ward last Thursday.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Sample on the 18th inst.
Hear Hot Cakes OFF the Griddle"
Sunday night. Methodist church.
Ed. Peterson, of Sioux Falls, arrived
Friday to take a position as stenogra-
pher for Geo. p. Sexauer & Son.
Miss Lotto Ensberg, of Toronto, ar
rived here last week to visit a few
weeks with her sister, Mrs. a. j. Dok-
ken.
w, n. Atkins is building a new barn
on his farm southeast of the city TO
take the place of the one recently burn
ed down.
Mrs. j. Z. Swift and baby came down
from Estelline Wednesday for a days
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. A. Lehner.
Wild geese have been flying south
in large numerous flocks the past few
days which indicates hat it is cold in
the northern regions.
Mrs. Van Fi2hback returned Tues
day evening from st. Paul, where she
spent a couple Of weeks, visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Eaton.
j. NJ. Stewart returned Saturday
from Mansfield where he was conduct
ing an auction sale of goods for the
Hall Sales and Advertising Bureau.
st. Paurs Guild will hold their an
nual sale of fancy articles, kitchen
supplies and food, in library hall,
Thursday afternoon and evening, No
vember 18th.
Bob Getty, Carl Peterson, Voldenmar
Peterson. Mark Connolly and Tom
Haugen were out to Lake Albert the
first of the week and all shot as many
ducks as the law allows. The boys re-
port plenty of ducks.
Among those from here who attend
ed the speech by ex-governor A. O.
Eberhart, of Minnesota, at Volga Mon
day night were Conrad Lee, M. G.. Car
Isle, John A. Lunden, John r. Cul,
hane, J. II. Roberts, A. A.. Brictson,
Nels Rishoi and w. e. Purdy and wife.
VIM. Cameron left Tuesday evening
for Estelline and will go from there
out to Lake Poinsett to spend the bal
ace of the week hunting ducks. He
will be joined by w. NJ. Cheever who
will come over from court at Hayti
the last of the week, and wind up with
a good duck hunt.
Jas. Cochran, of the Iowa Bridge Co,
is here putting III a bridge four miles
south of Bruce and another near
Volga. When these are finished he will
build an approach to a bridge south
west of here on the river. Iron and
other material is being unloaded here
this week for the work.
Ole Aslakson, who resides west of
the city neal the river, was in town
Monday hauling coal and getting ready
for winter. He stated to a Register
reporter that he and II. X. Halvorson
were in Sioux Falls the day Chas. Z.
Hughes spoke and that he was well
pleased with his speech.
Captain Joseph Matson, Coast Ar
t%illeryman of the United States army,
is the new cOmmandant at South Da.
kota State College and has arrived to
take charge Of the military trainin9
work in this institution. All men at
State College are required to study
military tactics until their junior year
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Garfield n two
daughters, Mrs. jerks and Mrs. White,
returned Sunday from a two weeks
visit with relatives at Downing, Wis.
They made the trip in their auto. They
had a pleasant trip except on part of
the return. At New Ulm, Mimi, Mrs.
White was compelled to take the train
home on account of her baby catching
cold.
Owing to the over-crowded condi-
ton OF the Registers advertising col
umns and the fact that we are trying
to get by with twelve pages because
of high-priced paper several good ..r-
ticles had to be left out of this issue
and other articles had to be continued
over into next weeks issue. The Regis
ter is sorry to have to do this but it
isn't often that We have to apologize 10
our readers for this sort of thing.
On Monday evening DR.. Henry Black
Burns opened the lecture course at
the opera house with a discourse on
Chords and Dischords.' The good
things that were said and the wit that
was displayed by the speaker kept the
audience in a constant state of ex-
p~ectancy for the other good things that
were continually following. DR.. Burns
is in a class all by himself when il