The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-24
Local and Personal

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Pleasant Hour Wednesday, March /.
Henry Hanson, of Sioux Falls, was
making Brookings and the surrounding
towns the first of the week.
H. j. Hanson and his nephew,
Joseph VAIL, came over from Hen
bricks Tuesday to attend to some pro-
bate matters.
Judge Sherwood came home Satur-
day and remained until Tuesday even
ing when he returned to Watertown to
again open court.
Harry Lovald, of Sioux Falls, was in
the city Friday, Saturday, Sunday and
Monday. Mr.. Lovald is one of the
state God inspectors.
A letter from Mrs. Evelyn H. Pond
tells us that she will be back to Brook
ings sometime early in March. In the
meantime she will visit at Mankato,
Tracy and Marshall, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Cheever departed
yesterday for Ashville, n. C. to visit
Mr.. Cheever's brother, f. A. Cheever,
who formerly resided at C~astlewood.
From there they will go to Daytona,
Fla, where Mr.. Cheever has a sister.
They expect to be gone about two
months.
E. l.. VanDyke arrived in Brookings
Tuesday morning from Minneapolis on
his way to the Pacific coast. He leaves
tomorrow for Huron to visit his daugh-
ter for a few days and will then join
the family at Corning, Cal, where he
and Frank West w a large fruit
ranch and where he expects to remain.
Mr.. 'VanDyke formerly resided in
B~rookings and was our very efficient
county treasurer.
The Interstate Farmers and Breed
ers' Association will convene at the
Martin Hotel in Sioux City, on Febru-
airy 10th and 18th, to discuss an ad-
vertising program. Hon. Andrew f.
Lee, former governor of South Dakota
is the president and will call the meet
ing to order. President Perisho, of
State College, is on the program for
Wednesday evening and will speak on
THE Social Side of Farm Life"
The BrOokings Building and Loan
Association offers for sale 500 shares
of stock in Series No. A on the first of
March. Fifty cents a month paid in
on each share will with accruing pro-
fits amount to 800 at maturity. If you
want to build, the association will loan
you the money on favorable terms or
if you wish to ave money as ar invest
ment and help others to build and aid
in city improvement buy a few shares.
See the secretary, R. F. Kerr, before
the series is all subscribed.
Newspapers get caught for suckers
the same as other people. The Regis
ter has been out of that class for a
long time but recently we received a
seed corn ad from Sioux Falls, the
party sending it in giving amy bank in
Sioux Falls" as references. Contrary
to our usual custom of demanding cash
in advance or looking up the refer
ences, we bit. We are 10Y unable to
collect our bill and can find no trace
of E. d. Smith with his bank refer.
ences. We don't care so much about
the few dollars we have lost but think
more of the probable damage we may
have done to our subscribers. One
party in this county has already writ
ten the Register that he too fell into
the net and is out his good money. We
would warn our farmer friends to buy
their seed corn as near home as pos
sible and to deal only with RESPONSE
BILE parties. The Register will not get
caught twice in the same trap and if
anyone can locate this z. d. Smith in
Sioux Falls or any other place where
we can get hold of him the Register
will make them a donation Of $500.