The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-03-09

Bostonians at the opera house Fri
day. March 10th, for three nights.
Glover, timothy, seed corn and all
kinds of seeds. Farmers Cooperative
company.
For ear corn of good feeding value
write to the Farmers and Merchants
State Bank, washington. S. d.
Geo. Alton came up from Pipestone,
Mimi, Tuesday evening for a few days
visit at the home of Mrs. Thos. Alton.
Miss Ollie Potter, of White, is at
the local hospital recovering from an
Nperation which she underwent Tues.
day,
The Registers next story will be
"The Prince of Graustark" by George
Barr McCutcheon. Need we say
more?
1t is reported that a number of bust,
ness men contemplate throwing out
their telephones because they cannot
have connections with the depot.
If you are not a subscriber to the
REGISTER do it now" before We start
"The Prince of Graustark." 1t will be
worth the price of a years subscrip.
ton.
To the Business Men-We have a
good form of remittance blank in stock
at IS cents per 200 sheets bound and
perforated. Come in and see it. Regis
ter Publishing Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Miller, of Mel
vile, n. d., who have been guests at
the home Of DR.. and Mrs. f. c. Miller
for the past few days, returned TO their
home Tuesday evening.
Mr., and Mrs. Albert Seaman, who
were here several days consulting
with DR.. Engelson in regard to Mrs.
Scaman's health, left for their home at
Kermit, N. D., Monday morning. Mrs.
Seaman improved rapidly during her
stay here.
Miss Ella Fleming has been spend
ing the past week at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. f. S. MINER. Miss Fleming
is in the city to be near her brother,
Fred Fleming, who recently under
went an operation at the local hospital.
Mr.. Fleming is improving rapidly.
Word has been received in Brook
ings announcing the death Of Mrs.
Burnett, mother of Prof. e. A. Burnett,
which occurred at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. p. G. Holden, in Chi
cago, on February Goth. Prof. Burnett
was a member of the State College
faculty seventeen years ago. He is
now on the faculty Of the University of
Nebraska.
The action of the city council in re.
moving the telephone from the passen.
ger station has an echo that the coun-
cilmen did not expect. The conven-
fence of having a telephone at the
passenger station far overshadows the
principle involved. The action of the
council was hasty and unguided. The
question of the payment Of a two dol
lar demurrage bill passing through the
mind of one of the councilmen kindled
the bright idea of making the railroad
company pay for the use of the tele-
phones which had been free for a
number of years. Mayor Mathews
cautioned the councilmen but the reso-
luton was passed requiring the COM
pany to pay for telephone service be-
ginning March 1st. Accordingly a
bill was given the local agent on the
first of the month which was approved
by Mr.. Leighty and sent to the Huron
office and from there it went to Chi
cago. People who have presented
bills to railway companies know the
time required for them to receive pay
ment. On Monday morning, March
9Th, without giving the Northwestern
the ten days grace for the payment Of
telephone bills usually granted, and
without even knowing whether the
bill would be paid or not the telephone
was removed. The telephone was left
at the freight station because Mr..
Leighty guaranteed the payment of
the bill personally. One of the local
officials of the Northwestern authori-
zed Mr.. Leighty to make the PROPOSE
ton of paying for n telephone and
receive n free at the passenger sta
ton; in other words a half rate on
each telephone but the proposal was
declined. MI. Leighty received orders
from Huron Wednesday giving him au-
thority to have the telephone replaced.
Mr.. Shea accordingly replaced the tele-
phone at seven o'clock Wednesday
evening.