The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-09-21
THEY ARE OUR BEST MER-
CHANTS

. THEY ARE OUR BEST MER- Z.
CHANTS
" }. r. Hamilton, former advertis- =
. ing manager for John Wanamaker, =
= says-"Any man is careless who y
" doesn't turn to the advertising =
= news Of his local newspaper for =
whatever he is going to buy, be- =
. cause the best merchants are al =
. ways the ones who advertise. "
They are the men who stand back =
= Of what they do and say. They are =
" the guaranty Of good faith in the =
. business world" "
Jas. H. Cronk C~hiropractor.
F. w. See was over from Bushnell
Monday on business matters.
Look for the poultry advertisement
of the Brookings Produce Co.
A son was born Saturday evening
to Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Larson on the
south side.
Philo Hall was in Sioux Falls Mon
day on important legal business before
the federal court.
Several carloads of fine potatoes
were shipped from here the past week
to eastern markets.
W. ID. Aylsworth was called to
Watertown Monday evening by the SER
ious illness of his child.
Atty. w. NJ. Cheever was in Sioux
Falls Monday before the federal cour
on important litigation.
Geo. Braley, Jas. Carlson and l. N.
Williamson were up from Sioux Falls
Monday on business affairs.
Judge J. P. Alexander, Geo. Purdy,
Wallace E.. Purdy and J. C. Allison
spent Sunday at Watertown.
j.. w. Ferris and c. H. Bell, promi-
nent business men of WATERFOWL,
were in the city Monday on business
matters.
DR.. Atwood and wife came down
from Arlington Sunday for a few days
visit with the ~latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. II. Shepard.
L. S. recruiting officer AIRY Wallace
has been here several days trying TO
get young men to go to the Mexican
border for patrol duty.
A. w. Morton ooh three first prizes,
three second prizes and two third
prizes in the poultry department Of
the state fair out Of a possible twelve.
Farmers are finding it difficult to
get threshing hands this fall, although
they are paying $3.50 per day with
board and room. Several farmers have
beer in the city this week looking for
help.
j. NJ. Bennett and wife, Ira Blewitt
and wife and Mrs. E. o. Hoover drove
over from Flandreau Monday evening
to attend the Scientist lecture. Mr..
Bennett is president Of the Bennett
Grain Co. and Mr.. Blewitt is a promi-
nent lawyer at that place.
The republican county central COM
mittee have organized for the fall cam
paign and elected A. B. Dalthorp,
chairman; John r. Culhane, treasurer,
and Wallace e. Purdy, secretary. Sys-
tematic work will be done the object
of which is to encourage the republi-
can voters to get out to the polls.
w. B. Steere and family were here
from Sioux Falls Friday visiting Chas.
E. Poole and family. They were on
their way home from the state fair at
Huron and were travelling in their
auto. They took Mr.. and Mrs. Tisdale
home with them for a visit. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tisdale are the parents of Mrs.
Steele.
Friday evening Bob Getty met with
quite an auto accident three miles
south of the city. He pulled out to
pass another auto and ran off a cul-
vert, overturning his auto and was
caught under it. A man named Peter
son, who was with him, succeeded in
getting him out. The car was some
what damaged but Mr.. Getty escaped
without much harm.