The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21

friends at CaStlewOCQ, last frluay.
Best lot bargains eve offered In
Bookings. Easy payments. No inter
est. No taxes. See John H. Roberts.
NJ. N. Trygstad and l., Foswick re
turned Friday morning from attend
ing the Lutheran church meeting in
st. Paul.
Geo. w. Dixon, Of WATERFOWL. grand
master of the Grange for South Da-
kota is a visitor in the city this week
attending the big state meeting.
Mrs. r. A. Mark and daughter Con
stance, are spending several weeks
visiting with relatives and friends at
st. Paul and Forest Lake. MINI.
Harry w. Jones. of Minneapolis, ar
the city Tuesday looking over the sit
uation and comforting with the church
officials.
Mrs. +. J. Stuerwald mad daughter,
Frances. of Virginia, MINI. arrived
Friday for a visit of a couple OF
months at the home of her father
]. l.. Tree.
Walter Ooegard left Friday norm
ing, by way of Wolsey and Aberdeen,
for Glendive, Montana. where he Will
spend several weeks visiting his
brother and sisters who reside in that
city.
Last Friday morning the train
from the east due at $40 did not ar
rive until 1890, the delay being oc
casioned by a derailment (no one
hurt) on the line between st. Paul
and Mankato.
Mrs. G.. =. Sexauer and daughters
Misses Laura and Verna, left last
Thursday for an extended visit, which
will take in Fountain City, Wis, and
Winona. Mimi, among other places.
They will be gone several weeks.
Miss Rose O'Brien, who was EN-
ployed at the Brookines Laundry and
wen to Montana a couple Of weeks
ago. has been married TO Samuel
Baldwin, a cousin of Mrs II Brink,
of this city and is now residing at
Wolf Point.
Albert Mccarthy, who has been the
stcnoerapher for Geo Z. Soxauor 4
Son for some time, left last week for
WASHINGTON to take a position in the
government service in the same line
Of work. He took the civil service
examination for the job and passed
with a high STANDING.
Rev. J. F. Bryant, wife and daughter
and Mrs. G. j. Johnson and daughter,
went to Elkton Tuesday morning to
spend several days attending the
meeting of the Central Baptist Asso
citation in session in that town. The
program for the session Includes ex-
e|rcises on Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant, Mrs.
f.. c.. Perisho and Rev. NJ. b. Milne,
all of Brookings, have places On the
program.
It may be Of interest to those who
have bought Liberty Bonds to know
lust what the proceeds will be from
their investment, and how it compares
with returns from other investments.
A $50 bond will amount to $71.15 at
the end of ten years, $500 at the end
of IS years, and s149.2l at the end Of
80 years providing the Interest cou
pons are left in. This means a net
return of better thar four per cent,
and no taxes to pay
Plans for establishing of registra-
ton places along the Black and 1ei-
low trail in South Dakota are being
taken up. These places will be where
tourists may register. Probably the
first and most important of these VIII
be established neal the bridge across
the Missouri at Pierre. A fairly &C
curate record Of through travel can
be kept in this way. Brookings IS on
the trail and will be one Of these
points OF registration.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Steer, accom-
panied by their son and daughter,
were in the city the first part OF the
week, visiting with Mrs. Steers moth
er, Mrs. L.. ]. Tisdale, and sister, Mrs.
G. T.. Poole. They are making the
trip By auto and went from their
home in Sioux Falls TO Huron, and
thence here. The daughter remained
over for a further visit with her
grandma, and the rest of the family
went home Tuesday afternoon.
s. f. Fargis. who will be city super
ientendent of schools the coming year
was in the city the last Of last week.
In company with several Others he
made the trip by auto from Litchfeld,