The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-05
Local and Personal
Save The Waste And VIII The War
j. r. Brooke. Local and News Editor. Phone LII

Save The Waste And Win The War.
Jas. II. Cronk, ChirOpractor.
Clothes baskets S5c and csc at
Jarvis.
Ladies white shoes CSC. Gillespie
& Rogers, Footftters.
j. p. Alexander and w. E. Purdv
made a business trip to Elkton last
Saturday, by auto.
DR.. c. j. Engelson left Monday
morning for a visit with his brother,
Leonard, at New England, North Da-
kota. He expects to return later in
the week.
Rio Miner and Everett Anderson, of
the plumbing firm of Skiff G. Miner,
went to Elkton Monday to continue
work on several contracts the firm has
in that town.
Reports from the Black Hills say
that the advance guard of the auto
mobile summer tourists has commenc-
ed to arrive in the Hills. The tour
lists are coming to South Dakota's
play ground mainly from the east
over the Black and yellow Trail.
Daniel C. Glennon, a this years
graduate of the State College, has
been offered and accepted the position
of teacher of agriculture in the public
school of Buffalo Center, Winnebago
county, Iowa. Dan has been taking
the two weeks extra course at the
college and returned to his home at
Huron last week.
The States Attorney. w. f. Purdy,
says that until the fifteenth of the
month he will not be hunting around
for those who have not placed dim
mers on their auto lights, or other
wise complied with the law. The law
is new and perhaps people are entitled
look out, the law was made and it is
one to be enforced.
The Register family was treated by
James Thornber TO a nice mess of new
potatoes last Thursday. They are OF
cellent in size and flavor. Mr.. Thorn
Der has been having new potatoes on
his own table since the 18th OF June.
But that is nothing when we remem-
Der that he is a real gardener of long
experience. The ordinary common
variety of gardener would not be ex-
pected to show such results.
The Chicago and Northwestern rail
road has a ferry train at Pierre which
carries automobiles across the Mis-
souri, almost hourly. They down run
on the ferry up a chute and off when
on the other side down another chute.
II is the only crossing on the Missouri
river where an automobile can cross
any time of the year, fair or stormy
weather, without any danger or trOub-
lie whatever. 1t is a valuable adjunct
Of the Black and Yellow Trail.
We are informed. how rightly we
do not guarantee, that the crowds at
the two days of celebration at Elkton
did not come up to the usual Elkton
standard. We are sorry TO learn this,
as u sister town has always enjoyed
a reputation for good sport days. The
program for the days is reported as
being alright, with ball games each
day, and other sports, merry-go-round
and dancing to fill in. Those who
went from here say they had a good
time.
The sheriff and coroner were called
down to the Jermstad grove last
Thursday afternoon, in answer to a
call to come and remove a dead man
who was lying there. They made a
hurry-up trip and after surveying the
remains, turned the party over, upon
which he came to life. A partially
empty whiskey bottle seemed to ex-
plain the cause of the gentleman's
temporary eclipse and after his resur
rection by the mighty hand of the law
he was able to proceed on his way.
The sheriff claims that the good old
days of miracles has not entirely pass.
ed away.