The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-03-22

and bridge builders convention. He also
visited relatives and friends %enroute.
Arthur Haasche of the law firm of
Loucks & Harsche at Waterfowl was
here a few days this week visiting
friends and took in the state extension
meeting at State College. Tuesday
morning he addressed the regular
morning meeting of the student body
and it is reported that his address was
a very fine one.
Mrs. c. A. Skinner left Wednesday
morning for Madison, Wis, to visit her
daughter Margaret. From there she
goes to Columbus, Ohio, to visit her
daughter Lila who is an instructor in
the university. Then she goes on to
Washington, ID. c., to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Howard Coe. She will be
gone several weeks.
Of a former Bookings county boy:
Mr.. Howard II. Biggar, of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, was the principal
entertainer at the March meeting Of
the Brookland Brotherhood, held in
Lord Memorial Hall, Brooksland, yes
terday evening. The subject of Mr..
Biggar's lecture was the cities of Can
ada and the great Northwest"
There is to be a special election held
in the city Tuesday, April 10th, to vote
on bonding the school district in the
sum of 100000 to build a new school
house, and a notice of the same ap-
pears in another column. 1t has been
suggested that a picture of the prOpos-
ed new building be left at the CONNER
cial Club DON and other places in
the city so that people may see it and
offer suggestions for improvement if
any.
Last Tuesday evening, at the Meth
odist church, a large audience was
splendidly entertained by Miss Pauline
Mayo. She appeared under the aus
pieces of the Ladies Aid and presented
the well known and much loved story
of ~"Pollyanna" or How to Play the
Glad Game" Miss Mayo's interpreta-
ton was sympathetic and true, and
her manner of reading so simple and
unassuming hat all were delighted
with her.
We're going to quit going to church.
Last Sunday morning while we were
quietly enjoying a sermon on good be-
havior, morality and Christian charity,
someone kindly stepped in at our
back yard and purloined the best part
of u Sunday dinner which had been
placed just outside the door to cool in
the snow. If the party who took it
had just stepped inside and asked for
a hand out" they would have got it,
in the neck.
Mrs. Minnie Eichberg, State Vice
Oracle of the Royal Neighbors, accom-
panied by Mrs. Ida Smith and Mrs.
Rebecca Shea of this city and Mrs. Geo.
Baker, of Aurora, and Mrs. Samis, of
Volga, left Monday night for Mitchell,
where the fourth triennial state con-
vention of the Royal Neighbors is be-
ing held this week. AS the state
oracle can not be present Mrs. Eich-
berg will preside over the delibera-
tions of the convention.
Geo. w. Cobel moved his family into
the new residence the first of the week.
The contractor, Guy Fowler, has some
outside work yet to complete but the
inside work is practically finished. He
has done Mr.. Cobel a very satisfactory
job, and the decorators, Peterson Bros,
have certainly done their part in the
artistic way they finished their work.
Mr.. Cobel has one of the finest homes
in the city. 1t is complete in all it's
appointments from the cellar to the
garnet. The electric lighting system
is very fine and the fixtures, which
were furnished by the Heymer Electric
Co., are very beautiful and costly. Mr..
Cobel says it will take the greater part
of the summer getting the grading fin
ished and landscape scheme he has in
mind laid out.