The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-09

Almer Ruttum was over from AS
toria the last Of the week and became
a subscriber to the Register.
Mr.. and Mrs. oscar Short and Miss
from Aurora on Monday evening.
c. ID. Kendall has for sale a Shet-
land pony, buggy, harness and sad
die. If interested see him at Kendalls
drug store.
Having secured a Victor Agency we
Will be pleased 10 serve you when in
need Of Machines or Records. f. c.
Nolan's Drug Co.
The City Telephone Directory goes
to print May 10Th. Hand in all
changes. names. street addresses and
etc. Phone 400, Chief Operator.
The banks of the city will close
Friday afternoon on account of the
meeting of the state bankers of group
3. to be held here that afternoon.
Mrs. Price, mother Of Mrs. w. II.
Leighty, has returned from a visit
with her son at Custer, ard is again
making her home with the Leightys.
At the Luther League meeting at
the college on sunday the sum of
'$9146 was received in the collection
and presented to the Red Cross chap
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Arneson We're
pleased to welcome a fine baby girl
at their home on Saturday. Mrs.
Arneson and the baby are doing nice
ly.
Mrs. Mat Peterson. who hos been
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. H.
G.. Olson. returned last week to her
home at Waubay by WAY of Lake
Preston.
j. W. Middleton has gone to Logan
North Dakota. to look after some
farming interests and may stay there
for some time. as he has ordered the
Register sent to him there.
Anton Thompson, who went to Camp
Funston to visit his SON., Sergeant Al
bert Thompson, of the 340th NJ, G. b.,
returned home yesterday morning in
company with r. O. Tollefson.
The Register is pleased TO note that
II. !. Stearns has so far recovered from
his recent severe illness as to be able
TO drive to Brookings. We trust that
his recovery will soon be complete.
Tom Bang has a new ice cream
freezer at the creamery that can give
points to the North Pole on quick
work. He froze fifty gallons of ice
cream on Saturday in n hour and
ten minutes.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. San ierson re
turned Sunday morning from their
winter visit to the Pacific coast. They
spent the time mostly at Redlands
and enjoyed the splendid climate anG
had a pleasant time during their stay
Arlie Wiley, son of Mr.. and Mrs
+. b. Wiley, who has been living on
his claim in the Black Hills, was
home the past week for 4 brief visit
and left Tuesday evening for Camp Lo
gan where he Will enter training for
the navy.
G. A. Bishman and Chas. Schultz
were over to Big Stone lake last Sun
day. returning home on Monday. Mr.
Bishman says the grain looks farther
along over there and is in fine shape
The roads were good and they had a
pleasant trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Cline returned
to Minneapolis last week. Mr.. Cline
came for a few days visit and tooF
his family home with him. Mrs. Cline
and children have been visiting at tn
home If her parents, Mr.. n MrS
G.. A. Bishman, for two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Bishman are il
receipt Of a couple of post cards iron
their son. Roy, who is now Some
where in France and who says he u
well, feeling fine and ready for th'
fray. He is very much struck with tn
difference between French and Amer
lean ways.
A letter from Long Beach, Calf.
states that DR.. c. A. Kelsey, n o
4 the pioneers of this county and th'
first physician 10 practice in Brooh
ings, died there on April 29th. Fo
some years DR.. Kelsey was prominen
here and at Aurora, later moving Il
:, Minneapolis and then to the coast.
A letter has beer received fror
Theodore Knutson, who is now Il
h England, and well pleased with nj
o prospects. He likes his work anc
like many others, is much intereste
in the strange scenes across the W.
ter. The letter was written TO III
sisters who reside near the Junction
MrS Anna Carlson returned HON