The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-10-24

See ad. H. R. Claussen, Auctioneer,
Elkton, S. d.
Miss Gladys Olmstead, will take pu-
pills for instruction in piano music.
Phone R-204. 1116 Sixth street.
Will the party who borrowed the
wire stretcher and maui at the College
farm please see that it Is returned at
once to Mr.. McGarry.
J. P. Alexander left Monday even
ing for Pierre to attend to matters be.
fore the State Supreme Court in which
his firm is interested as attorneys.
Judge Alva E. Taylor of Huron, cir
, cult judge of the ninth circuit, came
to the city last Friday to act for
Judge Skinner in holding a short term
of criminal court.
To whom it may concern-Those
needing work in my line will do well
to get my fall prices and have it set
this fall. | have a good stock to Sc
lect from. 7. H. Jennings, Bookings,
S. D., Marble and Granite Monument
Works.
Percy 0. Kennard is having good
success with his registered cattle, hav-
ing last week sold two fine heifers to
John Ward of Durand, Wis, for $500.
Mr.. Ward is a brother of Mrs. A. B. Al
lisOn and made the purchase during a
visit he and his family were paying
at the home of his sister.
NJ ~ Cnlonop vic;foJ O. Do,1 loc+
week for a consultation with the ply
stefan who so nearly restored him to
health after his bad accident Of last
summer. He is told that he is getting
along nicely and that in time the use
of his limbs will be restored to him.
He returned home Sunday morning
and is at his post of duty in the college
commissary department.
Information comes from Volga that
Prof. A. A. Coulson, superintendent
of the public schools there is serious.
ly i'll. having suffered a hemorrhage
of the lungs while cranking his car
last Friday. He had been i'll with the
grip the early part of the week and
was down town feeling much better,
when this occurred. Mr.. Coulson was
some improved yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. B. Loban and
two children returned Friday from a
trip that included visits to Denver,
New Mexico, Kansas and Fort Logan,
Colo. After seeing all this varied
country Mr.. Loban states that no
where did he see farming land that
compares with the land in Brookings
county. After November LIST Mr.. 10
ban will be in the employ of the Cole
Mercantile Co.
Mrs. Henry Getty has received some
war souvenirs from her son, Hugh,
who is with the army across the sea.
One is a flower vase made from a
shell and is beautifully engraved and
ornamented. Another is a paper knne
made Of sea shells. and others are
handsome h~andkerchiefs purchased al
the Red Cross stations in the zone OF
action. The latter are probably the
work of the refugees from the devas.
lated districts.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Dunton return,
ed Saturday evening from northern
Minnesota and Wisconsin, where. they
have been visiting at Hill City, Duluth
and SpOoner. They were just a little
ahead of the fire in their visit and
started home before it struck in places
that they had travelled over. Mr.. Dun
ton states that the scenes up north are
narrowing in the extreme and thai
when they left the situation was one
OF extreme gravity.
Word has been received that Prof
r. A. butcher of the University of Min
nesOta, has been commissioned a cap
tain in the Sanitary Corps and that he
left Wednesday for Washington, d. c
From there he will go to Camp Green
leaf, at Fort Oglethorp. Ga. His worl
will be in the nutrition division ani
will consist of the study OF mess condi
tons and to try to establish a salts
factory economical dietry for all mess
halls. Also the study Of other prob
lens such as the relation Of diet t.
disease. undernourished men. etc.