The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-25

Miss E. A. Stead came down this
to visit at the home of her niece, Mrs
NJ. G. Carlisle.
Mrs. H. B. Lombard and children
left this morning for Hendricks to
visit with relatives, and will be gone
for a week or more.
Mrs. NJ. J.. Stewart, who has been
visiting at the home of her Sol Will,
south of the city, returned to her
home at Arlington last evening.
H. II. Peters, of the White Leader,
was a visitor in the city Monday,
coming over to see some of the White
boys as they entrained for camp.
Mrs. V. L. McGill was called to
Hitchcock last evening on account of
the reported illness of her daughter,
Bernice, who is visiting there with
friends.
Mrs. C. W. Adamson and children,
accompanied by her sister, Miss Jen-
ME Swanson, left last evening for
ALBION, for a visit with their sister,
Mrs. Steen Kjos.
A. L. Horton, eC'tor of the Volga
Tribune, was a visitor in the city
Monday as with a party of Volga peo-
pie he came over to bid goodbye to
their late superintendent of schools,
J. G. Macarthur.
Lieut.. Roy Nord passed through the
city Sunday on his way to the Allan
tic coast. He had been visiting at
his home in Huron on leave and be-
ing ordered to the coast looks as If
ne would soon be in France.
Mrs. Jos. Hewes and Miss Myrtle
McClelland Of Sundance, Wyo., who
have been visiting at the home of
heir sister, Mrs. John Matson, left
a very pleasant stay of a week in the
city.
J. j. Connolly, assistant chief Of
police, is in Sioux Falls this week
where he is consulting physicians re-
garding his eyes, and having a minor
operation performed for removal of
his tonsils. C. II. Fricke is acting
in his place while he is away from
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. McCarl returned
yesterday from their months visit to
the McCarl ranch near Beulah, Wyo.,
and to the scenic parts of the Black
Hills. They visited Hot Springs,
Deadwood, Lead and many other
places of interest and had a fine time
while on their trip.
The annual convention of the w. G..
T. U. will be held in Brookings this
year and the dates fixed are Septem-
Der 10, IA, IS and Is. From time to
time the Register will advise it's read
ers of the preparations being made
and the program that will be offered
to entertain the visitors.
Ingebright Singsaas of Astoria, was
in the city Monday to help bid fare
well to the boys who went to camp.
He told the Register that as soon as
he could arrange his farm matters he
was going to enlist. When men Of his
age get the war spirit, nothing can
stop this nation from winning the fight
for freedom.
j.. w. Warren. proprietor of the
Brookings Machine Shop, has added
an up-to-the-minute oxo-acetylene gas
prepared to do work at any time, as
he has the machinery for making the
gas whenever he needs it for use.
This is an improvement yer the sys-
tens that use gas in tanks hat are
shipped into the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Sussex were
down from their home at Highmore
last week and visited at the home Of
Mr.. Sussex's sister, Mrs. E. J. Ray.
Mr.. Sussex is in charge of the Elk
pertinent Station at Highmore and is
doing good work for the state. He
had expected to remain a few days
to see some of his many friends, but
was called back. Mrs. Sussex left for
home Saturday morning.
Charles Davis, who has been con
Quoting the Cottage Hotel, left this
morning for enlistment into the labor
service Of the army. He goes as a
carpenter for foreign service, and
makes the sixth son who will be serv-
ing the nation. Another who will be
eighteen later on is planning to enlist
as soon as old enough. This is an
evidence of patriotism in one family
that it will be hard to surpass in any
part of the nation. Brookings is proud
OF sending a man like this to repre-
sent us in the industrial lines Of army