The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-14

the Twin Cities. where he had beer
on a business visit.
Watch the Register for the great
story of The Magnificent Amber
sons" by Booth Harrington. VIII
start oon
The season is here when we neeo
to look up screen doors and screen
windows. A full line carried at Atlas
Lumber Co.
Men wanted for street paving work.
Good wages and steady work until
winter. Come at once. c. H. Atkin-
son Paving Co., Brookings.
Alex. Culhane is spending several
days this past week in Iowa looking
over the creamery situation in that
state with a possible view OF making
an investment if he finds a good open,
ing.
Mrs. /. G. Loomis has been enjoying
a weeks visit from her sister, Mrs.
F. B. Garrison of Lone Rock. Wis, who
is on her way home from spending
a couple of weeks in the Yellowstone
Park.
]. w. Warren went to Minneapolis
Monday evening to look for additional
help for his machine shop as tie bust
men. He returned home yesterday
morning.
Prof. A. H. Harding returned
Wednesday morning from Princeton,
Mimi, where he has been visiting fol
a couple of weeks at the home of his
parents and enjoying a brief vacation.
A former student of State College
in the person of Mrs. DEBORAH O'Brien
of Waukon, Ia, was a brief visitor
in the city Tuesday while on an auto
tour of this part of the state. She
was we'll known as Miss DEBORAH
Grattan. being a sister of o. T. Graf
tan, the Elkton hardware merchant.
P. L. Lincoln and family of Rich
land Center, Wis, who have been on
an auto trip to the Yellowstone Park
and other places of interest along the
Black and Yellow Trail, stopped foi
a few days during the past week to
visit on their return trip at the home
of Mrs. Lincoln's aunt, Mrs. Alice Ball
Loomis.
Hans Jerde of this city was the sue
~cessful bidder, out of five, for the
contract for the new public school
building to be erected at Alexandria.
His bid was $62, S47.OO, being nearly
| thirty thousand less than the highest
bidder. Mr.. Jerde erected the Hanson
county live stock pavilion recently
built at Alexandria.
John ]. Thornber, who is professor
of botany at the University of Arizona,
located at Tucson, arrived yesterday
morning from the west and is making
a visit at the home of his father, Jas.
Thornber. Miss Jessie Thornber and
Mrs. Fred Cuckow, daughters of Mr..
Thornber, both being here on a visit
makes quite a little family gathering.
Mrs. Will Binford and baby, who
have been visiting at the home of
her mother, Mrs. l.. H. Skiff, for some
time left yesterday morning for their
home at Caldwell, Idaho. Mrs. Bin
ford has made quite a stay, having
come here during the last illness Of
her father and remained to be with
! her mother and sister until they adj
justed themselves to their new life.
Ralph L. Sherwin arrived Monday
evening from his present home at
Scranton, Penn, and will spend about
a week visiting at the home of his
: parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sherwin.
He was formerly located in Florida,
but has moved north to Pennsylvania
T and at present is looking around be
I fore engaging in some other bust
? ness project. He looks well and is
2 the same hearty and happy man that
he was when a younger man and a
resident OF Bookings.
t Vinal B. Valleau, a State College
graduate of 1891, accompanied by
his wife and daughter, were visitors
in the city Tuesday coming here from
Marshall, Mimi, where Mr.. Valleau
4 owns a moving picture theatre. He
l called at the Register office and went
to the College to look for old time
e friends. He lives now at Albert Lea
Mimi, where he owns two theatres, as
+ we'll as one at Waseca. The visit to
o Bookings was a kind Of a side trip
from their business visit to Marshall
Prof. and Mrs. E. X. Searles and An
ton Hogstad left Monday evening fol
Lead, to attend the meeting of the
d State Pharmacy Association and ex
tend an invitation to hold the meet
i ing in 1920 at Bookings. After the
r meeting is over Prof. Searles and Mr.
iHogstad will make an extended sur
c vey of the Black Hills country for the
n poisonous plants growing there ant
expect to be gone for about two OF
three weeks on this work. AS State
College has so many graduates among
the druggists of the state there seems
g no reason why, when the ass ~,ciatior
is invited to make the college theil
meeting for mex year, but what thu
, same will be adopted without an!
O contest.