The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-10-16

the baptlSt cnurcl on is the WOrlO
Growing Better or Verse;?
Have car of pea size hard coal in
transit and can accept a few more
orders for delivery from car. $13.7E
a ton. Geo. p. Sexauer & Son.
"Oh. You Women" one of the fun
niest comedy-dramas ever produced
Pleasant Hour tonight and Friday.
Ladies' Readyto-wear Department
offers this week Georgette and crepe
de chene waists in gray, sunset, tea
rose, bisQue and mahogany. Cole
Mercantile Co.
Mrs. H. f. Dawes left Saturday
morning for Sioux Falls, where she
appeared on the program of the edu'
cation conference in session the first
four days of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilson Of Hart
ley, Ia, who visited their oid friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. p. Luckinbill las,
week, left Saturday morning for Sioux
Falls to visit other friends.
John p. Olson, OF Chicago, a brother
of II. C. Olson of this city, has been
visiting his brother and toher rela'
tives in Brookings during the past
week or more. He left Tuesday morn
ing on his return to his home.
The Rev. B. A. Benson went to Wa
tertown this morning to accompany
his wife home this evening. Mrs.
Benson has been operated on at a
hospital in Watertown and is nicely
recovering, which will be a pleasure
to her many friends.
John Anderson, a contractor of Lake
Benton, Mimi, and brother in law of
J.. S. Worden Of this city, died at the
Deaconess Hospital on Sunday. The
body was taken to his home at Lake
Benton on Monday, where the funeral
services occurred that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. c. Erie motoreo
down from Estelline Friday afternoon
and made a short stay in the city.
They brought with them Mrs. d. NJ.
Gardner. who has been visiting i'm
Estelline. Their visit in the city
was short, as they returned home the
same evening.
Mrs. j. r. Hinman Of Huron, who
visited in the city with friends for
several days last week, returned to
her home Thursday evening. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Pearl Fallon of
Sioux City, her niece who visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Poole
for several days.
A. l.. Davis, former furniture dealer
Of this city, was a visitor here this
week, arriving from Minneapolis on
Monday morning. After attending to
business matters he left Tuesday Tor
Cozad, Neb., where he has a store anl
will go from there to California "a
spend the winter with his wits and
daughters.
Elmer S%tangeland, formerly with o.
onGraves Company, and his mother
Mrs. H. H. Stangeland, are now 10
Gated in southwestern Missouri with
a brother of Elmer, who is interested
in The lead mines in that vicinity
They left B%rookings a couple of weeks
ago and find the climate further south
more to their liking.
r. M. Crawford, one of the very early
settlers Of the city and county, came
up from his present home at Elan
Jroor ~ T,,ncHn,y IN offnnd thn mat
ing that was held at the Commercial
Club to commemorate the fortieth an
niversary of the founding of Bookings.
He went from here yesterday to visi.
at the home of his son in law, Robert
Carter, in Trenton township.
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Milne ar
rived in Brookings Saturday morning
from Lake City, Colo, where they
were married the last part of Sep
TENDER. They are visiting ct the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. Wiley,
parents of the bride and it is ex'
pected that Mr.. Milne will return 10
the employ of the city in the power
and light plant, a place he filled to
satisfaction before his enlistment in
the army at the outbreak of the var
Mr.. and Mrs. George Coulter of
Eureka township were in the city
Saturday morning, coming to bring
the aged mother of Mrs. Coulter, who
in company with her daughter, Mrs,
Mark Scott, left for Wisconsin on the
morning train, where she will make
her home for the present. Mr.. and
Mrs. Coulter contemplate going to
California and as the mother has been
badly crippled since breaking her hip
a couple of years ago, it was thought
best for her to go tC Wisconsin to
make her home.
The farm sale yesterday by Chas.
Martinson was a very good n for
the buyers, as the quarter section was
sold for a remarkably low price for
lands near the city and of such good
soil. NJ. F. Sutton of Trenton town.
ship bought the lowest lying eighty
acres for one hundred forty-four dollara
per acre, and the eighty that lies high.
err was sold to N. A. Martinson for one
hundred and fifty. While we have not
had a report of the prices paid for the
Chester White swine, we have been
told that they ranged fairly good.