The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-23

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. II. r. LaLonde Saturday, January
18th.
Il. y. Storm made a short business
trip to Arlington Tuesday between
trains.
There are many complaints about
our muddy crossings. They are GER
tainly a fright.
\ son of Swan Hanson accidentally
put a bullet in his leg last Sunday
while using a revolver.
T. c. Akin went up to De Smet Sun
day night where he will talk life in.
surance for several days.
James C~hristophersen left last week
for Maskall, Nebr., for a weeks visit
with friends and relatives.
Nick Buehre, who has been laid up
several weeks by the flu" is as~.i
On the job at F. c. Neil's.
Dell Crawford of Rochester, Mimi,
is spending the week at the home OF
his sister, Mrs. II. c. Barclay.
Postofiice Inspector Geo. II. Chase
was in the city Friday while on the
way to his home in Watertown.
Chester Severson, cashier of the
Bank Of Aurora, was in the city be-
tween trains on Monday evening.
Mrs. J. p. Casey of Minneapolis Wis
tied a day or two the latter part of
the week with Mrs. NJ. H. Culhane.
James Bower is again home on leave
and thinks perhaps he may get his dis
Chas. S. Baldwin, of the Marine
corps, concluded his visit in Brook
ings and left for Maryland Monday
night.
Mrs. NJ. E. Murphy returned to Mott,
n. D., on Saturday after a few days
visit at the home Of Mrs. Nj. H. Gull
hane.
Hotel Dyckman is Minneapolis
newest downtown ireproof hotel. 800
rooms, each room has it's own private
bath. Rates $1.75 to $3.50 per day. !
E. G. Montgomery left Tuesday
morning for Pipestone, Mimi, where
he went on land business and expects
to be zone until the latter part of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S. Eldridge left
Tuesday for Brandt, where they will
spend a couple of weeks with Mr..
Eldridge's brother, A. A. Eldridge, and
family.
Daniel L. Beals, who has been home
a two weeks %furlough, returned to
Norfolk, Va, Tuesday where he is
with the Marines on the battleship
Arkansas.
Lloyd Poole arrived in B%rookings
Friday night from Boston and is busy
visiting with his mother, Mrs. A. A.
Poole, whom he has not seer for sew
eral years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Bailey of the
Bruce Herald, accompanied by friends
visiting at their home, were B%rookings
visitors on Monday night, taking in
the movies at the Pleasant Hour.
Geo. Fem returned home from Sioux
City the last of the week where he
had been with a couple of cars OF
stock. On his way home he dropped
off at Mitchell to take in the big pure
bred stock sale for a day.
Geo. A. Mathews writes from Los
Angeles, Calf, that they are having
fine weather there. Temperature up
to rs degrees or better every day and
springs work going on. The biggest
crop they have is now being harvested.
Mrs. Thos. Alton has received word
that DR.. Ben Alton, who has been with
the British forces since early in the
war, sailed from England on January
18th. After looking over his affairs in
he will undoubtedly make his
home town a visit.
G.. A. Beckman arrived in the city
Monday evening from Camp Meade,
Md, where he was discharged from
He visited with his sister,
Miss Elsie Beckman, music teacher at
the high school, until Wednesday when
he left for his home at Lead, S. d. ;,
Clayton V. Thompson writes TO
have his Register changed from Camp
Mcclellan to Camp Gordon, Ga, and
Il will be here some time, pos
sibly until mex June. The weather is
just ideal, could not be better. | am
working with the War Risk Insurance
branch here so may be one of the last
to be demobilized."
A letter from Mrs. Peter Hallen,
formerly a resident of B%rookings, and
living at Ord, Nebr., to a friend
in the city, states that their son, Har-
old, is at n of the California camps
in charge of the electric lighting and
will be n of the last ones to be mus
out. Ortie, the second son, has
been in France since the fall of 1917,
is wearing two wound stripes, but
again in class A and on active duty.
was the manager of the light
plant at Ord, before going into service,
and during his absence Mr.. Hallen has
taken his place. The others OF the
are we'll, happy and busy.