The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-04-24

Cut flowers and potted plants at
Nolan's Drug Store, Saturday.
Hear Hargett Sunday night at Meth
odist on Grit, Grace and Gumption."
+. c. Nolan went to Lamberton,
Mimi, yesterday morning for a brief
business visit, returning this morn
ing.
Mrs. E. c. Perisho visited Water
town last Thursday in the interests
of the Woman's Victory Loan am
paign.
II. +. Chenoweth of Wolsey, a form
err resident of Brookings, arrived in
the city yesterday morning for a short
business visit.
Mrs. F. A. Paige and children of
Hetland, are visiting for a few
days this week at the home of Mrs.
Paise's mother, Mrs. Rufus Ames.
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.
John A. Hegeman, county surveyor,
left yesterday morning for Elkton,
where he will put in a short time at
tending to some surveys for parties
in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Bertness left
Sunday evening for Jordan, Mimi,
where Mrs. Bertness will take a course
of treatment at the mud baths Of the
s%anitorium located there.
f. A. Paige Of Hetland, was an east
bound passenger yesterday morning
on his way to Pine Island, Mimi,
where he was called to the bedside
of his brother, j. F. Paige, who is
dying after a protracted illness.
There will be a free lecture on
Christian Science by Ezra Palmer of
Denver, Colo, member of the board
of l~ectureship of the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, of Boston, Mass, at
the Opera House. May 4th, at 900
p. m.
The Register is in receipt of q fine
ly illustrated pamphlet from the de-
partment of agriculture on "The old
and new in corn culture" by H. How
ard Biggar. 1t is an important addi-
ton to the literature on corn culture
and is considered so valuable by the
government that it is being issued as
a separate supplement Of the Agri-
cultural Yearbook for 1918. Mr.. Big
gar is to be congratulated on this i'm
portant work that he is doing for
the farmers of the country.
Mrs. Kate Logan, Y. w. c. A. ma
ty work, visited Brookings last week.
arriving in the city April Is, and
spent Wednesday interviewing college
and downtown young women in re-
gard to becoming Y. w. c. A. secre
taries. Considerable interest was
taken in it as such a conference opens
up the way for future training even
if they are not yet ready to take up
the work. Wednesday evening she
had lunch with the local board in the
Library basement.
pigs is Pigs" is no humorous story
any more. 1t is the hard truth. AS
a ITO pound SOW was sold on the
open market Tuesday by p. o. Ken
nard to Frank Simmons at $19.35 per
cwt, bringing the sun of $148.99k.
MI. Kennard also sold % Of the poor
est of his last fall pigs, and at seven
months old this bunch averaged 212
pounds. Anyone who wants evidence
of the money to be made In raising
pure bred hogs need only visit any Of
the dozens of farmers around Brook
ings, to get the best evidence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. F. Henry
turned home Friday evening aft r
spending the winter months visiting
at the home of their daughter, MIS-.
Walter S. Thornber, at Pullman.
Wash. They had a very pleasant win.
ter, the weather being unusually fire
and enjoyed themselves all of the
time. They left Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn
Der and children in excellent health
and only came home as soon as they
did in order that George could get
to work on his garden and maintain
his reputation of being the create It
single handed gardner in the city. An
occasional mess of green stuff has
always led the Register to this be-
lief.