The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-30
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Fresh Flowers at the BrooKjngs
,.reenhouse.
Horace NJ. Aver was a business lis
itor at WATERFOWL Saturday.
N. Balkema of Sioux Center, Ia,
was a business visitor II Bookings
Monday.
John Ralston of Paullina, Ia. was
an over Sunday visitor at the home
of his son, Fred Ralston.
Piano Tuning, repairing, etc. We
sol cit your business. H. W. Wilson,
authorized technician for State col
lege. Call L 430.
A State college handbook is beng
issued this year by the Christian asso-
Citations 10 aid new students in be-
coming acquainted with campus life.
Rules and regulations and traditions
Of the school are explained and much
other useful information is included.
Brookings citizens had an opportu-
nifty last Sunday evening to hear one
of the nations greatest preachers,
when Bishop Charles b. Mitchell
spoke at the Methodist church. The
bishop was at Arlington Sunday morn
ing for the dedication exercises of the
new church there and came to Brook
ings and delivered a splendid sermon
in the evening.
According to Il. w. Dwight, presi-
dent of the state board of regents, the
state government has succeeded in
selling the most of its emergency war
rants for the lev dormitory for dis
abled service men now under construc
ton at State college. OF the $4,000
worth of warrants issued, $4,000 have
been sold. 1t is hoped to have one
wing ready for occupancy in a month.
Actual field work in connection with
the Beadle county soil survey is be-
ing closed up now by j. G.. Hutton
of State college, who is in charge of
the work. Professor G. f. Marbut, in
charge of the United States soil sur.
vey, and Inspector Rice, in charge of
the soil survey work in the northern
states division, accompanied Professor
Hutton on his final inspection of the
county. Statistical work still remains
TO be done and the work of finishing
and printing the map.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ, Schoen Of Orion
Vile, Mimi, visited at the home OF
Rev. and Mrs. E. V. Pierce over Sun
day. Mr.. Schoen is the mayor Of
Ortonville and was interested in look
ing over the fine paving on the Brook
ings streets, an improvement which
his city intends to make soon. He
was impressed with the beauty of u
city. OrtOnville has a municipal
power plant and from its earnings has
a sinking fund of $4,000. Electric
current for power is supplied at 8
cents a kilOwatt and the light rate
is 10 cents. Mayor Schoen was much
surprised to hear of the high rates
prevailing here.
A press dispatch Monday announced
that Marshall Knappen, son of Mr..
and Mrs. G. F. KnapDen of this city,
was the successful candidate for the
South Dakota nomination as Rhodes
scholar to oxford university, England,
for the year 1921. This scholarship
is generally considered to be the los
valuable of any in the world. 1t en-
titles the holder to a curse at Ok
ford university and a comfortable
annuity to defray living expenses.
Marshall is a senior at Wooster col
lege, Ohio, this year and will gradI-
ate next spring. Besides ranking high
as a student and an athlete, he is also
president Of the Wooster college Y.
M. C. A.