The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-17
Blocker g. Blocker, Chiropractors.


We have on hand a supply Of l and
pinch tape for sealing packages. Just
fits your machine. Register Publish
ing Co.
Wait for Sherwin's Great Auction
Sale of Brookings' best residence
lots. June %.
DR.. Hugh II. West Of Elgin, H., who
graduated from State College in 1891
arrived Sunday for the Homecoming.
r. F. Kerr returned Friday noon
from Pierre where he attended the
convention Of the Masonic grand
lodge.
A. B. Dalthorp of Volga, is attending
the graduating exercises at State Col
lege this week. His son is member
of the Senior Glass.
See the sale ad of Shelden-C Gala
han on another page. A good resi-
dence lot and a full line of house
hold goods will be sold.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gulk, of Sioux
Falls, arrived Saturday evening for a
few days visit at the home of the
formers brother, Herman Gulk.
Mrs. r. L. Patty is at Ames, Iowa, at
/ tending a class reunion at the Iowa Ag-
ricutural college and visiting at her
old home in Ames She will be gone
about a fortnight.
Aubrey Sherwood, who is associated
with his father in the publication OF
the De Smet News, is in the city at
tending the reunion. He is a graduate
of State, class of II.
Last Friday was the last day OF
school for the students at State col
lege While the most Of the students
are staying over for the big hOmecom.
ing celebration many of them left the
latter part of the week for their homes
Mrs H. f. Haroldson and two young
er children departed Sunday morning
for Seattle, where they will spend the
summer with Mrs. Haroldson's mother
Mr.. Haroldson accompanied them rs
/ far as Aberdeen to assist them in max.
! ing the change to the Milwaukee.
H. A. Bereman, editor of the Farmer
and Breeder of Sioux City, Ia, A. G.
Kittell, editor of the Nebraska Farm
Journal, and II. Howard Biggar Of the
editorial department of the Dakota
! Farmer, spoke TO the students at a
special meeting Of the feature writing
class at State College Tuesday.
Friends of the family here in Brook
ings received word, the first of the
week, that ?. c. Johnson had passed
away at Corpus Christi, Tex, on May
25th. Mr.. Johnson was one Of the
early settlers of BroOkings and will be
remembered by many of the Older
residents. He was actively engaged il
business here along in the early sos.
L. A. Bitterness, of the Farmer!
National Bank, returned Friday from
his trip to Northfield and to Mimi
apolis. Mr.. Bitterness went TO North
field to witness the graduation of hi!
two sisters, Mabel and Florence, from
st. Olaf college. After the graduating
exercises they all spent a few days a
Minneapolis and returned to BrOoking
together.
Brookings county will co-operat,
with Kingsbury in repairing roads &C
cording to the Arlington Sun: Christ
offer Madsen was in Arlington Tues
day afternoon and called up the roat
superintendent of Brookings count,
TO see if he would do something tc
ward getting the road on the count.
line 91a miles north of Arlington il
shape to go over. He secured hi
promise to do something at once a
that point where the grade is unde
water 1t is very necessary that thi
stretch Of road be put in shape a
travellers are obliged to go three mile
to the cast to get around it. 1t is in
possible to go west on account G
Lake Albert. According to arrange
ments of the county boards OF Brool
ings and Kingsbury counties the frs
six miles from the north line is to b
taken care Of by Brookings county an
the next six miles by Kingsbury cour
ty. The impossible grade alluded t
here is one-half mile north of tn
church and Is in the Brookings count
district. Kingsbury county has bee
doing some good work lately on thei
part Of the county line.