The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-13
Mutual Benefit is best.

Mayor T. |. Flittie was business
visitor in lroQouis Tuesday.
Mike Fox spent few days at Doom,
Iowa. on business this week.
NJ d. Smiley, the national bank ex-
aminer. arrived Monday evening on
business.
Jay Allen of Sioux Falls, and Jas.
F. Brooke addressed the Rotary club
at its MONDAY luncheon on Tuesday.
Furniture is high, but you can buy
it at your own price at Robert A.
Storms sale Friday, May 14th. at 100
o'clock.
w. l.. Paul returned Tuesday even
ing from jamestown, n. D., where he
purchased a quarter section adjoining
the city.
John G. Raak, local real estate
dealer, made business trip to Orange
City, Iowa, Saturday, returning Tues
day night
The Brookings Creamery retail room
will be open on Sundays from S:45 a.
m. to 9:45 a. m. only. The employees
want to go to church.
No one can afford TO miss Mary
James Pa" the Senior class play at
the Opera house, Wednesday evening,
at SIS. Seats, Csc and soc.
Liberty Amusement Company In five
big acts Of vaudeville, with eight peo-
Pile, Pleasant Hour, Saturday, May IS.
Usual run Of pictures. Admission 25
and so cents.
The Chautauqua dates have definite
ly been fixed for July 6 to II. The
tentative program announced promises
to be a very strong one. More will be
said about it later.
Geo. A. Starring writes the Register
that the family is now located at 1907
! Ivison avenue, Berwyn, H., just ten
miles out of Chicago, and states that
everything is going fine. Berwyn is
suburb of Chicago about the size of
Brookings.
Every time you pay a penny, dime
or a dollar war tax you are contribut-
ing to Irnd to pay for something
that has been des .royed by war. Every
time you devc,e a moment, an hour
or a day to cleaning up your premises
or your community, you are contribut-
ing to the cause of saving something
from destruction by fire.
States Attorney Carl Trygstad and
! Oscar Johnson, former registry clerk
at the Brookings postoffice bought out
the Brookings County Abstract Co.,
and took possession of the books and
business on May l. Mr.. Johnson will
take active charge Of the business. 1t
is said that they have the only com
plete set Of abstract books in the
county.
4 Geo. II. Crawford in writing the
Register from Edmunds, n. D., says:
eve like this country fine. The win
/ ter was little cold. hut we have never
! felt better in our lives. Most all the
wheat is in the ground We are seed
ing oats now. Cattle were put to paS-
ture by the middle of April. This will
surely be a stock country when the
farmers get the stock"
The Register is pleased to learn that
! DR.. Fred Collier, graduate of State
college and a Brookings boy, has ac-
cepted the position of first assistant
/ in SURGERY of the medical department,
University of Michigan, at Ann ArbOr.
Like most of the graduates of State,
Fred is making a name for himself
and this recognition Of his ability is
! the pride of his friends.
! James H. Shepard, Jr, who has been
attending State college the past year,
/ finished his work here and departed
Monday for Laramie Wyoming, to
take the position of assistant state
chemist. He was not accompanied by
Mrs. Shepard The Register is always
pleased to note the good positions
taken by graduates of State college
and they are always in demand.
Elmer Usletten sold his Tire Service
station, opposite the city hall, to
Claud Ellis of De Smet, Wednesday
afternoon The station has been
closed up since last fall Mr.. Usletten
being unable to find time to run the
business. Mr.. Ellis will open the shop
Immediately, starting an up-to-date tire
repairing business. He has a similar
shop in De Smet which he will turn
over to one of his employees and will
take charge of the one in Brookings
personally.
In making his annual remittances to
the Register from Los Angeles, Cal,
Geo. A. Mathews says that the papers
of that city recently raised the price
from 2 to 3, cents per copy and that
everything continues to advance ex
cept incomes. He then adds paren'
thetically, Sorry you cannot see Cali
fornia in it's spring dress, however, il
YOU will come out to the democratic
convention in June you can see her
in her bathing suit without frills OF
flowers. J. c. Jennins and | are on
the golf links every day and we like
it lots better than shoveling snow ol
moving the lawn"
L ouiet wedding took place at the