The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-01
Jan. 9th-CoIe Mercantile Co.

mas greetings from its old friend, f.
! H. West, Eugene, Oregon.
! Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Vickerman lett
! Saturday for Mason City, Ia, where
they will visit for about three weeks
! Mr.. and Mrs. p. J. Murphy enjoyed
their Christmas by visit from their
/ son. Robert, and daughter, Maude of
! Pierre.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl ]. Johnson OF
I Clear Lake, came over to attend the
/ funeral of Mildred Johnson and re-
mained for Christmas.
Mr.. T. Vessey and daughter. Joice
motored to washington Springs on
Sunday where they will remain for a
few days on business and visiting
| friends.
Alfred Johnson and son, Archibald,
of jamestown, n. d., accompanied by
P. l.. Trumble, friend Of the fam
! lily, were here to attend the funeral
of Mildred Johnson.
Miss Marguerite Catlett and Alta
Furnish entertained the Christmas
Club members and their daughters on
Tuesday evening 1t was in The ma
ture of a surprise on Mrs. Catlett.
The soft, balmy weather of the past
week is very acceptable after that hard
winter we had. The only thing that
mars the pleasure of it is the mushy
roads. Main street paving is blessing
! in disguise.
Miss Mable Samuelson, a cousin if
Mrs. Herman Johnson, residing at
Houston, Mimi, and Louise Clevan Of
! the same place, arrived TO attend the
| funeral of Mildred Johnson and will
remain until next week
Mrs. r. L. Chappell had a letter
! from her son, Vincent, who resides
at Corvallis, Ore, and who says thar
| they have two feet Of snow on the
| level, no fuel, no lights, and are havina
very serious time in getting around
at all.
! Ivan Conover and Mr.. and Mrs J.
II. Harrington drove to Sioux Falls
! last Tuesday The Farringtons We're
on their way to California TO spend
! the balance of the winter. Mr.. Con
( over went on to washington Springs
for Christmas, returning to Brookings
on Saturday.
We have 100 acres Of well improved
land in Codington county for rent at
one-third of the crop, and $4.O0 an
acre for pasture and hay land, four
miles from town. We also have three.
quarter sections, good improvements to
rent for one-half Of crop, owner fur
nishing the seed, and $400 an acre
! for pasture and hay. We have another
! half section to rent for one-third OF
the crop, and one-half of the hay in
the stack. This place has only about
100 acres of cultivation, the balance
hay and pasture. For particulars
write the State Bank & Trust Com
pany, Watertown.
The Rotary Club held their usual
weekly meeting at the Leon Hotel
! Tuesday noon and was addressed by
DR.. G. H. Zentz. DR.. Zentz gave a
very fine talk on Good Will' as en-
phasizing one of the essentials of Ro-
| tary organizations and his talk was
much enjoyed by those present. DR.,
! Zentz is the new pastor of the NJ. Z.
church and those who listened to his
very logical discussion of Americas
great opportunity will be glad of
further opportunities of hearing him.
| The committee appointed for the pur-
pose of furnishing good cheer for those
who were in need, on Christmas day,
made a very satisfactory report.
The Register is in receipt of Yule,
3 tide Greetings from Mrs. Clara A.
Brookings, Sioux Falls. There are
many who remember the interesting
visit to her husbands namesake dur
ing the past summer. With her greet
, ings she adds some very pleasant re-
marks about the Register being the
cleanest and best edited paper in the
state and concludes by saying that
when your paper is thoroughly read
from ads to Crows Nest the copy is
usually mailed to Los Angeles, Port
land, Maine, or to Brookings de-
scendant at Oakdale Farm, North Da-
kota. l hope to visit your town again
before many months. I am deeply
interested in its improvement and
progress, and the wide-awake Regis
ter keeps me well informed"
Elmer Kennard was the victim last
Friday night of a sneak thief while
attending dance at Arlington. Elmer
! had a valuable overcoat which he
priced highly, aside from its actual
money value, which is said to be per
haps SIS at present prices Of such gar
ments. It was originally the coat he
wore while in the service of Uncle
Sam as a member Of the Marines in
France, where he spent about sixteen
months. Since his discharge he had
the coat altered somewhat and
| trimmed with a fine beaver col
lar, and it is said to have been a
handsome garment. While the lights
"shone DER fair women and brave