The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-10-14

Blocker & Blocker, Chiropractors.
lover the Fence With Babe Ruth"
Pleasant Hour, October p.
A. r. Weaver left Monday evening
on a business trip to Pierre.
S. J. Kabrud left Sunday morning
for Des Moines, Ia, on business.
DR.. B.. H. Sayre returned last week
from a 1900 mile drive through Min
neSOta.
Horace NJ. Aver writes Mutual Bene-
fit Life Insurance. The best Protection
for seventy-fve years.
Mrs. E. FAIRNESS returned Tuesday
morning from Herrick where she
spent a week visiting her daughter.
Miss Gertrude Buettner arrived Sat
urday morning from Estelline to spend
the week end visiting at the home of
her parents near Bushnell.
President w. E. Johnson of State
ering Of the agricultural college presi-
dents to be held at Springfield, Mass,
next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. V. Mccoy Of Lake
Worth, Florida, and formerly old time
residents of Brookings have been Wis
iting friends here for several days.
They start on their return home to-
day.
E. H. Keel, Oph., Of Sioux Falls, will
be in ~Brookings again at the Leon
hotel, Monday, October IS. Special at
tention given to weak eyes, poor sight,
infiamed eyes and eye lids, headache
and nervousness. Glasses correctly
fitted.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Whitehead Of
Sulphur Springs, Ia, were Bookings
visitors on Saturday. Mr.. Whitehead
is a banker at Sulphur Springs and
has farming interests in this county.
On their way up from Dell Rapids
they lost their auto camping tent
and would be glad of any information
leading to its recovery.
Welcome Waltz of Lead, who was
a first string quarterback on the State
college faatball squad this fall, has
received notification Of his commits
sion as first lieutenant in the regular
army and assigned to duty at TT.
Smelling. MINI. Lieut.. Waltz served
as a captain in the World war. HIS
friends here hope that he may be as
signed to State college for duty as
an instructor in military training.
A unique and valuable advertisement
is the one displayed in the window Of
the Bank of Brookings, by the Brook
ings County Pig club, which has its
sale tomorrow, Friday, October 18th.
1t is almost completely covered with
the premium badges captured at the
state and county fairs. 1t speaks vol
umes for our ambitious young agri-
%culturists and should be an incentive
for still greater efforts in that direc-
ton.
The main occupation on the railroad
sidetracks these days is loading pO.
tatoes in box cars. The potato loader
at the Farmers Cooperative Company
sent a steady stream of spuds into
the cars last week. A long line of
wagons loaded with potatoes was wait
ing its turn. Saturday morning a
whole train load of potatoes passed
through this city on its way east from
the potato country around Bruce and
north into Hamlin county. South Da-
kota's potato crop this year exceeds
last years crop by three million
bushels.
Among the coming attractions soon
to be seer at the Grand opera house
is Americas actor-singer, Fiske
O'Hara, in his latest success, Spring
time in Mayo" under the direction Of
Augustus Pitou Inc. ~"Springtime in
Mayo" is a tale of Irish life, in three
acts, written by Anna Nichols Duffy
and is best described as a romantic
comedy. 1t is a sunshine play, full
of happiness and joy, and tells one
of the prettiest love stories that the
stage has unfolded in a long, long
time. AS Terrence McWarren, Mr..
O'Hara has been provided with a part
admirably suited to his magnetic per-
sonality, while the new songs, spe-
cially written for him, are certain to
meet with the favor of his countless
admirers.