The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-14

For Sale-Good Fordson tractor and
pillow. Will give time until fall. l. +.
Lees.
Fred Killing left for Agar this
morning to attend to business mat
tiers.
John Hetland vas at Arlington on
business Friday, returning Friday
night.
E. c. Nolan departed for St. Paul,
Mimi, Wednesday night on a short
business trip.
Mrs. c. X. Brooks and son left for
Faulkton this morning to visit at the
home of Mrs. Brooks parents.
Mrs. Chas. Stration and children re-
turned home this morning from a
weeks visit at Strawberry Point, la.
Buying or building a home? Big
bargains in a good house or some fine
lots close in. See Horace NJ. Aver
right away.
Prof. A. N. Hume Of the agronomy
department of State college, returned
Sunday morning from Chicago where
he attended the meeting of the com
mittee of seventeen.
John Jesme and family arrived in
the city Monday from California where
they have been spending the winter
months. They We're eighteen days or
the road coming by auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Sanderson re-
turned Saturday from their winter stay
in California. They report having a
very enjoyable winter and that they
were in the best of health all the time.
Miss Vera Metzger arrived in Brook
ings Wednesday night for a short visit
at the home of her brother and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Metzger. Miss
Metzger is teaching school near Arl-
ington.
Prof. B. A. Dunbar Of State college,
went to De Smet Thursday morning
to testify in court as to the alcoholic
content of a sample Of booze Sent to
The chemistry department by the Of
fcials of Kingsbury county.
E. H. Keel, Oph., of Sioux Falls, will
be in B~rookings again at the Leon
Hotel Friday, April %. Special atten-
ton given to weak eyes, poor sight,
infamed eyes and eye lids, headache
and nervousness Glasses correctly
fitted.
A number of loafers were invited
to spend the night in the city Jail
Wednesday night, the invitation being
accepted. The city authorities are
taking no chances on this class of peo-
pie since the attempted robbery Mon
day night.
A bus line for the accommodation
of travelling men and the public in gen
eral has been established between
Watertown and Brookings. 1t is MAX
ing n trip a day coming from Wa
tertown in the forenoon and returning
in the afternoon.
F. G. Orr of Mott, N. D., stopped
off in Brookings Tuesday for the day.
He had been attending an important
meeting Of bankers held at Minneapo-
lis and was returning to his home at
Mott, having business matters to look
after in this vicinity.
Prof. c.. r. Wiseman of State col
lege, departed for Hayti, Cresbard and
Brentford this morning in the inter
ests of the department of education.
Courses in Smith-Hughes work have
been started in the schools Of each
Of these places this year, the work be-
ing supervised by Mr.. Wiseman.
w. F. Kumlien, director of exten
sion at State college; NJ. r. B~enedict,
farm management director Of State
college, and Tom Maher, president Of
the Bookings County Farm Bureau,
attended the special meeting of the
South Dakota Farm Bureau Fedcra
ton at Huron Monday. The purpose
of the meeting was to connect III
South Dakota with the national co.
operative marketing plan proposed by
the committee of seventeen and rat.
fed last week at Chicago by all Of
the farmesr organizations in the
United States.
Our old friend John c.. jenkins wit
ing from Los Angeles, Cal, is try :
to poke a little fun at the editortal
writer of the Register. He thinks he
is a better writer on the subject #
weather than he is a weather propaet
and that he and the weather clerk
ought to get together. He furtLer
says, THE Brookings colony here
seems to be working hard and getting
along all right" We suppose that
John is referring to the golf links and
pitching Quoits as the hard work the
B~rookings colony is engaged in. In
the letter he also says that the Fish
backs are leaving for South Dakota
this week.
The natives in north Brookings re
~chuckling over an amusing joke on OIL