The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-10-13
Local and Personal

Taxes are delinquent November LIST.
Advertisement.
Two rooms for rent in modern house.
Phone K 52.-Advertisement.
One-inch gum tape at the Register
office, rs cents per roll. Advertise.
tisement.
One-fourth off on Pattern Hats at
Rose Mullen's Millinery, 800 Main st.
Advertisement.
Buy of your home merchants, not
from peddlers. Stand by the men who
helped you in the hard times.
What Piano is mostly used in the
big music schools. McMillan's ad gives
you the facts on page 2.-Advertise-
ment.
Prof. G. w. McCarty and Glenn Rohr.
back were at Mitchell last Saturday
to discuss plans for intercollegiate de-
batting this season.
st. Thomas Guild will serve their
annual roast chicken dinner Saturday,
October % at the G.. A. R. Hall, 500
p. m.-Advertisement.
Prof. E. J. Petry, head of the de-
partment Of botany and plant path
ology at State college, has been in
vited to speak at the First Annual Po-
tato show to be held at Kansas City,
Kas., October 20-22, inclusive.
A. F. Grimm left Wednesday morn
ing for De Smet to attend the funeral
of Mr.. Lotus, a pioneer merchant of
that city. Mr.. Grimm represented the
South Dakota Retail Merchants asso-
citation Of which both he and Mr..
LOTUS were veteran members.
Mrs. Peter Olson and Mrs. A. Trot-
zig of Howard, arrived Tuesday morn
ing to attend the meeting of the Cen
trail Deanery. While in Brookings
Mrs. Olson visited her daughter, Miss
Clara Olson, who teaches in the city
schools, and Mrs. Trotzig visited her
son, E. G. Trotzig of the Register.
The new boilers in the power plant
have been completed and the first fire
was lighted Tuesday morning. A light
fire will be kept going for about two
weeks to dry out the brick thoroughly
before the boilers are put into actual
service. 1t is fortunate that the new
boilers are installed and neary ready
for use for the old ones are on their
last legs. They have been carrying an
extra heavy load and have been doing
double duty for several months since
the other three old ones were removed,
to make room for the new boilers.
Marriage licenses were issued by
Clerk of Courts H. w. Blakely to the
following named couples this week:
Andrew DeGraaf and Blanche Sturgis
of Elkton; Ed. Bird of Sutherland, Ia,
and Mary WEIGH of Elkton; Homer
w. Smith Of Rapid City, and Marguerite
Catlett of Brookings. Mr.. Blakely,
since taking over the Office a few
weeks ago., has been rapidly learning the
ms and outs Of the routine of the Of
fee and says he likes the work fine.
His natural energy and aptitude have
stood him in good stead in acquiring
SO much proficiency in a strange Of
fee in such short time. He will soon
have the work we'll in hand and run
ming like clock work.
Mrs. E. V. Pierce was called to
Minneapolis, Mimi, by the death of
her father, Emery Mapes, noted bust
ness man and president of the Cream
of Wheat company. Mr.. Mapes died
at his home Sunday night after an
illness of two weeks. Funeral was
held Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Mapes
made a meteoric career in business by
inaugurating the idea Of making 4
characteristic picture tell an effective
story in advertising. BY advertising
he built up a business with virtually
no assets to one now valued at several
million, the product of which is known
over the whole world. Mr.. Mapes was
6S years old. He is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. E. v. Pierce of Brook
ings, and Mrs. G. v. Thompson of Min
neapolis, and son, Frank M. Mapes
of Minneapolis. The deepest sympa-
thy of the community is extended to
Mrs. Pierce in this time Of great sor-
row.