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

Taxes are delinquent November LIST.
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Some real facts and plenty of proof
in McMillan's ad on page 2.-Adver-
tisement.
Eastern Star meeting next Tuesday
at 1880. Everybody urged to be out.
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We still have a few boxes of fine
eating pears for sale. Farmers Coop
erative Co.-Advertisement.
Buy Of your home merchants, not
from peddlers. Stand by the men who
helped you in the hard times.
What Piano is used in the Chicago
Musical College? Read McMillan's ad
on page 2. 1t gives you the facts.-Ad-
vertisement.
Mrs. J. w. Webster, accompanied by
her husband, arrived from Chicago last
night on a visit to her sister, Mrs.
Frank o. Smith.
Aubry Baker of Bruce, who was ar
rested last week in a raid near Bruce,
plead guilty to a charge of unlawful
possession Of intoxicating liquor in
a public place, said public place being
a highway, and was sentenced to thirty
days in Jail and fined 5000 and costs.
r. A. Storm arrived last week from
Valley City, N. Oak, for an indefinite
stay and is looking for his son Oliver
this week who is driving acros coun-
try. Mr.. Storm informs the Register
that Mrs. Storm is now in Pasadena,
Cal, and will remain there for the win
ter.
Word has been received in Brook
Tracy, Mimi, last Sunday. MI. Cornell
is a we'll known former resident OF
Brookings and was the proprietor of
the Fad moving picture theater prior
to moving to Tracy. Funeral services
were held at Arlington Tuesday.
Gilbert T. Gilbertson came up from
Pip~estone, Mimi, Thursday and WIS.,
tied at home until Friday evening.
when he left for Minneapolis to attend
the National Dairy show. He expects
to be gone about five days and will re-
turn to Brookings for a short stay be-
fore going to his work at the Pipestoxe
Ice Cream Co.
The annual business meeting of the
Brookings township Farm Bureau will
be held in the city hall next Thurs
day, October 20. A special program
of music and short talks on farm bu-
reau work have been arranged. EN-
phasis will be made on a discussion
of more dairy cows for the community
around Brookings.
The city schools of Brookings took
third place at the State fair at Huron
with their exhibit according to the
announcement of Mrs. Mabel X. Troo-
len, county superintendent. This was
a good showing, since Sioux Falls: HUI
ron, Aberdeen and Redfeld also COM
peted and all have special art teachers.
The Brookings schools plan to have a
very fine exhibit for next year.
C. D. Hardy of the public relations
department of Swift & Co., Of Chicago,
arrived Monday evening and spent
Tuesday in Bookings as a guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Hinkley. Mr..
Hardy was professor of English and
public speaking at Dakota Wesleyan
university several years g when Mr..
Hinkley was a student there. Since
leaving Dakota Wesleyan Mr.. Hardy
has beer professor of the same branch
at Northwestern university.
Friends in Brookings have received
the announcement of the marriage OF
Hugh Stanley Murphy to France
Moore Power which occurred at Chi
cage on September 10Th. Mr.. Murphy
is a son of Mrs. Anna Murphy, a well
known former resident of this city.
His father, Col. P. c. Murphy, was
one Of the pioneer citizens of Brook
ings and a law partner of Hon. G. A.
Mathews. Col. Murphy died before
the family moved from Brookings.
The good things of life are coming
fast for our friend, Vern Pratt, pub
Usher of the Elkton Record. Besides
enjoying a fine business, he got him
self a nice little wife and then a fine
baby girl dropped in on time. And o
it's a fine Overland car that dropped
into his hat the other night on the pur-
chase of a rattle ticket. What next?
Well, we couldn't w guess, but we
hope it's only good fortune, for Vern
is a fine fellow and making good
Funeral services of George Dokken,
son of Knute Dokken of this city, who
was killed in France about three years
ago, will be held next Wednesday
afternoon, at the house at 100 o'clock
and at the Lutheran church at 200
p. m. The body arrived in Hoboken
last week and is expected to arrive
in Brookings the latter part Of this
week. The Orr Hoffman post of the
American Legion will give the hero
full military rites at the burial cere-
mony. The exservice men will assem-
bic at the school house grounds At