Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
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South Dakota
co,ouo, State News
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| pending 5000 in improving the water
| works system. s.rts #... .s.s 50
Evarts, the town at the end of the
| line on the Missouri, will be in charge
of the agent from Fargo, n. d.
A tornado destroyed the Van Dusen
elevator and several smaller buildings
at Harold. No one was injured.
Theodore Geskey has resigned his po-
| sition as passenger and freight agent
| for the Elkhorn company in Lead, and
| Antoine Zurich has been appointed TO
take his place.
An application for a pardon has been
| filed by Gottlieb Fleig, who was sem
fenced from Mcpherson county for ter
years on q charge of rape. The appli-
cation is signed by the prosecutrix and
her parents.
O. w. Hoyt of Grant county has re-
ceived word that his oats the German
variety, sent to the Paris exposition,
through II. w. Daley, for the agricult-
ura' department, Washington, took
first premium.
The tcwn authorities of Revillo have
taken steps toward the erection of a
Jail. AS the nearest place of confine-
ment at present is at Milbank. much
trouble and expense attaches to the
disposal OF a prisoner.
Vocal music will be introduced into
the public schools of both Lead and
Deadwood this fall and, If proven sat
isfactory. will become permanent
course. Prof. Hedge of Chicago will
take charge of this department in both
places.
Otto p. Grantz has shipped three car
loads OF ore from his rich mine. three
miles southeast Of Deadwood, amount
Ing In all to about eighty tons. The ore
was shipped to the Globe Smelling
company of Denver, and was sent in
charge Of a guard.
The people Of Selby, the new town on
the Milwaukee extension, are very
much discouraged over the water pros
pect. Only one we'll has a supply OF
water, and all efforts to find more have
failed thus far. Citizens Of Bangor,
the town that was recently merged into
Selby, have been buying water for
years, and they hoped to have plenty
when they moved to the new town.
The state school Of mines In Rapid
attendance than ever. Two new men,
bers have been added to the faculty,
and a new Department. has been es-
tablished. The buildings have under
gone repairs and the library has been
enlarged by the addition of several
hundred volumes. There remains still
$500 with which to purchase books.
Tracklaying on the extension Of the
Milwaukee road west OF Tyndall has
been progressing rapidly. and is COM
pleted as far west as Wagner. Charles
Mix county. The track will be COM
pleted to Platte. the terminus OF the
road, by the middle of September. at
the latest, and the trains Will be run
ming In time to carry the abundant
crops raised in that section Of the state.
The great range towns west OF the
river are waiting impatiently for the
finishing of the new road. They are
getting anxious to ship early in the
season because of the shortness or feed,
due to the extended drouth in that part
of the state. There are over 10000 head
of cattle waiting shipment. The Mill
waukee company will build and operate
a ferry as soon as the road Is complet-
ed.
The deadly tornado has claimed its
first victim in South Dakota this season
in the person Of James w. Tooker, a
farmer living near Leola. Mcpherson
county. While he and his sons were
harvesting, about three miles from his
home miniature tornado swept down
upon them, hurting to the ground the
header boxes upon which Tooker and
his son Grant were riding. The father
and son were both thrown violently to
the ground. The former fell in such a
manner as to receive internal injuries,
from which he died. The boy escaped
being crushed to death by the seat OF
the box preventing 1t falling upon him.
Four weeks ago the Mellette artesian
we'll began throwing up mud and stone,
after running clear and furnishing row-
er to run the -four mill end az electric
light plant for eleven years. The flow
decreased until II is now about barrel
a minute. The city council has em-
ployed J. B Harris. who has succeeded
In opening the we'll and when 1t was
again attached to the water mains II
ran clear with a closed pressure of 17S
pounds to the square inch, and press
ure Of 100 pounds with an inch and
quarter overflow pipe open. The citi-
zens are feeling jubilant. as they again
have the best artesian we'll In the
state.
The Spanish war veterans of Dead
wood have organized a command sim
liar to the G. A. r, F. r. Mcmahon OF
Lead, the institutins officer. presided
over the meeting. The officers elected
are as follows: Captain, Seth Bullock:
first lieutenant. Frank C. Ball; second
lieutenant, William B. Dwinnell; SER
geant Of guard. w. A. Rankin: chap
lain, Thomas c. Green: delegate to
corps. NJ. L. Day; alternate. George
w. Taylor; trustees, Charles Large. w.
]. Mcfarland. The following addition
al officers were appointed by Capt. Bull
lock: ouartermaster. c. F. Fay; inner
sentinel. Frank Ettinger; outer senti-
mel. w. Davis; initiation committee, r.
T. Mcmahon, chairman: r l.. Sharpe,
II. T. Faulke. Charles Brunger. F. F.
Davis; relief committee, Messrs. Ball.
Taylor and Mcfarland; committee on