The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-07
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The Sioux Falls Masonic Temple as
ISOLATION has opened bids for the con
struction of a new Masonic temple J n
that city. j. j. Oleson of Red Wing,
Mimi, was the lowest bidder, at $751;
913.
Articles of Incorporation have been
fled for the Capital City Cement COM
pany at Pierre, with a capital OF
1000, 900. Incorporators: Florence
NJ. WINNER, Chester W. futile and
William ]. Lee.
The Minnehaha county authorities
have arrested a man giving mis- mama
as Thomas Murphy, but whose true
name, it is believed, is Pat Glaster.
He is charged with being implicated
in robbing Arthur d. Porter.
The barn of Ira Erickson at Red
was destroyed by fire. In it We're six
teen horses, n hundred tons OF hay
and six hundred bushels of grain, all
Of which burned. The origin of the
fire is not known. The loss is over
$4,000; insurance. $500.
vi dCOullL III Nv llN CooC Ill NAo~
attendance at Pierre. the assembly
room of the Carnegie library has been
secured for the central primary pupils
the coming term. But this is only tenn
porary, and the city vii lbe obliged
to furnish another school building in
another year.
Nine carloads Of landseekers and ex
c~ursionists We're unloaded at Huron
recently. The throngs Of hOmeseekers
arriving every week reminds the old
settlers of the boom days of the early
sos. What is specially gratifying Is
that so many newcomers are in search
of land upon which 10 make permanent
homes and not for speculation
The twenty-ffth anniversary of tho
organization OF the First Baptist
church al Huron was a. interesting
affair, but unfortunately not n OF
the original members "a present. In
teresting papers were read and many
"reminiscences and experiences were
related of early church days in Huron.
Mrs. Augusta Post and Mrs. R. L.
Walker presided al the sessions.
Grace the t~en-year-old daughter Of
Mrs. Mamie Stringer of Deadwood,
has a mania for leaving home. Every
year since she was four years Odd she
left home about this time and has
sometimes remained away several
days. Once she travelled the entire
distance between Sturgis and Dead
wood. She made her annual getaway
last week and has not yet been founo.
No especial alarm is felt, for il is
thought probable that she will De To-
Gated in a short time either in Dead
wood or the immediate outskirts.
At a meeting held at Sioux Falls by
rural mail carriers from all parts OF
Eastern South Dakota, an organiza-
ton to be known as the South Dakota
Rural Letter Carriers association was
formed. Officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, E. B. Swarthout Of
Sioux Falls; vice president, H. o.
Berg Of Canton; secretary, G. G. Moi
fit Of Groton: treasurer. G.. A. Easbey
Of Valley Springs. E. B. Swarthout
was elected { represent the state at
the national convention of rural mail
carriers at Indianapolis on Sept. 10.
The first arrest in the history of the
state Of a woman on a gambling charge
has been made by the authorities OF
Aurora county. The defendant is Mrs.
y. NJ. Hesler, who has a restaurant in
White Lake. Her alleged violation OF
the law consisted Of rafting OFF a phon-
ograph. The complaining witness Ia
an Italian, who alleges he invested in
tickets for the rattle Raffes are com.
mon in the state. and it is said If pros
acution is pushed all who purchased
chances on the monograph, as we'll as
the owner of the building in which the
rattle took place, will be made defend.
ants. Following Mrs. Hester's arrest
vices were ordered removed from the
business houses of White Lake.
r. W. Parliman, a prominent attor-
uey of Sioux Falls, was arrested by
theS Brown county game warden,
charged with a violation of the game
laws. 1t was alleged that he shipped
a box, tightly covered, to Sioux Falls,
addressed TO Mrs. r. W. Parliman.
The game warden took possession Of
the box there and went to Frederick,
from where the shiment was made,
and arrested Parliman. Parliman's at.
torneys moved that the case be dis
missed on account OF the unconstitu-
tionality OF that section Of the statute
under which he was being tried. The
attorney for the state protested vigor-
ously, insisting that it was not up to
a justice of the peace to declare a Sec
ton OF the statutes unconstitutional,
but that he should find the accused
guilty or not guilty on the facts. The
Justice could not see it that way, how.
ever, and On the grounds of unconsti.
nationality Of certain sections of the
'aw dismissed Mr.. Parliman.
Sheriff Wright of Yankton arrested
at Trip thieves who stole the pony
team belonging to Mrs. Araminta