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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17
TO REBUILD TROLLEY LINE.
Street Railway and Power Project in
View for Rapid City.

A franchise has been granted by the
Rapid City city council to F. NJ. Kerns
of Hundred, w. Va. Mr.. Kerns is
about to install a trolley system in
the town of Rapid and has been grant
ed a franchise and right of way on
all the streets in the city. He is figur.
ing also on purchasing the Lockhart
water right, located about six miles
up Rapid creek. He will put in a sta.
ton there to develop power for the
operating of the motor line, for fur
nishing power to mills in this section,
and ultimately for the transmission OF
po.ver to adjacent mining camps. The
project probably will cost about a
quarter of a million dollars, and Mr..
Kerns has the money ready at hand
to push it to an early completion. He
leaves tonight for the East, where
he will order a number of large sight
seeing automobiles. which will be put
to use pending the completion Of the
road and the introduction Of the troll
ley cars.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17
STOLEN HANDCAR.
Thieves Took It From Davis to Beres-
ford-No Arrests.

ThieveS OOk II from laws u oSTeW
ford-No Arrests.
Section Foreman Mallory an dhis
crew discovered a hand car last week
in a hay stack a few miles west OF
Beresford. Being cognizant Of the fact
that that was not exactly the proper
place for a handcar they investigated
and found it to be a Great Northern
car. 1t was brought to Beresford and
later 1t was discovered to have been
stolen from Davis. There were APP
parently three men in the deal. They
had stolen a new suit of clothes each
and running the car to the crossing at
Hooker had run it on down to Beres-
ford. Their old suits were found in
the hay stack. Just whether their aban-
donment of the car was because OF
the fear that they were being tracked,
or due to the work required to raise
It over the grade is not known. The
Davis people came and got their car,
but so far as known no clew has been
found leading to the identity OF the
offenders.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17
INDIANS TURNED INTO USEFUL CITIZENS
Children Learn to Earn Living Before Going Out Into the World
Boys Learn Farming, Baking and Other Trades, While
Girls Are Taught Domestic Arts.

The faculty and students Of the In
dian school at Rapid City are begin
ming to make preparations for their
commencement exercises to be held
early In June. This will close the
ninth year for this institution, during
which time 1t has come to be num-
bered among the best of the non-reser-
walton schools.
This school Is especially fortunate
in it's situation. It is the only school
in the state with an orchard, and it
boast of fifteen acres of as fine apple
and pear trees as can be found any
where. The farm of $40 acres is one
Of the best in the entire service. 1t
Is under irrigation, and apart from the
knowledge and the service that it
gives to the students, 1t is really a
paying institution. Last year it paid
a net profit of 81 900. Five acres were
put into garden, and 700 bushels Of
potatoes and all other vegetables
necessary for the school were raised.
More than six hundred head of stock
were sold from the farm, and there
are 10Y more on hand than there were
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17
"BUD" DRISKELL is DEAD.
Prominent CattIeman Dies From At.
tack Of Pneumonia.

PROMINENT SdlliCf'oh oiS ~
-. tack Of Pneumonia.
J. w. Driskell. better known as
Bud" died at his home in Spearfish
after a few days illness of pneumo-
mia. He was we'll and widely known
among cattlemen and stockmen
throughout the entire South and West,
having been in business in Texas,
South Dakota and Wyoming for many
years. With his brother, w. W. Dris-
kill. he came TO Spearfish in 1879, and
although they lost most Of their prop
erty during the hard winter OF 1886,
yet they soon were on their feet again,
and always have been rated among
the most prominent cattlemen in this
section. Mr.. Driskill was born in st.
Marcos Tex, in 1851. He leaves a
widow, one daughter, four sons n
his mother. He was a charitable man
and a typical Westerner. The funeral
will be under the auspices OF the Ma
sonic and Woodman lodges, OF which
he was a member.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17

lacking in mathematical ability. es,
pecially in any constructive '|urk.
Like The Indians again, they are mu-
steal and artistic. They excel in any
thing that requires dizziness Of fingers.
They make excellent telegraph oper-
ators and clerks. One finds more in
ertia among the Indian children; less
spontaneity than in the Filipinos.
Children of both nationalities, how
ever, are exceptional in the fact that
they are easily governed, having great
respect for authority.
Supt. ] r. House, who has been in
the Indian service for nineteen years,
believes that the non-reservation
schools are showing better results
than the reservation schools. The
points in favor of the former are, he
says, the fact that the discipline is
better; that the life is broader, and
that the students come in contract
with more people. No children are
taken in at these schools without the
consent Of the parents, who have,
however, the privilege OF choosing the
school to which the child will go, with
the approval of the Indian agent.
Children Of this school come from the
tribes of the Sioux, the North Chey-
ennes and the Crows. Three-fourths
of them are Sioux. The North Chey-
epne Indians have not had the school
advantages Of the Sioux, and are
therefore more backward, but show
as good ability in the industrial de-
partments. In regard to the scourge
of tuberculosis and scrofula among
the Indians, Mr.. House says that only
healthy children are taken into this
school, as it would not be right to
subject the non-infected children to
associations that were unhealthful,
The general condition of health among
the children Is excellent.
Two Teachers Are Indians.
There are two Indians among the
instructors Of this school. One is
Miss Fremont, the kindergarten and
primary teacher, whose work is said
TO compare favorably with any teach
er of any denomination. The other is
Chauncey Y. Robe, the teacher of
military tactics and athletics and the
assistant dlsciplinarian. In 1888,
when fifteen years of age, Chauncey
Yellow Robe, as he was then known,
went from his fathers tepee on Rose
bud direct to Carlisle. He remained
fhare a number of years. and is now
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17

the grade. They made excellent work
men, much better, indeed, than the
average unskilled laborer. They even
could be depended upon to do some
work when the boss had his back
turned. They could not handle steel,
simply because they had not been
trained to it, but with all other tools
they were careful, and seldom had &C
cidents. They are also faithful to
their work, and a number of them now
can be seen every evening at shutdown
coming back to town with that en-
blem of modern civilization, the tin
dinner pail, in their hands.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17
COMPLETING THE CHAIN.
Deadwood Wireless Station Will Fill
in GAP,

o. G. Pfeiffer, representative of the
American De Forest Wireless Tele.
graph company, has just arrived in
Deadwood, and promises to establish
the system of aerial messages from
the Hills inside of a few weeks. II
is the intention Of the company to
establish a central station for the
Hills between here and Lead, posi-.
bly, at Puma, on some height. Other
stations will be located at both Dead.
wood and Lead and other points in
the Hills. so that direct messages can
be sem to many of the cities of the
country. By "a Of relays when
the San Francisco and Denver sta.
tons are completed, it will be posi-
BILE TO send a message from one end
of the country to the other and from
here to either point. Hills points for
the first few weeks will be connected
by telephone.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17

passing through the towns Of Mellette
and Worthwhile in Sphinx county, Ores
bard in Faux county and Hoven in
Potter county, at which point 1t turns
to the northwest of lie Beau on the
Missouri river in Walworth county.
This point is opposite the mouth of
the Moreau river, which would give
a splendid valley route through the
best part of the western section of
the state almost to the western boun.
dairy, in Ease the road desires to ex-
tend into the country west of the river.
The branches at Condo, and the
branch extends In a northwesterly
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17
STILL MORE ACRES

VIII Power Plows Prove to Be a Good
Thing Later On.
The power pillow is gaining In favor
in the western section of the state,
two new ones having been put into
operation in Sully county. The intro
duction Of this method Of breaking
prairie means q large increase in the
-orn acreage in this part Of the state,
Il 10 estimated that at least Is per
cent more prairie will b broken this
.'ear than for any previous year. and
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17
WHY SOUTH DAKOTA IS GETTING RICH
Gets Her Wealth out Of the Ground-Wonderivl Artesian Basin
Supplies Tremendous Water Power.

supplying drink of warm temperature
which live stock will take with avidity
in the coolest weather. They also
irrigate gardens and trees and keep
up the green lawns In front Of the
houses.
The many uses that the artesian wells
can be put to are illustrated in the
case of Lyman Turner of Columbia, in
Brown county. Mr.. T~ner had for
some time been considering that the
power of his artesian well should be
utilized in ONE manner, and finally
decided that he would have an cleo
trio lighting plant of his own, run by
the well.
He had his house. barn and yard
wired, and procured the necessary
machinery. When he first PROFOUND.
ed his plan for Harvesting the well his
%neighbors made him the butt for good
natured ridicule; but Mr.. Turner per-
severed, and at a cost of 5000 installed
his plant. Now, by a simple touch OF
the button he has light wherever he
wants it and has abolished the use of
ldIlpS anu lanterns. his IISHtS dlC
all sixteen candle-power incandeS;
cents, and he says that the entire ex-
pense Is / cen a day for unlimited
light. After installing the lights, Mr..
Turner put in an electric heater and
cook stove in his house, abolishing the
use of coal and wood, and these are
run at an expense of 5 cents a day.
His neighbors have ceased to laugh,
by the way, and many of them are
now putting in similar Improvements
on their places.
Outside Of South Dakota we hear
a great deal of the wonderful fertil-
ity of its lands, the cheapness with
which they ear be bought, and the
big crops Of wheat, corn. oats, fax
and other things that are raised every
year. We never hear anything about
the hay crop; and yet hay is n Of
the great reliable, and little varying
crops of South Dakota. The state suf.
fars in the annual reports of the de-
partment of agriculture upon this
product because the department does
not regard wild hay, which is the prin.
cipal resource.
Hay in South Dakota.
Yet no other hay compares with 1t
for nutritious qualities. Stock thrive
upon it. Horses fed upon the wild
hay of South Dakota have an endur-
ance and wind that the tame hay fed
horses cannot hope to attain. The
annual value Of the hay crop is about
81, 900. 900. A good deal of clover,
timothy, alfalfa and millet hay is
grown, but combined they do not cut
much figure compared with the wild
hay product.
Does farming pay In South Dakota?
is a question that l have frequently
been asked. Here Is the statement
Of a Sphinx county farmer, the county
just south of Brown:
During the past six years I have
and expenses. Jan. l, 1900, I took an
inventory Of my property and found
I was worth s4,095. Jan. l, 1906. |
took another inventory and found I
was worth SIG, 500. This was making
money at the rate Of so per cent a
year on my investment. and I consider
it better than Standard Oil stock.
What is true in my case is true Of
thousands Of others who are farming
in the Jim River valley, the garden
spot Of South Dakota Herbert Van
derhoof, in Minneapolis Journal.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17

The little son of Lenhart Aldinger, a
prosperous farmer of Bowdle, met a
terrible death in a stubble fire started
by his father in a field adjoining the
farm. When the father went to the
field the little fellow followed, and his
presence was not noticed until his
screams attracted the attention of the
father. When the child was rescued
he was found to be unconscious and
badly burned. He died a few minutes
after being taken home.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17

the ~favorite sod crops will be fax and
corn. TIL. conditions so far this spring
have been very favorable. and the
grain acreage will be largely increased
over last year, the older cultivated
ground being used for small grains,
and new sod for corn.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17

One of the interesting features In
connection with the San Francisco
fund raised in Deadwood is the dona-
ton by the Chinese of the Black Hills
of the sum of 500 for the relief OF the
stricken city. The entire fund from
Deadwood is now nearly $1,000, n
will probably reach the $1,000 mark.
The Milwaukee railroad is building
O r~oundhouse at Stickney. the western
terminus of this branch. This indi-
Gates that the company will not con-
tinue the extension to Plankinton Tor
some time.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17

direction across Brown county, touch
ing the city Of Aberdeen, and from
these on to Leola in Mcpherson coun
ty. The whole line, as outlined, is to
operate in the counties of Codington,
Clark, Sphinx. Faulk, Potter, Wal
worth, Brown and Mcpherson.
The same company filed with the
secretary of state a mortgage for $780,.
000, 900, running to the Central Trust
Company of New York, on which they
will issue ffty-year 4 per cent gold
bonds, and the mortgage for that
amount is taken as an indication OF
further building.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17
lOcUSTS MAY ATTACK S. D.
Agricultural Department Says Grass
hopper Visitation Is Due.

Although it has been many moons
since locusts swept down on South
Dakota, all the signs point to a plague
this year. According to the agricul-
tural department experts, they have
discovered broods breeding in spots
all the way from Cape Cod to North
ern Georgia and as far west AS Illi-
nois. These broods will be ready to
darken the air some time in the latter
part of May or the beginning of June.
Whether they will travel in any con-
siderable numbers as far west as the
Missouri river the experts are unable
- ~raphncu
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17
Just Like a Woman.

The Mani am surprised to . you
reading a historical novel. Don't you
ind II rather dull?
The Maid-Oh. no. You zee there
10 % much In Il oae can skiD.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-17
DAKOTA ROAD PROJECT ON MAP.

Valley HOute Way DC TdNcH III TUT
Their Extension Of Railway.
The Minnesota, Dakota & Pacific
railway has filed with the state land
department a plat Of its new lines in
the state where they cross state lands.
The line shown is from Watertown in
"a northwesterly direction across the
counties of Codington, Clark and
Bpink to Condo in Sphinx county, and
from there in almost a direct western
direction to Hoven In Potter county,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09

ment commonly called the Stamp Act,
and being DESTROYS that our sentiments
should be known to posterity and rec
Ollecting that We are part OF the col
ony who first in general assembly op-
emily expresse d their detestation to
the said act (Which is pregnant with
ruin and productive of the most per-
nicious consequences, and. unwilling
to rivet the shackles of slavery and
oppression on ourselves and millions
yet unborn, have unanimously come
come to the following resolutions:
Il. Resolved, That we acknowledge
our Lord and Sovereign. King George
the Third, to be our rightful and law
full king and that we will, at all times,
to the utmost of our power and ability,
support and defend his most sacred
person, crown and dignity; and shall
always be ready. when constitutiOnally
called upon, to assist his majesty with
our lives and fortunes, and to defend
his just rights and prerogatives.
"2. Resolved, That we will, by all
lawful ways and means which Divine
providence has put into our hands, de-
fend ourselves in the full enjoyment
of, and preserve inviolate to posterity.
those inestimable privileges of all free
born British subjects. of being taxed
only by representatives of their own
choosing; and of being tried by none
but jury of their peers. And that II
we quietly submit to the execution OF
the said Stamp Act. all our claims to
civil liberty will be lost, and we and
our subjects in America are deprived
of the invaluable privileges aforemen-
toned
30. Resolved. That committee be
appointed who shall in such manner
as they think proper go upon neces-
sary business and make public the
above resolutions. and that they cor
respond as they shall see occasion
with the Associated Sons of and
Friends to Liberty in the other British
/ Colonies of America"
AS a result of the adoption of the
resolutions Lord Dunmore, the British
Colonial Governor, made a demonstra-
ton before Norfolk and several shots
were fired into the city from the fri
gate Liverpool. AS a result of this
and other outrages the Norfolk peo'
pie were ready to throw off all au.
thority and join with the other colon
les when the Philadelphia Declaration
Of Independence was promulgated.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09

Ii will be a dangerous errand, but
have 10 one else to send
"Ill carry your message, said
this battlefield is no more dangerous
than another today.
so Wellington gave him the mes
sage, and Jones delivered it, but failed
to return. The duke thought him
slain, but one day eight or nine years
later a man accosted the duke in Lon
don.
"'Do you remember me-? he said.
u do" said Wellington, shaking
the mans hand warmly, you saved
two regiments of mine by the deliv
cry of that message. Why didn't you
return 10 me"
Jones said his horse had been kill
ed by a cannon ball as he was return
ing, and he himself had been shot in
the side, but not badly-a few days
abed ahd brought him round.
well said the duke. what can
| do for you?
IL am a partner in that shovel
house of ours now said Jones, the
firm name is Smith. Jenkins & Jones
and I'd like to get government con
tract
He got it," the millionaire ended
sadly. From that day to this all the
shoves used in the British army and
navy have been supplied by the house
of Smith. jenkins & Jones. l wasted
my time trying to compete with thai
firm st. Louis GlobeDemOcrat.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09
THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
Brings to Mind Action Taken by Son.
of Liberty.


Norfolk, Va. Nov 1.-THE coming
jamestown exposition brings to mind
historic facts long since forgotten
While loath to leave the British EN-,
pire the patriots of Norfolk, Va. were
the first to resent The aggression of
the British stamp act which led to
the American revolution. Under the
name of The Sons of Liberty" they
assembled in Norfolk on March 18th
and in bold and determined phrases
announced their intention of resisting
any further aggression on the part of
the English parliament. This was two
months before the PRONUNCIATION of the
celebrated Mecklenbure Declaration
OF Independence and nearly FIVE before
the thirteen colonies assembled in
Philadelphia 10 forever cast off the all-
thority of the British crown and star,
the country on a career of prosperity
and splendor which will be celebrat-
ed at the jamestown exposition to be
held at Hampton Roads near Norfolk.
in 1907.
The Norfolk people did not declare
their independence but expressly af-
firmed their wish TO be subjects of
King George Ill. They merely stated
their determination that they should
not be taxed without representation.
The resolutions read as follows:
Having taken into consideration
the evident tendency of that oppres-
slve and unconstitutional act OF parna.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09
QUAINT OLD VIRGINIA LAWS.
Price of Drinks and Rates of Lodgn.
Fixed by Court Order.

During one of his last lecture tours
through old Virginia Harry Ellard Was
in a small town called Fincastle, which
is the county seat of Botetourt county,
and there gave talk 10 the Confed-
crate Veteran association of that place.
He met number of gentlemen who
We're connected with the court house
and who allowed him access to all
of the records of the county.
On looking back nearly l40 years
he came across a curious order of the
court, which he copied and which is
as follows:
Be it remembered that at the house
OF Robert Breckenridge, in the County
OF Botetourt, on Tuesday, the thir-
teenth day of February, in the tenth
year of the reign of our Sovereign
King George the Third, by the Grace
of God of Great Britain, France and
Ireland, King Defender of the Faith,
and in the year of our Lord Christ.
one thousand seven hundred and sew
enty. in the Colony and Dominion of
Virginia, that the Court orders that the
Surveyor of BOtetourt County do lay
off two and one-half acres of land for
the use of the county. directed by Rob
ert Breckenridge, who shall appoint By
court Christian and Stephen Fig TO
agree with a workman to build log
cabin twenty-four feet long and twen-
ty feet wide. for court house, with
a clapboard roof with two small rooms.
one at each end, for a jury room.
The Court doth give leave to James
NJ. GeoOck to build log cabin twen-
ty-four feet long and sixteen feet wide
with an addition at the end sixteen
Tpp
prison and the GaOlers House. the
expense of which to be paid by the
county.
This was the first record Mr.. Ellarl
came across, so that it will be seen
that by the building of the court house
and Jail law and order began to pre-
vail in this section. Another curious
order which Mr.. Ellard copied is as
follows:
Order of the Colonial Court regulat
ing the charge of Innkeepers at Fin
castle. Virginia, l4th day of Febru
airy. 1870, under King George III o
England, Defender of the Faith.
Ordered that the following rates be-
observed by innkeepers in Botetour
county. to-wit: For East India run
they may demand 10 shillinss per gal
Ion, for rum made on this continen
shillings sixpence per gallon. Ma
deria wine II shillings per gallon fo
Teneriff II shillings per gallon. fol
peach brandy 5 shillings per gallon
for apple brandy shillings per gal
Ion. For Virginia strong malt beer
bottled three months. pence hal
penny per bottle same not bottled
three months shilling 3 pence: fOl
Bumbo with two gills of rum to the
quart made with brown sugar ! shill
ing pence. for same with brown sug
ar l shilling. For a warm diet witt
beer six pence. for lodging with clea.
sheets, one in bed. six pence. tw,
i'll a bed three pnce three farthings
more than two in bed nothing
There was no explanation given a
to what Bumbo was, but it might havl
been a colonial Observation-Disclosures
Commercial