The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-08

Dakota
General
State
In
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era house. Plans are now on foot to
At out the second floor of the new
stone block on Sixth street for amuse-
ment purposes. 1t will seat 500.
Bids will be opened on March 10
for the construction Of a new brick
building at the Indian school in Pierre.
The school has been obliged to turn
away pupils on account of lack OF
room.
Rev. L. McLain, pastor Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church at Scotland,
has accepted a position as field agent
for the Wesleyan university at Mitch
ell, and will at once enter upon his
new duties.
At a special village election held
at Britton the proposition to change
the organization from a village to a
| city carried by a majority of 121 votes.
The new city officers will be elected
at the regular election for cities on
| April 16.
A number Of new settlers have ar
rived at Miller from the East and have
moved to the land they bought last
| year. There Is a demand from East
| ern people for farm to rent. The land
! is unimproved so this class annot be
accommodated.
Daniel Lovejoy, an Indian from the
| Siseton reservation, has been brought
to Aberdeen by John Koch, deputy
United States marshal, to await the
atcion Of the federal court at Sioux
Falles on a charge of selling liquor IL
legally on tn preservation.
Mrs. Herman Hackett u Violin Is
dead from the effects of a dose of car
bolic acid taken with suicidal intent.
She had been i'll for some time and
/ dependency was undoubtedly the
cause of the rash act. She leaves a
husband and " children.
Another bank has been organized in
Lyman county, the latest being at
Murdo, one of their newest towns. 1t
is the Murdo State bank, with a cap
ital of S $4,000. The incorporates are
Peter B. Dirks, Olof Nelson, Oacoma;
w. L. Montgomery, H. NJ. Heinrichs,
Chamberlain; Isaac Dirks, Reliance.
After a brief illness, Mrs. Elizabeth
Procunier died at her home four miles
west of Custer. She was So years OF
age and had lived in the Hills for the
past ten years. She was born in
Canada, and had made her home at
different times at Des Moines. Iowa,
and Crawford, Neb. She leaves a
husband and five children.
The town Of Wade near Bonesteel
has been moved off the face Of the
map. 1t joined forces with the town
of Lucas, and j. l.. Lynn has just re-
turned from moving the town. He
moved the entire town, consisting Of
three buildings, in a day and a half,
a distance of two miles.
The board of county commissioners
has called a special election for April
2 to vote on a proposition to issue
bonds to the amount Of SAC, 1000 for the
purpose of building a new court house
for Marshall county. The present
structure is insecure and inadequate
for the needs of the county. For sew
eral years this question has been agi.
tated.
Men returning from the western
portion of Minnehaha and the east
ern portion of McCook counties re-
port that some wheat seeding already
has been done by farmers in that re-
gion. The farmers state that frost
Is out Of the ground in most places
for a depth of two or three inches, and
that the ground is in good condition
for working.
Supt. Charles F. Pierce Of the Elan
dreau Indian school north Of Elan
dreau, is in Washington comforting
with the Indian ONCE relative to i'm
provements at the school. Among the
things he desired to secure is an ap.
preparation for an employees building
and a new central heating plant. The
capacity of the school is now 400 and
is the finest in the North.
AS a result Of a meeting Of the
directors of the Gam Valley cream
cry company it was decided to again
a cooperative concern. 1t is expected
operate the creamery this season as
the creamery will be placed in opera
ton about May /. 1t is believed II
will receive a liberal patronage, and
that the coming season will be one
of the most prosperous in the history
of the institution.
George Long, a miner in the employ
of the Homestake company at Lead,
received injuries just before coming
of shift from the result Of which he
died a few hours later. He was caught
beneath a mass of falling rock and
fatally crushed beneath its weight. He
had gone hack after the firing of one
shot to ignite the fuse for another
He was only rs years of age and IN.
married. He will be buried at his old
home at Ilkstadt, Mich, where his
mother still lives.
J. c. Coleman, a negro preacher at
OIL City, Pa, who has been in CORE
spondence with people at Pierre
writes that after Investigation of the