The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-19

he forged a check for $40 on Lee Shir.
ley, a prominent contractor, and that
other forgeries are also charged up
against him.
Friends of Fred Sargent Of Rapid
City, who sustained a severe loss when
his barn and six fine horses were
burned, are raising money in order to
help him get another start. Everything
in his barn was lost. Two of the
horses were valued at $500.
rk has been resumed on the foun.
N of the east wing of the capitol
lie early cold weather of last fall
stopped the work before the founda.
ton was completed, and a force is on
the ground to finish up all work which
has been contracted for up to date.
Cattlemen report that their herds on
the grazing lands east of the Hills
have come through the winter In bet.
ter shape than for fifteen years. The
winter being mild and open. the cattle
have fattened splendidly. Owing to
heavy shipments made last fall, how.
ever, the spring movement of cattle
will be less than usual.
". E. Zollinger. who for many years
has been a conductor on the Burling.
ton passenger into D~eadwOOd, has just
received news of his promotion. He
will be made trainmaster on the Sher.
idan division and will be succeeded
here by Harry Cantlin, who formerly
ran a freight into DeadwOOd, and who
now is a conductor on the Alliance di.
| vision.
States Attorney 7. Fl. Cole has just
obtained a notable victory in the SUI.
preme court maintaining the validity
of a tax deed less than ten years old.
This is of great Importance as the cir.
cult court has been setting them aside
as fast as they am ZIP. The decision
had been pending fer two years and a
half. 1t was the first test case, and is
| liable to raise the value of tax deeds
considerable.
A. convention OF the Knights OF Mac
Cabees and the Ladies of the Macca-
bees of the two DakOtas will be held in
South Dakota in June. p. c. Waters,
commander for the Knights of the
Maccabees in the two states, is conf
cent that he will be able to secure the
gathering for Aberdeen. and active
steps have been taken by the business
men of the city to cur the CONVEX
ton, which will be largely attended.
Mrs. August Enrich of Yankton, in
a respondent mood. attempted suicide
by drowning in the Missouri river.
Mrs. Reiddle, q ~neighbOr, hearing Mrs.
Enrich declare she would kill herself,
followed her to the river when she
found her missing, and arrived at the
bank just in time to prevent her from
| throwing herself into the flooded
stream. Others, attracted 10 the scene
| by the cries Of some boys, persuaded
the woman to be led home.
Vital statistics for Beadle county
| show that during the month of March
only two deaths occurred. Of pneu.
monia and one of old age; II bir hs
| are reported. of which s are boys and
3 are girls; ID marriages We're solemn.
lied, of which the youngest man was
| 10 and the oldest AZ, the youngest
woman was IS and the oldest AZ: only
2 persons were naturalized-both
women-one from England and the
other from Canada; Il divorce was
granted.
John Tierney, near Rockham, is
| about to ask the law to restrain his
neighbours artesian well. He con.
plains that the water has soaked
through the ground: has mixed with
his we'll water and has spoiled the lat
| ter. His windmill and buildings he
fears will tOpple over as a result of the
undermining work of the artesian wa,
ter. He states that others are suffer.
ing from poor artesian drainage, and
he believes that the lawyers and
courts soon will be reaping a bigger
! crop of fees on account of the artesian
water than the farmers will get from
the use of the great underground pond.
The Jerauld county spelling contest
was held in Seminary chapel at Wes-
sington Springs. About six weeks AGO
county Surt. Wilson sent a list of l..
000 words to each school in the county.
| with instructions TO teachers that this
list be studied in preparation for the
contest. Twenty-eight schools were
represented. The first prize was wOn
by Miss Allie Nesmith of Viola town
ship: the second by Miss Mera Davis.
also of Viola township, and the third