The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-22

Dakota
General
State
News In
Paragraphs.

husband, Joseph Lapine. The tragedy
occurred OF Feb. 8.
In recognition of the great interest
he has shown in athletics at the North
| ern normal and industrial school, the
| senior class of the school presented
| former Gov. Herreid a school pennant.
Jens C.. Jensen, ~baggageman at the
Northwestern station at Aberdeen, h
was accidentally shot in the jaw sew
eral weeks g by his fourteen-yesr-old
| son, with a revolver which the boy did
not know was loaded, is dead OF blood
poisoning.
A large number of real estate men
from Brown and Edmunds counties at
tended the meeting of the Real Estate
| Mems Association of South Dakota at
Redield. Twelve thousand dollars was
| raised to advertise South DakOta's ad-
vantages to the Eastern states.
Yanktonites again are pricking mp
their ears on account Of the presence
in that city Of Resident Engineer A.
Jacobson of st. Paul, who is examining
| the local tracks of the Great Northern.
Mr.. Jacobson is accompanied by his
assistant, Mr.. o. L. Holman, also OF st.
Paul.
The annual meeting of the district
school officers required by law was
held in the court house at Howard. The
attendance was fair. The musical part
| of the program was fine. State Supt.
Kramer, Prof. Heston of the Madison
! norro1 o,I cny-aya1 other SnpaEprQ on
the program failed to appear.
The Ogden mill, chemical reduction
| plant for gold ores at Deadwood, burn
ed to the ground. 1t had just complet-
ed the first test run with satisfactory
results. It treated ores by a new
method with cyanide, other chemicals
and electricity. Vice President Nc
Adoo says the company will rebuild at
once.
While walking along the track a
mile east of ~Bridgewater, John Keister
was struck by a train and so badly in
jured that he died soon after being
found. The young man, who was en-
ployed by a farmer in the neighbor-
hood. came here from Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, and the body will be taken there
for burial.
The creditors OF W. E. Allen, the
furniture dealer in Aberdeen who re-
Gently filed a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy, have taken action to pre-
vent him from profting from the $3.50
exemption claimed. Attorneys for the
| creditors say the goods claimed as
exempt were not paid for when Allen
purchased them.
As a result of a mass meeting Of the
citizens and heavy taxpayers OF Arte-
sian. it was unanimously voted that the
town council be authorized to at once
arrange to have a municipal water
works system constructed. Artesian
needs such a system very badly, and
il is expected that no time will be lost
in arranging for its construction.
Montezuma Mclaughlin died in Gus
ter of blood poison caused by cutting a
corn. He was nearly se~venty-eight
years old and is survived by two daugh-
ters and FIVE sons. He was born in
| Pickerineton. Ohio. and came to the
| Black Hills in 1876. He left here short
" afterward and made his home for
| some time in Center Point, Iowa, but
eventually returned here. He served
in the Civil war as q member OF the
| Sixteenth Iowa.
The members of the Presbyterian
church of Rapid City have extended a
call to the Rev. Oliver P. Devin Of Buff
falo. n. Y. He has accepted the call
on condition that the church would
erect a parsonage. A subscription was
started for the purpose and $1,000 is
| already subscribed. AS the society has
some money in its treasury and can
| easily secure a loan from the church
building fund, there is no doubt that
the parsonage will be erected.
A determined effort is to be made to
make Milbank a dry town. The prohi-
bition forces are lining up for a fight
| against license. Last year he city
gave a small majority for license. This
the prohibitionists claim they can
overcome. Public meetings are to be
held and church influence will be used
from now until the April election. b
| saloons nave been we'll regulated and
| claim they have been strictly obeying
| the law. The vote will be close.
At an enthusiastic meeting Of nearly
! 200 farmers at Lily, steps were taken
toward organizing a local union OF the
American Society Of Equity OF North
America. T. Fiske, state organizer,
was the principal speaker. He said
that all other professions, industries,
| etc. except farming, had national Or
| CARNATIONS. Physicians, lawyers,
bankers, capital and labor, he said,
have their associations, clubs or
unions, and the time is now ripe to
| form a national farmers organization.
| About fifty members were enrolled.
J. Knebel and w. E. Fiske were elect
| ed local organizers. The election OF
officers was postponed until March q.
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