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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
A o
The Mainstay Will Be Opened Up
Soon.

The Maiustay at Keystone, which
has been shut down temporarily, will
be opened up as o o as the arrange
ments can be completed. The closing
down was occasioned by some hitch
in the financing of The property. The
mine itself was in a most prosperous
condition. New slopes which have
beN opened up are full of the high
est grade ore that has ever been
worked in the mine, and the question
of water, which was troublesome for
a time, is no longer a problem as the
pumps handle it satisfactorily. In the
cyanide department the work is so
far largely experimental, but 1t is be-
lieved that a practical application of
cyanide can soon be made to the ores
Of this property. 1t Is stated on good
authority that the mill will begin op-
erations within a few days.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
TO HAVE NEW HOSPITAL.
Bishop O'Gorman's Plan Is Endorsed by
Business Men.

Bishop O'Gorman of the Catholic
church in this state met with a mum
Der Of prominent Yankton business
men and as a result the city will soon
have a new hospital. The present
Catholic institution, not built original
ly for hospital purposes, long has been
considered out of date, and the -bish-
ops plan to incorporate and issue $780,
300 in bonds, to be taken up by Yank-
ton citizens, met with immediate ap-
prevail and response; the plan was
adopted and work has commenced to
carry out the outlined plan. The old
hospital will be turned into a state
home for the Benedictine Sisters, and
the other branches in the state will be
brought to this city. A site has been
selected near the old one, o the high
hill west of town known as Mount
Marty, and soon one of the best
equipped hospitals to be seen any
where in the West will be completed
In Yankton.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
A NEWS OF INTEREST
o U IN AUTO CRASH.
Car Dashes Over Ten.Foot Cut and 10
Smashed.

Dashing over a precipice about ten
feet high in an automobile which was
going at a speed of thirty miles an
hour, and escaping death almost by
a miracle, was the experience OF a
party of Aberdeen autoistS composed
OF DR.. R. l.. Murdy, his two nieces,
Serelda and Lorraine Murdy. and Miss
Minnie Harris. DR.. Murdy sustained
q badly sprained shoulder; Miss Ser
elda was severely injured about b
knee; Miss Harris received a bad
scalp wound, while Miss Lorraine eS-
capped with only a few scratches.
The accident took place where the
new right of way Of the Minneapolis
g. st. Louis road crosses one Of the
roads between Aberdeen and Nina,
Just beyond West Hill. The party had
gone out for a spin in the early even
ing and were returning home when the
accident occurred.
There are two roads which cross
the right of way in close proximity to
II another, one of which has a cross
ing and the other has not. In the
darkness DR.. Murdy, who was driving
the machine, took the wrong road.
The party saw the precipice when 1t
was too late to prevent an accident,
and, going at full speed, the heavy ma
chine plunged downward.
Fortunately all of the occupants had
time to throw themselves free from
the auto, SO that o n was caught be-
meath the touring car. The machine
was badly smashed and the party was
taken to Aberdeen by a farmer who
happened to be passing in a wagon.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
GOVERNORS WIFE is DUcKED.
Steps N Edge Of Skiff and Falls Into
Lake,

c
Mrs. S. H. Elrod, wife Of the govern
or of South Dakota, had a vacation ex-
p%erience at Lake Kampeska, near
Watertown, which she probably will
remember for some time, and which
fortunately had no serious results. To-
gether with several lady friends, Mrs.
Elrod, who has been enjoying an out
Ing at Lake Kampeska, went to take a
short boat ride on the lake. One OF
the ladies In the party had a kodak,
and 1t was arranged to take a picture
of Mrs. Elrod just as she was stepping
into the boat. Arrangements being
completed, Mrs. Elrod stepped from
the pier into the boat, but as she
stepped on its side the skiff glided
gracefully from beneath her, and Mrs.
Elrod sal down in the deep blue water
with a splash, only a train of bubbles
telling where she had gone down. For.
~tunately male hSlp was near at hand,
and when the wife of the chief execu-
tive OF the state came to the surface
she was hauled out Of the water, and
escaped with no more serious result
than an impromptu bath. Her friend,
In the excitement Of the moment. for.
got 10 take a picture Of the incident.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
TO BOOM
Train to Tour Minnesota and Other
States.

otdISSs
Plans are nearly completed for the
organization Of the $4,000 club for
Aberdeen, and before they are car
ried to completion it is probable the
name of the proposed organization will
be changed to the $4,000 club.
Several offers of financial assistance
have been made, and the prospects for
success look so bright that plans al
ready are being outlined to start a
special train out to tour Minnesota.
Iowa. Wisconsin, and Illinois. 1t Is
proposed that this train shall carry a
band, several good speakers, a moving
picture machine with scenes Of Aber-
deem, a ball team and a live newspa-
per man who will provide live news
for the press on the route. An abun-
dance Of advertising literature will
be carried as we'll as an agricultural
exhibit. 1t is the intention to start
the special out about the middle OF
September and remain out about six
or eight weeks.
In the meantime the club proposes
to arrange for a big carnival in Aber-
deem, and announcements of the event
will be sent broadcast throughout the
country. 1t is believed that the club
will be launched before the end OF
another week, and that the member
ship will include practically every
man and woman in the city. The
movement Is unanimously endorsed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
MUSTACHB, "STBM-
WINDER" AND CALAMITY JANE
Trve Tale Of Odd Female Characters Well Known in the West
Thirty Years Ago, When Deadwood Was Youns.
She Liked Notoriety.

The reason she got so much notO-
riety was partly because she was al
ways doing some crazy thing, and
partly because she wanted to be noto-
rious. Whenever anybody said: Now
just see what Calamity has done"
she would go straight out and do
something else. But she was a kind
hearted girl; there wasn't anything
vicious about her, either. She never
got into fights or wanted to pull a
gun. or anything like that. She was
married to a hack driver named Char
lie Burke, up in Montana along in the
nineties some time, but she didn't live
with him very long.
"She went TO the Eastern cities and
showed in museums in what she called
her scouting clothes, and travelled
around considerable, but some way
the Hills always kept calling her back.
She'd come for a few months and
things wouldn't seem like they used
to and she'd go away again. But
she'd no sooner get settled somewhere
than she'd hear the wind In the pine
trees and see the lights in the gay old
streets of little old Deadwood, and re-
member the boys and all. and she'd
come back. The last time she came
she came back to die. She knew 1t,
too, and when she got up to Terry's
she told one of the boys she guessed
she was going to pass in her checks,
and she did. The next day she went
over tie divide. We buried her here
in Deadwoo alongside of Wild Bill. I
knew him well, too, but that doesn't
belong to the story.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
CROPS IN BANNER TRIM.
Commissioner Bach Says Only Hot
Winds Could Do Harm,

WindS could Do Harm.
State Land Commissioner Bach has
returned to Pierre from a trip along
the line of the Minneapolis G. St.
Louis extension through the counties
Of Sphinx, Brown, Mcpherson, Faux.
Potter and Walworth. He reports the
crops along that line to be the best
In every particular, and farther ad-
vanced than they are in the south
ern part of the state. Just before
making the trip along that line he was
along the line OF the Northwestern
extension in Gregory county, and over
the new line in Codington and Clark
counties. In his estimation the crop
prospects for the state are far In ad-
vance Of what they have been in any
past year at the same date. The only
thing which could stop the harvest
Of an immense crop in the state this
year would be hot winds within a
few days.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
LATEST NEW TOWN.
To Be Established Between Bonesteel
and Herrick.

To Be Established Between Bonesteel
and Herrick.
The latest new town in the southern
part Of the state will be established in
the near future on the proposed extern
sion Of the Chicago & North Western
railroad between Bonesteel and Her
rick. The new railroad will be ex-
tended to the Trip county line, and
will penetrate the coded portion of
the Rosebud Indian reservation.
Steps already have been taken to es-
tablish a bank in the new town as
soon as it Is started. Some Of the
leading capitalists Of Gregory county
are financially interested in the new
banking institution. 1t is expected
everything will be in readiness 81 the
bank can commence business about
Aug. /. The exact location of the new
town has not yet been determined
JUROR and its name has not yet been
selected. The location of the new
town insures its commercial impor-
lance. 1t will be the nearest railroad
point for the Naper and Jamison, Neb.,
trade, and will have excellent trade
territory in every direction.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
ROBS JUG TO GET LABOR.
Contractor Pays Mans Fine and Gives
Him 81 a Day Job.

So great is the demand for labor in
this section that even the "~calaboose'
Ii being robbed.
An incident which shows how scarce
workmen are In Aberdeen by reason
Of the numerous improvements now
under way took place when a promi-
hem contractor went to Justice w. O.
Jones and paid the fine Of a man who
had been sent to Jail, in order to Sc
cure his services on a building which
the contractor is erecting.
The contractor had searched the
city to find some one, but every n
was busy. Finally he heard that a
skilled workman was in the tolls be-
cause Of too great a fondness for
liquor. He straightway went to the
Justices court, explained the situation,
and the justice allowed him to pay a
One for the prisoner, who was forth
With employed at 81 per day.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
SINGS TO SUBDUE LON

Kept a captive through an entire
night by a %ferocious mountain lion.
and saved from a horrible death only
by her singing, was the terrible ex-
p~erience Of Mrs. John Underwood,
who, with her family, was camping ON
the banks of Iron creek, near Harvey
Peak. This Is one Of the widest and
most rugged regions in the Black
Hills. Wild animals, long extinct In
other parts, still make their homes
among the rocks and caves, and hide
In the dark recesses of this park-like
wonderland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Underwood, with their
three children, came out recently from
New York, Mr.. Underwood to look ar.
ter some mining interests and the
family to enjoy the novelty of camp
life in the Black Hills. They camped
in a commodious tent in a small park
just back from the p~recipitous banks
Of Iron creek. Last Friday evening,
just before shutdown, Mrs. Underwood
started from camp alone to meet her
husband, who was coming from the
mine. Not being familiar with the
country, she missed her way, and
though she tried to keep her wits
about her and look for the familiar
landmarks, yet it was not long until
she realized that she was hopelessly
lost.
The night falls suddenly among
these mountains, and just as the last
flicker of daylight vanished she was
startled by a frightful scream behind
her, and at the same moment was
borne to the ground by an immense
mountain lion. The fall did not hurt
her, but as the wild-eyed animal stood
over her and she realized her probable
fate, she screamed In terrier. The lion
lifted his head at the sound OF the
echo which her voice awakened, and
as she saw that his attention was at
tracted, it came to her mind that h
had read OF wild animals being SUBJ
dued by the sound Of a human voice.
She began to sing, first in a faltering
and uncertain voice, but afterward
more steadily and clearly, as she
found that she could effectually dis
tract the beast.
Through the chill night of the O u
tain she sang, now gayly, now desper.
ately, all the songs she had ever heard,
while the immense cat lay in apparent
content with n huge paw stretched
over her. holding her in a vice-like
grip. She had wandered farther from
the beaten path than she had realized.
and 1t was not until the day began to
break that Mr.. Underwood, guided by
the sound OF her voice, found his i'm.
prisoned wife.
A carefully directed shot from his
rifle brought a speedy death to the
lion, and Mrs. Underwood was rescued,
thoroughly unnerved from her nights
experience, but otherwise unframed.
The lion measured eight feet from
tip to tip and weighed not less than a
hundred pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Underwood broke
camp the following day, and with their
family returned East. This is the
first lion hat has been seen In the
Southern hills for years, and the sup.
position is that it had become enraged
from hunger, as 1t Is a very unusual
thing for one OF these cougars tt at.
tack a person.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
BEES FILL
Yankton Man Finds Them SwarnnIn0
Over Bed.

It Is not exactly a novel experience
for a man to have a single bee, Of the
political variety at least, buzzing
about his bonnet, but to be awakened
from a sound sleep to find a whole
swarm of the apis nellitica in bed with
n is sufficiently unusual almost to
deserve the term unique.
This, however. was the experience
of Ralph Williams of Yankton, who
was aroused from a sound slumber by
the buzzing Of what he first took to be
housefieS. He wondered how enough
houseflies could get into the Don to
make noise enough to arouse him, for
he Is a heavy sleeper, and rubbing his
eyes he inspected the room.
He found the room literally black
with bees. The bed was lined with
them, his clothing was a black mass
Of wriggling insects and the walls and
ceiling were alive with the crawling,
buzzing little busybodies, apparently
each insect intent on improving each
shining hour"
Now it happens that insect stings
poison Williams very seriously, and it
was something Of a problem that on
ironted him,-how to escape being
stung? He raised the bedclothing
very gingerly, and slipping to the
floor, crawled on his hands and knees
to the kitchen. Here he secured a
large dishpan, upon which he began
beating a lively tattoo. The sound at
tracted the bees, which quickly
swarmed into the kitchen, whence
Williams had no difficulty in tolling
them out Of doors. after which he re-
entered the house. slammed the door
and quickly dressed.
The bees had escaped from a neal.
by apiary and had swarmed down the
chimney into the room where Williams
was sleeping. Williams managed to
keep ahead Of the bees as he lured
them out Of the kitchen, and he was
stung only once.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
OFFER JOB TO STICKNEY.
Washington Gossips Give Him Place
on Commerce Commission.

on Commerce Commission.
Washington, July 21.-Minnesota
may be given a place on the reorgan-
lied interstate m commission.
1t is known that before leaving Wash.
ington President Roosevelt made in
quries about A. B. Stickney, president
of the Chicago Great Western.
1t is the intention of the president to
appoint a practical railroad man to the
remaining vacancy on the commission.
Mr.. Stickney has for some years been
rather an aggressive advocate of rate
reform. and he has frequently caused
the Interstate commerce to start in
vestigations.
His address before the Washington
Economic association on railway prob
lens was printed as a congressional
document. Mr.. Stickney arrived in
Washington last night and called on
the interstate commerce commission.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26

"rustlers' from Lyman county, made
his war upon these men, young King,
who evidently had been led into bad
company, was rounded up with the
rest and sentenced to a term in the
p~enitentiary. Kings father started
the movement for the pardon Of his
son, and during the last week he has
circulated a petition, 70 which, It Is
said, he has secured the signatures OF
a large number of persons. The fam.
lily, prior to going to Lyman county.
lived In Charles Mix county, where the
member swere highly respected.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
is ATTACKED BY MADMAN.
Illinois Asylum Attendant May Die OF
Blows.

Kankakee, H.. July 2l.-GeOrge r.
Blevans, an attendant at the Eastern
Illinois hospital for the insane, lies at
the point Of death as a result Of an as.
sault made on him by a patient. An.
drew Schieblich, with a bludgeon five
feet long and three inches in diameter.
yesterday morning. Blevans was seat
ed at his desk when S~chieblich slipped
up behind him and dealt him several
terrific blows on the head. Other at.
PENDANTS overpowered Schieblich.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
SEEKS PARDON FOR SON.

Father Of Earl King, Young Horse
Rustler, CireuIates Petition.
The state board Of pardons will In
the near future be called upon to act
upon the application for a pardon in
the case of Earl King. a young man
who is serving a term In the Sioux
Falls ~penitentiary, having been SEN
fenced from Lyman county.
When Sheriff Pickett, the oAcer
Who has driven the cattle and horse
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
AID LAW BY BREAKING 1T.
Minot Burglars Steal Beer illegally
Stored.

Minot, N. d., July 21.-Burglars
"Wednesday night entered a Minot
warehouse and carried away ten bar
rels and eight cases of beer stored in
the warehouse. The police authorities,
it is claimed, are powerless TO prose.
cute the burglars for taking the beer
should they catch them, for the sale,
distribution and storage Of beer in
North Dakota is illegal. The burglars
pounded the door of the warehouse in
with a sledge hammer and took the
beer away in a dray. The temper
ance societies of the church are much
agitated over the affair.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
PARTLY PARALYZED BY BOLT.
Girl at Piano Is Victim Of Lightning's
Freak.

Freak.
Miss Mamie Cavanaugh Of De Smet
had a narrow escape from instant
death as the result Of the antics of a
bolt Of lightning. She was seated at
the piano during a sever thunder and
electrical storm and received an cleo
trio shock that completely paralyzed
her body from the waist down. One
foot was on the pedal Of the instru-
ment, while the other was on the
floor. The position Of her feet In some
manner formed a circuit. The piano
stool had glass feet, which insulated
it, and undoubtedly assisted in max
ing an uninterrupted circuit. Miss
Cavanaugh was seriously injured, but
physicians express the opinion that
ultimately she will recover from the
effects Of the shock.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
MURDERER ASKS DAMAGES.
Says Railway Conductors Act Made
KillinG Necessary.

Fayetteville, n. c., July 2l.-AleXan-
on an excursion train, has sued the At.
lantic Coast Line railway for damages,
alleging that the company is roSponsi.
BILE for the crime becaused it placed
him in a position where he was forced
to kill AleXSOn. He says AleXsOn was
drunk and threatened to Kill him and
that he tried 10 AVOID him, but that tho
conductor, disregarding his protests
admitted AleXSOn TO the car.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
DIES OF HURTS IN RUNAWAY.
Indiana Woman Fatally Hurt In South
Dakota.

Mrs. George Turner of Goodland,
Ind, is dead as the result OF injuries
received in a runaway at Pierpont.
Mrs. Turner and her husband came
nom Indiana about a week ago to visit
ntson whom they had not seen for sew
raj years. One day last week Mrs.
xnrner drove to town with her grand
1aughter, and while crossing the rail-
Dad track the horse she was driving
&ecams frightened and ran away,
$&rowing the occupants out OF the
1pggy. The girl escaped with a few
fuises, but Mrs. Turner was dragged
Iveral blocks and terribly cut and
Puised. She fingered for several
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
Stolen Gold Found.

Fort Gibson, Alaska, July 19.-The
box of gold stolen from the steamer
Ida May has been found in the woods
in the outskirts of town by the North.
ern Commercial company's agent, w.
C. Rodman. 1t was found intact and
nothing missing.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
S1,25O,oOO Fire in Scotland.

Dundee, Scotland, July 21.-A disas.
trous fire broke out in the bonded
warehouse of James Watson e. Co., the
largest concern Of it's kind in Scotland
Large quantities of blazing whisky ran
into the streets. The loss is estimated
at $3.50, 900.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
Pioneer Contractor Dies.

Winona, Mimi. July 2ly-Conrad
BONN, for many years a prominent
resident OF Winona, and In the earlier
days a prominent manufacturers and
contractor, died yesterday at the homo
Of his daughter In Ogden, Utah.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
Woman's Wild Leap Kills Her.

Boston, July 21.-Mrs. Samuel Piza,
wife Of a New York business man,
who jumped from a window on a sixth
floor of a hotel. died from the effects
of her injuries. The woman's body
was terribly mangled by the fall.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
AVALANCHE KILLS THREE.
French Tourists and Guide Carried
Down Swiss Mountain.

Martigny, Switzerland, July 21.-An
avalanche precipitated four French
tourists, names unknown, and a Swiss
guide into the torrent below Black.
head gorge. Two of the Frenchmen
and the guide were crushed and
drowned.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
Injured In Auto Wreck,

Bloomington, Ind, July l9.-In an
automobile accident near here r. S
Overman was seriously injured and H
e. Spear of Evansville. Ind. was
slightly hurt