The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-14
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DanlSn-DOrn reSlQenCS OF
South Dakota will have a grand cele-
bration at Irene, in honor Of the Dan
ish national holiday.
In the sight of his father, who was
unable to go to his rescue, Ralph Jen-
mack of Deadwood was run over by
an ice wagon and instantly killed.
The opening horse sale at the stock
yards at Pierre for this year will be
on the goth of June, when it is expect
ed that a large number of good horses
will be placed on the market.
The NJ. ]. White livery and feed
barns were destroyed by fire Of I'M
known origin at Beresford. No. in
surance. The barn was remodeled a
few years ago and used as a veterinary
hospital.
The shaft on the New England
Homestake property at Deadwood is
now down 144 feet and shows good
ledge material. The new hosting
plant has arrived and will be installed
Immediately.
The work of the power plows which
have been brought into the western
section of the state this spring is prov
Ing to be most satisfactory. The pillow
being operated by w. c. Gowdy, near
Oneida, Sully county, is said to have
on several occasions plowed, disked
seeded and dragged forty acres in one
day. At that rate the farmer who,
in a hurry to get in a large acreage of
crop can clear up his spring seeding in
a few days.
The Gold Queen. formerly known as
the Queen of the Hills. in Whistler
Gulch, will begin operations within a
few days. The shaft has been put in
condition so that sinking may be re-
sumed from the 13S-foot level. An ex-
ira large a~ir-compressor has been in
stalled and two drills will be used in
connection with it. The recent strike
made by H. H. Keimer on the adjoin-
ing ground Is also very encouraging to
the managers of the Gold Queen.
John H. Nichols, a prominent
Charles Mix county farmer, is dead
as the result Of a slight injury to n
of his fingers. The injury was so
slight that no particular attention was
at first paid to it, but blood poisoning
developed and after being in the great
est agony for several days death put
an end to the unfortunate farmers suf-
ferings. He was a native Of Kentucky,
was s~eventy-three years Of age and is
survived by a widow and six children.
Otto, the young son Of D.. A.. Erick-
son Of Indian creek, was bitten by a
r%attlesnake. The boy, in company with
his father, was looking for toyote
dens, and while passing some punches
of grass and without the slightest
warning the snake jumped at the boy,
striking him on the fingers Of the right
hand. All the poison possible has been
drawn from the wound and the lad is
getting along as we'll as can be ex-
pected, although he has a badly swol-
len arm and chest.
Nineteen expert sheep shearers are In
The vicinity from Spring City and other
Utah points. They have something
like SIS, 900 sheep in sight which they
expect to rim up during the next four
weeks. This is not their first appear
ance in this section, and one OF them
Is known to have a record of 200
sheep per day. Fifteen of them clip
ped Fred Fuller's band Of 700 sheep
in four hours Tuesday. They will di-
vide and strike the larger bands
throughout the country.
DR.. S. Lull, the Waubay physician
implicated in the attempt to spirit
away Mary Wagner, the complaining
witness in the case Of S. H. Egeland,
deputy county auditor, bound over on
che charge of attempted criminal as
sault. appeared before Judge j. H. Nc
Coy in Aberdeen, with his attorneys,
E. S. Cary Of Minneapolis and Frank
Anderson of Webster, in the habeas
corpus proceedings instituted about ten
days ago. Frank Sears, county attor-
ney, was present in behalf of the state.
Judge Mccoy sustained the findings OF
Justice Rathbun in binding over the
defendant to the circuit court and
remanded the prisoner to the sheriff.
One night last week a heavy wind
and hail storm swept over the country
about five miles west of Pierre, the
wind turning over a number of small
prairie "shacks." One homesteader
who was aroused by the noise of the
storm. got out Of his bunk, which was
built as a part of the structure, and
went to the door to investigate. There
was no floor to equaliZe the pressure OF
the wind which rushed in as soon as
the door was open, and in an instant
the whole establishment, except the
homesteader and his nightie. sailed off
into the darkness, and he was COM
pelled TO hunt the nearest neighbor to
borrow clothes and shelter until day
light would allow him to gather his
scattered possess ions.
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Sturgis now has a baseball team,
which will enter the field this season.
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