The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-08
South Dakota
General State News ParaSrsphsd.

dlSt church at Garden City Will sell
the present building and erect a new
and larger structure.
Theodore Wosnuk and John Hirning
Of Mound City have purchased the
stock Of the Herreid State bank at
Herreid, Campbell county, of c. E.
Eckert and Mrs. L. H. Claybourne,
and will assume active management of
the bank.
Another case Of I-didn't-know-it-was-
loaded occurred at Colman during the
week. The young son of DR.. Holm was
handling a rifle. He put the barrel
| against his abdomen and leaned over
to fix the hammer. The boy will prob
ably live.
At Mound City, A. Sutherland sold
seven quarter sections of land, includ-
Ing his ranch buildings and residence,
to Christian Goehring for SIG, 800, or
SIS an acre. This is the largest real
estate deal ever transacted in Camp
oenn county.
AS the result of his preliminary ex-
animation Edwin Tobin, a boy whose
home is in Sioux Falls, has been
bound over for appearance at the next
term of state circuit court on the
charge of having robbed a local store
Of $50 in cash and a quantity of goods.
In default of bonds he has been placed
in the county Jail.
Mrs. J. N. Plat OF Clark was badly
scalded by the explosion of a tin can
with a tightly fitting cover, in which
she was boiling potatoes. The steam
and boiling water struck her in the
face. For a zine it was feared she
would lose her sight, but she is now
Improving and It is not believed her
eyesight will be permanently impair
ed.
The dreaded disease of blackleg is
attacking cattle in some sections Of
| Hand county. Stock has done exceed
ingly we'll this winter, being fat on
the hay and open grazing. The dis
ease thrives best when the stock is in
this prime condition. In the past many
| of the cattle were ~vaccinated, and this
| preventive will now be ~resorted to
with those not previously treated.
Mcpherson county is the wner of
a new Jail and now mas n of the
! safest Places Of any county in the
northern part of the state in which TO
keep prisoners. Sheriff Young, with
the assistance Of Deputy Sheriff
| George Kaisler, put the finishing
touches on the new Jail having had
personal charge of the work of rivet-
ing the steel cells and placing them in
position.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Langford Telephone COM
pany, at Langford, with a capital OF
S22, 500. The purpose Of the company,
as shown by the articles of incorpora-
ton, is to do a general telephone
business in the counties of Marshall,
Day. Roberts and Brown. The incor.
porators are c. A. Plat, J. F. D. Cook,
Howard Plat, c. B. Jersey, ". H.
| Sherrard and others at Langford.
An important business deal has
been consummated at Redfeld in the
merge rof the Redfeld National bank
and the Bank of Redfald. The bust
ness will be continued as the Redfield
| National, and the new bank will be
one of the strongest in the state. +. G.
Issenhuth, cashier of the Bank of Red
field, will be vice president Of the new
concern, and the active management
will devolve on Mr.. I~ssenhuth and c..
NJ. Henry, present cashier Of the Ma
tional.
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At a recent meeting in Sioux Falls
Of the board Of control of the South
Dakota Firemen's association, Sioux
Falls was selected as the place for
holding the next annual tournament
of the association, and June 26 to 29
was determined upon as the time. c.
W.. ellis of Mitchell, president of the
association, and William Kolb of Yer
| million, secretary. attended the meet
ing. J.. H. Pettibone Of Sioux Falls
was appointed to the position of cor
responding secretary.
AS a comparison between land
| prices in this state now and a few
years ago, the appraisement of the
! school lands which will be offered for
sale in Mipnehaha county this spring
is a good example. Most Of the school
lands in the southern part of the state
were sold ten years ago at a minimum
of $40 an acre. The oands left in Min
nehaha have been appraised at from
$50 to $50 an acre, with the average
for the county at about $50. II the
lands which were rushed on the mar.
ket in the early days of statehood had
been held for a few years more, the
permanent school fund would have
hoan i~ncreased many old.