The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-14
South Dakota
General State News ParaSrAphsd.


While attempting t break a colt to
the saddle the nineteen-year-old son
If Jacob Gieron, a farmer OF Ethan,
was thrown heavily to the ground. He
| struck upon his head and died 10
afterward.
Casper Flick, an old pioneer and
prOspector, died at D~eadwood. Dec.
Il he was found near Custer Peak
mining district with frozen feet. Am
putation weakened him SO much he
,ould not rally. He was we'll known.
The report Of the bureau of vital sta
tistics for December shows hat in
the month there were 99S births, OF
| which 521 were males and Az fe-
males. There were AGA marriages, 33S
| deaths, 81 naturalizations and 40 di.
! vOrceS.
Over fifteen warrants have been is
| sued on complaint of Prof. Bigelow, of
the board of education OF Lead, for
parents who have failed to comply
| with the compulsory educational law.
This has resulted in an especially good
attendance at the school.
Lars P. Olson, a farmer, is confident
that he has located a gold mine upon
| MS farm near Sioux Falls. He atiirms
that the claim contains gold'bearing
| quartz and exhibited samples which
ne stated experts had told him would
run as high as $4,000 to the ton.
After a posse of several hundred
| citizens had secured the country
roundabout in a vain search for him,
| Otto Huff. the negro who Is alleged to
| have shot and killed Adolph Welsh,
was captured at James and is now
safely lodged In the Brown county
Jail.
Members Of the Clear Lake volun-
teer fire department already are get
ling in readiness for the annual tour
nament Of the South Dakota Fire
mans association at Watertown in
| June. The team which will represent
the department this year will be
stronger and better than ever before.
At the annual business meeting and
| show of the Queen City Poultry as
| ISOLATION at Sioux Falls the following
officers were elected: President,
lCharles Spitznagle, Sioux Falls; vice
presidents, Mrs. w. A. ~Shellhamer,
Luverne, Mimi; II. r. Obs, Beaver
Creek. Mimi; William II. Carr, Sioux
Falls; secretary, Stacey Metcalf, FL
lis: superintendent, George G. Helfert,
Sioux Falls.
In the circuit court in Stanley coun-
tv Judge Boucher had a long criminal
calendar to clear up, n sentenced
several persons who were found guilty
On charges Of horse rustling. Among
hem were Alfred and Lewis Bowker,
Young mixed-bloods. Alfred was tried
first and given a sentence OF two and
4 half years in the penitentiary. Both
were members OF an alleged organized
gang Of rustlers.
Leading farmers around Viberg have
organized a company with the object
Of establishing what will be n OF
the largest farmers cooperative mer.
camille concerns in South Dakota.
The company will have a capital OF
$50, 900. At a preliminary meeting or
farmers interested in the project,
which has Just been held, temporary
officers were elected and Viborg was
selected as the place to locate the
store.
Viborg is the latest town in the state
TO figure on the construction OF a mu-
nicipal system Of waterworks. At a
recent meeting of the town council OF
that place a committee was appointed
to visit and inspect the waterworks
systems Of adjacent towns, with a
view of ascertaining the sort OF a sys-
tenn tina. would be best for Viborg.
This committee consists OF II. &.
christensen and NJ. V. Olsen. leading
business men Of Viborg.
WOrk on the TdllTOdu DIiuBc a.
Pierre has been pushing right along
regardless of the severity OF the win
ter, and every effort Is being made to
get the structure far enough along to
allow work to continue when the ice
goes out in the spring, and to prevent
stoppage Of work from high water in
June. II this can be accomplished,
the chances are favorable for the
briGge to be in possession for traffic
by the middle of the summer.
The Nebraska Telephone company
states that the building of he rail.
roads from Pierre and Chamberlain to
the Black Hills will mean the install
ing of a long distance telephone to
connect the Hills with other portions
Of the state and eventually with Oma'
ha and Denver. The Bell Telephone
company now proposes to follow the
Western railroad into Rapid
city from Pierre as soon as possible
after the completion of that line.
As q result Of several petty robber.