The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-19
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in money and checks were taken.
Mrs. Anna Miljas, the check forger,
convicted in the circuit court at Dead
wood, was sentenced to spend three
years and eight months in the peniten.
tiary.
Despondent through no known rea-
son, Chris Christianson, %janitor Of the
federal building at Yankton, commit
ted suicide by hanging himself over
the ~postoffice.
The first issue of the South Dakota
State Review will be issued this week
In Pierre by W. II. Bruno. The Re
view will be exclusively devoted to
the upbuiIding of South Dakota.
On his initial run on the Bald Noun
tain division of the Burlington rail
road. Floyd Sterling, a brakeman, was
VI uSHtu DOtW CCI IN Gals III udTTOW-
ly escaped death. 1t Is believed that
he will cover.
BY a vote Of 366 to so, Rapid City
voters decided to issue $40, 200 worth
OF bonds for a new school house. The
women took a keen interest in the
election and worked even harder than
the men to bring out a vote.
The Missouri river at Lower Brule
is becoming dangerous to cross on the
ice with teams. Several head OF
horses and cattle have been drowned.
George Hall lost his team and wagon
and he barely escaped with his life.
Because, ii is charged, he sought to
drive his guests from his cabin with
an AK, and in doing so attacked and
injured Thomas Sutich. a jury in the
circuit court will try Mike Redman Of
Maitland on a charge of assault with
a dangerous weapon
Fire destroyed the large barn on
the John Gunderson farm. southwest
of Vermillion, together with ten valu-
able horses, 400 bushels of grain and a
large quantity Of hay. The total loss
is "a 900, with bua $500 insurance. The
horses were owned by Ben Noah, the
renter of the farm.
The sixteenth annual meeting of the
South Dakota Stock Growers associa-
ton will be held in Rapid City April
-, IA and Is. The stock commission
houses of the Middle West will re-
ceive invitations to send representa-
tives. The officers are: c. X. How
ard of S%mithville, president; II. A.
Dawson of Pine Ridge, vice president;
F. M. Stewart OF Buffalo Gap. secre-
tary and treasurer.
Col. Robert M. Pringle, supervising
engineer Of the Indian department,
has arrived at Lower Brule to locate
the sites of four artesian wells to be
drilled at convenient points on the res
ervation. The successful completion
of these wells will solve the problem
of water supply for domestic and ir-
purposes for a large number
of the Indians and border settlers OF
part of Lyman county.
The South Dakota State Holiness
association, a non-denominational or
ganization of the state, has decided
it should have a permanent home
and has purchased a tract on Rock
creek about four miles from Mitchell
on the Omaha road, and will fit 1t up
for a permanent annuNl camp meeting
place. Secretary r. A Leggett of the
association says that they will get ev-
erything possible In shape for the
meetings, which will be held this yeal
from July II to 25.
The state board Of assessment, un-
der the provisions of the law Of 1905,
has placed upon the tax rolls eight
of Northwestern trackage from
Blunt to the gravel pit in Sully coun-
ty. This trackage was omitted from
the report made last year by error,
and the placing Of that mileage on the
tax list gives Sully county it's first
taxes ever to be paid in that
Further, that little piece of
road leaves Buffalo as the only organ
lied county in the state without a rail.
way line.
For the first time in the history OF
a Chinaman will last a
vote in the coming municipal election.
The Celestial who thus adopts another
American custom, is Hong Quong, o
Of DR.. Wing Tsue. the wealthy mer-
chant, and recognized leader of his
race in the Black Hills. Quong Is
twenty-four years old and is an unusu-
ally bright young man. He was edu-
rated at the University of Canton. al.