The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-09

swept across a stretch of dry ground
over a mile wide and fourteen miles
in length near HermOsa, before it
could be eXtinguished.
Carthage has new banking cor
poration which expects to put up
fine building The bank has $4,000
capital. This with their splendid
creamery ought to help some.
The democrats are thinking they see
a chance to win the governorship of
this state through the split in the re-
publican party and will strive to get
Andrew E. Lee to make the run.
On Thursday Dec. &c, 1907, an eX-
citing game of outdoor base ball was
played at Miller between two local
teams. The day was SO warm that
even the spectators witnessed the
game in their shirt sl'evs.
| Watertown has organized Chau-
tauqua association with Geo. w. Case,
president; DR.. A. NJ. Work, vice-presi-
dent; d. T. Walker, secretary; H. ID.
Rice, treasurer. The plan is to as
sembe at Lake Kampeska.
People at Miller have been frighten-
ed by lights which dance over the open
prairie, and some think it is an in
dication of gas near the surface. Citi-
zens returning from prayer meeting
| first discovered the phenomena.
WATERFOWL parties returning from
the oil region in the northeastern part
of Codington county, say there is so
much oil on the waters of Punished
| Woman's lake that that body of water
| is still open, although the ice is a foot
thick on Lake KampeSka.
The county commissioners of Mime
haha county have adopted resolution
declaring in favor of proposed drain
age ditch in the region Immediately
north of Sioux Falls. 1t is proposed
to drain about 10000 acres of valuable
farm land lying along the Big Sioux
river.
Judge Garland has rendered a de-
cision granting a temporary injunc-
ton against the railroad commission
ers in attempting to enforce the 212
cent per mile rate for carrying passen-
gers on railroads. The injunction will
remain in force until the main issue
has been tried.
Ernest l.. Glidden, aged "a, severely
injured in the fire at Hitchcock, in
which the large Touring mill belong
ing to F. B. Gray, was totally de-
stroyed, causing a loss of $1,000, will
recover. Mr. Glidden fell from the
roof of building, striking the ground
in such a way as to fracture one wrist,
iniuring his spine and paralyzing his
lower limb.
| Search is being made for Capt A. P.
Sanders aged "A years who discovered
the Virginia mine in the Black Hills
many years ago. He has been in a
number of adventures of early day
life in Dakota territory and his daugh-
ter at Omaha who has not seen him
since 1874 thinks he must be in South
Dakota somewhere, having recently
heard he was at Yankton
The late report of the state auditor
goes into county statistics of indebted
ness and shows that the unpaid taxes
in counties are practically equal to
their bonded debts, and that the cash
on hand for county purposes exceeds
by $3.50, 900 the total outstanding war
rant indebtedness of the counties. The
heaviest debt Of the counties is to the
state schol fund, amounting to more
than $780, 900, but this is all secured
to them by real estate mortgages, the
whole showing being a most favorable
one for the counties.
About ten days ago a man giving his
name as james Howard arrived in Flan-
l Dire IN and ctortod IN o0p,u3lo a hrCk