The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-10-26

older sister unged after the child
in an effort to effect a rescue, re-
CARELESS of the fact that the cistern
had eight feet Of water in it. The
older sister was able to grasp and
hold the head of the child above
water and thus prevent it drowning,
but vas unable to escape from the
c~istern. When both were nearly eX-
hausted their young brother succeeded
in rescuing them.
In the supreme court in an opinion
by Mccoy, the lower court was sus-
tanned in the case Of the state VS..
c. l.. Carlisle from Minnehaha county
The state dental board has beer
after Carlisle for several years for
practicing dentistry in Sioux Falls
without a license, and after a u
Der of actions they have finally Sc
cured a supreme court decision sus
tanning them in their contention re,
garding the dental law.
Thieves broke into a car of mer-
chandise, belonging to f. S. Hamouse,
a Burke business man while the
shipment was enroute from Omaha to
Burke and carried away $3.50 worth
Of new goods of every description.
The fact that the seal of the car was
intact when it was hauled through
Bonesteel indicates that the robbery
was committed not many miles from
Burke, and perhaps in the Burke rail,
road yards after the car arrived
there.
A few days ago while e. G. Big.
gins was driving a Gov into Gregory,
the horse he was riding stumbled and
threw him over its head and then fell
on him. The accident was seen by
II. C. Hanson, who was passing in his
automobile, and the unconscious man
was taken to DR.. Murnan's office in
Gregory, where he remained in an
unconscious condition until next day.
Upon examination it was found that
no bones were broken, but it is feared
that he was seriously injured intern
ally. He was then taken to a hos
pital in Omaha. 1t is thought he will
recover.
In order to reduce the danger of
fires, the city council of Dallas has
adopted a resolution requiring that
ground.
Everything has been quiet at vi
borg since the recen arrest of several
men for selling liquor in violation of
the law. Three we're fined $50 each
and costs, which they paid, while
a fourth has been held for trial at
the next term of state circuit court
for selling liquor without a license.
An attempt to burn the home Of Carl
Medigar, in the northwest part of
Huron, a few nights since proved
unsuccessful. Later an attempt was
also made to burn the Riley home
near the Medigar home. In both in
stances kerosene was poured on the
porches and ignited. Fortunately both
fires were discovered in time to pre-.
vent any great damage. 1t is thought
fire-bugs are working in the neigh
borhood and a strict watch is being
kept.
Chas. Hartsough, editor OF the
Marion Record, has started the build
ing of an opera house 24x77 feet in
size to cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000.
Oil, supposed to be petroleum, has
been found in the waters issuing
from the gas-artesian we'll on the
capitol grounds at Pierre. The pro-
duct is being Analysed. AS the oil
is found near the capitol power plant
it is suggested that it is from the
engines.
Armour will have a postal savings
DdHK dIueT IHe Z0J0 OF LulS mouUl. II
will be the only one in that part Of
the state.
What is evidently the barrel of an
old repeating rife, rust marked and
decayed, was picked up recently in
the breaks Of Whiskey gulch, north
of Pierre, and is now in the museum
of history. The gun is different from
anything that has ever been seen
there. The portion containing the
hammer, trigger and e~jector is of
brass, very little the worse for its
exposure. On the side opposite the
~ejector on this part is pricked the
name W~inyakaluta, indicating that
the owner had been a Teton Sioux.
The word means Red Sand" or Red
Earth"
The reports filed with the state
railway commission by all the differ
ent branches Of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway company show