The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09

engaged in was one with grade pupils,
and was not strenuous enough to
cause fatal injuries; that on the same
day Farrar put in a lot Of time box
ing.
Deer hunting in the Black Hills
opened auspiciously, with the ground
thickly covered with snow and deer
reported plentiful. Under the new
law regulations are much more strict
than ever before, but one deer, a
buck with horns, being permitted in
n season to each hunter, and the
license fee, which is SIS, entities a
hunter to hunt only in the county in
which 1t is issued. This latter con-
struction of the law, according to the
ruling OF the attorney general, Is
much dlsliked by sportsmen, who
have protested without avail. There
are many more hunters from other
states and points in South Dakota
outside the Hills than ever before.
John r. Wood, a pioneer OF Elk
Point, died at his home Sunday even
ing OF old age. The deceased was
born in Canajohara, N. Y, January 4,
1920. He came to Union county in
1860 and has made his home there
since that time. After coming there
he enlisted in Company B, First Da-
kota cavalry, to fight the Indians. Mr..
Wood had been in many battles with
the Indians and had many thrilling
scapes. After the Indian wars he
returned to Elk Point and conducted
a hotel and farmed. He was proprie-
tor of a livery stable and conducted
it for many years. About ten years
ago he retired from business and
built a fine house, where he might
rest in ease during the remainder of
his days.
C.. A. Randall, chief deputy fire COM
missioner, and Inspector Fred J. Buck
held a hearing at Madison on COM
plants that had been filed against a
number Of dangerous buildings in
Madison. Inspector Buck made an
inspection in August, and as a re-
suit Of that inspection and conse-
quent suggestions conditions have
been changed so that the commission
er found Madison in excellent con-
dition. There are several buildings
which are a menace to property in
their present condition, but the fire
commissioner allowed the owners of
these buildings thirty days in which
to place them in repair or else to re-
move them, and in every instance it
was agreed that prompt action would
be taken in meeting the requirements
of the fire commission.
At a meeting Of the Kittredge men,
orial committee held in Sioux Falls,
the plan of preparing ar oil painting
of the late United States Senator AL
fred B. Kittredge, Of that city, after
discussion, was abandoned, and in
stead a contract was entered into to
have a marble bust of the dead m
tor, the intention being, when the BUST
is completed, to have it installed in
the new state capitol building at
Pierre. The contract for the making
of the bust was awarded to H. Daniel
Webster, formerly of Sioux Falls, but
now of Connecticut, who recently COM
pleted a life-sized statue of General
w. II. H. Beadle, known as the father
of the educational system of South
Dakota" which will be dedicated at
Pierre during the annual meeting of
the state educational association, to
be held the latter part Of the month.
Denial was made by DR.. 8. A. Shat
ford of Sioux Falls, former regent of
South Dakota university, and his sue
cessor, T. w. Dwight, that a letter
had been written on behalf of the re-
gents relating to bribery charges
against Prof. Garrett Droppers, ap-
pointed by Gov. Foss, of Massachu-
sets, for railroad commissioner Of
that state. Never during the twelve
years that I was a regent vas such a
letter written" declared DR.. Stafford.
"Droppers was held in the highest re-
gard and we considered him an hon.
est man." Mr.. Dwight, one Of the
present regents OF the university, said
Prof Droppers' resignation was the
result of local trouble at Vermillion,
s. D., where the university is located,
caused by the differences of opinion
regarding the administration of affairs
Of the institution and not or account
of any financial troubles. O
According to information given out
by Assistant Superintendent Frank L.
Wood, OF the Rosebud land opening,
Miss Freda Gudath, of Fairfax, who