The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-01-18

l02 I'VE yCdIo vi oSA IN eAN ~
dition to these forty recorded years
he has three years u~nrecorded. IL
is a record which few, if any. con-
ductors in the service can surpass.
over $4,000 have been expended in
improvements in Miller the past year.
improvements in Milbank the past
wear IN addition a number of excellent
buildings have been erected in the
immediate vicinity of Milbank, and
residents of the town have invested
several thousand dollars in summer
cottages at Big Stone lake.
The state railway department has
received complaints from towns along
the Fox Ridge branch Of the Milwau-
kee road west of the Missouri river,
demanding relief in the way of train
service. The complaint says that
Faith had not been supplied with a
train or mail for ten days, and all
other towns along the line are in
practically the same condition. On
the complaint a demand has been
made upon the road to do something
for the relief of the people along that
line. The residents of Butler, Day
county, have petitioned the commits
sion for a telegraph service at their
town, complaining that they are not
getting the service to which they r
entitled. A complaint has been made
in regard to telephone connections at
Wagner, the Missouri River company
complaining that the Farm and Home
company at that place refuses to make
connections, and the complaining com
pany wants the commission to order
the relief they ask.
Charles Mix county has just closed
one of its most successful farmers
institutes. A. E. Chamberlain, develop
ment commissioner of the Great
Northern railroad, was present and
made one of the best addresses ever
delivered on the subject Of "deyel-
opment" as applied to home life i'll
the rural districts. If the suggested
methods are undertaken by the peo-
pie they will result in making life
upon a South Dakota farm the most
delightful place in America in
to live and raise a family.
The Fort Pierre electric light plant
has just begun to supply juice to the
wires. 1t was built by A. Winkler and
is superintendent by E. B. Lee of
Pierre. The power is furnished by
gas, and the surplus is used
to pump the city water supply. The
hope to secure a market
for surplus current for use in irrigat-
ing from the Bad and Missouri rivers.
An index to the increase in irriga-
ton in South Dakota is the increase
OF the state engineers fees for irri-
cation permits for the past three
months over that of the same a year
The current fees amounted to
a year ago, $156.4O. Two
permits were issued last week: To H.
L. Brekke of Lindsay, Stanley u
ty, for 101 acres on the Chey me: and
to the Pine Ridge Educational asso-
citation for 140 acres, to be watered
from White Clay creek.
A few nights ago an attempt was
made to blow up the Mogul mine
about five miles from Lead. The pur-
pose was to ruin the shaft and cave
in the levels, but the explosion only
succeeded in wrecking the slime plant
and running a few miles Of car tracks.
1t is a non union camp and about 500
men are employed there. When the
explosions occurred the men were not
at work.
Paul Negel, Perry Graves, Hugh
Jeffries and Harry Roush, of Fort
Pierre, proprietors of the Elite pool
and billiard hall have been arrested
for permitting minors and allowing
gambling in their place. 1t Is alleged
that "Freeze-out" is played instead OF
Slippery Ann" The same men are
also in trouble for operating their
-.o, ~ r--A-s-
Fort Pierre citizens have been ar
rested for selling, OIL rather buying
liquor for minors. Thirty-four wit
nesses among the younger crowd tes
titled to this.