The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-07-11
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g Holding that the meeting Of the vii
9 lage council of Valley Springs, which
3 authorized the issuance of a saloon
q license to Henry Dorman of Valley
g Springs was not legally called and
9 that the man who signed the permit
B as president pro TEN OF the council,
x had not been duly elected to that
office, a petition has been filed with
the county auditor. protesting against
5 the issuance OF a license to Dorman.
3 Rain fell throughout the Black Hills
8 and most of western South Dakota
z last week and saved many thousands
} of dollars in crops to farmers. In
J many sections the rain came just in
time. In Meade county it was the
first rain in two months and followed
prayer meetings in the churches in
Sturgis, where pastors offered special
applications.
That a bull is more than a match
for a horse in a mortal combat was
demonstrated on the farm Of John
Breske, residing In Day county. An
animal belonging 70 him jumped the
fence surrounding its pasture, and
after it had been driven back to the
gate by a son of the owner, the son
~dismounted from the horse he was
riding for the purpose Of opening the
gate. Instantly the bull attacked the
horse. and, after a fierce conflict, sue
ceeded in killing the horse by driving
a horn through its heart. The horse :
vas valued at $3.50. ,
\ stranger complained to the au- =;
thorities of Aberdeen Of a confidence .
game OF which he was the victim. He :,
said be was in Aberdeen from the
north on his way to Grand Island,
Neb.. while there met three strang- =
ers, who told him they were trainmen y
and their train ran right through to l
Grand Island. and if he went with u
them they would see his railroad fare ~
not cost him a cent. He went u
along and was lodged in a box car "
with his three new friends, and the '
train pulled out. After they had rode ~
awhile, his new companions pulled g
their guls and relieved him Of all d d,
his money and %valuables. Then they ~
kept him a prisoner, he says, until '
the train reached Mobridge, where u
hey disappeared and he was released D
to find himself penniless and "
away from Grand Island than
he left Aberdeen. F
Papers have been served on the 81
Publishing company, pub 81
fishers Of the Aberdeen Daily Ameri- II
can, in a suit instituted by George w. F
Egan Of Sioux Falls, demanding $780, 81
600 damages for alleged injuries to f
reputation because Of certain pub ell
locations in the American during the u
primary campaign, in which b;
Egan was one of the candidates for IL
the republican nomination for COVER II
" IL VIC ull lIDtl sui -
Egan has started against different b;
newspapers in the state, over the pub
Of the article. "
Dead with a bullet hole in his eye, a:
the body of R. w. Williams, cashier re
Of the Farmers State Bank of South eC
Shore, was discovered in the yard OF d.
his home in that town by Mrs. Will pl
liams. Pending an inquest, the ques- ia
ton Of accidental or suicidal death IL
Is unsettled. Mr.. Williams early in tn
morning took a 22-caliber rife
INTO the yard TO shoot a weasel. Some 4;
time later. when he had not returned, n,
MS wife went to look for him. and "
the body. 70
Sentence has been passed by Judge VI
on the Indians convicted OF tr
the murder OF Roland Judish on
%, last at Sisseton. Joe High IN
Bear, who was found guilty OF man a
slaughter in the first degree, was 70
sentenced TO 20 years at hard labor NJ
in the penitentiary at Sioux Falls, nj
Jonah Star, found guilty OF man. m
slaughter In the second degree. was .,
given -four years In the ~penitentlary. A,
Stars attorney secured a 50 day stay NJ
Of proceedings and will probably ;,
for a new trial, but High Bear a,
taken TO the pe~nitentiary by
Sheriff Swanson. and will immediate
ly begin the serving O; his long term. q
AS the statutory t~hirty~day period
for filing Of expense accounts for dis-
candidates At The primaries a,
draws 10 a close. s2ch reports are be- -
oil nnIr~ 40 I'm On r.rAAfu Ku..