The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-01-04
South Dakota News


Plankinton. There now are II boy
inmates, the greatest number for
some years.
Drunken brawls are becoming sc
frequent at Iona, Notwithstanding that
the town is without a saloon, that the
people are demanding that a town
marshal be appointed to preserve the
peace and arrest those guilty OF in.
fractions of the law. The patience
OF the people became exhausted q
day or two ago when, during a fight
between several drunken men, one
OF them was knocked through the
window OF one OF the business insti.
tutions.
The fine new high school build.
ing at Vermillion was formally dedi-
Gated last week, a large crowd be-
ing present for the exercises. The
city orchestra furnished music and
addresses were made by G.. II. Brown,
president of the board of education;
Rev. c. S. Thomas, of the Baptist
church; Geo. II. Lapp, principal of
the high school, and Col. John l..
Jolley, now a prominent attorney, but
once a teacher in the historis old
log school house away back in the
Cos. Miss Ruth Meberg. supervisor of
music in the city schools gave a
violin solo, and Professor J. II. Julian,
Of the University of South Dakota
faculty, a vocal solo. The building
is modern throughout and well equip
ped with the apparatus necessary for
its best use.
a trip recently attempted by Drs.
Bracelet and Brandt of the Meade
county board Of health indicates the
need Of railway connection north and
south in the western part of the state.
These officers left Sturgis in Meade
county, TO so to Faith, in the north
eastern corner of the county. They
came by way OF Pierre, Huron, Aber-
deem and Mobridge, only TO learn at
the last named place that service on
the line 10 Faith had been temporarily
abandoned on account of now They
were obliged to return home after a
trip of more than a thousand miles.
on which they were at no time nearer
their intended destination than they
we're at the time of leaving home. In
summer the trip is made across coun-
try, about 100 miles, by auto.
The fine new Sully county court
house is practically completed and
will be ready for occupancy soon af-
ter the opening of the e year.
AS the result Of the preliminary
hearing Of Will Toben at Platte, ar
rested by a member Of the city coun-
Gil as he was about to burglarize the
alderman's home, the defendant was
held for trial in the circuit court un-
der bonds OF $3.50, which were fur
nished by friends residing at Wagner.
The Lake County bank, Of Madison,
has received from an insurance CON-
pany in London, England, a draft for
81 900 TO reimburse the bank for a
loss Of this amount contained in a
registered package, which was abb
stracted from a mail sack at the Mil
waukee depot a few weeks ago.
Attorney c.. ]. Dousman, Of Lem
mon, who has been prominent in
legal and political affairs in Perkins
county and northwestern South Da-
kota since the settlement of the
Standing Rock and Cheyenne river
reservations, has moved with his
family to Billings, Mont, where they
will reside in the future.
Elaborate plans for improving the
highways leading to and from Mont
rose are being made by a good roads
association which recently was or,
ganized with Douglass Odell presi
dent and NJ. F. Flannery secretary
The organization will officially be
known as the Montrose Good Roads
association.
There are very general expression;
of surprise on the part Of the friend!
and acquaintance of Frank Ripley
the mail carrier who has been ar
rested on the charge Of extortion il
the Sully county BLACK hand" cases
many citizens who have known hin
for many years saying that such al
act Is not at all in harmony witt
Ripley's general character; he hay
ing been noted for his quiet manner
sobriety and attention to duty. o.
the other hand the officers feel tina
> they have very strong evidence
States Attorney Quimby and Sherii
= Coleman. Of that county, spent
E great deal Of time and effort in trat