The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-08-01
South Dakota News

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City where will stand a $4,000 alfalfa
and sugar beet palace to be used for
exhibition purposes.
Fred w. Junker, a homesteader,
near Faith, fell in front of a mower
while cutting hay and his left foot
was badly cut. He was aiken to an
Aberdeen hospital. He has Q wife and
several children.
George Inghram an operator for the
Milwaukee at Bath, disappeared last
week. Thirty dollars OF tie company's
money, three railroad tickets and two
new express money order books are
missing, and a United States mail
pouch was cut and several letters
opened. Ingham had worked for the
Milwaukee one week. He formerly
was employed by the Santa Fee at
Larose, Ill. He is 20 years cid. Gov
eminent, railroad and express detec.
tives are on his trail.
Through the efforts Of United States
Senator Robert j. Gamble, and Coun-
Gilman j. J. Henrichs, Bri1gewater
will be presented with a souvenir Of
the Inflated Maine in the way of a
siX-inch shell.
Oscar Carlson of Sioux City, IS years
old, had his right foot crushed while
attempting to board an eastbound
freight out of Aberdeen. The train
was going twenty miles an hour when
he attempted to catch the car and fell
beneath the wheels.
James Wilson, a colored railroad
laborer, was shot near Groton by a
companion while engaged in a fight
with another negro. He died a few
hours later. Dan Kelley, the murderer
and who is a famous gambler among
the hands, was captured in a wheat
field near Andover. He was traced
through two camps, where he had
forced the cooks to feed him.
J. A. Stransky of Pukwana, stopped
behind the gasoline tank on the
back OF his automobile to light a cigar
out of the wind, when poof! the hust-
Ter says, his machine was blown two
hundred feet in the air, and Mr.. Stran-
sky was picked off a rich steeple.
The Dakotan does not voach for the
details, but Mr.. StransFy was evident
ly considerably banged up.-Pierre
Dakotan.
E. C. Weber of Huron, state hotel
inspector, has filed his biennial report
with the governor, in which he shows
receipts Of $2,249 for the years 191l-12
with expenditures of $2,243. He re-
ports a general compliance with the
hotel laws of the state, and a general
improvement in hotel conditions. Six
arrests were made in the past year,
five of these for refusal to pay the in
spection fees, and the other for re-
moval of the safety ropes required to
be kept in upper story rooms.
The state universal franchise league
closed a two days session at Huron
Thursday. The attendance was large
and much interest was manifested.
The feature of Thursdays sessions
was an address by Rev. Mr.. Richmond
late of California, who gave interest
ing experiences in that state, where
women have the ballot. Much busin-
ess was transacted and plans outlined
for aggressive work. The following
officers were named: President, Mrs.
J. l.. Pyle, OF Huron; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. NJ. E. Walton, Huron;
recording secretary, Mrs. DilGer, Rapid
City; treasurer, Mrs. L. c. Campbell,
Sioux Falls; member national commit
tee, Mrs. A. B. Fairbank, Sioux Falls.
The place Of next meeting will be
named later.
John Wight was bound over to the
circuit court at Rapid City o. a charge
OF forgery in the first degree and his
bond fixed at $1,000. Wight was
brought there from Seattle, whittier he
fled about two months ago, when an
investigation was started into his
transactions in the United States land
office and some local deals. Frances
NJ. Roush discovered, when he at
tempted to sell a quarter section OF
land near Wall valued at $4,000, that
it had been decided to c. f. Hall, who
resides neal Des Moines, Iowa, and
that a mortgage had been placed upon
the property for $500 advanced by a
local real estate dealer. The COM
plant on which Wight had his pre-
liminary hearing alleges that he alter
ed a dted given him by Roush for a
lot worth about SIS by inserting in it
a description Of the Wall property.
After holding it for tw~enty-three
years, Geo. p. Bennett, Of Rapid City,
last week disposed OF 1850 acres OF
land known as the Upper Rapid