The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-03-21
South Dakota News


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. The city council of Watertown or
Z dered that a special election be held
} on Saturday, March %, for the pur.
) pose Of voting on the proposition OF
) changing the present form of city
Z government 10 that of the commits.
Z sion plan. Watertown for the past
. twenty years has been operating I'm.
; der a special charter. A vote was
, taken on the same question Two years
) ago, but was defeated decisively. This
|. time it is believed that it will carry.
T~hirty-fye young business men of
Mitchell at a banquet decided upon
the organization of a commercial
club. w. H. Broadbent was made
president Of the new organization, D.
T. Becker vice president, o. B. Wells
secretary and DR.. II. L. Mcdonald
treasurer. It is expected that 100
young business men will be associat.
ed with the new movement.
Rev. G. T. Notson, district superin-
tendent Of the Huron district, assisted
in the dedica ion OF the new Metho-
dist church in Gettysburg. It was
n OF the most notable events in
the history of Methodism in this part
Of the state.
John Stransky, OF Pukwana, chairr.
man Of the good roads convention
held in Mitchell last week, has ap-
pointed a committee Of nine men to
make an investigation Of the north
and south state highway route be-
tween Mitchell and Sioux Falls. The
committee consists Of S. Fl. Lea.
state engineer; John Nelson of Nit
chell, and Mr.. Hartgering, Of Rapid
City, civil engineers, and f. L.
Meisch Of Alexandria, George Todd OF
Bridgewater, Tug Wilson of Salem.
j. +. Hamaker of Spencer, o. H. Dye
Of Chamberlain and Thomas Taubman
Of Plankington. The committee will
meet in this city March 20 and make
an auto trip between Mitchell and
Sioux Falls, via Alexandria and the
intervening towns, and the return
trip via Salem to Mitchell. The com.
mlttee will make a thorough investf-
cation Of the roadway on each route
and listen to the propositions of the
towns along the routes. Another con-
Vention will be called early in April.
in Mitchell, at which time will be de-
clded the official route Of the state
highway between Mitchell and Sioux
Falls, and thence on through Cham
berlain to the Black Hills country. At
the convention last week 800 men
were in attendance.
Full four years ana nc more is the
allotted time to South Dakota office
holders under the constitution, as
construed by the department of the
attorney general. The question
comes up from M%innehaha coun-
ty, where the present holder of
the office of register of deeds was
appointed to serve a part Of a term
by appointment, and then was elect
ed, and 1t was asked if he was eligible
to a second elective term" 1t ap-
pears that the officer in question
served n year and four months by
appointment, and is holding two
years by election and his rights as
a possible candidate in the next cam
paign are at issue. 1t Is held that
there Is nothing to prevent his be-
coming a candidate or qualifying IL
elected, but that at the end Of eight
months the office will become vacant
by constitutional limitation, and that
any official act attempted to be per
formed by such individual from and
after that time will be void and
without legal standing. This is based
on the constitutional provision which
makes the limitation four years, and
does not in any way mention terms"
OF office.
The claim of Mrs. Mary Vollmar
for 500 damages for her horse being
injured stepping through a defective
bridge, was rejected by the city com
missioners of Sioux Falls and she has
brought suit against them for the re-
covery of the amount.
Buffalo, the county seal of Harding
county, was visited by a very destruc-
tive fire Sunday night, a whole block
of business houses being burned. The
loss is estimated at 100000. and in
surance vas carried to the amount Of
$4,000 The people Of the town