The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-19
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In the United States court John c.
Jordan, a wealthy merchant OF Cor
don, Neb., was indicted for selling
cattle which had been unlawfully re-
moved from the Pine Ridge Indian
reservation by Louis X. Mousseau, a
halfbreed. An indictment also was re-
turned against the latter, and he APP
pears as a witness against Jordan.
The Indictment alleges that 1S6 head
OF cattle were thus disposed OF, in
lunches OF from eighteen to seventy
eight, during a period extending from
January to June, 1910. The cases
against John Fall. auditor Of Pepning-
ton county; his brother. David Fall,
deputy auditor, and F. G. X Hewlett,
a hide and fur dealer of Rapid City.
indicted for using the United States
mails in connection with a conspiracy
to defraud, will be tried mex week.
The alleged conspiracy resulted in the
collection OF thousands OF dollars OF
illegal bounties on wolves and coyotes.
A motion to quash the indictment
against Hewlett, on the ground that he
had appeared as a witness before the
grand jury against the Falls, was de-
MED by United States Judge Elliott
Adit. Gen. Englesby, of WATERFOWL;
Maj Boyd Wales, Of Howard, and Col.
j. II. Holmes, of Aberdeen, have been
appointed a committee by the state
and approved by the federal govern.
ment for selecting a new rifle practice
range and negotiations have gone so
far that it Is practically decided that
the range will be located near Nit
chell. One hundred acres OF ground
have already been secured for the
range.
Fire believed to have originated
from sparks from an engine on the
Great Northern railway burned
Clark's grove, one of the best in
Beadle county, and 300 tons of hay
and much farm machinery belonging
to c. F. Westwood.
1t will take $79,412 80 to pay the
expenses of the city of Mitchell next
year, according to the appropriation
made by the city council at its regu-
lar meeting. OF this amount $4,000
will be raised by taxation and the bal
nee will come from the usual rev
enue Of the city. 1t will require 500
more to run the city mex year than
last, owing to the improvements which
have been made and which have to be
The rate Of taxation,
however, will remain the same, and
the increased amount of money will
come from the higher valuation and
the large amount of new property
which will be added to the assess
ment rolls.
f. b. Camp vas brought to the hos
pital at Mitchell from Plankinton, and
had been under the care of a physi-
clan for several days, left the hos
pital for a short walk and went to a
vacant house across the street. He
was seen to enter the house and when
he failed to return in a reasonable
time one OF the attendants went to
the house. Mr.. Camp was found dead
the floor near the door. Mr.. Camp
was a blacksmith at Plankinton, WIS
% years old and unmarried.
Ardmore stands against at a tragedy
enacted there last week when Howard
the ~12-year-old son of Ed Clark, was
killed by the horse he had been riding
and friends stood by unable to pre-
vent it. The boy was riding in a
mans saddle, and fastened his feet in
the leather loops that supported the
stirrups, AS the horse swerved he
was thrown off and one Of his feet
pushed through and the strap held him
by the ankle while he was dragged
through the main street of the town,
head downward. He was tramped by