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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-03-07
Governor Signs Water Defense Bill.

Governor Signs Water Defense Bill.
Denver.-The special water defense
bill passed by the Legislature to ap
propriate $4,000 for the securing of
evidence to aid Colorado irrigationists
defend the titles to their water rights
against contests by residents of Kan
sas, Nebraska and Wyoming has been
signed by Governor Ammons.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-03-07
COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE
Dol N G S
D O I N G S
rr Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Some Figures About Appropriations.
Denver.-Financial experts in the
Legislature say appropriations of 81.
100000 should be made by the Legis-
lature for the next two years. Bills
have been introduced calling for ap-
preparations of $7.OO0.OOO. Governor
Ammons has been informed that the
revenues available for appropriations
for the biennial period will be only
$1,2OO,000.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-03-07
Clerk withrow Resigns.

Denver.-The resignation of G. o.
Withrow as chief enrolling clerk OF
the House was read and accepted and
Miss Emma George appointed to fill
the vacancy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-03-07
A Great Help,

The poets task would be as hard
As any ever seen,
II cruel fate forbade the bard
To use the phrase II ween."
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15
A ROMANTIC WEDDING

Fro.n the Rapid City Journal we get
the following account of the wedding
of Clarence Carpenter, a graduate of
the State College and a young man
well known in Bookings:
Rev. w. l.. Lewis, of the Congre-
gational church brought to a climax
an interesting at seven
o'clock yesterday morning, when he
united in wedlock Clarence A. Car.
penter of this city and Miss Marie A.
Steinborn of Sioux Falls.
About three weeks ago Mr.. and
Mrs. Amias Bryan of Sioux Falls, came
to the Black Hills on their honeymoon
and made Rapid City their headquar-
tiers. Mr.. Bryan is general agent for
the "Protecto5raph" a device to pre-
vent the raising of checks.
Walking on Main street a few days
after their arrival the organs were at
tracted by the name, F. G. Feigel on
the sign over a furniture store. An in
vestigation followed and in Mrs.
Feigel, Mrs. Bryan found a long for
gotten first cousin of her mother. Writ
ing back to Sioux Falls to her parents
of the beauties of the Black Hills and
the discovery of a cousin, Mrs. Bryan
urged that her sister, Marie, come to
the Hills for a visit.
Miss Steinborn arrived a week ago
and began a visit as the hoyge guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Feig |, who occupy a
handsome home in the suburbs over
looking the city.
Working for the Dakota Power
Company is a young and handsome
electrician, Clarence A. Carpenter,
graduate of Brookings college, and at
one time principal of city schools. On
Main street Miss Steinborn and Car
penter met the day after her arrival,
he dressed in his working clothes.
There was an instant of silence and
then an old lovers quarrel, which mad
separated the two, was forgotten and
forgiven.
From then on it was the cid story
of v~iolets, Huler's candy, automobile
rides and finally a sem;-elopement.
Tuesday, Miss Steinborn asked per-
mission Of Mrs. Feigel to spend the
night at the home of her lovers mother
Mrs. Gertrude Scott. II was granted
and the marriage followed yesterday
morning.
"Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter have gone
to the Northern Hills cities on their
honeymoon and upon their return to
this city will reside with Mrs. Scott
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15
TRIES TO KILL BURGLARS

Sundays Minneapolis Journal had
the following account Of a rather excit-
ing adventure participated in by the
A. f. Chamberlain family, who moved
to that city from Brookings n year or
two ago:
clad in pajamas and armed with a
revolver, Ralph Chamberlain, a univer.
sity student. played hide and seek with
two burglars at his home, 327 Ontario
street Sc, early today. Four times he
shot at me, who fled. Policemen in
two patrol wagons searched the south.
east portion of the city for two hours
but in vain.
Mrs. A. f. Chamberlain, whose hus-
band Is out of the city, was awakened
by a noise and aroused her son, who
grabbed his fathers revolver. He
peered odt of a window, saw a man
slipping along the wall toward a front
window, while another man remained
on watch. Chamberlain fired at both
men, who ran toward the real of the
lot. He ran i:.to the kitchen, threw
open the door and shot at one as he
vaulted a fence. The second man
lodged around the corner OF a barn,
was the target for the fourth bullet.
The East Side police station was
called by telephone and within a few
minutes a wagon load Of patrolmen,
equipped with lanterns and revolversi
secured the alleys and back yards of
the neighborhood. The police Of the
South Side station we're notified and
sent patrolmen to the Washington
emu and Franklin n bridges"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15

struggled onward and upward while he
slept, 1t was decided TO refer the mat
ter TO the club committee OF industries
and DR.. Harris, who made a good boost
ing talk Tor the laundry, was added.
The trouble with the laundry seems to
have been that the force were new on
the job the first week and did not turn
out the fine class of work that they did
later, and many of the boosters" got
cold feet after the first trial and never
anne back, as the first week the laun-
dry did more business than any like
period after that. 1t seemed TO be the
opinion that the Cinnamon are all right
in their way, but that they weigh up
kind of light as a real benefit to the
city.
The club voted to appropriate $50
to help the high school track team pay
their expenses to Vermillion, the ath-
letic association being that much shy,
and the prospects were good for the
boys staying at home until the club
came to the rescue. This appropria,
ton was ~cheerfully given as the club
members were pleased with the show,
ing the boys made in last weeks meet
at the COlitSS. IIOl. DIONHlHS lHdnh'
ed the club in behalf of the boys.
President Hall reported that the
Building and Loan Association had or.
ganized and adopted bylaws and was
now ready for business, with good pros
poets of a very successful career.
In connection with the meeting one
fact of interest was brought out. We
had been wondering why two or three
sure shot" speakers had failed to
make their usual talk of an hour or sc
at the last one or two meetings and II
developed that every time a member
got up and discussed a new proposition
the president appointed him as chair
mar Of a committee to work the mat.
ter out. This had the same effect as 9
Maxim silencer and it kept talkative
members glued to their chairs. How,
ever, it also kept silent some of the
speakers whom the members like to
hear, so the president has promised
to reform and hereafter will not sen,
tence the takers to the work gang as q
punishment for their sins.
There being no further business
some one kindly made a motion to ad'
iourn and the members lined up for
the eats" the arom Of which had
been drifting through the door fol-
some time. The lunch was followed by
the usual social hour.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15
MAN FATALLY
SHOT AT BRUCE
JACK HARRIS is KILLED BY A
YOUNG FARMER NAMED
LESLIE DOOP
HARRIS HAD ASKED FOR ADMISSION
To Doop Home, But His Intentions
Were Evidently Misunderstood, as
He was Shot and Killed

Jack Harris was shot and killed by
a young man named Leslie Doop at
Bruce early yesterday morning. The
facts in the case as We have been able
to ascertain them are as follows:
Harris came in on the train from
the west Tuesday night, having been
with the mention of walking to Bruce
where he had an aunt living. He ar
rived at the Doop home, which is locat-
on the hill just south Of Bruce about
three o'clock in the morning and rap
ped on the door for admission. The
elder Doop came to the door and in
quired what was wanted, but Harris
could not make himself understood
plainly, either being slightly under
the influence of liquor or badly chilled.
Doop appeared to be badly frightened
as he ran up stairs and called to his
son, who was standing near the door
with a rifle, to shoot. The young man
fired through the door and the bullet
struck Harris just back Of the right
ear and penetrated the brain, death
coming almost instantly. The elder
Doop then came down stairs and fired
the rifle out of the window about
twenty times, arousing the entire town.
Sheriff Halvorson and States Attor-
ney Matson went up from here yester-
day and a coroner's inquest was held
in the afternoon, the jury returning a
verdict generating the young man.
Harris was about thirty-five years
old and is reported to have been
a quiet, we'll behaved man and well
liked by all who knew him. He work
ed at the carpenters trade in this city
this spring, going from here to Pierre.
He was divorced from his wife, and
had two young daughters.
The Doop family have only lived at
Bruce about six weeks, coming here
from northern Minnesota. The young
man who did the shooting was about
eighteen years of age, and there was
another grown son in the house at the
time, besides the father.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15
TRIAL RUN IN AUGUST

Secretary Ben Wood, Of the State
Highway Association, reports that the
trial run over the "Black and Yellow"
trail from Chicago to Yellowstone park
will not be made until late in the sum-
mer, probably in August, says a Pierre
dispatch. This change in date has
been made to await the construction
of a bridge across Powder river, in
Wyoming, which would make the cross
ing Of that stream a certainty instead
of only a possibility.
Mr.. Wood is an applicant for appoint
ment as n of the members of the
state highway commission which is
created by a law which goes into effect
July 1. This law was pushed by Wood
and while, as it finally passed, 1t left
the commission without salary, it gives
them certain powers which will aid to.
ward practical cross-state road con
struction. 1t is more than likely that
either J.. w. Parmley of Ipswich, or E,
G. Issenhuth of Redfield will be upon
that board when it Is created.
The ~autoists Of Huron have put in
a day with picks and shovels in put
ting in good shape the eighteen miles
of highway between Huron and Cavour.
The road was lined with enthusiastic
workers for the day and farmers along
the road got into the game to help
along the work. The next trip of this
kind on the part of the Huron road
people will be on the road south from
that city to the Beadle county line, a
distance of twelve miles. Other roads
will be worked through the summer.
Deadwood good roads enthusiasts
have been out on the same kind Of
work and are also getting their roads
in good shape by the aid of volunteers,
The commissioners of Hughes coun
ty, who have laid out the twenty-five
miles from Blunt to Pierre on the
BLACK and Yellow" cross-state trail
with but three turns in the road for the
whole distance, are getting In position
to put that stretch Of road in irst-class
shape, and as it Is generally a prairie
trail, 1t can easily be made a road
which car be depended upon at any
time Of the year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15
CAPITOL NEWS

tFrom Our Washington Correspondent.)
1t is evident that the plan of "reOr-
ganiZation" of the republican party,
with the names of Senators Cummins,
Works, Borah, Governor Hadley and
others have been connected, means
that the progressive republicans may
be preparing to take charge of the
party organization. In Washington
any progressive republican congress.
man will tell you that they have con,
troll of their party in the house, and
that there is ground for the claim is
evinced by the fact that for some rea-
son the regulars" have avoided a test
of strength, whereas in former years
when "progressives" were "insur-
gents" they were cuffed about in any
old way. The progressive plan is to
compel the election of the delegates to
national conventions through the prim-
aries, and to cut down the d~ispropor-
tionate representation of the southern
states. And when they "reorganize'
the regulars may be lucky to get in
at all. Perhaps with the aid Of Chair
man Hilles, who has called a meeting
of the National Committee, they may
be able to protect themselves.
The sparring between Leaders Mann
and Murdoch, republican and progress
sive respectively, has been SO spirited
at different periods in the past week,
that if words were dynamite the Capt.
toll building would have been in splin-
tiers. Mr.. Murdoch charges discour-
tesy from. his old leader, and has
given the house to understand that he
and his progressive party will stand
for no trifing. Their common foe
across the AISLE" under the leader
ship of Mr.. Underwood, has prevented
impending combat On a number of
occasions.
The Underwood tariff bill went
through the house, its passage being
marked by "Exhuberant triumph" on
the part of the democrats. I'm the
language of the old hymn, This is the
way I have long sought" remarked
Speaker Clark in closing the debate.
And then to more fully describe the
fullness of his joy he commented: "A
few Of us have been fighting in this
Continued nm papo Eourl
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15
MAY OPEN

The Commercial Club committee in
charge of the matter of r%e-opening the
laundry believe that they have sue
c~essfully solved the question and it is
thought that there will be something
doing by another week. The commit.
tee is now busy getting pledges OF
support from the business men and
have net with a very favorable re-
Spouse. This is what would be natural.
ly expected, as every good citizen
wants to see the laundry in operation
and will give 1t his support, We believe,
IL the institution turns out good work,
And 1t will be in a position to do this
or 1t will not be opened up.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15
FREIGHT DEPOT BURNS

The North-W Western freight and ex
press depot was practically destroyed
Tuesday afternoon by a fire which
broke out shortly before six o'clock
The fire had gained a good start be-
fore being discovered and when the
department arrived the east end of the
building where the freight is stored
was a mass of flames. Af-er a half
hours work the fire boys managed to
get the flames under control, but prac.
tically nothing was left of the building
but a shell. The roof and east walls
were almost entirely destroyed, but
the express office in the west end OF
the building did not suffer so much.
The origin Of the fire is unknown,
but it is supposed to have been caused
by spontaneous combustion. Agent
Leighty and Baggageman Iverson We're
not at the building, as they go to sup
per at five o'clock and return to
make" the east passenger. Auditor
Pheffer of the express company, and
H. H. Voege of the Brictson Manufac-
turing company, were in the express
office at the time. They heard a slight
explosion and the office suddenly fill
ed with smoke. They were unable to
locate the door, so Mr.. Voege broke
out a window and jumped, cutting his
hands and arms quite badly. Mr..
Pheffer was about to follow, when the
smoke lifted slightly and he located
the door. j. D. Wilson was in the
freight warehouse a few minutes be-
fore the fire was discovered, but states
that at that time there was no evil
dence whatever of fire.
The explosion spread the flames to
all parts of the freight warehouse and
it was impossible to save any part of
hold goods of E. P. Lamb, which had
just arrived from Santa Ana, Cal,
were destroyed and also the effects of
a family named Bissell who are just
moving to the city. Nothing consign-
ed to local merchants was destroyed,
as a delivery is made each afternoon,
but a considerable quantity of stuff
from Shears & Sawbuck and Larkin
went up in smoke. The books and
records and the express on hand were
saved from the express office.
Agent Leighty tells us that it will
be impossible to figure the loss ac-
curately until the claims come in, but
the railroad company will lose sew
eral thousand dollars.
A couple of the road officials were
here from Huron yesterday and We
understand it is the intention to tear
down the shell and erect a first-class
building.
The building was formerly used as
a passenger depot and was built TWEEN
ty-five years ago, after the first depot
was burned down. When the new
brick station was put up a few years
ago it a moved to its present loca-
ton and has been used for the express
and freight business.
A box car standing on the track near
the building caught fire and one side
was burned off. The car contained
doors and windows and these were
somewhat damaged.
The fire attracted a big crowd, in
fact almost everyone in the city seem
ed to be present and there were some
late suppers around town as a result,
but who would think about eating
when a real good fire is in progress?
The crowd helped to carry the stuff
out of the express office and the rest
of the time stood around in the way
of the firemen.
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15

Nord, Selma Ronning, Matte Stod-
dard, DIN Armstrong.
"A 1913 Glass Tea Can original play.
let written by the ~actors).
Margaret Skinner, Mary Enright
Arlene Ziegler, Lizzie Randall, Flor.
ence Severson, Matte Campbell.
Presentation of Diplomas. .......
............. Supt. J. w. Browning
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Confined on Page Eight
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-29

discussion on various phases OF the
printing business occupied the at
ternoon session. At 5 o'clock the
automobile club gave the editors a
ride over the city which was much
enjoyed. BY invitation, stop was
made at the broom factory which is
one of the towns leading industries
whisk brooms were given as SOU
yenirs. In the evening Prof. Merle
Thorpe of Kansas University gave
an interesting talk on cost finding
and efficiency management. Nu-
merous questions were asked and
answered and much benefit derived
from the address. Refreshments
were served during the evening and
the guests extended vote OF ap-
preciation shown them by the news
papermen Of Clay Center.
At the business session all OF the
present officers were rejected: A..
q. Miller of Bfleville, president
and Harry Montgomery Of Junction
City secretary.
The meeting adjourned to meet
at the call of the executive COM
mittee.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-29
DEED NOT FORGED.
Texas Bank Reports That Geo. II.
Parker Lives TheVe.


A letter was received today from
the Texas bank which sent up the
deed signed by Geo. H. Parker and
wife, conveying his interest in some
land here left BY the late Capt. Par
ker. The bank says that q Geo. H.
Parker really lives there and has
for over eight years. He is rather
iliiterate. has some uncies some
where, and thought it was an estate
of one Of them in which he might
be interested. He received the let
ters addressed to Geo. H. Parker,
the correspondence being done
through the bank. No haste was
made in the matter and no attempt
to defraud intended. Acknowledge
ment Of the deed was made by the
bank and in every way 1t was open
and above board.
The explanation while little
tardy, satisfies the interested par
ties here and the matter Will be
dropped.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-29
Chapman Check Passer
Still Held by Officers

the state who was writing drafts on
the Ohio Oil company. The bank
clerk had not finished reading the
description when in walked a man
who asked for draft. He stated
as representing tc
company, and the banker told him
he would have to be identified. The
stranger went out and got Mr.. Odel,
the garage man, to come in and
identity him, and the garage man
even endorsed the draft. The bank
clerk got in communication with
the cashier, and when the cashier
arrived at the bank he called the
long distance phone and talked with
the Rossville banker.
The Chapman banker was con-
vinced the man was the man wanted
and he got the town marshal The
stranger had good line of talk and
he convinced the Chapman folks he
was not the man. The stranger had
left town in car with Mr.. Odel'
bound for Enterprise, when the
Chapman banker received word to
hold the man. A message was sent
to Mr.. Thisler and he stopped the
auto carrying the stranger. The
man was then taken back to Chap
man and held. A state warrant was
issued at Topeka and the stranger
is now locked up pending investi'
cation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-29
DICKINSON COUNTY HAS
1886, 75O SCHOOL PROPERTY

Kansas school property is mighty
valuable. The state has about "a
millions while Dickinson county has
S285,75O. This includes the land,
school houses and school equipment.
Much more attention is being given
to school buildings and equipment
now than in former times. Every
new school house that goes up is a
model building for It's purpose. For
merly the little old box type school
was good enough, but these are rap
idly giving way to modern school
buildings. One thousand dollars
was big sum to spend for school
house four or five years ago and now
$500 is the common sum for school
buildings throughout Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-29
HOW TO SECURE A
MOTOR LICENSE TAG.

Secretary Of State Charles Fl. Ses-
sions has received word from the
factory that the Kansas automobile
and motorcycle tags will reach To-
peka this week.
This means that he can begin
handling applications for tags By
June J.. The tags will be good un-
til July 1, 1914. How to get tag:
Application must be made to the
county treasurer, who will have the
blanks. No application nor money
can be received by the secretary Of
state direct from the owner.
If convenient, apply to your coun-
ty treasurer in person, pay him the
fee and have him fill out the ap-
plication.
II not convenient to 60 to the
county seat, ask your home editor,
garage owner or dealer for blank,
fill it out in full carefully, and mail
1t to your county treasurer with So
II for an automobile tag and 81 II
for a motorcycle tag.
White your name and address
plainly.
The county treasurer will send
you a receipt which will be good as,
license until July Is. The tag
will be sent you direct from the
secretary Of states office by par
eel post upon receipt Of the appli-
cation from the county treasurer.
At the same time, a license card, to-
gether with full copy of the new
automobile law containing road
rules will be sent you by first class
mail.
Practically all Of your money is
to be kept in your county and used
for maintenance of the roads. Au-
tomobile owners should see that the
money is spent for that purpose
only.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-29

Talmage, May 26.-(special) ~
Adam Funston. a prosperous farmer
residing near here. was seriously
injured this morning in a runaway.
He was taking load of hogs to
market, the team became frightened
at the gasoline engine at John Books
which was pumping water, and be-
came unmanageable. The neckyoke
dropped from the tongue which ran
into the ground throwing Mr.. Func-