The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-02

anu IL Is UeaieNeu tue StOleu money
also has been cashed.
An attempt was made to burglarize
the Ross store at Peever, but without
avail, owing to the promptness of Mrs.
Ross, who heard the men, two in num-
Der, gain entrance to the store. Slip
ping out of the building by the back
way, she quickly gave the alarm. Sew
oral neighbors responded, but too late
TO do more than fire a volley of shots
back.
The first election in the newly incor-
porated town of Roslyn was held Aug
ust 16, when the following officers
We're chosen to hold over until the an
nual spring election: Trustees, An
drew Swanson, II. o. Gilbertson, N. O.
Monsoon; treasurer, ]. NJ. Hotter; JUS
tice of the peace. William Lackmann;
clerk, Even Bordahl. An election was
also held for the purpose of electing
five members and a treasurer for the
newly consolidated school district.
This district. the first in Day county, is
comprised of what was formerly known
as Nutley, Raritan, Liberty and Green
vile school districts. all four districts
centering at Roslyn where the consoli-
dated school will be located.
All previous records for cream ship
ments out of Midland were broken
when during the month of July LAP
cans of cream were shipped from that
point. This is a gain of 140 cans over
June.
Boice True, aged -, and Reinold Po-
dratz, aged 16, sons of prominent resi-
dents of Salem, with the idea that
fame and fortune awaited them in the
Wild and woody west, ran away from
home, and after being fugitives for a
period of ten days were oyertaken and
captured by the father of the former.
1t is said that since their return one
of them boosted that when passing
through Alexandria on their way west
to fight Indians and road agents they
had attempted to burglarize a hard
ware store, doubtless with the inten-
ton of laying in a supply of arms and
ammunition so they would be well
equipped to make Indians and road
agents bite the dust" in large num-
bers. The proprietor Of an Alexandria
hardware store confirms the story, hav-
ing found evidence of an attempted
burglary at his place of business. Just
what will be done with he boys has
not yet been determined.
Joseph A. Carr. a pioneer Of Day
county, was perhaps fatally injured
while getting his threshing rig in readi-
ness for the fall work. His engine
stopped on center" and when he at
tempted to start it again his arm was
caught in the wheel and he was hurled
twenty feet. His arm was mangled
and nearly torn from the shoulder, an
artery was severed and it was feared
that he had suffered internal injuries.
Receiving the contents of a pail OF
boiling water on his head and chest,
proved fatal for the 1-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Korbi, Finnish resi-
dents of Terryville. The child was
playing in the kitchen of his home
when thhe pail was upset over him
and he fingered in agony only a few
hours.
To purchase an automobile from a
stranger cost DR.. Hauge, a well known
Howard physician, the sum of 1925, to-
gether with about SIS which he had
The stranger from whom he purchased
the auto proved to be Frank Lahman,
a professional automobile thief, who
now is in custody of the Day county
authorities on the charge of having
stolen an automobile from a resident
of the county. When he approached
DR.. Hauge he represented himself as
being a resident of Hecla, S. d., and
DR.. Hauge had no reason to doubt his
story as to why he wished to sell the
machine. The automobile proved to
be the property of a North Dakota
man, who was given possession Of the
machine when he appeared in Howard
and furnished proof that he was the
owner. 1t is said Lahman has a rec
ord of having in the course Of a few
weeks stolen and sold a total Of four
teen automobiles.
Herman Engle, proprietor Of the
feed mill at New Ellington, had his
left knee crushed just above the knee
while moving an old engine out of his
mill to make room for a new n just
purchased. The engine tipped yer.
pinning Mr.. Engle to the ground.
Former Gov. s. II. Elrod, while re-
turning from investigating threshing
operations on his farm near Clark, met
with a serious accident. The horses