The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-05-13
STATE NEWS

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A grand council of all the Sioux In
dams from this part of the Cheyenne
River Indian Reservation has just been
| held at White Horse. Many import
ant matters were taken Up during the
council, including the propositions to
lease portions of the reservation to
| white cattle companies and the confer
ring of citizenship upon such Indians
as are competent to become full-fiedg-
ed citizens of the United States.
By August 1 Garden City will join
the class of electrically lighted towns
in the state. This announcement was
made this week when w. F. Boyle of
| Garden City announced that he had
received sufficient encouragement from
the business men Of the community to
warrant his putting in a $4,000 plant,
work on which will be commenced i'm
mediately.
The annual report of Chief of Police
of Mitchell, shows no arrests made
during the year ending April 80; cash
fines collected during the year, 81
250.95 total days served by prisoners
in Jail, 1852; cost of feeding prisoners,
$138.30. Thirteen lost children were
found and returned to their homes;
CSC calls were answered by officers.
| While incarcerated 116 days work
was done by prisoners. OF the arrests
SAT were for intoxication; disturbing
the peace, Al; vagrancy, 40; driving
autos without numbers 10; violations
Of pure food law, 9; assault and bat
terry, 8; prostitution, 8; selling cigarets
Z; begging, 4; arrested for outside au-
thorities, 8.
In a statement issued by State Au-
ditor Handin said that in addition to
holding up vouchers for the payment
of expense money to justices of the SUI
preme court it is his intention to hold
up the expense voucher of the COVER
nor as well. The auditor said that Joe
ny Vi OlouA ais, "Ouiu uiu thC
legal end of his undertaking.
More alfalfa is the slogan of the
Sphinx County Farm Improvement asso-
citation. A special campaign has been
conducted this spring by County Agent
Hall to increase the alfalfa acreage
of the county. To date 100 farmers
have received through the Farm I'm
provement associations office a total
of 10000 pounds of seed. The records
of the Office of the association show
that in addition to the seed sent out
by the county agent, alfalfa growers
in the county have sold to %neighbor-
ing farmers over $4,000 pounds Of
Sphinx county grown seed. The total
amount distributed is 10000 pounds,
enough to seed 5000 acres. For the
past two weeks seed has been going
out Of the Farm Improvement associa-
TONS Office at the rate of 200 pounds a
day. And the campaign has not yet
reached its climax. BY the middle of
June, County Agent Hall estimates
that there will have been distributed
and sown in Sphinx county 10000
pounds of seed. This will more than
double the county's 1914 acreage. All
seed sent out by the association is dry
land seed and is handled at cost direct
from the grower, eliminating the mid
die mans profit and furnishing seed to
the county's farmers at a considerable
saving in cost.
Mr.. and Mrs. John N. Robinson Of
Philip are celebrating their golden
wedding anniversary. They were mar
ried In San Francisco on May 8, 1865.
Mrs. Robinson was born in Liverpool,
England. and, when the California gold
excitement. came on, went to that
state with her uncle, a sea captain,
by way Of Cape Horn. Mr.. Robinson
was born in Chillicothe, o., 81 years
ago. and in his youth had many pio-
neer experiences in that state. In 1850
he crossed the plains to California.
To remove the temptation of lusc-
ious watermelons growing within night
raiding distance. e. s. Violin. q farmer
living near Violin, has formulated Q
plan 70 give the town boys q chance to
raise their own watermelons. q well
a. muskmelons and pumpkins. Violin
] 10 neted - . raiser Of watermeiona