The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-04-15
State News

{. Olson, a member OF the board OF
commissioners of Moody county, was
killed by a fall from a n spread
or. One Of the wheels passed over his
head, churching the skull. The body
was found by the father. The lad had
begged to be permitted to drive the
team. With reluctance the father had
granted the request.
The state auditor on the 10th of this
month, called upon the counties for
the state taxes on hand. The old law
providing for regular dates of call for
funds was based on the statute max
ing taxes delinquent the first of March
and the change of this date to the first
Of April, does not put the cash into
the hands of the treasurer for the
regular March call, and the additional
call this month is for the state taxes
paid in during the month of March.
According to Mitchell dispatches,
Charles Strebl, the young man who
was killed while attempting to murder
Jessie Sledge and his daughter Chloe,
near Mitchell recently, had a bad fam
lily record. 1t is said an uncle of
Strebl killed a brother in a quarrel,
another uncle was shot in a quarrel in
the south, a grandfather committed
suicide, and his own father disappear
ed from home and was never heard of
again, while Strebl himself once at
tempted suicide because of a love af-
fair.
Investigation of trachoma and other
trouble incident to the Indians of the
northwest is the work in which DR.. II.
c. Dewey of Washington is engaged at
the government Indian school in
Pierre. The doctor is looking after
such matters at different Indian
schools over the northwest, and will
spend some time at the school there.
The financial report Of the depart
ment of the secretary of state shows
receipts for the month of March
amounting to $1,962.25, of which ST.
1870 was for corporation filings. The
receipts for certified copies were
5000. so, which was turned over to the
treasury as received. The balance of
$1,759.75 was turned into the treasury
April /.
Francis Van Moore, an Indian, who
was released from the p~enitentiary ten
days ago on an order of the federal
judge, went to Forest City to find that
a small fortune was awaiting him. The
tribal funds due him from the govern
ment have accumulated and he also
received much property left by the
death of his mother.
Fred Waltz, a farmer living eighteen
miles east of Eureka, had a strenuous
and exciting experience with a newly
engaged hired man, who, armed with
a shotgun, suddenly ran amuk. About
two weeks ago Waltz hired a young
fellow giving the nam Of William
Dittman, and claiming to come from
st. Paul, to work on his farm for the
season. The new employee perform
ed his work satisfactorily until one
evening Waltz went out to the barn to
look after some matter and was met
with a shot from the shotgun in the
hands of Dittman. Waltz beat a hasty
retreat, and the -man fired another
shot, just missing him. Thoroughly
frightened, Waltz and his family
sought refuge at a neighbours but not
until they had watched the hired man
creep half way to the house, shotgun
in hand, a half dozen times, and then
retreat to the barn. After the family's
departure Dittman took a horse from
the barn and rode to Eureka, where
he placed the horse in a livery barn
and boarded a freight train for the
south. At Hosmer he was arrested
and returned to Eureka for safe keep
ing. Reaching here, he acknowledged
his name vas Harry Schneider, in
stead of William Dittman, and his
home vas at Wescott, MINI. His
father was notified of his sons actions
and replied to hold him until his ar
rival, as the boy, about % years old,
is slightly demented. The young man
stated he had received a severe blow
on the head when a boy.
Conclusive evidence was given by
WATERFOWL voters at the polls Tues
day that they are satisfied to remain
under a commission form of city gov
eminent. The proposition initiated
and put to a vote to change the form
Of government to that set forth under
what is known as the general law,
was defeated by a majority Of 261
votes and the commission system re-
tanned. There were 4S0 votes in favor
Of the change and TAI against it. The
total city vote was 1921, Re