The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-06-24
STATE NEWS

:"
The annual commencement exer-
else of the Indian government school
at Pierre, held during the week, have
been attended by a larger than usual
number Of Indian parents, who have
given entertainments Of native char
acter while camped round about the
grounds waiting for their children to
be ready to go home with them. More
and more Indian children go back to
tepee life with cleaner living than
they used to do. The old problem is
fast disappearing when it was neces-
sary to bring back the Indian chill
dren and begin all over again each
fall in getting them cleaned up and
into civilized mode of living again.
Now the children influence their par
ents to orderly existence, and especial
ly in the preparation of foods In a
good and wholesome and clean man
ner. The really primitive Indian was
all cleanliness and wholesomeness Of
habit. and he degenerated after the
white mems advent and he became
instead a sort of wandering beggar.
Now the Indian begins to feel and as
sumo the real duties and habits Of
clean civilization again.
The plant of the Sturgis Milling
company was broken into Thursday
night. The safe was broken open and
robbed of its contents, about $75 in
able papers. This is the fourth rob-
berry In town during the past two
weeks.
That the state herd law cannot in
terfere with the operation of govern
ment property was held by Judge FL
lott In the United States district
court. The case was that of the Unit
ed States against A. E. Schooner and
Fred Boecherdling, the latter being
sheriff of Lyman county. The govern
ment sued by replevin to recover pos
session of eleven head I'D" cattle,
which had committed a trespass on
lands in Lyman county belonging to
Schooler. The latter had recovered
judgment against the cattle under the
South Dakota herd law, and an execu-
ton issued on the judgment. The
court held that the cattle, being prop
erty Of the government, were exempt
from levy. This case is Of importance
in Indian reservation countries where
a herd law exists. United States At
torney r. p. Stewart appeared for the
government, and Attorney J. G. Bar
tine for the defendants.
After being out for a period Of more
than twenty-four hours, the jury re-
ported a disagreement in the state cir
cult court at Oacoma in the personal
damage suit of John Baker against
Henry Butts. Baker sought to re-
cover damages in the sum of $4,000
from Butts because of injuries U.S.
tanned by him as the result Of his
horses running away. he alleging that
Butts was negligent because he left
a pillow and scraper beside the road,
at which his horses took fright. The
case will be retired at the next term
Of court.
The cool weather has retarded the
growth of corn in the northern part Of
the state. Small grain is looking fine.
A small strip of Yankton county suf-
fered an avalanche Of hail. the strip
affected being a narrow district along
Beaver creek. The country is report
ed to have been covered with ice a
foot deep and in some places piled up
much higher.
For four days the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad had no train
into the Black Hills from Omaha, ow-
ing to the heavy washouts near GEL
richs, s. D., where over half a mile
of track, some big fills and a 180-foot
steel bridge we're washed out. The
bridge had just been completed at a
cost of $50. 1000, and even Its stone
abutements went down with the flood.
The mail has been diverted at Craw.
ford to the Burlington. but passengers
for through points south have exper-
fenced difficulty In getting through.
Clarence Allen, formerly of Dolton.
who broke his parole in Wisconsin
while under sentence Of two years
for entering a depot and returned to
South Dakota. was arrested at Dolton
and was started back to the reforma-
tory at Green Bay, Wis, In custody