The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-12-28

the morning.
Examiner Brown, Of the interstate
commerce commission, will hold hear
ings in Sioux Falls, S. D., January IL
and II, on complaints alleging discrim.
inatory rates on fax from Waterfowl
to Illinois points and on linoleum from
Missouri river to Mississippi river
points.
The annual report Of State Gam
Warden Hedrick shows that over 200
tons of rough non-game fish were sein-
ed out of the waters of the state the
past year for market purposes, tn
work being done under the supervision
of the game department.
An increase of nearly 5 800, 900 in
state bank deposits for the two months
from Septecber II to November II is
shown in the report of state bank eA.
banks show total of $9S, 200.
277.31. The deposits in these bank
have been increased in two month.
from s7S,192, 1862 to $50 $50, 316.18.
Men prominent in various lines Of
business throughout the United State
have been secured for addresses during
the annual merchants short course. to
be held in Sioux Falls on January IL,
II, Is and 10, under the auspices Of
the Sioux Falls commercial club. 1t is
expected that hundreds of merchants
from South Dakota and from adjoining
territory in southwestern MinnesotJ
and northwestern Iowa will be pres
ent.
Using a stick of wood as a weapon.
the daughter of Frank Robidon, "a
Lead man, put her father out Of com
mission and doubtless saved the lives
of her mother and herself after the
head of the household had gone on the
rampage and declared that he would
wipe his own household off the earth,
then clean out the neighborhood and
terminate the wholesale killing by end
ing his own life.
Samuel Kaucher, a well known hOr-
ticulturist of the state. died at his
home near Yankton after an illness Of
four years. He was born November rs,
1887, at Germantown, O. On account
of failing health he early went from
his native state to Colorado, coming
from there to Yankton county in 1877.
Here he established his fruit farm.
which was one of the first large pro-
ducing orchards in this section. Mr..
Kaucher is survived by his widow and
by two brothers and two sisters.
+. T. Russell, president of the South
Dakota conference of Seventh Day AID
ventists, and |. G. Ortner, of Water
town, secretary, have been in Huron
discussing with the Huron CONNER
cial Club the matter Of holding the an
nual Adventist camp meeting there in
June. There Is also a possibility that
the permanent Adventist headquarters
for South Dakota may be located in
that city.
The heirs of the late John 7. Camp
bell, of Avon, will pay the state of
South Dakota $11,362.S2 as an inherit
ance tax, according to a recent order
made by the probate court of Bon
Homme county. The real estate in
that county was appraised for inherit
ance taxation purposes at 1915 5000. In
addition to his real estate holdings,
Mr.. Campbell also owned the control
ling interest in a number of banks in
this state and in Illinois, where his
personal property is being probated.
Never before have so many musk
rats been killed in Day county as this
winter. One local buyer at Webster
purchased 500 skins in one day. An
other buyer purchased 1872 from one
farmer and several other farmers have
sold as many as 100 skins each. 1t is
estimated that thus far during the win
ter season an aggregate of $4,000
muskrats have been killed in Day coun-
ty. The skins bring good prices and
thousands of dollars are being received
in the county from this source.
Robbery was perpetrated at Lead by
two women, who are suspected of be-
ing Assyrian vendors of lace and frills.
Grant Skinner, returning from work at
an early hour. reached a point in the
ear of the Homestake theater, when a
woman. frantically jabbering Assyrian.
grasped him by the shoulder and point
ed to the hillside. When Skinner look
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