The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-11-02

INSTRUCTORS anu lHoueIH HietuouS anu
equipment.
Christopher Helms. 81 years old, who
died in Bonhomme county last week,
had lived on the same farm since he
located it as a homestead forty-two
years ago.
The new Clark company of the state
national guard, which will form a part
of the new fifth regiment which is be-
ing organized in South Dakota, has
been mustered into the service of the
state.
Lincoln county postmasters have
been ordered by the p%ostoffice depart
ment to make trips over the rural
routes running out of their Offices, and
to inspect conditions carefully, report
ing to the department.
The necessary blanks have been pre-
pared and forwarded to the South Da-
kota regiment at San Benito, Tex, to
allow the soldier residents of this
state to make their applications for
JULIUS W fOlc dl lhc ClttlIoi 4NOFeIL-
Der 7.
Up in Sully county last spring a half
section of land was purchased for $40
an acre, or 5 $500. Two hundred acres
of the tract was put in flax, and the re-
turn this fall from that crop has been
$500, or 5000 more than the cost or
the whole tract.
The local authorities at Woonsocket
have declared war on automobile
speeders and have instituted a strict
enforcement of the laws governing the
speed at which automobiles may be
run within the city limits. Thus far a
number of arrests have been made, and
fines have been imposed on the Offend
ers.
w. j. Bryan, a farmer of Civil Bend
township, was a visitor to Elk Point
last week, and the visit recalled that
he is one of the real old pioneers of
Union county and South Dakota. He
has been a continuous resident of that
township since 1S64-a period of fifty
two years. He is nearly 70 years of
age, but is as strong and active as
most men of 40 or As.
The hearing which was set before
the state railway commission for DC
tober 80 has been, at request of inter
ested parties, continued to November
%. This hearing was n covering
practically rates on all classes of
freight within the state, and especially
the matter of rates between east and
west river points, and was a matter of
vital interest to shippers and railways
in the state.
Five crates of antelope, brought
from Alberta, Can, have been added
to the herd of eight already in the state
game preserve near Custer. The eight
antelope are thriving and with the new
corners form a fair sized herd of the
animals. While the antelope is a
plains animal, there is sufficient open
space in the timbered area of the game
preserve to cause them to feel at home
and to thrive, it is believed.
In Potter county, H. A. Lyman put in
nine acres of alfalfa, from which he
cut a ton to the acre, which he sold 1t
$40 per ton, and then secured seed
from the second cutting which he sold
at the rate of $S2 an acre on a contract
for delivery, and could have sold at a
better price on the open market. This
means a return of over $50 an acre
from handling alfalfa on land which
would be held at less than that per
acre in the vicinity where this crop
was raised.
DR.. A. E. Clough, of Madison, receiv,
ed notice last week from his attorney
in Washington that his application for
a patent on an adjustable splint device
for use in case of fractures had been
granted. The device is n the doctor
conceived and had used in his practice
for several years and had given it to
several physicians in that vicinity. 1t
hid proven such a convenience and sue
cess that he recently conceived the
idea of applying for a patent
Because the parents of the girl OBJ
jected to the wedding, Elmer S. Jor-
dan, a Clay county young man, after
his arrival at Montgomery, Ala, to
claim the girl of his cnoice, Miss Mat
tie Lou Smith, of Troy, Ala, eloped
with the girl and they were married in
Montgomery, where they arrived at 2
o'clock in the morning. Just after the
ceremony had been performed the po-
lice were asked to prevent the Wed
ding, bat the parents of the girl had
been forestalled. The groom is %
years of age and the bride 20. 1t is ex-
pected they will make their home in
South Dakota.
Delbert Lewis, Harold Mccain and