The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-11-15

w G.. Bickelhaupt. who has jus
been appointed food administrato
for South Dakota, has boen connected
with the Dakota Central Telephon'
company at Aberdeen since the infan
cy of that corporation. of which he is
now secretary. He is a pioneer OF
northern South Dakota, first locatine
at Bowdle and going to Aberdeen. H.
has been an active member of the
state council of defense, heading tn
fuel board of that organization. He
has a wide acquaintance through the
state.
The Rev. DR.. G. f. Coles, rector OF
the Episcopal church at Springfield,
has just received word of the death
of his brother. Lieut.. Coles, SERVING
with the Australian troops in Fland-
ers. This is the third brother who
has died on the field of honor on
the western front.
Capt. Seth Bullock. former United
States marshal for South Dakota, is
not dead. He proclaimed this today.
Yesterday Capt. Bullock received an
official communication addressed to
the head Of the selcctiye draft board
of Doadwood which office he hold =
"Who is SIGNING the name Of Seth
Bullock as chairman Of board since
he died?7 this communication inquired.
This should be discontinued, unless
Bullock returns and siens these let
tcr~.' The report Of my death is OK
aggerated," the captain said today. Il
am hale. hearty and enjoying excel
lent health The captain is a civil
war veteran.
The indications now are that clark
county is facing a spirited county seat
fight next year. Citizens of Elrod,
it has been learned, are circulating a
petition asking the county commits
sioners to order a vote taken on a
proposition to remove the county seat
from Clark to Elrod at the next gen
eral election in November, 1913.
Charles Mackey. of Elrod. one of the
leaders in the movement, is quoted as
saying that about twenty-five petitions
are in circulation in the county, and
that Elrod boosters have been plan
ming the move for about two years.
The county is in need of a new court
house, and the Elrod men, according
to Mr.. Mackey, believe this to be an
suspicious time to agitate the remov-
al.
The great increase in the value OF
farm land lea Nunda is shown by
the price received at an auction sale
Of a farm of 100 acres, situated four
miles from there. The farm was sold
for 1925 an acre. J. G.. Unzelman
purchased the farm about six years
ago for about $50 an acre.
The highest price ever paid for land
in the Rosebud country was that OF
s1S7.50 per acre when Charles Mar
shek bought the J. J. Johnson farm
near Fairfax. The land Is well i'm
proved and is but a sample of the high
prices that have prevailed in TINS
part OF Gregory county this fall.
On the farm of James Lands. Jr,
situated on Brule Bottom, some miles
from Pukwana, has been completed
what is without doubt one of the
greatest artesian wells ever struck in
this part of Dakota. The well Is 1915
feet in depth and is down to what is
known as the third artesian flow.
When the flow was struck the water
spouted TO a height Of sixty feet into
the air. The well Will furnish an
abundance of water for domestic and
stock on the farm, and an
artificial lake will be formed from the
surplus flow.
The executive board Of the equal
franchise league of South Dakota
does not approve Of the pickering
which is carried on at Washington by
a band Of "willful women AZ Is
shown by the following resolution
adopted at their meeting to consider
the situation: 1--WE wish at this time
to make plain to the people of south
Dakota that the South Dakota Uriyer-
sal Franchise league is affiliated with
the National American Woman Suf-
frage association, which has no con-
nection with, nor sympathy for, the