The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-01-18
STATE NEWS


It is expected that Lars Peterson, n
Colman man, will make a fortune from
a wild oats separator Of his invention,
on which he has just been granted A
patent by the patent Office at Wash
ington.
A wagon load OF fish containing
about 1000 pounds, the property of the
Rosedale colony, Hanson, S. d.. was
stolen on New Years night from the
farm home of Jacob Mandel. The
fish were valued at $3.50.
A report has reached Pierre that w.
w. Taylor, former state treasurer of
South Dakota. dropped dead on the
streets of New York a few days ago.
Taylor became tangled in his official
funds and paid the penalty. He had
not been a frequent visitor to South
Dakota since hat time, but was g
visitor in Pierre only a week ago.
The state educational department
reports eighty-eight accredited high
schools in the state, seventy-ive of
these in the four-year class, twelve in
the three-year, and one in the one-year
class. There are eighty-three nonac
credited, and twenty-six are not re-
porting to the department.
The net debt of the state of South
Dakota, as shown by the statement of
the state treasurer for the fiscal year
1916, totaled 1929. 1926, The total
debt for the period Appropriated
1865. 5O3.15. Of which s30O.0 900 was list
ed under outstanding warrants. Regis
tered warrants were $135,741.O9. De-
crease in total state debt from last
year. $64,13S.
Word was received at Sturgis that
a man named J. M. Drier, a homestead
er near Smithville, Meade county, was
found dead in a draw nea the Frank
Capple place. He is supposed to have
lioLCh W uCdlh uulihS lie lCItht SC
we're storm. An inquest was held,
but no further particulars were learn
ed.
Jacob I. Gross, a local man at Free
man, is arranging to install a new
creamery there and already has secur-
ed a building and machinery for tn
purpose. 1t Is believed there is a good
opening for such an industry, and a
large number of the farmers of the sur
rounding territory have promised to
give 1t ~loyaLsupport by selling it ali
their milk and ream
1t is announced by a company which
last season commenced drilling for oil
in the vicinity of South Shore that the
work Of sinking test wells will be
resumed in March and prosecuted
steadily until it is fully demonstrated
whether or not oil can be found under
the surface of the ground there in pay
ing quantities.
John Amber, a homesteader living
sixteen miles from Wasta, was found
dead within a mile of his home. He
had ridden a bicycle to Wasta for sup
plies and was returning home. 1t il
thought he died from heart failure due
to over exertion. He lived with his sis
ter on the homestead, and was a young
man.
Endsley Spiking. who was being held
in the county jail at Rapid City charg-
ed with killing Night Patrolman James
Hawks, December % last, Saturday
afternoon stabbed himself with a
pocket knife in the region Of the heart
dying within a few minutes. He was
As years OF age and a single man. A
sister living in Montana Is the only
surviving relative.
Mistaking the gasoline can for the
can containing kerosene nearly cost
the lives Of. Mr., and Mrs. Bert Austin.
Of Cresbard. An explosion followed an
attempt to start the IRE with gaso-
line. and . big bay window WAS blown
out. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Austin were
severely burned and much Of their
clothing was destroyed. Mrs. Austin