The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19

railroad commissioners, permits the
removal of the railway station at Sar-
anac, three miles northward to the
! lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee G. st.
/ Paul railway.
/ Alfalfa cutting is under way around
ers will be busy cutting alfalfa. The
/ cutting of wild hay will begin within
1 the next ten days, and both the al
/ falfa and wild hay crops are above
the average in growth. There is yet
complaint as to the work of cutworms
all over the state so far as the corn
! fields are concerned, and the wet, cool
weather keeps them at work Tomato
raisers are complaining that the po.
tato bugs have decided this year that
! tomato vines are just as good eating
as are potatoes, and that they are do
ing considerable damage along that
line.
State Sheriff Shanks of Pierre. has
joined with the McCook county au-
thorities in the effront to unravel the
circumstances of the killing at his
home north of Monroe of Ernest
Meehl, the young farmer who was
peared at Salem and was present at
the John Doe proceedings with Sher-
/ iff Mcmahon and States Attorney Will
son when Mrs. Ernest Meehl and her
! CT hn cl will har 70
night of the affair, were examined.
The proceedings were held entirely Sc
cret and were for the purpose of gain
! ing additional light on which it might
be possible to base a warrant for ar
rest Officials decline TO make the
slightest comment as to the effective
ness of the proceedings or whether an
arrest may shortly be expected.
The beautiful new chapel erected
during the past year at Yankton in
memory of Bishop Marty, the Roman
Catholic Apostle to the Sioux In
dians," was solemnly dedicated Thurs
day by Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux
Falls, assisted by Bishop Lawler Of
Lead. There was a very large attend
ance of priests from all over this do
cese, and from Iowa and Minnesota.
AS the danger period for disastrous
forest fires in the Black Hills now is
approaching, it has been decided by
the forest officers to maintain look
outs on the SUBMITS of both Harvey
peak and Bear mountain, in addition
to the lookouts maintained in other
portions of the national forests in the
Black Hills. These lookouts will be
on duty constantly until the close of
the fire season. They will have tele-
phone communication with different
centers.
The Whitewood Plaindealer, one of
the leading newspapers of the Black
Hills, again is in charge of George F.
Johnson, formerly editor, who recent
ly returned from military service of
more than one year.
The new automobile highway to
Harvey peak, near Custer, the high
est point in the Black Hills, now is
open the entire length, after exten-
sive good road work extending over
period of more than year. Last
year a portion of the road was sur
faced with gravel and this year it is
planned to surface the remainder OF
the constructed portion.
The state fire marshal's department
feels that it's work along fire preven-
ton lines is having an effect with the
statement that the fire loss in this
state, as the number of fires for the
fiscal year ending May l, 1919, shows
129 less fires in the state than that
of the previous year, with a reduc-
ton of $674,SS5 in fire losses for that
time The report covers elevator fires
along with the others.