The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-07-03
STATE NEWS


The citizens of Sturgis have raised
funds for the purchase of a fine tract
Of land about midway between Stur-
gis and Fort Meade and the trans
forming of the land into fine park
At elaborate exercises to be held July
2S, 20 and 30, the new park will be
dedicated to the soldiers, sailors and
marines from Meade county who serv-
ed during the great war On the two
days the returned service men will
be guests of the city and scores of
them are expected to be present 10
witness the dedication of the park
in their honor. The new park will
be made one of the most attractive
Fairgrounds in the Black Hills
The Huron college summer school
opened last week for the annual six
weeks term. The school is being con-
Quoted under the direction of Prof.
II. G. Lawrence. DR.. III. II. Gage,
president of Huron college, delivered
the address at the opening exercises.
Vero Stabio, resident of the Tro-
jan district, was arrested on COM
plant of Forest Supervisor Duthie,
who charged him with being crimi-
nally careless in permitting a fire
he started to get into the national
forest. AS the result of his hearing
in court he was given a term of thirty
days in the county jail The sentence
was suspended pending good be-
havior.
Officers have made one of the great
est hauls Of liquor made for some time
in this section, when four runners,
giving Charles Mix county as their
home, were arrested near Sioux Falls
and an aggregate of 500 quarts Of
liquor in their possession was con-
iscated. The liquor was being trans
ported from Trosky, Mimi, in a truck
and an automobile. At wholesale
prices the liquor is worth nearly
81 900
People from all over the west are
going to the little town of Keystone,
twenty miles from Custer by stage,
to try their luck at finding gold The
reason for the great influx of people
is the finding two days ago of a rich
vein of ore by workmen digging
gravel, who discovered vein which
resembles the famous Holy Terror"
vein, which was lost eighteen years
ago. In the new vein, as in the old
the gold can be seen in chunks with
the naked eye.
Farmers report that a travelling So
licitor who claims to represent a
large eastern house is visiting the
country districts near Iroquois and
endeavoring to sell individual farmers
memberships which give them the
privilege" of buying goods from the
corporation he alleges he represents.
The price of the memberships is SIS.
The mast week has seen a marvel
Gus recovery of all crops in the south
part of the state from the continuous
rains. Corn week ago a few inches
high, and buried in weeds, is now,
some of it, knee high and well culti-
waited Farmers have worked long
hours and have done much. Corn is
thin in places due to the presence, in
great quantities, of cut-worms but
on the whole the situation is greatly
improved over week ago. 1t is also
true some fields are not even planted
yet, buried still under water, but as
soon as these fields dry they will be
planted to some late crop, fodder or
millet, and will raise something.
Wheat was theatened with rust, owing
| to the rain, but is now gettinng by
safety. Grain is heading out in places
and promises fairly we'll There is
plenty of pasture feed and not for
many years has the hay crop prom
ised so well. Alfalfa cutting has been
in progress and did very well.
Mrs. A. A. Appling, president of the
South Dakota Business and Profes-
sional Womens League, was elected
as the first delegate at the meeting of