The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08
STATE NEWS

John Wierensa, his wife and nine
children ot Parker, were poisoned by
1oiled ham last week. Only one in
Ire family. q baby OF a few weeks,
escaped One child a baby boy, is
dead already and SIX other children
are DO. expected to live The Wier-
e1gz family lire on a large farm Just
13vZA c. Parker. and il was several
scs--g before tAe physicians summoned
10 t1s tzr-- coGld reach there because
q iAe 1e4Ty roads
P=--3z-s1E o@sces OF the South Da-
EcsA State B'areau OF Markets will be
Jcs.sk-ss- - S.oZI Falls On and after
A-E-s. !. 1880. Is the announcement
.Est -z1@ ey Don Livingstone, head
q LIE state department OF markets at
E@.s-rS- Tie ofHces are to be located
- TIE livestock exchange building
a1s- - - charge OF +. o. Simonson,
w.s3 Lag beer IN charge of the mar
a.. axsocy az the Sioux City stock
Tzrts as chief inspector, and who is
vel known 10 livestock growers and
shippers in almost every section of
the state
The Black and Yellow Trail asso.
citation closed its meeting at Pierre
last Wednesday and the visiting dele
gates were taker TO Fort Pierre,
where they were zen trip. to the
Buffalo pasture an, nper. The after
noon was taken up In the work of con-
ciliating local interests In the gen.
eral plan. Oficers elected for the next
year are T. B. Roberts. Pierre, presi-
dent; o. y. Phelps. Huron, secretary;
II. NJ. Woodruff, Miller, viee-presi-
dent; c. L. Mollerte, Pierre. secretary.
DR.. c. z. Fox. wealthy and promi
nent physician OF washington Springs,
is In the sanitarium at Chamberlain,
his mind blank, his memory gone,
as the result OF an alteration with
tenant on one OF his farms nesr
washington Springs. Fox, who Is 60
years old. had rented a quarter sec
ton OF land to a transient farmer.
The man failed to do the work neces-
sary to the upkeep Of the farm. Fox
sent another man out to plant the
remainder OF the crop. The tenant
drove the man from the place. Fox
returned with the laborer and an argu-
ment ensued with the tenant. The lat
ter struck Fox over the head with a
ball bat. The tenant was arrested
and Fox was hurried to the sanitarium
for treatment. 1t is feared that he
Will never recover entirely from the
blow. The tenant is under arrest at
washington Springs, pending develop
ments in the doctors condition.
Although suffering from smallpox
Lyle Moulton. Stanley county farm
er, rose from his bed and dashed into
the swollen waters of Willow creek,
In vain attempt to save his son from
drowning He recovered his sons
body, but not until it was too late
to save the child. The little boy, who
had been playing along the edge Of
the stream, was swept out into the
middle by the swift current The
word of the accident was carried to
the father by children who saw the
boy going down.
No more Indian lands on the Chey-
enne reservation will be sold by the
government. An Indian council at
LaPlant recently voted to retain all
lands still in the possession of the
Indians instead Of giving the govern
ment permission to sell it, Several
sales of Indian lands have been con-
Quoted in the past year.
The 147th Field Artillery, South Da- |
kota's regiment of the World war. has
received through It's adjutant general
an honor that has been accorded to
: very few regiments ut divisions OF |
the country for service overseas dur
lng the war. Six silver bands to be |
placed on the ofiicial dag stan of the
regiment have been received at the