The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-04
STATE NEWS

South Dakota, was in Miller Saturda.
looking up the truancy cases for Hant
county. Truancy petitions we're mad
out and citations were issued to Mrs
Anton Springer, Jacob Cost, G.. W
Courts and Ben Mittlestadt. On beIni
tried before Judge Anderson the OF
tending parents were found guilty anC
fined. This is the first instance o
this kind in Hand county.
AS yet the authorities have beef
unable to capture an maj
vidual who represented himself to be
a deputy sheriff and yicitmiZed seV
eral residents in the vicinity OF Ard
more and Edgemont, taking money
from them which he alleged was due
the county in fines for various OF
lenses. II is said that n man PAID
him over $50 for hunting illegally, and
that other smaller mounts were col
lected. In a lumber yard in Edge
mont a badge bearing the words,
Deputy Sheriff" was found, together
with a special agents badge and an
empty revolver holster. 1t IS believed
the swindler discarded these before
he fed.
II is estimated that the farmers OF
Edmunds county will save about
$40. 900 during the year on 200 car
loads of livestock shipped through
their own livestock marketing asso-
Citations, of which there are seven
in or near the county. The saving
on this one project alone is about
twelve times the cost to the county
supporting the farm bureau.
The contract has been awarded for
a water altering plant which is to be
installed at Flandreau so the residents
of that city will have a pure water
supply. The plant will cost $4,000
and will be installed at once. II is
believed il can be completed in four
weeks.
The business men Of Deuel. county
held a meeting at White Lake and
formed a credit association by which
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the financial setanding and credit of
the residents of the county.
States Attorney Parker and Sheriff
Lutey Of Deadwood, visited St. Ong
for the purpose of recovering a fur
stolen from a young woman at a dance.
The two officers left their overcoats
and hats in the hall OF the building
where the dance was being held.
When they completed their "sleuth-
ing" they discovered that their own
overcoats had been taken by a thief.
AS the result of a can of kerosene
exploding while she was pouring some
of the liquid on the kitchen are,
Martha Adams, l~l-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Adams, residing
on a farm near White Lake, was ter
ribly burned. She rushed from the
house with her clothing on fire and
ran I a water tank standing about
100 feet from the door, and hurled
time her clothing had practically been
burned from her body and she was
badly burned. While In a serious con.
dition, IL is believed she will recover
In the circuit court at Highmore
Joe Forman, who was captured in the
southern part of the state after he
stole al automobile belonging TO a
Highmore man. entered a plea Of
guilty TO the charge Of grand larceny
and was sentenced by Judge Hughes
TO a term OF seven years in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary.
The meanest halloween trick heard
of in Canton for some time was made
known today. Youths wanting to cele-
brate the anniversary date in the usual
way played a mean trick upon a poor
cow. They entered the barn where
it was kept, and painted the COW on
the checkerboard fashion, not with
paint, however. but with tar. The
poor COW will have its halloween
checkers in memory OF the day for
some time to come II appears. The
COW is owned by night patrolman Of
the police force.
A case of sister against brother was
disposed of in the United States court
Monday when a jury found in favor
Of Charles G.. Leavitt and against
Frances A. Leavitt, his sister, in a
suit involving a quarter section of
farm land in Lincoln county. The sis
ter sold the farm to her brother for
$165 an acre. The land afterward
had q boom. and %contending that it
was worth 1925 an acre the young
woman instituted the action for the
recovery OF the difference. Over 20
real estate experts testified that the
land was worth no more thar the
young woman had been paid for it.
H. Rosenberg of Minneapolis, a trav-
cling salesman working through this
territory, was instantly killed when
his automobile leaped from a road
garde sixteen miles south of Huron.
The car, upon going over an embank-
men. turned completely over, accord.