The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-17
STATE NEWS

A big wild west roundup and STAN
pede including bareback riding, relay
races, trick and fancy riding and every
other stunt Of the plainsman and cow
. puncher will be held at Mobridge on
July g. and ;. Prizes will be offered
TO the contestants and it is expected
/ that this inducement will make the af-
/ fair look good bit like the wild and
/ wOOly' Of yesteryear.
/ Watertown is TO be the meeting
place for the Masonic grand lodge
next year according to the action Of
/ that organization taken at the con
vention at Pierre last week The of
| flcers selected are John II. McCord
! Pierre, grand master; William F.
/ WhOrton, Huron, deputy grand master;
! Theodore R. Stoner Lead senior grand
warden; Robert S. Lockhart, Water
| town, junior grand warden; John c.
Bryan, Mitchell, grand treasurer;
George A. Pettigrew, Sioux Falls,
| grand secretary.
Persons who show so little respect
for the dead that they cut through
funeral professions or drive past them
at a high rate Of speed, will be ar.
rested in the future and fined accord
ing TO state and national laws This
warning was issued by Mitchell under
takers as result of number of occa-
sions on which such things have oc-
Cured
Steps have been taken to organize
the voters of Butte county for the
second county division contest, which
will be decided by the voters at the
general election next November. The
voters Of the eastern portion of the
county are seeking TO form a new
county, to be named Liberty county,
out of thirty-eight townships, leaving
the old portion of the county twenty
eight townships Liberty county, if
authorized to be organized, will con-
tain the towns of Nisland and Newell,
leaving the old portion of Butte coun-
~ with the towns of Belle Fourche
and -Fruitdale. Butte county as now
constituted is one of the largest in
the state or northwest.
Alumni of Northern Normal and
Industrial school in Aberdeen have
launched a drive to raise $4,000 for
an alumni house on the school campus
which would be headquarters and a
home for all alumni who visit their
alma mater during the school year or
for the commencement festivities
The Atkins cafe at Flandreau, one
story frame structure equipped with
oak tables and modern furnishings,
was Quilted by fire Tuesday morn
ing, resulting in a loss so complete
that the building must be torn down.
II was caused by an overheated stove.
The members of the Howard gun
club have fitted up fine grounds and
opened the shooting season. II is
shooting tournament in Howard some
time in July and invite all the marks
men OF eastern South Dakota TO be
present to compete for the prize which
will BE offered
Willie Hays, the young son of resi-
dents of Custer, died in horrible con-
vulsions as the result of eating wild
parsnips. Himself and another boy
had been fishing all day, and on their
way home found the parsnips, the
Hays boy eating one and part OF an
other, being very hungry. He lived
but an hour after eating the parsnips,
dying shortly after reaching home.
The Huron commercial club has set
aside the sum of s3,700 to aid in good
road work in the vicinity of Huron.
Money which has been set aside in
other funds of the club has been d.
verted TO the road improvement fund
and will be utilized during the summer
months in improving the highways and
keeping them in the best possible con-
dition.
The heat of the sun caused an ex-
plosion OF a. gasoline supply tank at
Rapid City last Friday. which had been
dug up from beneath sidewalk and
the conclusion broke windows in prac-
ticaHy every store in the business sec
don OF the city. No one was injured
although a piece of the tank narrowly
missed boy.
Damage amounting TO many thous-
ends of dollars was done by series OF
storms which syept the southern part
OF South Dakota last Thursday night
and Friday. Telegraph and telephone
wires were demolished. barns and