The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-05-12
STATE NEWS


a term Of circuit court which Will
convene in Sioux Falls next Monday
Will have the greatest number Of
cases ever on the docket for a term
of court in South Dakota, and will
without doubt be the most prolonged
regular term of circuit court ever held
in Minnehaha county or the state. On
the docket are pa cases, compared
with Ill a year ago.
Burglars who entered the Office of a
Milbank lumber yard and the Office
OF a milling company got little for
their pains. In both places the
money drawers were riled, but they
obtained only 20 cents in pennies,
which they found in the money drawer
at the mill. No attempt was made to
open the safes in the two places.
South Dakota farm women are to
have a congress all their own in
Mitchell June 90 and "a. The meet
ing will be the second annual gather
ing of the South Dakota Farm Won
ems, congress. DR.. Freeman Ward,
professor of geology at the State uni
versity, will give an illustrated lee
ture on the natural of the
state Under the direction of Miss
Selma Rongstad, state home demon
stration leader, a sane style show"
for women will be staged.
Leading Catholic clergymen and lay
men from this part of the state gath
cred at De Smet last week to aid in
ceremonies attendant upon the layins
of the cornerstone of a new Catholic
church which is to be erected. Mon
signor Flynn Of Madison, laid the cor
enrstone, while Father Snyder, Of
Marion, preached the sermon Among
other names placed in the cornerstone
were those of Benedict ", Bishop
O'Gorman, President Harding and Gov.
w. II. McMaster. The new church
edlice will be constructed of stone
and will be one of the finest and most
costly in this section.
Gov. McMaster has appointed c. n.
Leedon of Kadoka, as a member OF
the state highway commission. This
is a new member added by the last
legislative session.
Capturing a live eagle with a lariat
was the feat of Tom Hale. one of the
| cowboys on the Mulehead ranch near
Gregory. From a distance Hale saw
| the eagle swoop down and kill a calf.
knowing that the eagle is a natural
born glutton when given the opportu-
nifty, Hale waited until the bird had
eaten so much that it was unable to
fly. He then rode his pony full tilt
at the bird, roped it and carried 1t
home to the ranch house, where 1t Is
now Gagged. 1t will be sent to the
Smithsonian institution at Washing
ton, y. C.
Many improvements are being made
on the Suthh Dakota state fair
grounds. c. N. McIlvaine, secretary
of the state fair board, has announced
that another womans' building will be
under construction in a short time and
will be completed for next years ex-
position. Three new swine buildings
were recently completed with a ca
pacity of ffty-ive pens each. Two
new sheep barns, also have recently
been completed.
Mobridge will have a fine new school
building as a result of the recent dis
trict election to vote on whether OF
not bonds in the sum OF S15O,OOC
should be passed. The measure
passed by rs votes.
Redfeld will stage n Of the big
gest Fourth of July celebrations in
the history of South Dakota this year
the Commercial Club and American
Legion joining forces to make the oc
casion a success.