The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-01-20

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completion of the Meridian high
way bridge across the Missouri river
al Yankton within TWO years free OF
Indebtedness is predicted by ID. L,
Quincy. president of the Meridian
Highway Bridge company. Three OF
the piers are TO be in place before the
lee goes out Of the river this spring,
according 70 present plans and ex-
pectat.ons, with all of them completed
before the river closes again in the
fall OF the present year.
The church societies Of Dell Rapids
have appealed to the city council for
exemption of church parsonages from
taxation. The church people contend
that the parsonage is a part OF the
church and should not be assessed.
The town Of Onida is putting the
community spirit into practice to get
definite results. The entire body OF
business men of the town numbering
over a hundred with the aid of thirty
auto trucks and a number Of boys
put a heavy surface of gravel over
the streets of the town. The work
was done quickly, neatly and without
one cent Of cost. The women Of the
city not to be outdone, served hot
lunches 10 the men working in the
gravel pits along the creek, to the
men driving trucks and to those
spreading gravel over the streets.
According to a letter received from
Norway by f. VI. Hedges Of F1andreau,
the making of 'moonshine" liquor
has become quite an industry in Nor
wav as we'll as the United States. Ac-
cording TO the letter nearly every
farmer is making his own booze sup
ply. The winter in Norway up to the
time the letter was written has been
unusually mild and there has been no
opportunity for the natives to use
their skis.
A peanut kernel lodged in the wind
pipe" caused the death Of 2-year-old
Nina Lawyer of Gam Valley. The
little girl died as she was being car
ried into the operating room of q
Mitchell hospital, where she had been
taken for an operation in the hopes
of saving her life. Several hours
work of a Gam Valley physician had
proven unavailing.
The annual wolf hunt held at Stick
ney recently netted eight wolves and
185 Jack rabbits. The chase covered
four townships. Following the hunt
were sold at auction, bringing So each.
More than $4,000 damage resulted
at White Lake when the Farmers Co.
operative elevator burned to the
ground. The elevator, which has a
TO- 000-bushel capacity, contained about
$500 bushels of grain at the time Of
the fire. None of the grain was saved.
A car of fax, which stood beside the
elevator, was also destroyed. The
building was valued at So, 900. 1t is
believed the fire was of incendiary
origin.
A virtual strike against the Dakota
Central Telephone company has been
declared by many Of the farmers Of
Moody county. The Difficulty is due
to the fact that the company increased
its rates and gave notice of additional
toll charges. 1t is claimed the yearly
rental of the farmers phones has been
increased from SIS to SIS. Many Of
the farmers have signed an ultimatum
stating that unless the old rates are
reinstated the company can take out
their phones.
Eddie Nelson, 13-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Nels Nelson, residing about
three miles east of Canton, was found
badly frozen in a field near his fathers
home last week. The lad was on his
way to school and was cutting through
the fields to another farmers %enroute,
and apparently become exhausted in
the cold. Medical attention was sum
moned from Canton, but in spite of
efforts made to save the youths life
he died shortly after.
The Yankton Public Opinion. which
is a continuation of the Le~sterville
Ledger, has appeared as a weekly pa
per. The editor, F. A. Killion, plans
70 make it a daily some time in the
spring.