The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-02-10
STATE NEWS

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r. G. Stapleton, assistant cashier o
the Corona State bank, was shot AM
killed Thursday morning by robber'
who escaped with a considerable
amount Of money.
Every child would be declared legit
innate of it's natural parents, and a!
such would be entitled to support ant
education the same as II it had beer
born in lawful wedlock, and shall In
herit from its natural parents and theil
kindred heir lineal and collateral, i
the bill proposed by Representative
Parker of Lawrence county, succeed,
N passage. Mr.. Parker would Include
cases where the natural father OF an
illegitimate child is married to one
other than the mother of the child n
well as were he single.
Next years convention and show OF
the South Dakota Corn and Grain
Growers association Will be held il
Mitchell. it was decided by the Off
GERS and directors of the association
at Yankton. 1t viii be held in Janu-
airy coalcidcnt with the annual meet
ing Of the state Livestock association,
This years show was the best and
largest ever held by the association,
the officers agreed.
Mitchells meanest person is be
1;o,,,d 4, no q uoppau An p~DVplOpp
which had been hung in the womens
rest room in the city hall Tor the col
lection of relief funds for Armenia,
was stolen. The bag contained but
one silver dollar, according to the mat
ron. but that would have kept a stary.
ing Armenian baby in rice, soup and
black bread for six whole days.
Those who have been active in rails
ing money and purchasing cows in the
state for the needy people of Germany
report that thus far 204 COWS have
either been purchased or contributed
in addition to the sum of $5,S81 in
money. Young men from Memo and vi
tlully nave NOlilil'NlNu w "NNoiipoiy
the shipment of COWS to Germany TO
see that they are turned over to these
who need them.
Howard Olberg. a 17-year-old boy
living with his mother six miles north
of Sisseton, is being held in connec-
ton with the robbing of the p~ostoffices
at New Ellington and Victor, which
we're entered Monday night. Only
small amounts of money We're taken.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed to place Watertown in line as
one of the baseball league towns Of
the state for the future, the articles
being those Of the Watertown Baseball
and Athletic association, with a capt.
tai of $4,000. Among numerous incor-
porators being w. L. Eales, L. 7. Nor
ris and D. w. Steele.
At a regular meeting of the board
Of directors OF the Farmers Co-opera-
tive Packing company at Huron it was
unanimously voted to back up" Geo.
c. Voltz, manager of the company, to
the fullest extent in completing the
construction of the building, now IN.
der way. Mr.. voltz said that an in
creased crew of men will be put on
about the middle of March to expedite
the construction.
John Burke, a farmer living four
miles northwest of Bridegwater lost
his life Friday when he was smothered
under a load of hay. Mr.. Burke was
filling his hay loft and had a sling
full Of hay about half way up to the
loft when his horses became fright
ened and ran away. The rope holding
the hay sling broke and the hay fell
on Mr.. Burke.
As a result of missing her footing
and falling down a stairway at her
home or a farm near Clearfield, Mrs.
Lucy Beal, Sc years old, met death last
Saturday.
Two robbers entered the IRWIN gen.
eral store at Utica Sunday night
through a front window and took mer-
chandise to the value of $500. They
vanished without leaving any clues
except a fur cap and a pair of rub.
bers which were found in the store.
Before leaving the store they had a
lunch on the stores stock of celery,
bananas and candy.
The winter has been so mild that
the Ice crop on the Missouri river
was a failure. There is little hope
now that the ice will get thick enough
to cut.