The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-09-01

together with a touring car belonging
A n~eighbor saw him cranking the car,
but never dreamed he was about to
steal it.. Thus far no trace of the
harvest hand or the stolen car has
been found.
Grin l.. Starr, postmaster of Tulare,
charged with the embeZZlement of
postofice funds of approximately
5000, was brought to Aberdeen by
United States Deputy Marshal Harry
James, and he will appear before
United States Commissioner William
Wallace to answer to the charge.
STAIRS alleged theft was found sew.
eral weeks ago by the p~ostofice in
spector, George II. Chase, and when
the loss was found the amount Ia said
to have been made up by a member
Of the family.
Nine resident lawyers Of the twelfth
judicial district are candidates for the
position left vacant by the resignation
of Judge Raymond l.. Dillman of Tim
Der Lake. who has become ATTORNEY
for the state railroad commission. The
~judgeship seems to be n Of the most
sought after appointments Governor
McMaster has had to make since he
assumed office last January.
Oscar M. Osbon, formerly editor Of
newspapers at Huron and Howard. s.
d., and d~oorkeeper of the United States
senate since 1909, died at Washington.
ID. c.. at the age of rs years. Mr.. Osbon
vent to South Dakota in 1869 from
Ohio. He served for a number of
years as sergeant at arms of the state
senate. He was a veteran of the
Civil war, and was given a military
burial in Arlington cemetery.
Street paving, the installation of a
white way system of street lighting
and the construction of a large re-
tanning wall along the Cheyenne river
are among the improvements to be
undertaken at Hot Springs in the
near future.
A fire Of unknown origin started
at Aberdeen in the garage of Wallace
Parry and destroyed the workshop
with four machines and the storage
floor containing some forty or fifty
machines. The loss is set at $500 DOC
in early estimates. Frank Hoising,
an employee, was badly burned as he
fed from the building and it is stated
that he cannot live. Most of Mr.
Parry's loss is covered by insurance
with the exception Of a few cars taken
in on trades. Several Of the private
machines in the place were destroyed
and were uninsured.
There are approximately 100, 900
motor vehicles in the state of South
Dakota, according to the returns of
tax assessors just compiled by the
state tax commission Horse drawn
vehicles slightly outnumber chem with
a total of 10000. Comparison Of the
commissions figures of this year with
rast years shows that there has beer
a heavy liquidation on live stock OF
every class during the past year. Re-
turns show that the financial pressure
has taken to market many head of
cattle which might have been held on
the farm, but for the necessity of OBJ
tanning ready cash. The heaviest loss
in numbers of animals on the farms
is most noticeable on cattle, there be
ing more than zoe, 900 less in 1921 than
in 1920. Hogs come next with a loss
of 40. 900.
South Dakota has made more prog.
ress in building good roads in the
past sixteen months than any state
visited, according to w. ID. Fisher.
secretary Of the Custer Battlefield
Highway association. A good system
OF road drainage and persistent work,
he declared, had done much to give
the state a good SYSTEM Of main high
ways.
One of the most unique weddings in
Mitchell's history took place when
Miss Erna Hagge and Miss Erma
Hagge, twin sisters, who look as
much alike as the proverbial peas in
a pod. were united in marriage at a
double wedding ceremony to Floyd
Wilder and Herbert Fox, both of
Mitchell. The marriage took place at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Hagge, 1919 South
Sanborn street. The twin brides and
their husbands left Immediately on a
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