The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-02-24
STATE NEWS

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The state land department has fixed
the leasing date for state school lands
the coming spring at April 25 in all
counties OF the state except Butte and
Harding. In these counties the dates
are Butte, June 81, and Harding
June so.
y resolution was passed by the city
commissioners at Huron to call a spe
cial election TO vote for the issuance
of bonds TO be used in completing the
new $4,000 city hall. The election
may be held about March l.
A survey of the apple producing sec.
ton of South Dakota by the state i'm.
migration department shows that
there are 292,9SS bearing apple trees
IN III. state. The counties which lead
are Minnehaha 1850, Clay 1850,
lanktOn 14,529, Lawrence 14,144.
Steps have been taken TO transform
the creamery at Carthage into a co
operative concern, in which farmers
of the surrounding region would be
the chief stockholders. The creamery
pays an average of S4 900 daily for pro
duce, cream and expenses of operating.
The last dollar Of indebtedness on
the new electric light and power plant
at Madison now has been paid and the
plant is free from debt, with an earn
ing power sufficient TO make it self
supporting and at the same time carr
a profit of about $500 per month, which
is placed in a sinking fund for the
payment when due of the bonds issued
for installing the plant. The plant has
sufficient capacity to furnish lights for
adjoining towns by means of power
wires.
The farmers in Miner county, not
Withstanding the present low prices of
farm products, take a hopeful view OF
the future and will put in a larger
crop acreage this season than last.
Some of them have leased additional
tracts and will put these into crops.
as we'll as their home farms. Many OF
the farmers will enlarge their hog and
cattle raising facilities and raise great
or numbers, using the bulk of their
crops for feed. They also will increase
their dairy herds.
Charles Mix county reports difficulty
in holding the officers elected to sew
eral places last fall. 1t is reported
that the officers do not desire to re
tain the places after election and only
took them under protest and are now
asking TO be relieved. The commits
sioners are having trouble TO secure
others 10 fill the places which will be
vacant as soon as new men can be Sc
cured TO fill them by appointment.
An unexpected misfortune has come
TO one of Lake Andes popular pleasure
resorts. As the big building known "a
R~esthaven was being moved across the
lake TO a new location recently the
ice gave way and let the structure
down into nine feet Of water A piano
and other furniture are said to have
been inside at the time. Plans for
r~escuing the resort have not yet been
perfected.
The Missouri river, which at this
time of year at Chamberlain is usually
icebound. and which a few weeks
later almost invariably carries out the
Milwaukee bridge, is lower than it has
ever been since records have been
kept. 1t is only a tenth of a foot
above the navigation stage. Last fall,
when the floods spread over so much
country, the river at that point was
fourteen feet above the navigation
stage. 1t is not believed by river men
that the ice will cause much damage
this winter. The last few warm days
have so honeycombed the ice hat i,
has grown soft and it is believed
when the breakup comes that the ice
will be easily crushed and not heavy
enough to even wreck the railroad
bridge. If the bridge escapes this year
it will be almost the first time it has
not been necessary to rebuild it dur
ing the spring.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
four store buildings at Waubay early
last Wednesday morning and threat
ened to burn the entire town. Calls
for aid were sent to Aberdeen. Web
ster and Milbank. The fire company
from Webster, with about twenty-five
citizens of that town, arrived on a
freight train an hour later and had the
fire under control by 5 o'clock. The
loss is estimated at 800 900.
Wv. s. S.