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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-17
RESOLUTION NUMBER ss7.

BE 1T RESOLVED by the City of Brook
ings, South Dakota: That the Assessment
Roll covering the construction of
fronting or abutting the lots and tracts
hereinafter described and which was filed
In the office OF the City Auditor of said
City July 10 1922 and official publication of
such Assessment Roll. together with a Notice
of the time and place of hearing thereon,
was made in the official newspaper of said
City on July IS. 1922, be and the same here
by is approved and that to pay for such
Improvements there is hereby levied against
the properties hereinafter described a
special Assessment to the amount herein
after stated:
Name OF owner Description Amt.
Mary Skinner-Lots ! & 2 & Eh of
lot 3, in block Z. SINNERS Sec
ond addition 100
Ina v. Cariisle-Lots 1 & 2. block 8.
Pleasant Hill addition ......... $500
w. Ii. Schindler-Lots IL & -, block
5, Randi Peterson's addition. 71.9S
Walter Thornber-Lots Z a. s, block
.. Thornber's addition ......... $500
w. c. Gordon-Subdivision Lot d
of lot l and Subdivision lot A of
lot 2, block Is, Morehouse addi-
w. c.. Morse-Lot /, block 10.
Mathews & Scobey's addition. 33.0C
T. S. Morse-Lot 2 in block 10.
Mathews & Scobey's addition. -. 33.eC
]. ii. Roberts-Lots 1, 2 & 3, block
/, Dawes addition ............ 177.14
Further that the Assessments above
mentioned are due and payable at the onict
of the City Treasurer Of said City and such
Assessments will become delinquent DC
tober /, 1922.
Adopted July 81 1922.
T. I. FLITTIE.
Attest:-Geo. II. Stoddart,
City Auditor.
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NOTICE OF HEARING ioh
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATIONS.

State Of South Dakota,
County of Brookings. IS
In County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Pheble
Billings. deceased.
To Nellie VanDyke, Mabel Davis, biruie
Billings, Roy Billings and to whom TINS
notice may come:
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the
petition of Nellie VanDyke for Letters OF
Administration OF said estate OF Pheole
Billings, deceased, filed with the Clerk OF
said Court, will be brought on for hearlhs
before said County Court of BOOKINGS
County, at the office of the County Judge H.
the Court House in the City Of B~rooklhss,
in said County Of Brookings, state OF
south Dakota, on the 2lst day of August
1922, at ten o'clock in the forenoon wren
and where any person interested may sho"
cause why this petition should not be
granted.
Dated at Brookings, Brookings county
South Dakota, this goth day of July, 1879
BY the Court, GEO. p. HALL
County Judge.
Attest: II. w. Blakely, Clerk
Hall & Purdy, Attorneys for re-
titioner.
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NOTICE TO
State OF South Dakota,

State of South Dakota,
County of Brookings. SIS
In Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit.
In the Matter Of the Liquidation of the
Farmers a. Merchants State Bank, Bush
nell, South Dakota.
WHEREAS, The Farmers & MerchantA
State Bank, a banking corporation. of
Bushnell. South Dakota, is insolvent and has
been taken charge Of by the Superinten-
dent of Banks of the state of South Da-
xota, for the purpose of liquidation under
the provisions OF Article /, Chapter /, Part
IS of Title 6, Of the Revised Code of 1919
Of the State Of South Dakota.
BE 1T REMEMBERED, That all persons
claiming to be creditors Of the Farmers d.
Merchants State Bank, Bushnell. are here
by called upon and required to make PROOF
of claim of such credit. and file the same
office In Pierre, South Dakota, on or before
the 5th day of December, 1922. This notice
is being published for ten consecutive weeks
in the Brookings Register, Brookings,
South Dakota, and a copy Of this notice is
being mailed to the last known address of
all persons whose names appear on the
books of said bank as creditors thereof,
together with a blank appropriate for MAX
ing proof of claim and necessary instruc-
tions. Also a letter setting out a state
ment of the condition of the bank at the
time of suspension, and brief data as pro-
vided - the statute relative to the cause
of suspension.
Claims not filed on or before December
5, 1922 are by statute forever barred.
Dated at Pierre, South Dakota, this 14th
day of August, A. ID. 1922.
JOHN HIRNING, Supt. of Banks.
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BANKRUPT'S PETITION FOR DISCHARGE
N ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON

In Bankruptcy No. 1884 s. ID.
In the District Court of the United States.
for the Southern Division of the District
OF South Dakota.
In the matter of Llewellyn K. Claflin,
Bankrupt.
To the Hon. James ID. Elliot, Judge of the
District Court of the United States for the
District Of South Dakota.
Llewellyn T.. Claflin, of Elkton, In the
County of Brookings, and State OF South
Dakota, in said District, respectfully rep
~resents:
That on the 20 day of June, AID, 1922 last
past, he was duly adJudged bankrupt under
the Acts Of Congress relating to Bankruptcy;
that he has duly surrendered all his prop
erty and rights of property, and has fully
complied with all the requirements OF said
Acts and of the orders of the Court touch
ing his bankruptcy.
WHEREFORE HE PRAYS that he may
be decreed by the Court to have a full
from all debts provable against
his estate under said Bankrupt Acts, except
such debts as are excepted by law from such
Dated this 9Th day of August, A. d., 1922.
Llewellyn e. Claflin,
Bankrupt.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The Regents of Education will receiv.
bids At the office of the President OF South
Dakota State College, Brookings, South Da-
kota, up to 1880 o'clock T.. M. on August 26
Cor the erection of a small poultry building
az per plans and specifications prepared by
ID. l.. Snader. Bids should be addressed to
the Regents of Education. In care of w. Z.
Johnson, President of South Dakota State
College and accompanied by certified check
for scr Of the amount of bid. The success
full bidder will be required to furnish the
sa satisfactory bond in the sum of the amount
Of the contract conditioned that the con-
tract be satisfactorily completed. Plans and
specifications may be seen at the office OF
the Secretary OF South Dakota State College.
The Regents of Education reserve the right
to reject any and all bids or to waive any
irregularities.
Signed: Regents OF Education OF
South Dakota
r. w. Dwight, President.
Helen II. Gamble, Secreary.
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NOTICE To CREDITORS

ESTATE OF Bessie Sinjem. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
administrator of the Estate of Bessie Sin
jem, deceased. to the creditors of and ell
persons having claims against the said de-
ceased; to exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers. within four months after the
first publication of this notice. to the said
Administrator at his residence in Nedary
Township. in the County Of Brookings.
State of South Dakota. Post office ad-
Dakota.
Dated July seth. 1922.
L. N. Sinjem,
SinJem. deceased.
Albert Matson. Attorney Brookings. s. D.
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NOTICE OF SEALED BIDS.

Notice Is hereby given, that sealed bids
will be received by the Board Of County
Commissioners of Brookings County, fer
supplying the county with 10 tons or more
of soft coal for the Court House and ten
tons of hard coal for the County jail, same
to be delivered in the bin at court house
and jail.
claim for payment Of coal so delivered,
City Scale tickets showing the weight Of
coal SO delivered. Bids will he received at
the office of the county A1ditnr, UP TO :
o'clock r. M. Wednesday, September 6th'
1922 The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
Dated at Brookings. s. d. this slst day
C.. d. ALTON,
County Auditor. .
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is HEREBY GIvEN that the
City Engineer of the City of Brookings,
South Dakota, on July "a, 1922, filed in the
office of the City Auditor OF said city, an
of a sanitary sewer on Williams
Street in said City between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Avenues, and that the Board OF
commissioners Of said City have fixed Au-
gust 14th, 1922 at 3 o'clock p. NJ. at the
city Hall in said City as the time and
place for hearing thereon, when and where
any person interested may appear and make
objections thereto.
The following is such Assessment Roll:
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE is HEREBY GIvEN that the
read estate mortgage dated March 9th,
1917, executed by Ben G.. Suurmeyer and
katherlne Suurmeyer. his wife. mortga-
gors, to The Minnehaha State Bank, a cor
poratlon, of Garretson, Minnehaha County.
South Dakota, MORTGAGE, upon the follow
ing descrloed real estate situated in the
County OF Bookings. South Dakota, to- wit:
Ihe southeast quarter tSEA) of Sec
tlon eight (S) and the Southwest quar-
Ter lsN "A of Section Nine 90. all in
Iownshlp one hundred eleven l11D
North Of Range Forty eight (iS) West
of the 5th p. NJ. and containing three
hundred twenty acres more or less,
according to the government survey
thereoi, which said mortgage was filed
for record IN the office of the Register OF
Deeds Brookinss County. South Dakota, on
March S0th, 1920 at 500 A. NJ. and recorded
In BOOK Il Of Mortgages, page PSI, will be
foreclosed by the sale of said premises at
public auction, to the highest bidder for
cash, by tht sheriff of Brookings County,
south Dakota, or his deputy. at the front
door OF the Court House in the Uty OF
Brooklngs, Brookings County, South Dakota
and said sale will be held on the End day
of September, 1922, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Of
said day.
The said mortgage will be foreclosed as
above set forth for the reason that default
exists IN the conditions of said mortgage
past due and unpaid and the mortgagors
having failed to pay said interest when
due and by reason of the default Of pay
ment OF said interest due and payable on
said mortgage the mortgage elects and
does hereby declare the entire principal
and interest of said mortgage due and pay
able as per the terms OF the said mortgage
and that there is now due and unpaid the
sum of Three Thousand seven, hundred
nineteen and 75-l00 (3719. 75) Dollars as
principal and interest, and also the sum of
Nine hundred seventy two and 1900
(972.lO Dollars interest the mortgage has
paid upon a prior mortgage on said prem
ises under authority contained in said mort
gage, ana also seven hundred eleven and
42-loO Gll42) Dollars taxes for 1922
and penalty MORTGAGE has paid on said
premises under like authority, together with
an attorney fee Of twenty five and No-100
(25.0O) Dollars, as allowed by law, making
all due on said mortgage at the date, the
sum of Five Thousand four hundred twenty
eight and 3i-100 (542S.34) Dollars.
No proceedings at law or otherwise have
been had for the recovery of the debt Sc
cured hereby.
Dated this 18th day of July, 1922.
The Minnehaha State Bank,
Garretson, South Dakota,
Mortgagee.
John +. Nolan, Sheriff OF Brook
ings County, South Dakota.
A. c. Halls,
Attorney for Mortgagee,
S. Oak.
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NOTICE FOR SEALED BIDS

The Town Board of Laketon Township
County will receive seaied pih'
until 2 o'clock y. m. Monday. August rs 70,
1922. for engine to pull grader for about lo'
hours. The Town Board reserves IN
right to reject any or all bids. Dated 'h'
26th day Of July. 1922.
August ]. Doescher.
Clerk of Laketon Township
Arlington, 8. Dakota Route No. o.
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ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON
nited States of America


District OF South Dakota IS,
On this 18th day of August, A. ID. 1922,
on reading the foregoing petition, 1t is
BY THE COURT that a hear
ing be had upon gthe same on the End day
of October A. D.,s,1922. before said Court at
Sioux Falls. in said District, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon, and that notice thereof
be published twice in The Brookings
Register, q newspaper printed at Brookings,
in said District, and that all known cred
itors and other persons in interest may
appear at the said time and place and
show cause, IL any they have, why the
prayer of the said petitioner should not be
granted.
And it is further ordered by the Court
that the Clerk shall send by mail. upon
payment by the bankrupt, or his attorney,
of the actual expense thereof. to all known
creditors copies of said Petition and this
Order, addressed to them at their places
Of residence as stated.
WITNESS the Honorable James d. Elliott,
Judg e of the said Court, and the seal thereof,
at Sioux Falls, in said District. on the 10Th
day of August, A. D., 1922.
Jerry Carleton,
(Seal of the Court) Clerk.
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE

Whereas, default exists in the conditions
of a mortgage executed by, +. w. Hemmer.
and Elsie Hemmer, husband and wife. mort
gagors. of Brookings County, South Dakota,
to George Ramsey, of Aurora, South Dakota,
MORTGAGE, dated January 18th. 1920, and
Deeds of Bookings County, South Dakota.
January goth. 1920. at 800 A. M, in Book
70 of Mortgages, on page SGT, mortgaging
the East Half of the Southeast Quarter
CEh of SEA) of Section Twenty Three
(23), in Township One Hundred Ten
UlO) North, of Range Forty Nine t4D
West Of the 9Th p. M, and securing
the payment of a vote for Seven Thousand
one Hundred Nirety and No-100 &7,l9O.00)
Dollars, and that said default consists in
the non-payment Of interest due March LIST,
1922 on said note and mortgage, and in the
failure of the said m~ortgagors to pay the
taxes for the years 1920 and 1921 when DUE
as provided in said mortgage, and
Whereas, by reason of said defaults and
the covenants and power of sale contained
in said mortgage, said mortgagee has
and does hereby declare the whole sum
secured by said mortgage due and payable,
and to foreclose said mortgage, and that
the amount due on said mortgage at date
of this notice is the sum of Seven Thousand
Five Hundred Sixty Four and 2O-lOo
G7,564.20) Dollars, including principal and
interest.
Notice. is hereby given that said mortgage
will be foreclosed by a public sale of the
bidder for cash, on Saturday, the 18th day
of August, A. d. 1922, at 200 o'clock p. M,
at the front door of the Court House in
the City of Brookings, Brookings County,
South Dakot to pay said mortgage debt
and interest, accrueing interest to date OF
sale. and costs of sale, including attorneys
fees aallowed by law.
Dated June Goth, 1922.
George Ramsey,
Mortgage and owner and holder of Mort
gage.
John P. Nolan, Sheriff Of Brookings
County, South Dakota.
Albert Matson, Attorney for Mortgage,
Brookings. S. d.
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NOTICE

Bids will be received at the office of the
Secretary of the South Dakota State Coll
Iege, Brookings, South Dakota up to 1:s0
p NJ, August rs for hauling coal for the
fuI bidder will be required to furnish q
bond In the sum of 5000 0 conditioned that
the contract be satisfactorily carried out.
a.gned: n. A. Larson. Secretary
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WHEREAS, MART Ust and e. 1. Ust. her
husband, mortgagors, did by a mortgage
was recorded in the office of the REGISTER of
Deeds, OF Brookings County, South Dakota,
February Il, 1920, at A o'clock p. M. in
Book Y of Mortgages on Page 5S7. mort
gage to Horace Fishback of Brookings,
South Dakota, mortgagee, the following de-
scribed real estate, situated in the County
of Brookings and State of South Dakota.
to-wit:
The East Half of the Southeast Quar-
ter Of Section Thirty-One and Lots
Number three and four OF Section Num-
Der Thirty Two, all in Township Num-
Der one Hundred and Nine, North of
Range Number Fifty, West Of the 9Th
to secure the payment of one promissory
note for the sum of SIS. 900.0 90 with interest
thereon at five and one half per cent, &C
cording to the tenor of five interest coupon
notes for S4S9. so each thereto attached, said
interest payable annually on the first day
of March each year. all of said notes bear
ing interest at ten per cent after maturity,
said principal note due March /, 1925, which
mortgage and notes are held and owned by
said mortgage and whereas default has
been made in the failure of said mortgagors
to pay one of said coupon notes due on the
first day OF March. 1922. and said holder
and owner of said mortgage and notes by
| reason of said default has elected to and
hereby does elect to exercise his option to,
and does declare the whole principal Of
said notes and mortgage Immediately due
and payable and there is now claimed to be
due and owing thereon at this date. the
sum of Nine Thousand, Five Hundred and
Eighty Six and Fifty Six Hundredths Dol
lars and no action or proceeding has been
had at law or otherwise for the recovery
of the debt secured by said mortgage or
any part thereof.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of
the power of sale in said mortgage con-
tanned and the statute in such cases made
and provided, said mortgage Will be fore
closed by the sale of said mortgaged prem
ises or so much thereof as may be necessary
10 satisfy the amount owing thereon, to-
xrstb tIn ngt and xn0nonc fnrn-
closure by the Sheriff of Brookings County,
South Dakota or his deputy at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash on the
9th day of September, 1922, at two o'clock
p. M. at the front door OF the Court House
in the City of Brookings, County of Brook
ings and State Of South Dakota.
Dated July II, 1922.
Horace Fishback, Mortgagee.
John p. Nolan, Sheriff of Brookings
County, South Dakota.
Cheever and Cheeyer, Attorneys for
Mnrtgagee.
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OF HEARING UPON ASSESS
MENT ROLL FOR SANITARY SEWER
AVENUE)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
City Engineer of the City of Brookings,
South Dakota on July cath, 1922, filed in
the office of the City Auditor of said City.
an Assessment Roll covering the cost of
construction of a sanitary sewer on Eighth
Avenue from Tenth Street, five hundred feet
north, and that the Board of Commissioners
of said City have fixed August 14th, 1922, at
eight o'clock p. M. at the City Hall In said
city as the time and place for hearing
terested may appear and make objections
thereto.
The following is such Assessment Roll:
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ASSESSMENT ROLL
Sanitary Sewer
Eight Avenue from 10th street 500 IT. mol
AlA..lA.ua- GulliuiGioX

Geo H. Stoddart,
City Auditor.
NOTICE is HEREB GIVEN that con-
sideration of the above Assessment Roll has
been postponed and continued to August Fl,
1922 at eight o'clock p. m. when any person
thereto.
Dated August IA, 1922.
Geo. II. Stoddart,
City Auditor.
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Don't stop cultivating the garden De-
cause It is hot and dry. Now Is the
time that light cultivation Is needed
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-17

Without a good local paper, what
channel is there for the news of the
town and the surrounding country?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-17

DON'T WAIT, TIME is MONEY START soMETHiNGI
Get your ad in these columns and let it get to work for you.
Register Want Ads are doing things for people every day; they'll do
something for you If you'll start them to work. They'll make trades,
rent houses and rooms, secure positions, help find lost articles, sell
city real estate and farms, furniture, merchandise, or anything worth
the money. Start them o work. They'll work wonders for you il
you give them a chance.
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TAKEN UP

TAKEN UP-A bull calf, came to
my place about two months aso.
Owner a have same by paying ex-
penses. VIM. Landsman, Alton town
ship.
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ASSESSMENT ROLL
Sanitary Sewer
williams Street 18th Avenue to 18th Avenue
noroo AIl;t;op

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that con-
sideration of the above Assessment Roll has
heen POSTPONED and continued to August Il,
1922 at"eight O'Clock p. m. when any person
interested may appear and make objections
thereto.
Dated August IA, 1922.
Geo. II. Stoddart.
CITY Auditor.
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n. CLINTON ST.,
CHICAGO ILL.

Vegetables are cheaper and easier
TO obtain than many foods. A greater
use Of vegetables will make a health
Ter people.
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MISCELLANE OUS

WANTED TO BUY-A few good
mortgages. Write for particulars to
Box 1T.
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
EALE

Attorney for Mortgage,
G~arretson, $. Oak.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-05
Southern S Big Feat in g.,
Clearing Congestion
Explained by Miller

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. s.
Just how big job the Southern
railway system performed in clear
ing its lines of all congestion and re-
turning to normal freight and pas
senger service in twelve days after
the settlement Of the strike of it's
sncpcraft employees is shown in a
statement issued today by HI. w.
Miller, vice president, in charge Of
operation.
1.-THE Southern railway system had
an accumulation of 14,126 loaded
cars, not moving currently, on Sep
TENDER Is when the strike of the
shopmen was settled said Mr.. Mill
er. "Some of these were frozen in
yards, and others were set off on
side tracks out on the line. We had
rigid embargoes outstanding and Il
number Of passenger trains had also
been discontinued as an emergency
measure.
ION October 1st the entire accu-
mutation had been moved. and all
yards aid terminals were function
ing normally. All embargoes for
which the Southern was RESPONSE
BILE had been lifted, and all passen-
ger trains had been restored. The
Southern is today in a normal con-
dition and ready to handle all traf-
fic offered by shippers OR connec-
tons for all destinations, subject
only to outstanding embargoes of
connecting lines"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-05
Children S Library
Opened in West Point

WEST POINT, Ga, Oct. 3.-The
Hawkes. Children's library was open
Ell Friday with the following pro-
gram:
Invocation, Rev. r. A. Edmondson.
Music, by the Mandolin club.
Presentation to the city by Rev.
o. P. Spiegel, president of the library
board.
Acceptance by Mayor Arch Avary.
Address by Miss Charlotte Temple
ton, secretary state library commits
sion.
appreciation from the high school,
Miss Elenor Fuller.
Appreciation from grammar school
by Miss Lorine Spain.
The Mandolin club furnished sew
eral numbers during the social hour
that followed, when a committee
from the Womans club served fruit
punch from a flower banked table.
Mrs. Mary Poer Oslin is the new
librarian.
Beautiful tributes were paid the
benefactor, A. K. Hawkes.. Mrs. w.
w. Fuller was chairman Of the pro-
gram committee, and Mrs. Cecil Mel
ton and a large committee from the
Woman's club had charge Of the re.
f"eshments.
The members Of the library board
of managers, all the Protestant min
listers of the town, two business
men, George Lanier and Joe Herr
felt; two women, Mrs w. TroX
Bankston and Mrs. Norman Poer,
wore the reception committee.