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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-02

had once been ~insealled on one of the
lower mine levels and had been hOisted
out Of the shaft ahead of the advanc-
ing water flood and put under shelter
In a corner Of the boiler shed. AS
l was passing my tin cup for more Of
Daddy's excellent coffee the rattle and
clank Of a pump began to make itself
heard, together with the coughing
chug-chug Of the steam exhaust there
from.
That's that low-level pump!' l OK
claimed. They must have connected
it up with the boil"
Whoosh that was just as far as /
got. In the middle midst Of the word
boilers" a twO-inch jet Of muddy wa
ter came curving up through one Of
the window openings to arch over and
fall, splash, all over us as we sat
munching our dinner. Everlastingly
ruined the dinner, put out the fire, up
set the coffee pot, and made drowned
rats of both Of us in less time than 1t
takes to tell it-much less.
so much for that. or course, we ran
and ducked and lodged, like the
drowned rats | speak of hunting for
a hole. But now Bullerton's devilish
engineering ingenuity came into play.
By some means as yet unknown to us,
he had cOntrived a movable nozzle to
his Squirt-gun, and in another minute
there wasn't a single dry spot left in
that shafthouse. | venture to say that
Daddy and / and the dog ran a full
mile trying to get out Of range of that
demoniacal soZzle-machine, but there
wasn't a corne Of the place that it
couldn't, and didn't, reach.
During the night the scOundrels had
laid a pipe line from the pump in the
boiler shed alongside Of our prison
fortress; this with an upright extern
| sion on the business end of it. At the
top of the %sandpipe stem there was an
| elbow with q short joint Of pipe
screwed into 1t to point our way; and
on the end of this nozzle there was a
piece Of rubber hose. Under the jerky
impulses of the pump strokes this tlex-
ible extension of the nozzle Topped
up and down and around and side
wise, like the nose of a patent lawn
sprinkler; and there you are-or there
we were.
"Gosh-toSOlOmOn !" Daddy splut-
tered, 1--WE amt on the water wagon
we're spank inside of it! Are you re-
memberin', Stannie, that they can keep
this gosh-dum thing up ~f'rever? All in
the world they've got to do is to put
a stick O wood on the fire now and
then! Say, son they got us goin' and
comm; we can't eat, and we can't
sleep no more whatever!
"By heavens, | own those boilers,
and If | could get a stick of dynamite
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XIV.
Applied HYDRAULICS.

They've skipped" / reported to
Daddy, as l climbed down from the
earth sacks, land that shows us the
quality Of the humanity stuff we nave
to deal with. Fullerton will never get
that bunch to rush us In the OPEN"
"That's something gained, anyway"
said the old man; land ever III bit
helps. But IL they amt goin' to take
1t standin' up, we got to look out for
InJin doin's; the snake-in-the- grass
kind. Charley Fullerton amt goin' to
quit none so easy"
Nevertheless, for an hour or more,
1t looked as II the jumpers had quit.
In due time the cooking fire In the lit
tie glade burned out, and no one
came to rekindle it. Around and about
the solemn silence of the mountain
wilderness ringed us In, and it was
hard to realize that the siege had not
been abandoned-though we knew we'll
enough it hadn't.
We put in the time as best we could,
tinkering up u defenses and trying
to provide for all the contingencies.
For one thing, Daddy found a big
anger and used It to bore loopholes at
various places through the wall, by
means of which we could command the
approaches to the shaft-house on two
of the three exposed sides. Eastward
ly, the blacksmith shop interviewed be-
tween us and the boiler shed-it was
built as a lean-to against that side of
the shaft-house-and In that direction
we were necessarily blind. The fourth
side, as l have said, faced an abrupt
cliff Of the mountain, a rocky wall
rising to maybe twice the height of
the buildings and almost cverhang-
ing them. At its summit this cliff
tapered off into a steep upward slope,
bare Of timber; hence we were COM
paratiyely secur from attack in that
quarter.
AS to provisioning we were not so
badly off. Daddy Hiram, well used In
his long experience as a prospector to
figuring upon the longevity Of "grub-
stakes" estimated that, what with the
canned stuff, part of a sack of flour,
and another of cornmeal, we could live
for a week, though tho cooking was
going to be rather inconvenient. For
a fire we should have to resort to the
forge In the blacksmith shop, and the
shop was nothing but an open-cracked
shed, as / have described 1t, entirely
f~ndefensible IL the raiders should con-
clnde to rush 1t.
In the fulness Of time the period OF
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but in the flash Of the rending explo-
sion W had a glimpse of doors and
windows Caving inward and a section
of the split-shingle roof leaping toward
the spacious armament on high.
Nov, durn ye," vas Daddy Hiram's
morose comment, made with an eye to
a 1ocp-hole, now, durn We, maybe
you'll let folks sleep %peaceable for a
little spell"
OF course, in the darkness, made
thicker by the cloud Of dust the explo-
I sion had kicked up, we couldn't tell
what had become Of the cabin gar
rison, or whether or no we'd killed all
or any of it.. But the immediate re-
suit was perfectly soul-Satisfying.
There were no more roof lombard
ments, and after we had remained on
watch together for perhaps half an
hour, Daddy sent nj to the blankets
for my forty winks did this, and after
ward played a lOw-dOwn trick on me.
For, what with the previous nights
broken rest, and the more or less ex-
tlltllS allu uoy 4 SiVEN Inv
a tired baby, and when l awoke the
sun was shining in at the two high
window holes at something more than
an acute angle, and Daddy Hiram was
making coffee and frying bacon and
baking pan-bread over a chip fire
built on a piece Of boiler iron we had
turned down for hearth purposes the
previous evening.
The old angel took my r~eproach.
full abuse for his unselfishness quite
goo~d-naturedly, as he did most things,
and made his report of the nights
doings. Up to midnight there had
been nothing stirring; but after that
there had been noises on the black
smith shop side, and indications that
the jumpers were. at work on ome
thing in the boiler shed. Since this
lay beyond our field of vision, we
couldn't see what was going on, nor
could we apply the dynamite remedy.
Shortly after we had finished break
fast the work noises began again, but
with the blanketing blacksmith shop in
the way we couldn't see a thing and
could only make wild guesses at what
the raiders were up to. Along about
the middle of the forenoon they fired
UP one or more Of the boilers; a Whit
of wind coming along the side Of the
mountain blew the smoke over so that
some Of 1t drifted into the shaft-house
through the high windows. Still W
were completely lost in the guessing
wilderness.
1t was a little after noon, while we
were squatting IN the floor to eat
another meal warmed up over the chip
fire, that We found out the answer
to all the guesses and learned what
the mechanical noises Of the night
and forenoon had been leading up to.
One Of the left-overs from the work.
ing period Of the mine was a good-sized
steam force nump which. we took 1t.
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lit s~kyrocket," he chuckled; Their

lit skyrocket," he chuckled; then,
with quaint humor: "You stand by
with a match, Stannie, and let's see
what-airs gOin' to happen. When l
say the word, you stick your match to
the fuse"
Heavens! maybe l didn't enjoy a de-
lightful little spasm as / got a flash
light mental picture Of that old man
fumbling around with a lighted cart
ridge at the muZzle of his gun, trying
to poke cartridge and gun-barrel
through q hole in the door that couldn't
possibly have been over two and a
half inches in diameter-and In the
dark, at that! What If he shouldn't be
able to find the hole In time? Or If he
should succeed In finding 1t and the
rifle bullet should jam on the wire?
Or any one of a dozen ifs" that might
fail to rid US of the deadly thing be-
fore 1t should go off and blow us to
kingdom come?
But there was no time to haggle
about It, and the whang Of another
high-powered bullet on the iron roof
over our heads speeded things up.
"Do your do" Daddy muttered /; and
| struck a match, sheltered the tiny
flame in my followed hands until 1t
got going good, and then, with a silent
prayer that Daddy might not miss the
hole, stuck the blaze to the frayed end
Of the powder string.
Coming all three together as 1T
seemed to me, there were spittings like
those Of an angry cat, a puff Of chok-
ing powder smoke, and the crack Of
the rifle. For just about three seconds
nothing further happened; but at the
fourth second or thereabouts-oh, boy
The cabin was StOutly and solidly
built of logs, as | may have mentioned,
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Live Wedding Presents.

Lord Morton has revived old ira
ditions of Scotch chieftainship, writes
a correspondent, by his practical ana
patriarchal gift Of a flock OF sheep TO
his son on his marriage. Such we'd
ding gifts must have been common
enough when the Douglas chiefs ruled
with a high hand in territories where
there was little actual money. The
ancestor of Lord Morton was second
chief of the Douglas clan, and the
greatness of this family began with
the acquisition of wide lands in the
Fourteenth century, eliminating in the
fourth earl, the great Regent of Scot
land, too great for safety, for he was
attained and executed. But the Nor
toA earls soon recovered from this blow
and, so years later, the seventh earl
was one OF the richest and most pow
erful men in the kingdom.
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South Dakota, has received and have
considered a petition to have the three
miles of highway hereinafter described
added TO and made part OF the
County Highway System of Brookings
County, South Dakota, and after such
consideration it appears to this Board
that. it would be for the best interests
of said County that said highway be
so added to the County Highway
System.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOL
WE'D that the Board Of County Com
missioncrs of Bookings County, South
Dakota hereby recommend to, and re-
quest the State Highway Commission
Of the State of South Dakota, to
change the County Highway System
of Brookings County, South Dakota,
by adding thereto and making a part
of said County Highway System, the
following described three miles OF
public highway to-wit:
Beginning at the section corner
common to sections Is, 16, u and
% in Township 100 Range AZ in said
County of Bookings, and running
thence South on the Section line "A
distance of three miles to the County
line between Bookings County and
Moody County, and at the South
West corner Of Section "a in Town
ship 100 Range 4S in said Brookings
County.
Passed January Goth 1922.
Approved January goth 1922.
The Board of County Commissioners
Of Brookings County South Dakota,
BY A. f. Bunday, its Chairman.
Attest: c. ID. Alton County Auditor.
The Board on motion adjourned to
200 o'clock p. m. February 23rd 1922.
A. E. Bunday,
Chairman of the County Board.
Attest: C. d. Alton Co. Aud, By John
Alton, Dpy.
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COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS

Continued from page Z
granted.
The application of p. R. Bell for a
refund of tax OIL Out Lots A, B, c, d,
Roberts End add to Brookings City,
and on the NWASWA & VIZ NEA
SWH 26-11040 vas On motion granted,
the same being an error in assessed
valuation for the year 1920.
The following claims were Oh motion
laid over:
The Mitchell Publishing Co. in
amount of .............. 74.65
ID. l.. Seaman in amount of -. $500
Missouri-Kansas Chemical Co.
in amount of ............. 5000
II. II. Steen Of Brookings Twp was
on motion granted a refund of $1,00
dog tax assessed against him for the
year 1920. He making affidavit that
he was not the owner of a dog.
C. p. Swift was granted q refund of
S13.12 error in the assessment on the
SWA Sec. 6 and NWA Sec, 7-112-51
for the year 1920.
The following resolution was intro
duced and passed:
BE 1T RESOLVED by the Board Of
County Commissiol g Of Bookings
! County South Dakota
WHEREAS. the Board of County
Commissioners of Brookings County
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Goal or Water?

A new French estimate of the
worlds water power credits
the United States with 3O.OOO,OOO avail
able horsepower; Canada with 25,OOO,-
600; Norway with 100000. Sweden
with 6,150,OO0: Austro-Hungary dis
trict with 6,750.00O; Italy and Spain
with about 100000 each; Germany
with only 100000, and England with
100000. have a supposed compensat-
Ing advantage in their supplies Of coal.
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over two hundred New Dwellings Built
during the past three years. Besides many
Business Blocks and other Substantial Inn
provements.
Beautiful trees line the streets and the
City presents a fine appearance, matted as
1t is in the midst OF a fine growth Of shade
and ornamental trees. Her citizens are will
ing and ready to encourage and assist every
helpful industry.
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New 1925. 900 Girls Dormitory at State
College
Two Exclusive Dry Goods and Ladies' Fur
nishing store.
Good Volunteer Fire Department with
Motor Equipment.
Brookings Produce Co., Cash Market for
All Farm Products.
South Dakota State College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts.
Brictson Manufacturing Company, makers
of the Brictson Tire Tread.
New 5000, 900 administrator Building at
South Dakota State College.
Surrounded by the Best Farming Land In
the State, Where Crops are Sure and BOun-
tiful.
Municipality Owned Telephone, Electric
Light, Heating and Water Works Plants.
Strong Commercial Club with 200 Mem
bers in Good Standing. Fine Club Rooms.
Bookings is Located on the Main Line Of
the c. e NV. Ry. from Chicago to Pierre.
the Capital of the State. Also Headquarters
for Train Crews Running North to Water
town and on to Redfeld and Gettysburg.
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under 'em, I'd fix the fellow that's fir
Ing 'em!" / shivered; and then the
bright idea was born. "Say, Daddy,
we can stop it," 1 yelled; and Just
then the water devil outside made an
other fiendish flop and got me square,
ly In the face.
But Vt didn't drown the bright idea
(To be continued)
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BIRDS EYE VIEW OF BROOKINGs

One Florist
Two Bands
Two Hotels
Ten churches
Four dentists
Candy kitchen
Good creamery
Steam laundry
one Ice plant
Two osteopatus
Two state banks
S25. 900 City Hall
Chinese laundry
Five restaurants
Seven physicians
Three drug stores
Three tailor shops
One general store
Three chiroprators
Two Tobacconists
Growing every day
One Cigar Factory
Five Auto Garages
Four Billiard Halls
Two good Bakeries
Four Lumber Yards
Four Weekly Papers
Fine Lake near City
Two National Banks
Exclusive Shoe Store
Three Grain Elevators
S125,000 Court House
Two Furniture Stores
Two Hamburger Joints
Four Jewelry stores
Four Barber shops
Two Hardware s stores
Tire Nulcanizing Plant
Three NJ a c h n e Shops
Two Department S stores
Four Blacksmith S shops
Four Exclusive Groceries
City of Beautiful Homes
Two Shoe Repair Shops
Best Schools in the State
Good Water Near Surface
Six Miles of Paved Streets
Marble a n d Granite Works
ID a k t a Deaconess Hospital
Five Auto Livery Stations
Three Photograph Galleries
One Exclusive S h Parlor
one Gents Furnishing Store
one Cement Block Factory
one Tea and Coffee House
$4,000 Government Bull d Ing
Two Electric Supply Houses
Two Battery supply Stations
one Harness and Repair Shop
state Circuit Court held here
$4,000 Brick School Building
Three Moving Picture Theatres
$3.50, 900 High school Building
Two Exclusive Clothing S stores
G uIhane Adjustment COMPANY
Forty-fve II undred Inhabitants
Educational Center OF the State
l,400 Students in state College
County a Of Brookings County
United states Experiment station
Five Rural Free Delivery Routes
Free Delivery Service of City Mail
High school on the Accredited List
over 1000. 600 Invested in Education
one Exclusive Tin and Repair Shop
one Variety Store and China shop
Three Exclusive oil Service stations
Eye, Ear, Throat and Nose Specialist
Nineteen Miles of Cement Sidewalks
Three Plumbing and Heating Firms
Finest Church Buildings in the state
New stock Pavilion at State College
New 100000 Armory at state College
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WHAT WE NEED

A Gas Plant
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-24
WRIGHT SCHOOL

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rookie
fellow, on Monday, an eight and one
half pound boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Glow have re-
turned from n three weeks visit with
their son at Fairgrove.
Bernard Hunter Of Lansing spent
the week end with his mother.
Mrs. Arthur Grandy and two sons
of Ithaca spent Sunday with her
mother, Mrs. f. NJ Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Fink and son are
spending two weeks visiting in Ohio.
Mrs. Fred Johnson Of Riverdalc
spent last week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Fred Rockfellow
Mrs. Jessie Fink is on the sick list.
Hector Smith spent Sunday in
Flint
Wilbur Wolf and Clyde Webb Of st.
Clair spent the week end at their
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis MUM started
Tuesday morning to the state of Ohio
where they will visit relatives for two
weeks.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-24

Mr.. and Mrs Ohpir Haring of
Three Rivers spent the past week
with Ithaca friends.
The Ithaca Cleaners met Tuesday
evening with their secretary, Mrs.
Linnie Brook.
Dr. Kilborn was in Detroit on bus
mess the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dee Davis have NOV
cd into the Henry Read house on st.
Johns street.
Thursday is a big day for Gratiot
County Masons. The seven lodges of
the county Ithaca, Alma Middleton,
st. Louis, Breckenridge, Ashley and
North Star all united and are hold
ing a pot luck picnic at the pavilion
at Crystal, Thursday. A program
of great interest will be given.
William Campbell, who is employ
ed in Ashley, spent the week end
with his family here.
The Community Chautauqua closed
Sunday evening this number being
given by band of Filipnos who
gave a fine entertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Peters south
west Of town are the parents of a
baby girl.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Ernest Hawley left
recently for Lansing where they will
make their home.
Mrs. Hattie Colwell and Mrs. 7. A..
Goodwin visited their brother, Dr.
Will Barstow, at st. Louis, Tuesday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-24
ITHACA

DIR. and Mrs. II. G. Dean and
daughter, Annie, left last week for a
motor trip to Canada and will be
gone several weeks.
The Misses Frances AMI Mary Todd
are visiting in st. Johns and Carson
City.
Miss Harriet Peet Of Detroit was "A
recent guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. c. Peet, and other relatives.
Mrs. V. G. Sutliff and daughter,
Louise, are visiting at New York
city, Buffalo and other points in New
York state.
Mrs. Ella Presley and daughter,
lula Of Lansing spent the past week
with Mrs. c. II. Jessup and other rel
atives.
Mrs. Glenn Mason and daughter of
Grand Rapids was a recent guest of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pin
ney
Mrs. Gladys Blue and daughter,
Mary, are spending several weeks
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Grahams
Mrs. Carroll Belts and Miss Joyce
Clark gave Miss Alice McAdams a
miscellaneous shower at the home of
Mrs. Belts, Thursday evening in hon
or Of her approaching marriage to
Russell Crandell of North Star.
About 25 were present Many beau
tiful and useful gifts were hidden all
through the house which Miss Alice
was asked to find Among them
were several pieces of cut glass,
silver, aluminium, linen and an clcc-
trio IRON
Miss Florence Brown of McBain
spent a few days recently at the
home of Rev. and Mr.. J.. l.. Dewey.
Miss Brown will teach in Middleton
high school next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Read have
moved into their house on South
Ithaca street.
Among those who went from
Ithaca to attend the Gratiot County
association of Maccabees at Sumner,
Thursday were Mrs. Davis, Wright,
Rely, Burch, Watson, Gunthier,
Allen McFaul and Miss Bessie Car
ter. The November meeting will be
held with the Ithaca hive.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ycager and
daughter, Dorothy, of Grand Rapids
were recent visitors at the home of
Mrs. Ycagcr's mother, Mrs. l.. b.
Crandcll.
Mrs. Ernest Peters was given
surprise when her children and grand
children to the number of y gather
ed at her home to remind her Of her
10th birthday A chicken dinner was
served at noon. The centcrpicce was
bouquet Of roses, a present from
her daughter at South Bend, Ind.
Misses Lucille and Marjorie Critics,
daughters Of Nile Critics left Wcdnes-
day for a three weeks visit with rela
tives and friends in Ohio.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Wiley attended
the Raycraft reunion mt Bass lake
last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Webb'7nd two
sons spent Sunday near Midland the
guest of Mrs. Webb's mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ely Wolf were Green
vile callers last Friday.
Erwin Hunter is spending couple
weeks with relatives near Midland.
Mrs. Matt Johnson is entertaining
her mother and sister from Kalkaska.
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