The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-11-06
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South Dakota
General State News
Photographed.

/ " people have gone to Portland O.
Some will locate there, and o,hnN
went merely to see the country.
G.. A. Burkholtz, a travelling ,rsn.
ance man, registering from ST pou,
committed suicide at Hotel Leon 4,
Broohngs, by taking carbolic acid
The government rip-rap work on ~.
Missouri river at Elk Point Is mr.
crossing finely, and will be comn,e,os
in about month IL the weather holSs
| good.
Mrs. Blanche Spaulding of HIM,
| fell long fight of stairs. bresI
ing her right arm between the wrst
and elbow and sustaining severe
bruises.
Two thousand bushels or prime No. !
corn have been contracted for AT En-
Point at so cents per bushel. B. Me-
CURE furnishes it for Central South
Dakota.
Good positions secured for all grad
yates OF the Sioux Falls Business hi
lege, Sioux Falls, s. D. Enter befora
Dec. and get one months tuition
free. Send for catalogue.
A small fire started in B. w. Bur.
nett's house, at Tyndall, but was ex.
| tinguished before much damage was
done. The house is in the center Of
block of buildings, and If it had gained
Roadway 1t would have threatened a
great deal of property.
Carl Carlson, carpenter, attempted
suicide at Ysnkton. He became in.
sane suddenly while at work, and.
selling a jack-knife, attempted to cut
his throat. Other workmen prevented
him from doing himself any great in
jury.
Organizer Hays of Minneapolis, or
ganiZed branch Of the international
typographical union In Pierre, with
| twelve charter members. w. w. Bow
man was elected president; John w.
Rash, vice president; V. l.. Chapman,
secretary; B. F. Evans, treasurer.
The adjourned term of circuit coun
net at Elk Point, in the new court
house. The calendar is very light,
only two criminal and twelve civh
cases. The court house is built or
Kettle River sandstone and cost s4O,.
600.
The Sioux Grain company, of Jeffer.
son, will next week commence the con-
struction of an elevator at Elk Point
| 24x24, "a feet in height. The compa
ny, which operates six elevators, will
move its headquarters to Elk Point
/ next year. o. ID. Whitney will be the
local agent.
The body of Fred Fanslow, the
twelve-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Fanslow, has been found near
Bow Valley creek, twenty-four miles
below Yankton. The boy mas drowned
In the Missouri on July IA. The faith
err has made almost constant search
ever since the accident.
The new gas well in Pierre Is prac-
IDEALLY completed. and the gas will be
turned into the city holders in a lew
days. With the reduction of gas to 20
cents per 900 feet, there is demand
for the extension of the mains to all
parts of the city. Arrangements are
being made for over mile OF exten-
sions.
Huron printers have organized Typ
ographical union, with the following
officers: President, w. f. HOLSTER;
vice president, Harry Mainwaring; re-
cording secretary, A. l.. Carter; sec
retary-treasurer, Emma r. Cawood'
sergeant-at-arms, j. E. Scott; AUDIT
| Ing board, George M. Whitney, X. Z.
Rowell, Charles Russell.
| A second farm telephone line Is be
ing run north and west OF Gayylle'
4 Yankton county. There are nineteen
( subscribers and between six and elghe
miles of wire. The new line is TO De
connected with the one running souh
( of Yankton. The officers OF the new
company are: Peter Conkling, presl'
dent; e. v. Cowman, secretary; Ed
/ Peterson, treasurer.
The Black Hills forest reserve, un-
| der the superintendency OF Seth Bur,
lock, is considered the best-manageu
In the West. and the department Is
considering a plan to make IL tram
| Ing field for head rangers for other re.
serves. Capt. Bullock has adoptsu
several original ideas, one OF them pc
/ Ing the establishment OF volunteer
| fire department, composed OF stoek-
men and ranchers.
Articles of incorporation have been
7 nled for the Gulf Coast and Northwest
/ ern- Lumber and Saw Millss company
! at Huron, with capital OF $5O,VVo'
| The Massachusetts, Securities compa
ny, at Pierre, with capital OF S5Oo,'
| 600. The German-American Mortgage
company, at Pierre, with a capital OF
| 100000. The Golden Dyke Mining
company, at Pierre, with capltal 81
! s2,000.0 900. The Twentieth century
I Butter Preserve Jar MANUFACTURES
company, at Pierre, with capital u
81 100000.
The South Dakota conference Oh
Second Adventists is building an Ne,
dustrial school three and one-nan
miles southwest of Elk Point. 1t mas
bought fifty acres and leased twenty
and will secure more as needed
64x24, two-story frame building, to co !,,
$4,000, is almost completed, and WIZ
open for instruction Nov. 4. Proi.
John Beach, late of Huron, Will pc tno
principal, with three assistants. NeAts
spring the main building, 4Sx32, WIZ Ii
stone basement, two stories above, VIII
be built, and more teachers, as needed
will be added. The school will be the
principal college preparatory school OF
the denomination for the two Dakotas'
The general land Office has made
ruling that places the issuance OF pat
ents to mineral lands within the jurls'
diction of officers of the forest reserye
In the Black Hills. When entry -
made for patent, the forest ranger
whose district includes the lana ~
question, Is required to report as ~
the mineral character of the land iilS
report is transmitted through the lol-