The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-04

put up, his grounds south of the
house, a well kept lawn and numer-
Gus trees included, present a very
pretty appearance. The trees are
small but are making very rapid
growth. A tree from d cottonwood
cutting put in this spring has grown
five feet.
Hon. Frank S. Regain of Illinois, a
gentleman who has made a wide rep
utation as a chautauqua entertainer
will lecture on the evils of the liquor
traffic at the NJ. E. Church Friday
evening September 18th. He is a
chalk-talker, using paper and crayon
with remarkable Quickness to illus
trate a point. 1t is expected that
he will lecture at Columbia the fol-
lowing evening, Saturday the 18th.
L. l.. Vrooman, enc of the well
known old railroad boys of the city
has bought the Palace Bakery Of
Westmoreland s. Stewart land will
take immediate charge of the bust
ness. Jimmie" Westmoreland, who
predicts a frost the It'll inst, will re-
| tire to his farm a Java. He has
great hopes Of this pushing little
town which is going after the county
sea. and may in due time open a res
taurant and bakery in it.
T. H. Moen, who handles the Wat
kins remedies, finds his trade growing
to such an extent that it becomes ne
| cessary to erect a storeroom and head
quarters for his business in the city.
He has two wagons on the road and
for the purpose of conducting a
wholesale and retail business in these
medicines and for needed office room
he will in the spring erect a two
story building at the corner Of First
avenue and First street, a very desir-
able site which he has recently pur-
chased.
September the first marks the in
auguratiOn of d wide extension of the
business OF the Aberdeen branch OF
the commission iluuSe of Edwards,
Wood & Co. The Aberdeen office not
only has its priva,e wire east, but
has just had the Dakota Central
Telephone Company string wires for
! their use to Glendale, Ipswich, Eure-
ka, Bowdle, Faulkton and Gettys-
burg. and at each of these places they
will keep a representative, trans.
acting business with the Aberdeen
office. Mr.. Phelps, the manager
here, has found it necessary to have
Two additional assistants aelp him to
handle the largely increased business
now being done by the Aberdeen
branch.
President Koehler of the Northern
Normal and Industrial school wishes
the announcement made that attho
the new durmitory, which is under
contract TIC be ready for occupancy by
November 1st, is not available for use
at the opening Of the school year,
ample accommodation in private
houses convenient to tile school has
been secured. ~ greatly increased
attendance is being counted upon fol
the second year OF this school and ii
is .hopedno.o one will make the mistake
Of going elsewhere. to school thinking
ample provision has not been made
for the convenience of students dur
ing the few months the dOrmitOrJ
will still b: in the hands of the con.
tractor.
Q. H. Seeley, chairman OF tn.
board of county commissioners, while
east last week, by chance struck
good thing for the county. While il
Lacrosse he was on board a car NOV
ing through the yards OF the G. M. s
st. P. railroad when in glancing GU
Of the window lie saw piled up, anap
parantly out of use iron spiral stairwa,
Just the thing that was needed il
the new court house. Upon inquir.
he found it had been taken out Q
some railway building which hat
been remodled. When he got to Chi
cage he went to the general of1c
where he stated what he wanted j
for and in the end secured from til
company an offer to lay it down her
for $50. He submitted the proposi
tion to the board when they met thi
week and was authorized to close tn
deal. 1t is a decided bargain, as ne,
. the stairway would have cost S2Ol
.