The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
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South Dakota
c.,., state News
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for $40 an acre.
Seeding is in full blast around wau-
bay. A great many farmers have
seeded 100 acres and over.
Catholics are discussing the matter
of the erection OF a handsome new
church building at Clear Lake.
II has been discovered that all the
fish in the lake near Lake Campbell.
which gives that place its name. are
dead.
L. N. Grill has the foundation in for
a new elevator at Elk Point He will
establish a line of elevators In that
vicinity.
Job voak. one OF the early pioneers
Of Marshall county, was found dead in
bed and is supposed to have had an
epileptic stroke
Mrs. H. Fort, recently appointed sub
stitute carrier on one of the routes
out OF Aurora, is the only woman rural
mail carrier in the state.
The shareholders of the First Ma
tional bank of Waubay elected the fol-
lowing officers: William Jones, pres
ident, and E. F. Guernsey cashier.
Peter Swenson of Elk Point has sold
his eighty-acre farm to Tans Is. Han
son for $50 an acre. He then bought
Ingebret Halyerson's place at $3.50
an acre.
S. ". Russell of Deadwood. vice
~ ho A n aiming
gress. has announced his committees
for the session to be held at Lead and
Deadwood in September.
The date for the annual tournament
of the state fremen's association at
Chamberlain has been changed to June
2 to 5, inclusive, go as not to conflict
with the annual encampment of the
state guards.
David Harm, who was shot by
Thomas Hawkyard at Garden City,
will recover. The ball of .S8-caliber
revolver passed through the lower
part of the right lung. Hawkyard Is
in the Deadwood Jail.
J. H. Vallette of Bonesteel, manager
of the Johnson Realty company, has
returned from a trip to the Black
Hills. where he went for the purpose
of comforting with Congressman Mar
tin relative - the opening of the Rose
bud lands.
The cobalt mineral claim near Stur-
gis, discovered by B. c. Morris and OF
which he, Jesse Brown and NJ. +. Hill
are owners. has been bonded to a
wealthy Minneapolis company which
will make a full exposure of the min
eral bearing ledge.
The annual meeting OF the Western
South Dakota Stock Growers asso-
citation at Rapid City was the most
largely attended in the history OF the
organization. Charles X. Howard was
reelected president, ID. A. Dawson
vice president and F. NJ. Stewart sec
rotary treasurer.
Up. Cannon of Spearfish has sold
q half.interest in his horse ranch in
Wyoming, and will move his horses to
Northern Montana. DR.. Lewis OF Wy.
oming, who made the purchase, will
20 into partnership with Mr.. Cannon
In the purchase of sheep for the ranch.
The town council Of Volga has
granted to the Farmers Mutual Tele,
phone company of Lake SIM permls,
sion to construct and operate long
distance telephone line within and
through the town. In consideration
of this permission the town authorI'
ties are to have the free use OF the
line for strictly municipal business.
At a school entertainment at SIsse'
ton at which about 500 persons were
present the six departments OF the
city school we're presented with hand
some silk flags by the John Gibbon
Relief Corps. The remarks and charge
to the pupils by the patriotic instruc'
tor, Mrs. Minnie r. Matthews, were
short but full of patriotism, and were
ably replied to by Prof. o. II. Jones
principal of the school.
Liewelly P. Jenkins of Lead has
been installed as superintendent OF
the United States assay Office in Dead
WOOu, SuCCetOlIlB Z. 81. hluASSi, MhOoS
term has. expired. Mr.. Jenkins filed
his bond of $4,000 several weeks ago
and upon the arrival of his commits
sion from Washington 1t was only nee
essary for him to take the oath OF
office and accept the formal transfer
of the Office from his predecessor
There Is no change in the Office force
Since early last fall no services
have been held in st. Mary's Episco
pal church at Mitchell, owing to the
fact that there has been no rector. Al
the service Sunday Rev. Mr.. Babcocl
announced that Rev. Mr.. Powell OF
Ashtabula. Ohio, had been sent tC
Mitchell by the bishop. Rev. A. ID. d
Fraser, who has supplied The pulpit
In the Presbyterian church for fou'
years, has rendered his resignation
and will leave for Sault Ste. Marie
Mich, where he has accepted call
Emery Mason, formerly resident
of Sac City, Iowa, recently bought
John Farand's barber shop In Brook
ings. He did not pay for the shop
and when pressed to do so undertook
to transfer it TO another. Being
checked by Farrand. Mason delivered
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