The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
CITY AND COUNTRY

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Hiram b. McGreggor, of Columbia, |
was in the city Wednesday, marketing :
oats which bring 80 cents per bushel.
The passenger going north on the |
Northwestern hereafter will arrive at
Aberdeen fifteen minutes earlier, that
is, at 1915 instead of 1870.
o. L. Oyeracker, of Columbia, re
turned from Worthwhile where he had
gone on business, Thursday night, re-
naming yer Friday in the city.
The Kruger teams are leveling the
big piles of dirt on the court house
square The porch is about complete
with the exception of the root. The
handsome gable with the big eagle
on it is in place.
L. o. Norton of Detroit township
accompanied his son Glen to Aber-
deem Saturday. Glen is going to at
tend the Northern Normal the COM
ing winter. The N. N. and /. school
is becoming quite popular in this
vicinity and several of our young
people are now attending there
Hecla Standard.
A. T. Royman, OF Minneapolis, gaso-i
line engine expert for the ~Smith-Zim-l
mer Company, was in the city this
week with N. N. Youngman, salesman
of the company, installing at the
city pumping station a new seventeen
horse power gasoline engine to oper-
t/ate the big bucket. pump which will
be in operation there in a few days.
Dakota potatoes have established a
reputation in the, east and south that
viii make the growing OF them prof1t-
able any year. The farmer with a
good crop of them is exceptionally for
tunate this year. A good Illustration
of this is the case of VIM. Anderson
of Gem township. In addition to stor-
ing for family use and for seed, $50
bushels, he sold from five acres over
$40G worth of the tubers.
Members of Company L, S. D. N. G.;
pursuant to notice from Captain
Sheldon, met at the Mccormick Office
Tuesday night for a business meeting.
The new Krag rifles so long expected
had arrived and were submitted to the
inspection Of the boys. A good supply
of ammunition has been received by
Captain Sheldon and arrangements
were perfected for target practice in
a few days sc that the company might
become familiar with the new guns
and test their shooting qualities.
Plans are on foot for securing a roonly
armory for winter drill and other nee
essary arrangements to interest the
boys in improving the company.
Leopold Heron is alleged to have
been b~oot-legging around the village
OF Verdon for many a day and, as is
usually the case, a nuisance Of that
I kind is submitted to indefinitely be.
cause no resident of the afflicted
Geiafmaaa cares tc ttaslksee .srcra it
SELF the disagreeable job Of making
the complaint. Finally the revenue
officials sent a man to Verdon who
soon secured all necessary evidence
and the deputy United States marshal
brought Heron. to Aberdeen Monday
night and Tuesday U. S. COMMISSIONS
Adams bound him over. for trial OF
the charge Of illegal sale ef liquor
Bail was akea at $1,000 but Heron was
unable to furnish II aid will board
with Sheriff Cole until the mex
term of United States court opens.
e A very pleasant event occurred las
week when Ralph Helmka, Of Bath
pulled in his threshing outfit, having
completed the seasons work. Mis-.
Madge Helmka and Miss Kate Griffith.
had been the cooks. and as the crew
had, through the entire season, shown
such thorough appreciation of theil
efforts to set a good table, they deter
mined to make the last meal served il
the car something extra. "a The girls
at their own expense, procured 0ysfef'
I and other d~el1cacies, making a decid
eddy swell spread. But somehow thu
boys getting an inkling of what Wa
going n sent a delegation post haste
70 AssEae srn where they SGT each q
I ytsae girls a handsome, solid gold rim:
4 which were duly presented to then
as tokens OF sincere appreciation 0
the kindness and generosity of tn
young ladies'.
Rondell and Warner townships have
81 81 had some work don that must sooner
rs or later be done in every township il