The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-17

~ olu LOOK Ice house on thn II
southwestern was struck by light Il
ming and burned on Wednesday, II u
owned by Kruge r &Sons, The 3
Ice though considerably damaged was I
not destroyed, and on Thursday the /
building was rebuilt around if in Z
double-quick time. /
The opening of trenches for oas \
MAINS at tue corner of Main street
and Second avenue shows the sod To
be oyerthree feet below the PRESENT.
surface OF the street. A pretty large
number of loads of gravel and dirt
must have been dumped along Main
street during the last twenty years to-
bury the old prairie sod so deep.
Ben Rice, superintendent of the
county hospital, has returned from
his trip to the Canadian Northwest.
He says that the country around Ed
monitor is fine but that it has it's
drawbacks the same as all others.
chief among which are the clumps of
diamond willow which must be
grubbed out before the land can be
worked.
Mr.. John H. Ley, the gentleman
who had in charge the work of com
piling the new city directory was
making a few final Notifications Tues
day. The forthcoming directory
should be a very complete work as
Mr.. Ley has apparently been most
careful in the compilation. He says
the work will go to press by next Fri
day and will be delivered in about two
weeks.
The crop condition in Brown coun-
ty has improved vastly within the
past two weeks. Many pieces of
wheat pronounced Ncrthless two
weeks ago now promise four to six
bushels. The eastern part of the
county will have an average crop, and
in some instances farmers claim to
> have the best wheat in many years.
Corn everywhere is reported unusual
. ly good. Potatoes will be a big crop.
: The Aberdeen school soard has
: given the contract for coal for the
? coming year to the Reliance Grainand
Fuel Company at $3.50 for soft, and
SO. 80 for hard. Other bids were as
L - #He. 49,,
follows, and will give an idea what
G prices are likely to rule for coal dur
! ing the coming winter. McCaul
Elevator Company, soft $7.45; hard
y $l0.25. G. H. Allen, soft ST 10; hare
,e 1895. Herman Prefer, soft $3.50
hard $lO.25. Aberdeen Elevator co.
II soft $40; hard $l0.25.
Ira o. Curtis reports the loss of Iii.
English setter, Fanny. She wa
N taken off the chain and one pup wa
N taken with her. She was a yer,
e. valuable animal, possessing an in
telligence that was extraordinary. l
is not long since valuable dogs liay
been stolen from G. X. Haw and Chas
=. Bustock. Some scamp, who is
= good Judge Of bird dogs, has evidentl
!, reduced to a system the re
muval OF valuable ca,iles to Sum
:" point sufficiently remote to dispose {
them To- u good advantage.
ne The Forepaugh s. Sells big sllo'
he drew All immense crowd to- the cit
oM Monday last. The weather W;
iaeal, and the work on the farms. M
- particularly pressing. The railroat
brought heavy loads from all direc
ions, and it was noticeable that ii
crowd was largely from outside
Brown county. 1t was quite gene
ally conceded to be the biggest crow
10 ever assembled in Aberdeen. 81
In show was good, too much OF it for al
'nt one pairof eyes to see it all. Ofcot'r
yes it was run on the plan OF getting .
ted the loose change the multitude cou
be induced to part with. The q
'ac. was well policed and good ora
ed. maintained.
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