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I erection of a $1,000 schoolhouse at
Selby.
Ezra Smith, wanted at Britton for
stealing wheat, was caught at Morton,
Mimi, and brought back to Britton.
Three months tuition free at the
Sioux Falls, Is. D. Business College
If you enter Sept. 1st Catalogue Free.
The Selby mill machinery was put
in operation a few days ago and the
mill is turning out a good grade of
| -four.
Arthur White Of Huron will go To
South America with a large. consign-
ment of agricultural machinery for a
/ harvester company.
The old settlers OF Sully county had
a meeting, appointing Sept. IL next as
the time of the annual picnic of the
Old Settlers association.
A contractor has given up the at
| tempt to drill an artesian well at Lang.
/ ford, after the third trial He is out
about $4,000 on the contract.
The Emery State bank Of Emery has
opened it's doors. The officers are:
President, w. l.. Ryburn; vice presi.
dent, ID. w. Grant; cashier, p. Dgis-
! coll.
The Black Hills Soldiers and Sail
| ors' association will hold its annual re-
union in Piedmont Aug. 26 and 81 1t
! will be genuine army affair, tents
and army rations being provided,
There are in Lyman county more
than 100000 acres of government land
which is subject to homestead entry
This will provide farms of 100 acres
each for about $500 heads of families.
While Bernard Koepsell of Spencer
was hauling grain, his little twoyear-
old son was caught in such a way by
the wagon box that his scalp was torn
loose, requiring eleven stitches TO re-
place 1t.
News of the death Of William Nc
Laughlin, Sr., has just been received
at Deadwood from Oakland. Cal. He
was the first Mayor of Deadwood after
the. city government was organized in
! 1881.
Warden Swenson Of the penitentiarv
has purchased two of the finest blood
| hounds to be procured, which will be
kept for the express purpose Of trail
ing convicts who may make dash for
| liberty.
Dougherty G. Daniels have COM
menced the erection of new 10000
bushel grain elevator at Britton The
work of construction Is being pushed
so it will be ready to receive this sea-
sons crop.
4 Reports from the threshing machines
operating around Woonsocket indicate
that wheat will run from is to 30 bush
els per acre, oats from 80 to go bush
els, barley % to 35, and other grains
proportionately.
! A grain elevator to be run in con.
nection with the Vienna roller mill is
being constructed. j. ID. Spangler of
Gowrie, Iowa, has the contract for the
erection of the building, which is to
DC cOmpleLeu ny sept 4.
The high price of wheat is causing
the farmers around Woonsocket TO
thresh early. Many new machines have
: been shipped in and the work is being
rushed Wheat will average about Is
I bushels and oats about so to the acre.
Suits have been instituted against
the Summit board of education by
Prof. Healey and Miss Green of the
public schools, who seek to recover full
pay for lost time last winter during a
quarantine of the school on account of
smallpox.
DR.. Gilbert Loffier of Yankton, who
was arrested short time ago by the
authorities OF Minnehaha county on
! the charge OF having come TO Mime.
haha county TO practice without having
paid the $500 itinerant physicians IL
cense required by the medical exam
liner law passed by the last legislature,
has been discharged, the case having
been dismissed as the result of hear
ing on a writ of habeas corpus before
Judge Jones. Judge Jones held that
the law does not apply to physicians
who were practicing in the state when
the law went into effect July / last
The decision in no way affects the con.
stitutionality of the law.
s. w. Russell, chairman OF the South
Dakota exposition commission, has re
turned from a trip through western
South Dakota in the interest of the ex.
hibit He met business organizations
at Sturgis. Rapid City and Hot Springs
At Sturgis Henry f. Perkins was Sc
lected to represent Meade county; al
Rapid City George f. Schneider was
chosen to represent Pennington coun.
ty, and at Hot Springs the Commercial
club recommended Z. s. Wilson to
look after the exhibit from Fall River
county. The various county represent.
atiyes are 10 be made honorary mem.
bers Of the worlds fair commission.
Mr.. Russell was cordially received at
all points and was greatly encouraged.
Ferdinand Coufshaine and Naver
Fairaee, farmers residing near Snoma,
Butte county, were drowned recently.
They were intoxicated and while try.