Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-09-08

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Yhe business men of Athol have SUBJ
@eriNed sufficient funds to assure the
Sitting Of an artesian well for IRE
proteetiOn.
During the past week large num-
hef 81 people from Eastern states have
been looking over and investing in
tide county lands.
John Cantrell and John Sidall were
arrested at Athol by the sheriff of
Sphinx county and a deputy for the IL
aegal sale of liquor and for gambling.
s. n. Crandall, agent for the Mil
wankAe railway at Elk Point, has re-
signed, after four years service, and
II 81 Brock CT Hudson will take his
4Iaee
be surveyors of the proposed rail-
III from Webster to Veblen are with
if Aix miles of the latter town and
Vsblen citizens believe the road is a
seertainty,
W5IH Lunby and ]. Wilson were
ested on an east-bound Milwaukee
train and taken to Webster to answer
g the charge of having robbed a farm.
8 banned Kemp of $50.
he tenth annual convention of the
W G. II. u. is to be held in Stnrgis,
SEPT I'll and %, instead of at Lead
This is one week before the state con-
vention, which is to be held at Beress
ford.
o. F. Green, living seven miles
southwest Of Ethan, recently threshed
& field Of oats that averaged 76 bush
rs per acre. Steven Judge, two miles
north, has just threshed 6,400 bushels
III oats.
1 1crom a number Of applications for
the position of stenographer to Judge
COrson, he has selected G. #. Manson
of Canton for that position, and the
young man began his duties the first
or the month.
May B. Lewis has been granted a di-
vorce from Fred e. Lewis at Great
rails, Mont She is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Miller of Canova
and was married against their wishes
ct Sioux City on April &c. 1902.
nnring the simmer months the fac
u1ty of the state school of mines has
been advertising extensively the mer-.
its of the school. with the result that
tie opening on Sept. 81 will be the
largest in the history of the school
DE-. r. l.. Slagel, who has had charge
Tor several years, has increased the
attendance from twenty to thirty a
VAR to about 200.
Mrs. Cornwall Of Lakeport has com
pleted threshing her oats from field
OF ninety acres, and her yield is So
bushels to the acre. Other fields in
that n~ighborhood show as well. A.
number of farmers in the vicinity re-
port they are confident of from is to
10 bushels to the acre in wheat, which
as rule is ahead of other parts of
the county.
Albert Wagner Of Alpena has ex-
perimented for a number of years with
winter wheat and usually has been
successful. This year however, his
winter wheat proved an entire failure.
Ehe long, hard winter and unusual
Vcarcity OF snow, except in drifts.
caused his wheat to winter.kill. Mr..
Wagner is not discouraged, but ex-
poets to try again on larger scale.
Hobos have been giving the people
Of Britton much trouble. "A stabbing
ARRAY took place between members Of
the travelling fraternity, cars standing
on the sidetracks have been broken
into and the contents stolen, among
them being number of bottles of |
whisky, which the hobos drank and
then proceeded to create further dis
turbances, which finally eliminated in
the outfit being driven from town.
"
A Mr.. Reid .of Lane, this state, has
given out timely warning to men
who are in the habit of feeding wheat |
straw to cattle. He states that DUR
eg the black rust plague in Wisconsin.
Minnesota and Iowa about fourteen
years ago large numbers OF cattle died |
from eating the straw. It was quite
a time before the cause was discov- |
cred, but finally the government ex-
perimental station gave out informa-
ton that the black rust straw was the |
cause.
That bee culture is profitable In
dustry In South Dakota is proven By
the experience OF Day county man
named Adolph Wolff This season Mr..
Wolff has sold Is stands OF bees and
has II remaining. They multiply rap
7dly, each hive producing from four
To seven swarms, and he has sold a
large quantity OF honey, besides hav-
ing nearly 500 pounds stored away.
He expresses the belief that there is
more money in bees than in wheat
The library board of WATERFOWL.
which has charge of the erection Of
The WATERFOWL Carnegie library, met /
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