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able cause, which will stay proceedings
in case of interest from Huron. Some
time ago NJ. F. Yegge came to Huron
and hung out sign of ''Dr. Yegge,' and
begun fitting glasses to the eyes of his
customers. He was arrested on charge
of practicing medicine without license,
and the testimony of the DR." was that
he was a graduate of the Mccormick
school of opthalmology, at Chicago, and
as such was entitled to the use of medi-
cines or surgery in his treatment Of eyes,
simply fitting glasses to the eyes Of his
patients. Several patients testified that
they had been fitted with glasses. The
lower court held that violation of the
medical laws of the state had been COM
mitted, and assessed fine of $50 and
Jail sentence of fifteen days. An appeal
was at once taken to the supreme court,
and the case is set for hearing on the 18th
of next month.
At the time of the turning over of GER
tain property by defaulting State Treas
urer Taylor certain securities and other
properties were turned in, which are now
found to be missing from the records,
and Gov. Herreid, with the assistance of
Public Examiner Hemingway and otn-
Ell state officers, is attempting to locate
the missing documents. While the search
has not proceeded far enough to show
any definite results at yet, it has revealed
the fact that a note for $4,000
which was given by A. G. Mellette to
Taylor and turned over to the state, has
also disappeared. 1t was only by acct
dent that trace of this note was recent
ty discovered. The papers in the Taylor
case have passed through the hands of
number Of officers since they were turned
over to the state, and through some of
them the papers were lost and will now
be traced.
The farmers in the northeastern part
of the state evidently intend going after
railroad facilities of their own as the
main lines now operating in that section
will not give them the railroad facilities
to which they think they are entitled.
Not long ago a company was incorpora-
ted among the farmers of Codington
and Day Counties to build the Water
town and Webster Railroad, to connect
those two towns, and recently articles of
incorporation were filed with the secre-
tary of state for the Webster and Web
len Railroad, another farmer company,
for the construction of a line Of road fif-
ty miles long to connect Webster, in Day
County, with VsbIen, in Marshall Coun-
ty. The articles provide for such line
to be known as the Webster and Veblen
Railway with headq quarters at Green
vile, Day County, and capital of $780,
900.
The drillers at the new well at Pierre
have reached fre flow of water and
gas at depth of about 1920 feet, which
was much sooner than they expected to
secure it, as the average depth Of the
y ellis at Pierre is over 1900 feet. The
flow was reduced to a three-inch stream
and at this size it spouted over the top of
!, the sixty-foot derrick. While the well is
not as large as the old one, the contrac'
or estimates that it is already flowing as
much as the larger well, CIR over 1000
gallons per minute. The drill will be
sent at least 100 feet deeper before tho
work is stopped With this well there
will no longer be trouble from shortage
of gas In extremely cold weather as has
been the case, when the cold periods were
extended, the demand being greater than
the regular supply. The supply will now
be doubled, and will meet all demands.
A prairie fire was started from some
unknown cause about twenty miles south
east Of Fort Pierre about noon Friday
and destroyed the buildings and contents
and large amount of hay for home
steader named Kruger. Kruger came out
to Pierre a year ago and arranged for the
coming Of his family this spring. They
arrived about a month ago with car Of
household goods, all OF which were lost.
The family was at dinner end as the fire
was on them before they knew it was
-sr,.ing they had a narrow escape from
death, SGetting out with a team and wag-
on. No other losses are reported except
to the range, but the fire burned to the
south all night and the chances are fol-
some losses in Lyman County.
L. f. Mcclure of Pierre, who some
time ago sank an artesian well at his
sheep ranch south of Fort Pierre, has ar
ranged the necessary plant for controll-
ing the gas flow which comes with the
water, and is now having the buildings
on the ranch piped for the nse of the gas
for heating and lighting purposes. He
will also put in a small gas engine at
the ranch for power purposes, and ex-
poets to use the power for the operation
Of a shearing machine to handle the
sheep OH the ranch, and save the expense
and trouble of hand shearing.
The state brand commission is in ses-
sion at the Office Of the secretary of
state at Pierre, all the members of the
commission being present. They have
about two hundred brands to pass upon
the present meeting, which will bring the
total number of brands filed in the state
TO about 5000.
The state land department has issued
twelve patents to purchasers of state
lands who have made final payment on