Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
For Inaugural Parade.

charge of the inaugural ceremonies at
Washington, has requested Gov. Elrod
to name two civilian aides on his staff
for the inaugural parade. The select
ions which have been made are those of
o. w. Thompson of vermillion and r.
j. Wood of Sioux Falls. l HH
Held For Todd's Murder.
BY agreement the Young hearing
came to close late Friday without any
evidence being put forward by the
defendants. The younger brother, John
A. Young was held without bail and
taken to Huron. The Jail at Miller is
deemed unsafe. One of the states wit
uesses identified John Young as the
man he saw driving team answering
the description Of Todd's, the murdered
mans. The state apparently has strong
evidence against him. Gerneys sweet
heart was much pleased with the dis
charge of her lover, and their delayed
wedding will probably take place at
once.
A Station down town.
Well authenticated rumors are in
circulation to the effect that the North
Western railroad has negotiation under
way for the purchase Of the Park Place.
hotel site at Aberdeen and will buy a
right-of-way along Railroad avenue
and build o station. The location il in
the city directly opposite the new court
house. The North Western has been
for some time DESTROYS Of securing q
more central location at Aberdeen its
station being out of the way. The
Great Northern also is said to be seek
ing new station grounds in Aberdeen
near where its round house is located.
Death Follows Truancy.
Fred Doville is the name of little
Sioux Indian boy who came to his death
as the result of running away from
school. He and several of his little
schoolmates, pupils of what IL known
as St. Frsncis mission school, ON the
Rosebud reservation, tired Of their
school work and decided to leave and
make their way to the homes Of their
parents. Young Doville while riding
across the prairie was thrown from his
horse and seriously injured by being
struck with the pommel OF the saddle
that he died several days later. The
escape Of himself and his companions
from the mission school had bean
reported to the Indian policemen, and
when an officer went to the homo of the
boy he discovered that he was dead,
The Indian police family wounded
up" the other runaways and returned
them TO the mission.
Watertown Let's Fran chise. n.
The city council Of the city OF Water.
town granted two franchises at their
last meeting, which will be Of much
benifit to this city. The first franchise
was granted to company to bn'ld an
Felectrict car line to Lake Kampeska the
permanent camping grounds of the
South Dakota national guard) four
miles west of town. The company put
up a &c. 900 bond and agrees to have
the road In operation by the first Of July
Of tn. present year. Years ago there
was moter line to this lake, but It has
not been In operation for several years
and couple of years ago the rails were
taken mp. The new line will be built
upon the same ground, therefore not
much grading will have to be done. The
second franchise was granted for q gas
plant. This company has also put a
cash bond and the company will start
work just as soon as spring opens mp.
Three Oil Wells.
Three companys are making arrange
ments to start drilling for oil at White
Rock as soon as the wether will permit.
Investigations have proceeded until it is
known that the gas comes from Tren-
ton rock, the formation from which gas
was found in such abundance in Indiana
and OF her fields. There are also surface
indications Of sulphur. which points to
an oil bearing territory. Oil men of
large experience assert that somewhere
in South Dakota the oil fields of the
north must have connectionwith those
Of Kansas or Texas. In drilling wells in
this te rritory the work wasdone In every
instance with machinery not adapted
to the sand or Trenton rock, conse-
quently as soon as the rock was struck
the flow Of gas became 70 strong in
some instances as to make further work
dangerous. Leases for all the land
where the gas-bearing rock was first
found have been taken, and efforts are
being quickly made to purchase the
same under one guise or another. Land
values have not as yet made any decided
advance, but IL is thought that as soon
as drilling starts no land will be for
sale at any modorafa fi0uroa tn.