The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-09-15
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Sion company Is dlldASiAS dIOlAOA
horse auction On the 21st. This will
| be the last for the season.
The Sioux Falls Masonic Temple as
sociation has opened bids for the con-
struction of a new Masonic temple IN
that city. j. ]. Oleson of Red Wins,
| Mimi, was the lowest bidder, at S37.-
| 913
Articles of incorporation have been
| filed for the Capital City Cement COM
| pany at Pierre, with capital OF
| $1,00O00O. Incorporators: Florence
| NJ WINNER, Chester w. Tuttle and
| William j. Lee.
The Minnehaha county authorities
have arrested man giving mis- nams
as Thomas Murphy but whose tTue
name, 1t is believed. is Pat Glaster.
He is charged with being implicated
in robbing Arthur D. Porter.
The barn of Ira Erickson at Red
was destroyed by fire. In it were six
teen horses, one hundred tons OF hay
and six hundred bushels Of grain, all
of which burned. The origin OF the
fire is not known. The loss is over
| $4,000; insurance, $500.
On account of the increase in school
| attendance at Pierre, the assembly
room of the Carnegie library has been
secured for the central primary pupils
the coming term But this is only tenn
porary, and the city will lbe obliged
to furnish another school building in
another year.
Nine carloads of landseekers and ex
cul sionists were unloaded at Huron
recently. The throngs of homeseekers
arriving every week reminds the old
settlers of the boom days Of the early
sos. What is specially gratifying 10
that so many newcomers are in search
of land upon which to make permanent
homes and not for speculation.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
organization of the First Baptist
church at Huron was an interesting
affair, but unfortunately not one OF
the original members was present. In
teresting papers were read and many
"reminiscences and experiences were
related of early church days in Huron.
Mrs. Augusta Post and Mrs. r. L.
Walker presided at the sessions.
Grace the ten-year-old daughter OF
Mrs. Mamie Stringer of Deadwood.
has a mania for leaving home. Every
year since she was four years Did she
left home about this time and has
sometimes remained away several
days. Once she travelled the entire
distance between Sturgis and Dead
wood. She made her annual getaway
last week and has not yet been found.
| No especial alarm Is felt. for 1t 10
4 thought probable that she will be To-
$ Gated in short time either in Dead
: wood or the immediate outskirts.
At meeting held at Sioux Falls BY
rural mail carriers from all parts Of
Eastern South Dakota. an organize
ton to be known as the South Dakota
Rural Letter Carriers association was
formed. Officers were elected a. fol.
lows: President, f. B. Swarthout of
Sioux Falls; vice president, H. O.
Berg Of Canton; secretary, c. G. Moi.
fit of Groton; treasurer, G. A. EAsbey
Of Valley Springs. K. 3. Swarthout
was elected to represent the state at
the national convention of rural mail
carriers at Indianapolis on Sept 10.
The first arrest in the history OF tho
state Of woman on gambling charge
has been made by the authorities Of
Aurora county. The defendant is Mrs.
N. M. Hesler,. who has restaurant in
White Lake. Her alleged violation Of
the law consisted of rafting of phon-
ograph. The complaining witness IL
an Italian, who alleges he invested in
tickets for the rattle Raffies are CON-
mon in the state, and it is said if pros
ecution is pushed all who purchased
chances on the phonograph, as well az
the owner of the building in which the
rattle took place, will be made defend
ants. Following Mrs. Hester's arrest
all the slot machines and gambling de-
vices were ordered removed from the
business houses of White Lake.
R. w. Parliman, prominent attor.
ney Of Sioux Falls. was arrested by
the Brown county game warden,
charged with violation OF the game
laws. 1t was alleged that he shipped
Pa box, tightly covered, to Sioux Falls.
addressed to Mrs. r. w. Parliman.
The game warden took possession Of
the box there and went to Frederick.
from where the shiment was made.
and arrested Parliman. Parliman's at
torneys moved that the case be dis
missed on account of the unconstitu-
tionality OF that section of the statute
under which he was being tried. The
attorney for the state protested vigor-
ously, insisting that it was not up to
justice OF the peace to declare Sec
ton OF the statutes unconstitutional.
but that he should find the accused
guilty or not guilty on the facts. The
Justice could not see it that way, how
ever, and on the grounds of unconsti-
tutionality Of certain sections of the
'aw dismissed Mr.. Parliman.
Sheriff Wright of Yankton arrested