The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-18

lDlO eHeCl at ELK fOlul, INC young
sters being required to be off the
streets and at home at 8 o'clock.
Charles Shea, young single man,
went into a we'll at Miller and was
killed by gas. This was the third IA
tai accident in the family in a short
time.
l. l.. Noggle, who mas held the posi-
ton of agent for the Northwestern and
Omaha Railway companies in Salem
for fifteen years, has decided to retire,
his resignation to take effect May l5.
The Carnegie library at Milbank has
been formally opened. Mayor Bouck
delivered an address and Miss Clara
Baldwin, the Minnesota state llbrari-
an, was present. A reception for
school children was given in the after
noon.
Mrs ]. S. Pratt died in Spearfish
after several days of suffering. She
was injured by being thrown from her
carriage when her team ran away.
She leaves a husband, one son, and her
daughter, Miss IneZ, who was also In
jured.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Farmers State bank of
Herrick, With a capital OF $4,000, In
corporators, l.. Simons, j. G.. Dunbar,
j. S. Gollipriest, j. A. Blair, of Her
rick; George r. Crosby +. y, Crosby
of Bonesteel.
In a stout wagon, with a large sup
~,
horses, Oscar and Henry Flamme and
father started on 40o-mile drive,
Their objective point is the province
of Alberta, Canada where Mr.. Flam-
mes brother owns a large ranch.
Daniel Sheets, who resides near the
Missouri river in the extreme western
part of Sully county, succeeded in
shooting what proves to be the largest
bald eagle on record. 1t has been
mounted and will make a valuable adj
dition to the curio collection of Mr..
Sheets.
The vital statistics report for April
gives the total number of births in
Beadle county as seventeen. Eight
We're boys and nine girls. Four deaths
occurred during the month, and six
persons We're paturalized. One divorce
was granted and twelve couples were
married.
The dates for the annual reunion Of
the McCook County Veterans asocia-
ton are June IA and 15. Spencer will
do the entertaining this year. Arrange
ments are being made by the various
committees for the program. The Sa-
lem concert band has been secured to
furnish the music.
Mayor l.. S. Tyler of Salem has
made the following appointments,
which were confirmed: City attorney,
A. G. Biernstzki; auditor, F. II. Put
nam; chief of police and street COM
missioner Daniel Hoy; superintendent
Of waterworks, Fred Olson; city en-
gineer, w. G. Sweinhart; fire chief,
w. E. Lane.
1t is not often that the holder of a
notarial commission considers 1t in
cumbent upon himself to resign, but
one man has done so giving as his rea-
son for doing so removal from the
state. w. r. Holly, former resident
of McCook county, who has moved to
Sacramento, Cal, has sent his resigna-
ton to the governor.
A number of the farmers of Hyde
county have recently awarded con-
tracts for the drilling of artesian wells
on their farms. This part of South
Dakota is becoming dotted over with
such wells. There are nearly forty
artesian wells in Hyde county alone,
and this number will be greatly in
creased before the close of the pres
ent year.
A fine specimen of an elk's head is
on permanent exhibition in the main
corridor Of the court house at Elk
Point, the county commissioners and
business men having contributed $3.50
for that purpose. The elk was shot by
George A. Woods of Elk Point in Octo-
her, 1904, in the West Gallatin noun
tains, at the head of Beaver creek, If
teen miles northwest Of Yellowstone
Park.
w. G. Gowdy of Blunt has received
MS new steam plOW ana is SelIhnS
ready to put it to work. The plow re-
quires crew of six men to operate it,
and turns nine burrows at one time.
The estimated capacity of the pillow is
eighty acres for Neutrality-suspicious.
day, and it will be operated with two
crews of men. Mr.. Gowdy has pur-
chased 500 acres of land in Sully coun-
ty and will break it this year, and
will put 400 acres in fax.
Prof. L. V. Jackson, who has been
principal of the Custer schools for the
past three years, has accepted the po-
sition of superintendent of the schools
of Big Timber, Mont. He has been
offered salary much bigger than that
which he receives here. Big Timber
is on the main line of the Northern
Paicfic and is one of Montanas grow
ing towns. 1t is the county seat OF
Sweet Grass county and has a popula-
ton of about 1900.
At the annual business meeting OF