The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-07-13
Gov. Elrod has appointed as game
warden for Pennington county, Edwin
R. Mills of Rapid City.

Gov. Elrod has appointed as game
warden for Pennington county, Edwin
R. Mills of Rapid City.
John Iron of Big Coolie has been ar
of breaking into the house of John
Bear and stealing everything that was
not riveted to the spot.
w. N. Reynolds, one OF thu promi-
nent residents of the northern part of
Hughes county, died In the hospital in
Pierre from the effects of injuries re-
ceived in a runaway accident.
Judge Briggs Of Miller has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
the state senate before the Republican
convention in September.
The first application for water under
the irrigation law has been made to
State Engineer Lea from Rapid City,
where it is desired to use water power
for manufacturing plant. All the re-
quirements of the law have been met
and the application will be granted.
Mr.. O. Kennedy, who has been In
charge of the Western Union office at
Lead for the past year, has been mott
fed by Supt. C. B. Horton OF Omaha
that he would be transferred to Dodge
City. Kan. Mr.. and Mrs Kennedy will
leave In a few weeks. 1t is not yet
known who will take charge of the Of
fee at Lead.
Reports made at the annual meeting
of the Farmers Elevate. Company OF
Hurley show the company to be in
first-class financial condition. A div
idend of $40 share was declared. AS
the shares are $25 each this is a 40
per cent dividend. After paying the
dividend there will remain in the
treasury of the company cash to the
amount of $4,000
Deputy County Assessor Harry
Stewart was married at Rapid City to
Miss Stella Henderson, one of the
teachers in the public schools of Ter
ry. The wedding ceremony was cele-
brated at the home of the brides par
ents and the young people returned
Immediately to Terry, where they will
make their future home. This makes
the ninth Terry wedding within the
last few months.
The annual financial statement of
the secretary of state for the fiscal
year ending June 80 of this year shows
receipts by that department OF $780,
621.70. The greater part of this came
from fees paid by domestic corpora
lions which secured charters, that
source bringing in $22,435. Foreign
corporations paid $1.11S.3O; banks.
$3.50; notaries, $1442.50; session laws.
$115.1b; miscellaneous receipts, $4..
76O.75.
The new electric light system which
is being constructed at Wagner is
rapidly nearing completion and 1t will
not be long until Wagner will be one
of the best lighted towns in the state.
The system Is being installed by
Messrs. Grimes and Absher, who were
awarded the franchise for the con
struction and operation of the plant
The system is modern in every re-
spect. 1t will furnish lights for the
streets, as we'll as for business houses
and residences.
The flow of water of the artesian
we'll on the West side at Spearfish,
the first artesian well in THE Black
Hills, has been increased to IS barrels
an hour, or 1870 barrels day. This
flow was secured at a depth of $50
feet. A standpipe will be erected and
pipes will be laid to all the residence
part Of the West side, while the over
flow will be used for irrigation pur-
poses. An immense bonfire was built
by the residents of that section in
honor OF the achievement
A pack OF stag hounds, owned near
Philip. got at poison which was put out
for coyotes, but failed to eat enough Of
the poison to kill them. They all went
mad and began fighting among them
selves, and when their owner tried to
quiet them they attacked him, giving
him a hard fight to get free. They
then started on roundup of their
own in that section and killed several
other dogs and tore a number of sheep
before they were killed by the settlers.
Before completing their work the set
tiers were given lively day OF 1t.
John s. Brownlee died suddenly at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. George
Ebersole, In Lead. He Had been walk
ing in the yard and retired to his room
about 6 o'clock. When his daughter
went to call him he was dead. He was
born In Canada sixty-six years ago and
{ was an early settler in South Dakota
having lived in Yankton from 1879 to
1884. At that time he moved to Aims
worth, Brown county, Neb., where he
helped materially in the upbuilding Of
what was then frontier country. He
is survived by two sons and four
daughters.
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