Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
Neighborhood News.
Cleaned From Our Exchanges
and other Sources,
Arg US. Leader.

MOTEL In that city III sufficient induces
ments can be offered There is urgent
need for another hotel there since the
Sherman house fire but il is not likely
it will be built on the old hotel site for
the reason that James Ringrose, owner
of the property, demands price that is
regarded as entirely too exorbitant. The
Commercial club favors the project and
a committee will be appointed to try
and close the deal.
Pollock Progress. ..... "A
A. D.Prouty was down from his farm
this morning. He reports high water in
the Gale neighborhood.
w. ID. Fenelon and wife expect to re-
turn to Pollock in few days from their
pleasure trip in California. Mr.. Fenelon
is In Iowa at present buying horses for
his home market.
Rev. @. @. Todd of Aberdeen is hold
ing revival meetings in the Presby yterian
church tins week. Rev. Todd is not
ed evangelist and he is attracting large
congregations.
A farmer near our town recently hired
a lad to do chores for him. One morn
ing he told him to take some salt and
salt calf out in the pasture. The boy
took a quart of salt with him and
thoroughly rubbed it all over the calf,
working it into the hair A gang Of
colts IN the pasture scented the salt and
got after the calf. They licked the hair
off the calf and nearly took the hide off
too.
Captain /. p. Baker, of Bismarck, re-
ports that the bottoms are in danger Of
being flooded this coming spring, as the
snow in the mountains aud surrounding
hills was so heavy and the tributaries
emptying into the Missouri river are
filled, and. if the weather continues to
keep as warm as In the pastthree weeks.
will cause food In the Bismarck bot.
toms. He further advises that those
living in the bottoms should be prepar
ed for this emergency.
Aberdeen News.
The entrance Of immigrants into
Brown. Mcpherson, 1Edmunds, Camp
bell and Walworth counties is still keep
ing up. There has not been let up for
over a month now, cars Of them coming
in at the rate of fully twenty to twenty
Ave cars day. The land companies
are placing them on farms and'are doing
everything in their power to get the fine
areas of vacant land filed up.
Many of these immigrants are people
who have sold their farms in other parts
of the country at fancy figures and are
buying land cheap in South Dakota.
Others are sons of farmers being set up
in business for themselves At any rate
they are coming and they are all Of the
better class.
Today four cars Of immigrants brought
in by the Northwestern Land companies
are sidetracked at Wetonka The snow
fall of yesterday prevents the settlers
from getting to their property, and they
are. waiting with their goods for a
change in the condition of the roads.
Frank Harrington TODAY received a
postal card from Dr. K. b. jackson,
who is in Los Angeles, CAL, in which
the doctor said that Harry Buttner Of
Aberdeen, had been lost for two days
and that the police were searching the
coast for him The card was mai ed at
Los Angeles on The llth. Whether it is
Josh" or not cannot be said. Mr..
BnCtner and his mother left Aberdeen
for Los Angeles about two week ago.
Aberdeen American.
Asa settlement to the telephone ques-
tion the city Of Aberdeen may build a
municipal line to which the farmers
lines may connect If they wish to enter
the city. Alderman w. @. Wells yester.
day afternoon made the announcement
to a representative Of the American that
he has the assurance Of every business
man, practically, in the city that he will
donate money toward defraylng the ex-
penses of the line. A number of them
have said that they will be willing to
subscribe $50 apiece and Mr.. Wells said
that he is also ready TO help the cauie
along with the same amount. The
exact route which the line will take has
! not been determined. At the next
regular meeting of the council the mat
ter will be thoroughly considered. 1t is
pretty sure that the line will go from
one end of the city to the other. The
central Office may be located in the old
city hall in the fire hall building, at
least that location has been talked. III
the line is built all farmers lines will be
Invited to hoo't on free of charge.