The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-14

Dakota
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Gov. Crawford has appointed Will
lam Born of Presho as game warden
Of Lyman county.
At the meeting of the Lead school
board Prof. Arson H. Bigelow, for four
years past the superintendent OF pub
lie schools in that city, was chosen for
another term of two years.
Mrs. Frank Roush of Pierre, wife of
Chief Train Dispatcher Roush, died at
st. Mary's hospital in Pierre, after a
short illness, from pneumonia. The
remains will be taken TO Sloan, Iowa,
for burial.
Cheese poisoned in some unknown
way resulted in the death OF four-year-
old Albert Cottle, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Cottle of Wasta, a small town
on the Northwestern line east Of
Rapid City.
Thomas Brown, widely known in
South Dakota, died at his home in
Pierre. He was a pioneer of that part
of the state and had been an employee
of the legislative branch of the state
government several times.
Gov. Crawford has appointed Bart
lett Trip of Yankton, c. G. Sherwood
of Clark and r. S. Everitt Of Redfield
delegates to the national convention
to consider the conservation OF the
national u Of the country,
which will meet in Washington May
Is to Is.
Defending himself with his feet
from what his wife termed love taps
cost William Bennett, the Terry shoe
maker, $40 in the justice court at
Deadwood. Mrs. Bennett had her hus-
band arrested on a charge of assault
and battery. His wife said she was
trying to caress him and he kicked
her.
While coasting down hill at Hot
Springs with a number of other boys
Oll d DoDolSu SuIl IluIilUl, Ii lVL col
old son OF William Hunter. was
bounced upon by a dog and his right
ear was seriously bitten and lacerated.
Prompt attention was given the wound
and it is hoped no bad results will
follow.
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw Peterson is
the name that a family of Violin has
bestowed upon the stork's latest gift,
a girl baby. The name of the infant
has been given to the county recorder
for record. The Petersons have been
staunch admirers of Mrs. Thaw and
they propose keeping green the mem
DRY of her fight in her husbands be-
half.
What is said to be the largest flow
of water struck in a well in the vicin-
ity has just been encountered at a
depth Of several hundred feet by we'll
drillers on the ranch of Henry NJ.
Stearns Of Deadwood. Heretofore the
ranch has been dry, but when the
water was tapped n measured off
the flow was found to be $50 gallons
per minute.
Three more conventions have been
secured for Deadwood. Next July the
state medical board will hold it's an
nual sessions there, while the state
dental society has also chosen the
coYpn month {n moot thara Tho South
Dakota Bankers association is plan
ming the biggest annual meeting it has
yet held in that city the middle Of
July and hotel reservations have al
ready been made for the event.
At a meeting of a number Of the
marksmen of Sioux falls it was de-
cided to organize a gun club, which
will be incorporated under the name
of the Sioux Falls Shooting club. The
following officers were elected for the
coming year: President, J. J. Burns;
secretary, Fl. Abbott; treasurer, c. +.
%Stapleton. The club starts out with a
good membership, which will be in
creased.
At the meeting OF the board of con
troll of the state firemen's association
held in Pierre, the full list of officers
selected for the coming year is: Will
lam Kolb, Vermillion, president: Will
lam Moller, Parkston, vice president:
J. Spuy, Mitchell. second vice presi-
dent; Will Luck, Watertown, ~treasur-
err; Robert Clipsey, Parker, secretary:
Arthur Farmer. Pierre, corresponding
secretary. The place of meeting for
the next annual tournament was fixed
at Pierre for June 16. II, Is and 10.
Basketball is all the craze among
the high schools and other institutions
Of learning in the Black Hills. The
Lead high school has two teams in the
field, n OF boys and the other of
girls, and a long two months SEIZED
ule has been arranged for each team.
They will play teams from the normal
school at Spearfish, the troopers at
Fort Meade, the Indian school and
state school of mines at Rapid City,
the Chadron (Neb.) high school and