The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
South Dakota


" Wal w h'i" JUAN
Fiye-year-old julius Rudd of James
River is in the hospital at Yankton
with a twenty-five caliber target bull
let in his brain. His ~three-year old
sister pulled the rife trigger and the
bullet entered the boys right temple.
He is still alive.
Inquiry among owners of orchards
throughout the state discloses that
comparatively little damage was done
to fruit by the cold weather of the last
few days. Plum trees. which were in
blossom, were slightly injured by the
cold weather, but other fruit escaped.
Bids will be advertised for the con
.struction of the following buildings at
Fort Meade: One set Of commanding
officers quarters, II band barracks
and an administration building.
Numerous other improvements will be
made at this post during the coming
season.
t1olSt 1 Go diN oittlS q
nuisance in Douglas county. The lat
est to suffer was Julius W~ircZorek at
Hillside. eight miles northwest of Ar
mour. The thieves stopped a few
miles away at a dance. and the owner
and his friends found them there, Sc
cured the animal and thrashed the
thieves.
c. p. Bates of Sioux Falls, district
deputy grand exalted ruler of the
Eiks. is authority for the statement
that the Elks i'll the United States
have grown from a membership of
f., 900 10 over 300, 900 members in less
ten years. In South Dakota
there are eight lodges and over 300
members.
Through the enterprise Of n of
one of its citizens the town Of Bristol
is TO have a fine city park. The citi-
zen at his own expense has provided
and shrubs for the park n en-
gagged men to set out the trees and
improve the grounds, which are ideal
for park purposes and situated In a
location.
A company has been organized in
Mitchell to handle the automobile
business. A new building is being
and two carloads of automo
oiles will be shipped there this week.
extensive repair shop will be ope- |
l., ,Drrnaf;>r ,.;tn tho h,oi,acc |
Mitchell has about forty automobiles
at the present time.
John Sysinger. convicted OF statu-
tory offense and sentenced to fifteen
years in the penitentiary at Sioux
Falls. but who had secured a stay of
sentence pending hearing on an APP
peal, broke from he new county Jail
at Chamberlain and still is at large.
He stole a pony, kept close to the
wall and made for the prairie.
John Steltz. alias John Clark, con-
at Sioux Falls that he murder |
ed Theodore Sothman on March 16
last in a lonely cabin on the banks Of
the Big Sioux river, about three miles
northeast of Sioux Falls. Steltz also
confessed that some years ago he muir
Tered a man in Philadelphia. Follow
ing the confession Steltz was sentenc-
ed to life Imprisonment in the Sioux |
Falls penitentiary.
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and the points outside of the
cities indicate that there will be much |
among the cattlemen resulting
the blizzard that has just swept
the Northern Black Hills. From
to two feet of nov fell, accom-
panied by a high wind that piled up !
drifts, and with a temperature below
many young calves have per-
shed.
D.. n. Smith, a farmer in Sanborn
was nearly killed by a vicious
was riding a horse. The stallion
suddenly grabbed Mr.. Smith by the
arm, breaking 1t. Mr.. Smith tried to
beat the stallion off with his whip,
but he held fast and finally lifted Mr..
from his own horse and threw
him to the ground, trying to stamp
him with his hoofs. He managed
finally to beat off the animal.
The contract has been awarded for
the completion OF the new Congrega-
tional church at Mitchell, which, COM
will represent a cost of about
$22, 900. Last year the basement walls
completed and the work will be
taken up at that point right away.
This is the third church that Mitchell
people have erected in the past two
years. The dedication of the Catholic
will he held the latter part of
May. The new pipe organ, costing
81, 5000, has been bought and will be
installed in October.
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A party OF M. & st. l.. railroad Of
fcialS has inst comnlotod a fr;, ovor