The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-16
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Brief Bits Weeks History In the
State.

Sioux Falls.-A movement has been
tnaugurated for the organization OF
stock company for the purpose of in
stalling and operating a creamery at
1 Highmore.
! Sisseton.-Extensive improvements
are planned for the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railway yards In this
city, and material is arriving daily for
the construction work.
! Huron.-W. s. Bowen and son OF
Sioux Falls have purchased the Hur-
onite and the subscription list OF the
Weekly State Spirit. The transfer
Of property will take place Aug. l.
Watertown-In a collision between
an automobile and a motorcycle.
! Ed p. Hauff, the rider Of the latter,
was thrown SO feet and sustained a,
! broken shoulder and internal injuries.
Sisseton-George Kampeska, an
Indian, living south Of here, is sought:
by the local Indian police and the
! deputy sheriff for arrest on charge
OF beating his sQuaw to death with
neckyoke.
| Lemmon.-Lightning struck tent
occupied by four Milwaukee road sur
| veyors seventeen miles east of Mead
ow and killed Walter N. Landknecht,
Of Chicago. His companions were
stunned and one seriously burned.
| Aberdeen.-News has reached here
| Of the death, near Bowdle, of Anton
| Weigel, young farmer Weigel be-
came choked on a piece of meat while
eating dinner, and died before the
| obstruction could be removed from
his throat.
on.-Announcement is made
| OF the election by the board Of re-
| gents of DR.. Carl Christophelsmeier,
graduate of the University of Ne
braska, to the chair of history and
South Dakota.
Spearfish.-While driving with
party of friends near here, Connie
Hoffman Of Deadwood met with Sc
rious accident that will cripple her
| for life. The horses SHE'D at an auto
mobile, and fearing trouble, the girl
jumped, fracturing her leg just below
the hip.
| Pierre.-Hyde county authorities
have arrested and bound over Frank
Brandle, George McCarty, Fred Kline
and Charles Bowman as members of
horse-stealing gang. One of the
horses stolen was recovered in Ohio.
A number of head of horses have been
taken in that part Of the state
the past year, and it is hoped
! that the arrest of these parties will
put stop to it.
Lead-Pete Hedlon, a big. Swede,
living at Buckhorn, Wyo., seized John
| Gilhorn, his challenger, and bit OF half
his nose. The affair occurred near
| the Gilhorn ranch at Buckhorn and
| after spectators had separated the
men Gilhorn walked in here for treat
ment and then left for Chicago,
| where he will enter a sanatorium in
an endeavor to regain some of his
| lost features. Hedlon surrendered,
but Gilhorn declined to prosecute.
Alexandria.-The returns just made
! by the local assessor show the total
assessed valuation of all real property
| within the corporate limits of Alex.
andria to be $167,5OO and the value
of the personal property to be s1O2,-
| 232, the total valuation of the two
classes being $269,732 This is an
increase of $4,000 over the valuation
of the two classes of property as re.
turned by the assessor a year ago,
and shows something of the growth
| Of Alexandria.
| Notwithstanding new in the
way of blue or refractory ore has
been found in the Rutabaga district,
near here. James Julian, owner of
the Solo group Of claims, which lie
between the Pennsylvania and Globe
companies holdings, has uncovered
some blue ore in a fiat formation.
This new deposit is in a well-defined
not yet been developed sufficiently to
tell it's extent. Samples were taken
and are now being assayed.
| Aberdeen.-Residents of Corson
county. the newly organized county
which will hold its first celebration
July Is, have nominated a non-par-
tlsan ticket for county officials, con.
sisting of the following: Sheriff, Frank
Lawrence; auditor, H. B. Ebert; clerk
Of court, Charles S. Watson; states
attorney, N. B. Bartlett; treasurer, G.
w. Comstock; register of deeds, C. A.
Green; county Judge, Guy r. Schmal-
le; assessor, Simon Kirk; surveyor,
Eugene Bar King; commissioners,
Harry McLaughlin Antoine LeRock