The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-10-15

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PierIe-Onida. the county se4t Of
Suliy county. after . quarter or = cen
tury under township government. II
q special election held last Tuesday. by
Z vote Of more than two TO one votei
for town organization, and the place
viii begin to put on airs from this
time on.
vermillion-Yesterday was q biz day
church. Norway township. Clay county.
Al this time the corner stone wax
laid for the new church edifce. which
Is being erected ut q cost OF $1,000.
Services were held Ii both morning
and AFTERNOON. In charge OF Rev. p.
H. Dahl Of Cayyiile, assisted By
Professor 0rdahl OF Sioux Falls.
Alcester-The contract has been
awarded TO . Hawarden, Ia, mar for
the construction OF b new public school
building In what ID known rs the Ison
district, . short distance northwest OF
VI CACAAA1& bA%
building Will ommence about Noven-
Der !. II will be modern In every re
spect and will be n OF the best school
buildings In this part OF the state.
T"
Pierre-The bids for grading the
capitol grounds were opened today
only " bidders coming in. they he
Sn& Cv~ n c. - cs-..- e. 4.
and II. r. Gary Of this city. The bid
ct Gary Was the lowest, hu; he asked
for o time than did the ether bid
der, and the question or the letting
wa taken under advisement, but the
commission this evening decided to le.
the contract to Gary.
Sturgis-The members OF the local
woments club already are making
preparations Tor the annual
tion Of the Black Hills Federation of
Womenss clubs, which win be held In
this city on friday and Saturday, Oc-
tober is and 16. A splendid program
Ia being prepared ana 4 large attend
G is expected. Many of the must
clans. Of which the federation is j-stiy
proud, win b heard nj this years con-
vention-
HuronAThe mission In progress
here for the past two weeks in 81.
Martins Catholic church, is closed. 1t
was under the direction of Dean Des-
mond and was the most successful In
the history of the church here. The
chief speakers were Fathers Monaghan
and Brady All the lectures were at
tended by large numbers Of people of
nOn-Catholic belief, representatives OF
the various religious nominations OF
the city being quite prominent.
Woone0ckef-Enorts to secure an
other mammoth artesian well At this
place have resulted unsaccessfuliy, the
drillers finding ii impossible to strike
the great artesian now which made
other ~artesian wells drilled in this
vicinity among the greatest spoaters
OF the kind In the United States. The
old artesian web which for years has
furnished the water for the local wa
terwQrks system, when hrst struck
Was the greatest well Of the kind in
the west, the dow and pressure being
something enormous. The Gov OF the
fell has gradually failed until II be-
came necessary TO seek IN additional
nov elsewhere. The new well, wien
the water from II 10 turned into the
mains will increase the pressure to
some extent. but the pressure will still
b far below what the city authorities
desired.
P1erre-The report Of the state treas
urcr At the close Of business September
20, shows $42a. 400 in Ill funds. OF
this 97a.2eO wal In the general fund.
but a . call has been made tor 972 900
ct outstanding warrants for tomorrow.
that fund win suffer = heavy reduction.
The Irvine plant fund has tl22 .0O3.
and the interest," and income fund for
the benefit OF the common schools OF
the States hows $114,1S7. The capitol
building fund shows only $7.2B0. The
state is carrying $z2s 900 In call Ger
tihcates of deposit In = number Of b
hanks Of the state. most Of this amour.
est. which goes into the general fund
with the interest going into the gen
enal fund, warrants are kept up close
= the amount on hand. rs the treas
urer has NO object in allowing the
general fund To pile up. and collect
the interest from II while the state
ID paying interest on warrants out
standing
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