Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-22
Local Happenings

Lawn mowers. gramophones, etc.,
speedily and thoroughly repaired, at
the Elk Point Auto Garage.
Wall paper at greatly reduced price
Csc paper, l5c: 20c paper, l0c; l5c pa
per, Sc; l0c paper, sc. This means a
double roll. CCNLY Il SON
Auto repairs, gasoline engine re-
pairs, both portable and stationary.
Leave your orders at the old Quincy
building, opposite the City Hall.
Services at Richland, July %, at 2
o'clock p. m. All are cordially invited.
Rev. 4. c. Shepherd, presiding elder OF
this district, will be present and preach.
Whoop, la There was most con
spicuous addition to the COURIER fami.
ly yesterday. Our pedigreed Scotch
ccllie, Winona Bonnie, presented us
with litter of thirteen beautiful pups.
No flowers, please; send II bone.
There will be services in the M. T..
church. Sunday morning, July 25. Glass
meeting at 10 o. clock; preaching service
at 1890; Sunday school at IL o'clock.
Quarterly meeting in the evening, Pre-
siding Elder, A, c.. Shepherd of Sioux
Falls preahing.
The stenographic field offers reat e
opportunities than any other. You can
become good stenographer by attend
ing Mankato Commercial College,
Mankato, MINI. 1t will pay to send
for their year book.
G.. c. Hayden, OF Kansas City, assist
ant engineer OF the United States
corps, was In Sioux CITY Tuesday on
his way to Fit. Benton, Mont. He as
sured Sioux City people that about
slS, 900 OF the appropriation for i'm
proving the Missouri river would be
used in bank protection in Sioux City
and vicinity. Eight hundred feet of
revetment, to cost probably $1,000, will
be put in at Sioux Point, near River
side Park, which has been damage ed
greatly. 1t is expected the work will
begin as soon as the present high wa
ter recedes sufficiently.
Ole Christensen, the mayor of Fly
vile, has returned from trip to the
Seattle Exposition. It's a heap big
show" according to Ole, and sure it is
if one can judge from the samples he
brought back. He has left at the audi
tors office q piece of'.plne" bark from
Washington state that is IL inches deep
and as solid and heavy as a piece OF ma
pie. Also a piece OF timber from the
bottom of Washington ship all honey
combed by marine insects. Call on
Auditor Munson and he will show them
TO you If you can't go to the exposition.
While you are about It ask, him when
he is going.
1t was neat little surprise which
Guy Bascom and Miss Bertha Lucas OF
this city perpetrated on their many
friends last Saturday, when they hied
themselves 10 Sioux City. secured H.
cense and were married. Not even
their most intimate friends were given
an inkling Of what was to happen, and
when they took the Saturday morning
train it was supposed that they wen.
to Sioux City with the intention OF TAX
ing in the circus with the rest OF the
crowd that went down. They return
ed to Vermillion In the evening, and
after the affair had leaked out they
were deluged with congratulations
from their host OF friends. The groom
is son OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. I'll. Bas-
com OF this city, and is most worthy
young man. The bride for some time
has been employed in Ciark's Drug
store and will be missed from her ac-
customed place in the Red Cross Phar-
macy. They will make their home In
this CITY. --VermilllOn Republican.