The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14


Adjt. Gen. G.. H. Englesby has is.
sued orders for the South Dakota Ma
tional Guard to go into camp at Camp
Roosevelt on the shores of Lake Kan
peska On July 6.
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May 22 hes heen selected &c the
date for the dedication of a fine new
Methodist church at Philip. The prin-
cipal speaker will be DR.. Kerfoot,
president of Dakota Wesleyan univer-
sity at Mitchell.
Fire destroyed the Frank Cans liv-
cry barn at Huron, leased and oper-
ated by Elmer Wilson. Loss, $4,000,
partly covered by insurance. All
horses, vehicles and most of the har-
ness were saved.
John H. Larkin, formerly a resident
Of Belle Fourche, who was pardoned
out Of the Sioux Falls p~enitentiary
after serving part Of a term for for
gerry, entered a plea of guilty, and has
been sentenced to a term of five years
in the Sioux Falls ~penitentiary.
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Yankton is to have a canning fac
tory. L. D. F~lickenger and E. L. Nor
gan have about completed arrange
ments for a factory which will have
a capacity of 10000 cans a day, and
have leased a hundred acres Of
ground on which to raise tomatoes,
sweet corn, string beans and pump
kins. .
Hazel Cole Of Columbia, aged four
teen, was thrown beneath a horse she
was riding, receiving injuries which
caused her death a few hours later.
AS the girl neared home from a horse
back ride the family dog ran out to
meet her. The dog ran between the
horses hoofs, causing the animal to
fall, and Hazel fell underneath.
At Midland Alfred Harmon, q set
tier near Nowlin, committed suicide
by drinking a bottle Of carbolic acid
on the railway platform just as the
passengers for the West were board
ing the train. Dependency IL given
as the cause. Harmon leaves a wife
and several children. The remains
were shipped to his old home In Ken
lucky for burial.
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Plans have been accepted for the
new Baptist church at Aberdeen,
which will be built to replace the
structure destroyed by fire Nov. 30,
1908. The new building will be a
commodious structure of pink dressed
brick, smooth finish, and trimmed in
Kasota sandstone. 1t will be In the
mission style of architecture.
An indication OF the thrift of Home
stake miners Is shown by the state
ment of the First National bank of
Lead, which now has Oh deposit a
sum slightly in excess OF $1,000. 900.
The statement shows the bank to be
in better shape financially than at any
time in It's career, both the assets and
deposits showing material increases.
A team Of horses owned by August
Loken, ear Wagner, took part in a
remarkable runaway a few days ago,
as a result of which a neighbor lost
sixty rods of wire fence. The team
struck the fence, and the corner post
went under the wagon, thus putting
one horse on each side of the fence.
The horses ran on for sixty rods,
gathering fence as they went, until
the load attached to the wagon be-
came too heavy for them to move.
C. o. Bailey of Sioux Falls, receiver,
turned over to the Rapid City, Black
Hills & Western Railway company the
property OF the Missouri River &
North Western Railway company,
commonly known as the Crouch line,
thirty-two miles long. a Burlington
FOR E.aFa CITY The ce=g
company plans to reconstruct the road
and purchase new rolling stock. The
officers of the new company are H.
H. McComber, Augusta, Me-, presi-
dent; w. T. More. formerly of Gin
cinnati, general manager; j. L. Soule,
superintendent. The price paid was
sos, $50.
William J. Fantie OF the firm OF Fam
tie Bros. was elected president of the
Yankton Business Mems club at the
annual meeting. G. J. Noyotny was
elected vice president and w. Il.
Heaton treasurer. The board of d.
rectors elected was as follows: Isaac
Piles. w. ]. Fantle. John Holman. r.
O. Walgren, w. G. Lusk. J.. Al. DAN
forth, C. ]. Novotny. w. E. Heaton
and s. Donaldson. A long list of con-
ventions with substantial improve
ments and new industries was pointed
to in the annual report as the success
full work of the club during the past
year, and greater things r mapped
out by the Organization for the pres
emit year.
DIR. Fairbanks. ono Of the new set
tiers on Grand river. has a plan which
he will try this summer to make q
cheap and effective ire break. His
idea Is to run q spripkling cart around
the tract to be protected, the cart AR