The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-01-28
Tie Graa: Empire OF Stanley

Manager of the Great Western
Telephone Company. He depart
ed Monday evening for Philip to
begin work. .-Nowlin Tribune.
We stop the press to inform our
people Of the accidental death of
John Book. who was run over in
the yards by a switch engine at
Chicago Wednesday. Mr.. Book
will be remembered by our peo-
pie as he was our first station
agent here. His claim lays just
over in Surveyors draw to the
north of us. Cottonwood Rcpub-
lican.
A Rural Route is in prospect
northeast of town. X. K. Jewctt
called at TIE Press Office Wedncs-
day and gave out the information
that he was going TO tn he the
matter in hand was sure that one
hundred patrons could be secured
on the proposed line. The post
office officials have been request
ed to secure proper blanks and Mr..
,Jewelt will then circulate the pcli-
tions and the route will doubtless
be established in the near future.
This is a laudiblc enterprise and
should be encouraged by the pco-
pie of this locality as well as by
every resident Of kadoka. kado-
ka Press.
While on their way TO Plain
view from Wall last week the fam
ily of Chas. BoItz met with what
might have been Il fatal accident
and was quite serious as it was.
They had put a small oil stove in
the wagon to ma Ike it more com
Portable for the wife and children.
When in the vicinity Of Moneys
road ranch the stove exploded and
saturated the contents Of the wagon
with the burning oil. The lady
and children escaped with Slight
injuries while Mr.. Boltz had a leg
broken and was taken into the
home Of Mr.. Mooney where Ne is
getting along as well as can be ex
pected All the personal effects
belonging to the party were burned
also the wagon. Mrs. Boitz ac
companied by driver passed
through town Thursday on her
way home. Pedro Bugle.
A telegram from Warren
Young, who is at Deadwood at
tending The convention Of the State
Federation Of Commercial Clubs.
states that G.. l.. Millett, of this
city. was unanimously elected as
President Of the State Federation
for the coming year. Mr.. Mllleu
is certainly well fitted for this
position and is located near enough
to the state capitol so that he can
keep in touch with doings in the
legislature and present the views
of the business men on various
matters Of legislation, the chief
one at this session being the i'm
migration bureau appropriation.
Stock Growers News.
The board of county commls-
sioners adjourned last week. to
meet again in March. They failed
to appoint the official papers for
the wear 1909, and there is some
good legal authority tor 1T that
they cannot now make any ap-
pointmcnts OF official papers until
next wear. There have been cases
of this nature up before and the
courts have held that when a ccr-
tain time was set for the commits
sioners to make the appointment
it must be made at that time or
not at ALL The law requires this
matter to be attended to at the
first meeting in each year. This
may mean that the same papers
must hold over in order to make
the publications lcgal.-Ft. Pierre
News.
The Fort Pierre Creamery has
moved it's ice-house so as to make
room for refrigerating plant and
shed for the storage of ice cream
tube A cold stOraUa n10nt 10 he-