The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-29
Fruit Crop Badly Damaged

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Dakota. not unlike others in the & eat
sisterhOod. has it's misfortunes as well
as the rest Of them. Following near
ly six weeks Of beautiful spring
weather there came "A sudden chance
on Friday, the 18th, and after a cold
and d~ri7Hling day. came m and
wind, the mercury dropping down
within about ten degrees of the f.eez-
ing point in many sections OF the
state. doing considerable damage to
the fruit, such as plums. cherries and
anples. and killing much early and
blooming ~shrubbery. In the Black
Hills sections of the state fully a foot
of snow fell. In the northern and east
ern section. there was a lighter fall.
but it drifted so badly hat trains on
all lines were delayed, and one line
was tied IN for at least twenty-fOur
hours in consequence Of the bad
weather. The small grain was quite
generally in the ground. and will be
greatly benefited by the moisture,
while on the other hand. much early
garden vegetation, which was at least
two weeks ahead of the usual season.
was frozen to the ground and will have
TO be replanted. While DakOtions
generally regret this misfortune,
they have no occasion to COM
plain, as the situation prevailing here
was prevalent over the entire middle
west and in MANY of the southern
states. In fact there is hardly a To-
cality that did not suffer from the ef-
fects of this storm. 1t was most gen
eral everywhere but not so severe In
some localities. although it NAV be
said that Michigan, Ohio, lndiana
Wisconsin, and Illinois have Lost all
their fruit crop. and this being tho
stable in some Of the states named It
will go hard with them. The fruit
crop here is the least OF u concern.
Eead-Alderman Harry Howard.
candidate for mayOr. has Just return
I'd from a trip through Meade county.
going about 100 miles northeast OF
Stursis. Mr.. Howard declares tat
people in this section Of the country
have no idea Of the extent of lind
that will he broken this spring or the
number Of new settle dali or ing
III this part of the state. There - a
dailv average Of from twenty TO
thirty leaving SturgiS for
the county north and east in Meade
county. NJ. Howard met two lag
gasoline plows. PARTIES OF prospec i've
h~ompsteaders everv few miles Of the
wav and ,wenty-eight 'honvocTers'
With the'r equipment Of farming uten-
sis and household Goods. Hcarcc'v a
loot Of land in northern Meade com
" that lc0'-s GOOD for ANYTHING. has
been left unified and yet the ST cam
of settlers continre to pour in, mi
Grating over into Perkins or Harding
%ccuntiee SC thov do not find what they
want in Meade coTnty.
Stony Falls-Ncmorial services in
honor OF the late Bishop Hare were
held in this eitv on Wednesday OF LIST
week. The services were of an inter
peting and impressive nature and rar-
tjcirafed in by many Of The dis'in-
guished members of the Episcopa'ian
church from all over South Dakota.
as well as thousands % others w'o o
love and respect for the d~iSt'nguishfd
%opineer has caused universal regret
al his death. Out Of respect TO the
emo of PishOp Hare. TN oueh
whose friendship and PERSONAL in'u
ppce this CIV owes so mucn. al DHl-
ness houses were closed between the
hours cf , o'clock and i:30 in the aft
ernOon during the union service az
the theatre. where fully two tfO1-
sand people he'd gathered 70 give ear
TO the ~eulogies OF the fellow asso-
riates in the christian work in which
the hishon was so long engaged Sow
pral Of the bi-hOns from n~eighbor;ng
states were present.
Ter.v. April % Searchine p%or'ie'
are scouting the hills FOR Louis kire.
aged %, OF this place. who has been
missing for nearly a week. With Two
companions Young Kline was ont fish
ing in Spearfsh canyon when the Sc
we're snOwstorm came on. and they
broke camp and became senarated.
The other hoys We're found by some
Lead bovs in AN exhausted condition,
due to the exposure. and they had no
trace OF Kline. II was thousht that
he would return home in a dav or so.
and no efforts were made 10 find him
until he failed put In an appearance.
when parties commenced a search.