The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-01-07
WEEK N SOUTH DAKOTA.
impostant Events n the 1eaAs
Briefly Told.

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Pierre-Articles Of incorporation
have been filed for the bank OF Lake
Preston. with . capital Of $4,000.
Incorporators. r. B. Miles. Los An
geles. California: Henry Lloyd. r. W.
Miles. r. J. Laughlin. Lake Preston.
Pierre-The state has received a
draft for ~34o.5s7.34. Al It's share Of
five per cent Of receipts from sale of
government lands in the state. This
has been credited to the permanent
school fund Of the state, and il the
largest draft the state has ever re-
ceived from that fund.
Observation-Disclosures ATTORNEYS are
agitating the esta blishment of a mu-
nicipal court here. Such a court has
power in civil cases where not more
h a $500 Ii involved. and tends not
only to relieve the congestion Of liti-
CATION In h circuit court. but to ex-
pediate the settlement OF cases.
Sioux Falls-James ]. Hill IL one
Of the prominent men OF the country
who q just been officially invited
to be present and make an address
at the annual convention OF the South
Dakota Retail Hardware Dealers as
ISOLATION, which IL to be held in Sioux
Falls on February Is. Is and II.
0regory-Miss Della Howard, aged
20 years. II not only holding down u
claim near Carter. but she has con-
structed q sod barn for her team Of
horuom knAnu q AnU fnp a nn~n0o~So~
and finds time to maintain a county
Sunday school. which she organized
near her home. Her claim Is within
. mile Of the new townsite OF Carter
hnd IL considered worth fully $1,000.
Pterre-Fifteen dollars an acre il
what some OF the Indian inheritance
lands brought at the recent sale of
such lands at Cheyenne iRver Agency.
This price was reached after spirited
bidding. r. ]. Warner being the pur-
chaser. With land among the In
dams bringing this price. those who
get first choice tract on the Cheyenne
reservation. at the government max
imum of six dollars an acre will be
getting a good thing at the price.
Watertown-In the interest of an
form game law for North and South
Dakota, Minnesota n Iowa. w. F.
Bancroft of this city. South Dakota
game warden. has started a move
ment which has the approval Of the
fish and game athorities of the other
three states. 1t Is expected Nebraska
will also be interested. Letters have
ben written to the executive officers
of the fish and game commissions OF
the states. suggesting a meeting of
the officers, presumably In h twin
cities. at an early date.
Lemmon-Bison, the county seat Of
the new county of Perkins in north
western South Dakota. is confronted
with the possibility of remaining in
darkness until the switchman's strike
is settled. Bison merchants had but o
small amount of Goa when the
strike began, since then they have
been unable to secure any more. and
it is feared the supply will be totally
exhausted before the delayed ship
ments will get through. Bison Is of
the railroad, its nearest shipping
point being Lennon.
Quinn-R. M. Stephenson. a Stan
ley county farmer residing near here.
4his year found good profit in rails
ing musk melons and squashes for the
seeds which he supplied to an cas-
tern seed house. He secured 400 lbs.
to the acre Of melon seeds, and dis
posed OF them at Is cents a pound.
His squashes yielded his $3.50 pounds
- <Ao ne "A oonto q nn1ynd His
net return was over $50 an acre, and
he is arranging to largely increase his
Of both vegetables for seed
growing purposes next season.
Yankton-The formal opening OF
the new woman's building at the
South Dakota Hospital for the Insane
located here took place on Wednesday
Of the state were present. o YES
ssy being among the speakers on the
program. The building IS OF con-
crete and W asbuilatgt ca artagt
crete and was built at a great saving
to the state by the personal direction
Of DIR. l.. c.. Mead, Supt. OF the in
etitution. The interior OF the build
ing Is said t be finished the best
of any building Of similar use In the
United States.
Yankton-This city Is making ar
rangements for the entertainment OF
the South Dakota State Horticulture
society which convenes In this city
in annual convention on January IL.
~ and 20. A leading feature OF TINS
years convention will be an address
at the New Theatre Tuesday n
the 18th. which will be given by Prof.
N. E. Hansen of Brookings who has
made four trips to Russia m Siberia
In the interests of the United States
in the study Of horticulture. This
lecture will be free to all n Will DC
illustrated with stereopticon views.
Kimball-On December s. F.. L.
Fessenden, a painter, left Kennebec
to go out about five miles In the
for the purpose of looking at
a house just being completed to con-
tract for the painting. Being a very
day he lost his way and Tues