Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-05-25
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

MILESVLLLE-AuJIe rooL
has been sold TO assar@ TIE ias,.hnoS
ton Of a creamery EFs. +As'aLla'
AURORA-tSFound aas a..
for the Eew Catholic ehgrrE DFokeE
II Will be constructed ot csrssr.. Illiidlng
BAECROFT-The town t... S'OSAs
awarded the ct fgr rhsl has
Of a town = -aygr hgyI sSctor
combined. ~ane
BRUCE--Tssss0s the ery1-.. -,
large number Of Tn sating -. "
this place a public library hs. lS az.
opened in Bruce user
KIMBALI-'The u5J-year r,ss.,.-
OF the Ministerial ASSOCIATION - ,tsS. .Ie
district viii be held in Eimbsn Ma, ' al
%. A fine program mas been Dr45sr 90,
ROCKHAM-The local rrnst,,ou.
have organized q band. with
Hand, president; G. :. Woltar sacrs.
tary, and Walter StrIsoerg, treasurer
ELK POIST-Clart S. Thomas win
arrive soon and tax. charge of w.
Courier, which he recently purchased
with the intention q building it into
strong paper.
WINNER-Irying Eest, a well knou,r
newspaper man. formerly Of Gregory
i
Advocate. and will in future give the
paper his personal attention
CUSTER-A defective Hue carsad .
$4,000 fire at the randi Of J. A. Rev
holds, two miles from here. The honSe
barn and all buildings except a gran
airy and sheep shed, were DESTROYED.
STCRGIS-ProsDec are renorted m
be bright for Fort Meade. near here IN
be transformed into a brigade post in
which event the military reservation
surrounding the post will be greatly
enlarged.
CUSTER-EfOrts are being made to
have the department of agriculture set
aside an entire township in the forest
reserve in this county as a game pre-
serve, into which may be turned elk
and deer.
GEDDES-Fire, Of unknown origin,
started in the linen room on the third
floor Of the Padley hotel and for a short
time 1t appeared the building was
doomed. The firemen confined the
flames to a few apartments. The dam
age was about $500.
YANKTON-In the annual election
Of manager and editor of the College
and George thinner manager, by good
majorities. J. Watson was elected
president of the students association
and Grace Lewis, secretary.
ELK POINT-Memorial services will
be held at the Congregational church
in this city Sunday, May 28. Rev. H.
E. Rice, pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copalt church, will deliver the memo
rial sermon. Clark S. Thomas, editor
| of the Union County Courier, will de-
| liver the address on Decoration day.
INGTON-Elaborate prepare
tions are being made for the Celebra uOn
| of the Tooth anniversary of the birth
of the mother of Mrs. A. z. Curtiss, OF
this place. She has "a descendants, and
| most of them are planning on being
present to aid her in celebrating her
| Tooth birthday, which falls on July IL
| LANGFCRD-Fran Craft state fire
marshal, S completed an investiga-
| ton of a fl which recently destroyed
| the farmers elevator here. The fire
| was supposed to have been Of in
| cendiary origin and may always remain
1 a mystery. If the fire marshal learned
/ anything definite he did not make 1t
/ public.
| LEAD-Another effort is being made
4 to secure a pardon for Eli Ralch, the sal
| DON keeper who two years ago commenced
| to serve a 15-year penitentiary tern
L
| quarrel over a card game. He has
| wife and several children and previous
to his trouble always bore a goo'
| record.
SIOUX FALLS-The people of WI
low Lakes are making arrangement
for the entertainment of the seVera
| hundred delegates who will attend IN
| 21st annual convention of the t1ft
district, w. G. T. u, which will b
held at that place on Wednesday an
| Thursday of next week.
HUDSON-Jacob Mantel, we
known farmer living near here, naI
/ rowly escaped death as the result {
being bitten by pet cat. His lei
hand was badly lacerated and bloc
poisoning set in. For several days q
was in a serious condition, but har
| work on the part of physicians pulle
him through.
/ CHAMBERLAIN-Th forty first al
nual conference of the Congregation
al church for South Dakota, adjourne
at late hour last evening with bar
quet given in the church basement /
the members of the local church,
honor of the visitors. The last da
was filled with business, and Ii require
lot of hustling to clean up all ma
tiers on hand for disposition.
DEADWOOD-On the admission TIL
they had tied 2-inch pipe with ba
Ing wire on the Northwestern railroe
tracks near Whitewood, the two Jacol
son brothers, aged s and IL, were a.
rested by detectives and face the r.
form school. But for the fact that
hand car preceded q passenger ira
the latter would have been wrecke
The boys say they were only playin
SIOUX FALLS - Representative
Burke and Martin, who generally pI
together, do not agree on the candida
for postmaster at Vermillion. w.
Huyck and e. A.. Lambert are cand
dates for the office. Accordingly tn,
decided to have the case settled by Il
patrons and have suggested that ;
election be held at which the people
Vermillion are permitted to indica
their choice.
WOOD--Although this town. situl
| ted In the portion OF Mellette coun
/ which is to be opened TO white settl
ment next fall, is only few weel
old, II already has q newspaper, Il
Mellette County Journal, which lis Il
|, First paper to be established in II
new county. The publisher is
Crook of Winner. while w. G.. SQUIRE
If the Winner Advocate, VIII be /
, editor.
PIERRE--Ch Chairman Latta. Of q
state firemen's association, has be-
! WORKING out the situation following Il
L s.as.esne AZ ana Efafn insurance damn =