Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-07-20
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

The Mission Hill Farmers Elevator
company has declared dividend of 20
per cent.
The gold ore production in the
Black Hills promises to break all pre-.
vious records in the present year.
Hot Springs reports are to the eff.
feet that there are many spots in Fall
River county where the crop yield
will be better than the average.
An engineer has been engaged and
soon will visit Winner for the pur.
pose of preparing plans and specifica.
tions for a new municipal waterworks
system.
The various committees have been
appointed to have charge Of the ar.
rangements for the annual Aurora
county fair, to be held at Plankinton
September 5. and Z.
During sham battle fought near
the Rosebud agency by q large mum.
Der of Sioux warriors, 14-yesr-old
Indian boy, whose name was not as.
certained, was accidentally shot and
killed.
Pat Stevens, who broke jail at Fair.
fax about a year ago. has been appre
hended at Billings, Mont. and Sheriff
Pierce will go there for him. He was
in Jail charged with robbing Gregory
man.
Otto Biederman, living on the state
line, three miles south of Fairfax, at.
tempted suicide by slashing has throat
with razor, barely missing the jugu.
lar vein. He may recover. No cause
is known or given.
In his opening address at the Wa
tertown chautauqua the president,
Geo. w. Chase, insisted that IL the
people of WATERFOWL wanted to see
the chautauqua perpetuated they must
give it better support.
Mitchell Presbyterians have passed
resolutions condemning the open air
meetings held by some Of the demon.
nations in that town. They intimate
II gives the young people too much
opportunity for spooning.
The federal government is conduct
ing sugar beet experiment at the
South Dakota State College at Brock
ings, the government furnishing the
seed, plant expert, etc, while the
state College furnishes the land and
the tools.
The Mitchell city council is spend
ing 81 500 In improving the road lead.
ing from the city to Graceland GENE.
terry, It is claimed the road will be
the best one-mile thoroughfare in the
state when the improvements are com.
pIeted.
At the annual meeting OF the stock
holders Of the farmers elevator com
pany which conducts an elevator at
Elkton. dividend OF 1B per cent was
declared and the remainder OF the
years profits was placed In the bills
payable fund. The old board of direc-
tors was elected for another year.
A heavy fall Of frost is reported
within radius Of ten miles 81 Dead
wood 4 number Or truck farmers
declare their gardens are ruined. The
frost lay as white on the ground az
on November morning. No rain has
visited that section for nearly Z
month.
n. E. Weaver. president of the MUIR
do Gun club, has issued challenge ii
behalf Of the club u any team III four
or i've men from any club iii Lyman
or Stanley counties for match shoot
at 100 birds for each man. TOR q purse
81 S25 OF $50. The choice OF grounds
viii be left to the club accepting the
challenge
The new Lutheran church building
81 Is0Wrey has been dedicated. An
elaborate program was prepared for
me occasion. Rev AIr. TauhEs ond
Rev Mr Haag 81 Eureka had charge
of the dedieatory exercises.
4 cyclone covering narrow strin
near Gary caused The destruction of
considerable property. tie loss IL
several head of Ltd stock and the
xainatEon O. *ie crops ID tia dsraot
nakh S. TIE storm Among khe build.
inEs damaged y fhe Wild Nas H.
state Nltad sNh6ol Y here fhe runR 49,
Blown % EhR ueW NorMfHary.