The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-08-18
STATE NEWS

| Gov. vessey Friday, on mmen-
da,ion of the state pardon board,
granted clemency to tito X. Hull,
Archie Callum a I'd Letter E. Patch
! older.
Heavy rains are reprted throughout
Perkins and Harding counties, mater
tally ben fittig pastures and puttig
the ground in excellent shape for fall
| blowing.
Miss Jessie Payne, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. B. S. Payne, of Vein illion
; has just returned home from China,
where she has been a missionary for
the past seven years.
4 The state assessment board Fri
day made its levy of 2 mills state ia x
and 2 mills def len cy for the next
year. The corporation tax was fixed
at 90 mills in lieu of all other taxes.
] The Lutherns OF the vicinity of
Meckingn have just begun work on a
new 81, 600 church. to be complet ed
by January /. Work on the found e.
J ttion has been started. When COM
pleted it Will b, ole of the fl lest
smaller churches in the county.
Word wa S received at Washington
Friday by Representative Burke that
! the heart action Of John M. Bo ucher,
of Pierre S. D., is such that his ap-
pointment as a midshipman at the
Annapolis navel academy will have to
be Cancelled. Another appointee will
be named at once.
James E. Che Sc, n of the Oldest
and best known men in the northern
part of South Dakoa il dead at the age
of 81 years. He was born In New
York. He served in the civil war in
Company l, One Hundred and Forth
eth New York regiment. He cam e
to (Edmunds) counny in 1880.
Prof. G H. Scott, who has charge
of the student can paign of Yankton
college, reports that enough freshmen
have peen secured t. double the num-
Der IN last years's class. President
Warren is at present Oh the Pacific
coats work ing among friends of the
college in his attempt to raise a new
endowment of $3.50. 0O0.
Not in the least uaunted by the ex-
p~erience of .be severe drought du ring
the month of June, Jeff Vetter and
Chris Triebwa sser, two practical
farmers from Bridgewater, have,
through the firm of Hofer & Mayer
ros., of that city, purchased 900 acres
of land, located in Suily county, s.
D., for a consideration Of $50, 900.
Farmers in the vicinity of Wakon-
da, in the northwest part of Clay
county, lave been suffering a loss of
stock as a result of anthrax. 1t is
said that at the present time the
disease among cattle, horses and hogs
is abating. Two years ago farmers in
the south and southwest portion of
the county lost hundreds of head of
stock.
Hail an terrific rain the past four
days has done some damage to crops
in Rasette, Belle and Ipswich town
ships IN Edmunds county. Corn, pc
tatoes and other vegetables were in.
some cases literally stripped. Fortu-
nately the stricken region was limit
ed, ami the ge era! crop conditions.
aided by copious rains the past
m onth, are good.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, August Is, 16 and II, the town
of Parkston celebrated it's twenty
fifth anniversary of the founding of
the place The program consisted of
sports of a varied character and base
ball games were played each day,
teams from Trip Scotland, Armour
and one or two other places going into
the tournament.
For an orphans home tot who mas
had 10 make her way among stragers,
having several different homes with
families who have broken up, by
death or otherwise during the time
she was trying to get an education, to
finally pass the teac hers examination,
securing a second grade certificte, and
a school to teach at the age of 18, is
the achievement of Gertrude An ley,