Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
uAKorA STATE NEWS

nOppeFS were visible IN tne Shy y'Stei-
day. flying from the northwest to the
southeast.
PRESHO-A band has been organ
tent musician, as leader, and will be
made n of h leading organizations
of it's kind in western South Dakota.
VIVlAN-Miss Sadie Shives. a well
known young teacher of this place. has
been appointed superintendent oi
schools of the new county OF Mellette,
! mi already has gone to the new coun-
ty n assumed the duties of the office
FAIRFAN-The annual teachers in
stitute convened here Monday under
the supervision of G. c.. Warner. u
ty superintendent. and Professor w. r..
Johnson. OF Highmore. One hundred
are expected to be on hand for the
course.
MILLER-Sheriff Morris returned
from Rec Heights today. where he ar
rested Robert Anlicker for selling
liquor unlawfully. He brought back
240 bottles Of beer. 4Anlicker gave bond
in the sum of 5000 to appear in the cir
cult court.
TRIPP-The new brick Raymond no
tel, with 30 commodious rooms ant
modern heating and lighting. is abou.
completed and will be ready Tor oc
SuP0ASS dcOdS Angus III. lES tWN
new brick garages are doing overtime
rushed with work every day.
OKATON-Gray wolves are becom.
ing very bold in this vicinity and ar,
causing losses to ranchers. In ~ in
stance they invaded the dooryard u
the Adam Smith ranch IN White rive
and took a young CALI from its mother
dragging the animal away and devour.
ing 1t.
DCPREE-The county commission.
ers of Ziebach county have accepted
the temporary court house at Dupyee
from the contractor, Philip Schwick.
inc have moved into the new build.
Ing. which is said to be one OF the most
commodious court houses in the reser-
walton
VIENNA-To settle a dispute the
married and single ladies' Of this plac.
organized ball teams II contested TO!
honors on the diamond. The contes.
resulted in a tie to after u u,n.
Der OF spirited innings had been played
Another game will be played between
n two cams in the near future.
CLARK-The annual report of Clerl
Of Courts G.. A. Maltby shows that dur
Ing the past year there were 27T birth.
and SO deaths in Clark county. The
marriages totaled 100. There were II
divorces granted and % persons mad.
their declaration to become ~citizens.
PLANKINTON-The city council! o.,
this place has granted to W.. \. Kunt2
a 20-year franchise for operating an
electric light System. The city reserveA
the right to purchase the system at any
time after the expiration Of 10 years
According to the terms OF the franchise,
the system must be completed and in
operation by January l next.
FAITH-An overwhelming desire tc
visit his old home in Wisconsin was in.
directly the cause of the death of w.
=. Norton. who owned a homestead
hear here. He had not yet fully recov-
Hred from the fracture OF three ribs in
u runaway accident. when he deter
mined to visit his old home in Wiscon-
sin. The trip was more than he could
stand and death resulted.
MILLER-The alleged suicide of Ed
Dunn's mule Is causing much debate
here. The faithful animal was 80 years
old and had acted strangely for SOM.
time. 1t drank I've water and died. Tn
beast could ave satisfied it's thirst at
the town watering trough. or at u pool
near it's owners place. but it went TO-.
a drink to the barrel of I've water.
TRIPP-The Farmers Co-Operativo
Lumber company has been doing a
good business. so have also the two
other or line yards. TIL organization
OF the Farmers ward has had a ten.
dency to stimulate the building OF
more and better homes in the country
surrounding. There are now about a
dozen of modern residences under con
Struction in the town.
DEADWOOD-South Dakota may
yet furnish the man who will whi,
Sack Johnson. Frank Carter. o:
Oeadwood. an engineer on the Burling-
ton, standing s feet , inches and weigh
ing 235 pounds has gone east To inter
REV some OF the promoters of prize
lights and see what they think of him.
lie has never had a fight but thinks
he is big enough and strong enough to
whip Johnson.
DUPREE-E. w. Clark. ooe OF the
county commissioners of Ziebach coun-
~. has been appointed received OF the
Duprcc Leader. n will have charge
ef the business pending a settlement
Of a partnership dispute between the
owners. Hoven & Stewart. 1t is
understood here that the business OF
the paper ia anything but satisfactory,
but the receivership was decided upon
by h proprietors because they could
not satisfactorily dissolve the
ship existing between them, and the
matter was taken into court with the
above result.
ABERDEEN-Even the ants of lie
bach county are suffering from tho
drought. according to 4 Dupree report.
A naturalist there says that from tin,a
immemorial the ants have drawn thei.
water from the bottom of the holes iis
their sand hills. This year the lack o:
rain has caused the holes to go dry,
and n day last week. Joe Hoven. q
homesteader northeast of Dupree OBJ.
served a long line of ants making a.
path from the hills down to q nearby