Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-09-08
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

DELMONT-The members of a Ger
man Lutheran church society at q point
six miles from here nave decided to
erect a costly new church building. The
present edifice has become too smaH
for the growing congregation.
NORTHVILLE-A new high school
building has just been completed at this
place. The basement is of field stone,
while the remainder Of the structure is
of pressed brick with white sandstone
copings. The building cost $4,000.
ABERDEEN-An epidemic of diph-
liberia is prevalent in the southern part
of Walworth county, q number of chill
dren being afflicted with the disease,
OF whom one, a little son of Fred Witt,
q farmer, is dead.
SISSETON-H. A. Knappen, who has
been conducting the Sisseton Standard
since the death OF the late c.. G. KNAPP
pen, has become sole proprietor of the
paper and will continue its publication
as a republican paper.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is is the
date set for the installation OF the pos
tai savings bank at this place. No
amount less than 81 will be received,
and not more than 500 may be depos-
tied by any one person In a month.
PARKER-On last Friday evening
occurred the dedication of Parker's new
100000 high school building. A large
crowd was present. Rev. W.. M. MAR,
of Mitchell, S. D., delivered an address
on conservation" in one Of the most
able speeches ever listened to in Par
ker.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES have been
completed for the second annual har-
vest festival and fair, to be held here
on Saturday of this week. A fin pro-
gram of sports has been provided. the
exhibit OF farm products is expected to
be a fine one )
TRIPP-Within a few hours a local
saloon and drug store were entered by
burglars. From the saloon a quantity
Of goods was taken. It the drug store
about $35 worth Of pipes and $40 in
cash was secured. Local talent is be-
lieved TO nave been responsible.
OELRICHS-Miss Nettie Martell,
who lived in a cabin on her claim II
miles south of here, was found dead
by a passing rancher. She came here
chiefly for health, and death was due to
heart trouble. The body was taken to
Hot Springs and from there shipped to
Concord, Neb.
LANGFORD-Fred Brown, receiver
for the Farmers Elevator company, OF
1880 NA5 1~NAA A@~N ~ NAA>
court to pay so cents on the dollar on
storage certificates for heat stored in
the elevator at the time of h failure
of this institution and in time it Is
expected creditors will be paid in full.
COLOME-Prairie fires have swept
over a considerable area in Todd coun-
ty, just west of this (Tripp) county and
south of Mellette county. At one time
four separate prairie fires in that re-
gion could be seen from points in Trip
county. The fires caused a great deal
of excitement among the Sioux Indians
who live In that portion of the Rosebud
reservation.
HURON-John F. Costello, aged 35
years, a prominent business man of Ca
YOUR, died in a hospital at Rochester,
Mimi. Mr.. Costello went to Rochester
less tha a week & and submitted to
an operation. He was one Of the pio-
neer merchants of Cavour, publisher Of
the Cayour Clarion, n identified with
the administrative affairs OF hat city
GARY-At a meeting of the stock
holders OF the new company which will
operate q cooperative at
this place the following officers. were
elected: President, w. ]. Belzer; vice
president, G. w. Hubbs; secretary, J
+. Carlson; treasurer, Per Nilsson. II
is expected the new creamery will corn.
mence operations on Saturday of this
week.
VERMTLLION-The apple crop in
this section is enormous. The fruit lies
in piles under the trees and cannot be
sold or even given away. The crop OF
grapes and plums is light, but the
quality Of the fruit is excellent. Melons
are plentiful and of fine flavor. ]. r
Dunlap, the largest melon grower, is
harvesting some 10000 or more water
melons from his 12-acre field.
McLAUGHLIN-That Indian women.
like their paleface sisters, are proud
of their small feet and are willing to
their comfort and even their
health to follow the fashion, is shown
by the fact that Mrs. Louise Russell
bear. Of Mclaughlin, is dead, following
the amputation of her foot above tho
ankle because Of gangrene, due to the
wearing Of a moccasin that was too
SELBY-Mfss Lucy Dawson, Of Viro-
qua, Wis, who owns considerable Wal
county property, has made a
proposition to the county commission
ers to donate to the county -four blocks
Of ground owned by her in Selby, for
court house site. Walworth county
recently voted $50, 900 bonds for a new
court house. and the site SO generous
" oHereu Dy MISS Dawson VIII enable
county to build 81 beautiful park
and make the court house grounds the
most beautiful and spacious of any
court house in South Dakota.
SELBY-The Walworth county au-
are investigating a case of al
mistreatment of an orphan boy
who was sent from a children's home
at Glenwood, ILL.,, to a farmer of thai
The lad ran away from his
new home, and investigation revealed
that he had been cruelty mistreated
been poorly clad n underfed.
while he had been beaten with clubs
and with an iron rod until hrs body
was a mass OF bruises. The boy was
placed temporarily In the home of {
we'll to do farmer near Lowry, and the
lnhuman guardian who first had him
In charge will be prosecuted.
ABERDEEN. s. D.-Andrew Mel
gard, who settled In Brown county
IN 1880, being one of the earliest set.
Tiers In this portion OF South Dakota.
lied at his home in Aberdeen on Sun.
lay, aged So years. He was a native
If Norway, but came to America in
1869, locating first at Minneapolis. In
$3.50 the family came to Brown col,ntv