Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-27
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES


at Wolsey.
There are several cases of smallpox
at Centervlle.
There are 4,642 school children in
Hutchinson county.
Witten will hold bond election for
artesian we'll purposes.
The Catholics will soon establish a
parochial school at Bonesteel.
Work on the new science hall at
the Springfield normal has begun.
A commercial course will be added
to the Milbanll high school course of
study this year.
A wool buyer at Doland in one day
recently bought $4,000 pounds of wool
there, for which he paid $4,000.
Draper merchants have organized a
civic league and will try to put Illegal
liquor dealers out of business.
%. E. Needham of Lake Preston was
burned to death while trying to light
a gasoline stove, which exploded
Through the efforts of Representa-
tive Martin, Black Hills streams will
be stocked with $4,000 trout by Uncle
Sam.
The county commissioners of Day
county and the city of Webster plan
to join forces to construct new road
leading from that town, each to ex-
pend $3.50.
The Madison sewer bonds, recently
issued, have been accepted and the
contractor will start on the work of
extending the sewer system of the
town at once.
Lake Oakwood, near Bruce, is be-
coming a favorite camping resoptr.
Hundreds of campers have been at the
lake this summer and the number is
daily increasing.
At the last meeting of the county
commissioners of Ziebach county.
heed at Dupree, plans were adopted
for building four county school houses
in the new county.
One of the features of the annual
McCook county fair, to be held at Sa-
lem this fall, will be county school
exhibit. Some fine free attractions al
ready have been secured
The directors OF the Day county Ag-
ricultural association announces a de-
termination to hold the best fair they
ever had in Day county, at Webster
this fall.
A dividend of Is per cent was de-
clared at the annual meeting of the CO.
operative farmers elevator at Aurora.
The past year was the most success
full in the history of the company.
Judge McNulty refused to grant a
divorce to Mrs. F.. A. Tower of Bris-
tol, in circuit court for Day county,
holding the troubles of the Towers
We're but trifles every married couple
have to undergo, and too slight to
justify separation.
A. g. Moritz. a Sioux City grain ex-
pert, after inspecting conditions in
South Dakota, said: South Dakota
will have from one-tourth to one-third
of crop of wheat. The oats is poor,
the barley poor. the fax is fair and the
corn is good. Rains at the right time
will make fine yield of corn. South
western Minnesota is not in good
shape, but in better shape than South
Dakota is. The small grain there will
amount to about half crop"
The citizens Of Lennon have asked
the city council to increase the size
Of the proposed new city water tank
from 10000 gallons. the first size pro-
posed to 100000 gallons. The increase
in size, the petitioners claim, will give
them excellent fire protection.
Frank Beck. who owns large farm
On the Moreau river in the western
part of the state, plans to irrigate his
entire farm with water drawn s.cn. the
river. He has 200 acres of land lying
along the river, 100 acres OF which is
in alfalfa, and If he succeeds in his ir.
rigaticn Ilan he has a fortune in sight.