The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-04-06
Exchange News Notes

NauOkd TreSS. some Time ago
the Masonic Lodge purchased the
Nat Stevenson lot on the corner.
across the street north from the
Bank of kadoka and recently ac-
quired the half lot occupied by the
w. A. Schwichtenberg JeweIry
store. The plans of the lodge are
to build large fire proof building
the entire width of the lots. The
building will probably be of either
brick or cement blocks 374 feet by
80 feet with two store rooms on
the first floor and fine lodge room
on the second floor. A basement
will be dug and the building fitted
up with all the most modern i'm
provements. Work will possibly
be commenced this fall and when
completed will be most hand
some and substantial Improvement
to our city and will fill a much felt
want for a room for the meeting
of the various lodge societies.
Mr.. Swichtenberg has secured the
other half Of the lot occupied by
him and will move his building
onto it,
Western Star: Walter Andrews
was quietly driving into town We'd
nesday afternoon when he met up
with the unexpected. Mr.. An
drews has a fancy for nice horses
and his driving team could never
be accused of being dead on their
feet. When crossing the railroad
track just east of town the horses
spied the section men moving a
hand car from the track. The team
Immediately turned around and
started for the stock yards. An
drews dropped off somewhere in
the melee and forgot to lite on his
feet consequently he got a nasty
cut and bruise over his ligkt eve.
The team loosened themselves from
the vehicle and then hurriedly
came up Midland avenue where
passing team blocked the way. 1t
is fortunate that no more serious
damage resulted.
Touching an electric light switch
and causing short circuit result
ed in the instant death of 4 uby
Matter, Is year old Deadwood
girl. at the coliseum Saturday
evening. The girl had been roller
skating with some companions and
went into retiring room, where
a few minutes later her body was
found on the floor.
Draper Democrat: Our compli-
ments to the Presho Settler, but
the Democrat is not an ardent
supporter" or any other kind of
supporter of the saloon. We re-
cognize the saloon as social evil
that must be dealt with by law as
any other evil. In some localities
it might be done away with entire
ly, but not in Draper. We've
tried it. And we assert without
fear of successful contradiction
that we had more drinking and
drunkenness under our "dry' re-
gime than we are having under the
open saloon. Hence our choice of
the least of two evils.
The efforts of the Milwaukee
company to keep its pontoon bridge
in operation at Chamberlain this
spring have gone for nothing, as
the bridge went out recently, when
a vast quantity of ice came down
with great force and swept away
Is bents, putting the structure out
of commission for an indefinite
period. The company is transfer
ing it's passengers, light baggage
and express across the river in
boats when the stream is not run
ming too strong with ice. The
company went to a great deal of
expense two months ago in placing
large piles above the bridge in the
hope of saving it when the ice
went out. It stood one thaw, but