The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-12-15
NEWS BREN1ES|
l|nor Eyeais II ihe Week h
Condensed Form

Farmers residing In the hills IN the
Roberts, Day and Marshall county
lines report presence Of surveyors
who are supposed to be In the EN-
pIoy 81 the Minneapolis and st. Louis
Railway company The present action
IL taken to indicate that the road will
be built north from Waterfowl to the
Canadian line. Another report has II
that the present move il financed by
the South Dakota Central Railway
company and that ii is its intention to
extend north from Waterfowl.
"A protest against patents being fl
sued to the state for the 1900 or
more acres, included In what Ii known
a. the Short Pine Hills reserve OF
South Dakota. was made BY Represen-
tative Martin #. r. BrfHkieF, South
Dakota land commissioner, is I'm
Washington comforting with the forest
officials. He liz there to make seIec-
tons Of land to be patented to the
state in lieu Of sections is and 36, en-
braced In the Black Hills forest re-
serve.
At a special city election at Cham
berlain bonds to the extent Of 10000
We're authorized for the purpose of es-
tablishing q pumping station on the
banks OF the Missouri river with
which to supply the needs of the city.
For twenty years the water of the city
has been supplied by an ~artesian well,
but this supply has become 50 unsat-
isfactory that other arrangements
were deemed imperative
SkiIIful surgery and rare Providence
saved the life Of the ten months old
baby Of Mrs. Gabriel Ellington at Fol-
som- The baby. playing at her moth
erfs side swallowed an open safety pin.
The mother called a doctor; an X-ray
vas used to locate the pin in the es-
CDhagus and q few minutes later it
was extricated. The child appears to
have suffered no injury as q result Of
its experience.
The Webster Commercial club has
reorganized with the following of1cers:
President. Anton Karpei; treasurer, E.
A. ShuIIian; secretary, Floyd Yeager:
directors. A. T. Cooper. Martin Wist,
7. Forbes. George Hammerbacher.
Lars FiksdaI- The year just closed,
according to the report of the retiring
president, l. G. Cchsenreiter, has been
one Of the best in the history Of the
organization
Efforts are being made TO clean up
White Lake Of gambling and bootleg
gfng- A Law arsi Order league has
been organized The states attorney
gave the gambling fraternity twenty
four hours In which to get rid OF para
phernalia or submit 10 arrest. The
gamblers at first made an attempt
to fight, but finally gave up. The
league will be maintained as a pre-
ventiye.
The First National bank Of Rapid
City and several Newell men have
purchased from w. @. Kenaston the
First State bank Of Newell and It win
be associated with the First National
Of Rapid City, the First National OF
Custer, the Keystone bank and the
Bank Of Hot Springs. This viii give
the fve banks 1 total deposit Of nearly
81. O0O 900.
After acting strangely for several
days John Franzel, . homesteader in
Trip county, became violently insane
and m amuck with . rifle. Catching
sight Of q daughter Of Charles Pulitzer,
: neighboring homesteader. he fred
at her, but did not hit her. Sheriff
Little and . posse went to the scene
and after : chase captured the crazy
man.
Stopping long enough to warn Ave
companions that d cayein was i'm
pending cost the life Of Martin Show
ers. . miner, aged twenty-seven, at the
De Smet mine. near Central City.
Showers saw the ground breaking and
notified the others In time, but was
nuder Toni Of rock himself and
lost his life.
10 Mrs. George w. Inglis. wife Of !
court st~enographer, belongs
ths distinction Of shooting the only
deer shot BY ! woman In the Black
Hflls this year. On the last day 81
the REASON Mrs. Inglis brought down
, three-point buck which she shipped
Deadwood-
Because h owed ea0 r. cns,,d rnx :