Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-14

OF the stockholders of the NeSllel
Farmers Mutual Insurance company %
be one of the most successful OF lis
kind in the state.
Rudolph johnson, a 16-year-olc o2Y |
near ST. Onge, was riding horse rap,
idly when the animal stumbled aho
the boys head was crushed on the
horn of the saddle, causing instant
death
The towns of Osceola and Bancroft
in Kingsbury county, are agitated over
request filed by the Great Northern
Railway company with the state rali-
| way commission asking PERMISSION 10
close these stations.
A Rapid City business man who had
| jumped to the conclusion that bas'-
ness conditions were bad. was sur
| piiseJi and pleased ON comparing last
months business with that of year
ago. to find that it was put Sc less.
! Elaborate ceremonies attended the
laying of the cornerstone OF new
Episcopal church which is to be erect
| ed at Winner. The church VIII he
known as the Trinity Mission and vii
be the first Episcopal church IN TrlpI
county.
Settlers near Rapid City object tc
new land office ruling which does
away with the six months time durine
which the homesteader who has flee
on claim may go on the land. and
requiring him to live on the home
stead Immediately after filing. AT
effort will be made to have the ruline
rescinded.
George Burke was instantly killed
at Huron. He was at the top OF the
electric light pole assisting in stretch
ing wires at the state fair grounds
when struck by a live wire and
thrown to the ground. He was the
oldest son of Roadmaster John s
Burke, of the Dakota division OF the
Northwestern system.
Mrs. Lars Helkan, living six miles
northeast of Florence, in Codington
county, was burned to death in a gas
oline stove explosion. She attempted
to fill the tank while the fire was
burning. The explosion drenched her
clothing with burning OIL and before
help could reach her every stitch was
burned from her body.
The farmers of Yankton county, bur
dened with an immense apple croI
they could not dispose of, have hit or
the plan of turning the crop into ci
der. w. H. Muth of Yankton was in
duced to enter the business and is
working night and day with a cider
! press, converting the big apple crol
on contract with the farmers.
September IS is the date set by the
! city council of Centerville for the ref
. erendum election to decide the waite,
. meter question. The water COMMITTEES
! has consignment of over 5000 wortl
of meters, ordered before the meter or
election decides against installing me
: dinance was acted upon, and If th
ters, the question is, who pays the bill
t Harry Whitcher, one of the old
4 time range riders, while riding TIL
1 country near Chance a few days ag
: sighted huge gray wolf and CAV
: chase After a run of over two mile
r over hills and gullies his COW pom
+ outfooted the wolf. and by a quic
throw of his rope, in which he has ey
! identity not lost skill through disus(
:. he caught the huge brute about tn
: neck and dragged it to death.
! Walter Horn of Colome was lSille
by falling from scaffold on a graf
6 elevator which was in course of cor
n struction He had just gone to worl
and, needing saw, which was insid
the elevator, endeavored to swim
' from the scaffold into a nearby vii
y dow. He lost his hold and fell bacl
- ward to the ground, distance of
- feet. He died an hour after the acc
: dent without regaining consciousness
, One of the youngest prisoners eve
II lodged in the Sioux Falls penitentia1
is Ollie Worrell, aged Is, of Trip
county, who has been placed benin
- the walls of the prison to serve a ter
~ . of six months for grand larceny, cor
y mitted in the new county of Tripp. Tt
- Youngest prisoner comes from hig
~ ly respected family in Tripp count
- and his present predicament appear
to be due to his penchant for associa
q 20 ing with reckless male companions.
%. Roy Poisson, prominent farmer Ii
ing near Mellette, had a thrilling figl
with an unknown man in his bar
W He returned home shortly after
- o'clock at night and after putting h
?. horses away went to the harness ROOF
- where he ran upon the strange ma
IN IN After fierce fight the unkonwn sil
le' ceeded in striking Poisson over Il
w head with a club and then fed fro
u. the barn. 1t is believed the man h;
" entered the barn for the purpose
ii stealing horses
q The voters of Grouse Creek tow
he ship, near Presho, have by large m
to jority voted in favor of the townsh
in being bonded in accordance with
al state law for the drilling of nine lar
i ar4aci hicl, IL