The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-05-19
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES
The Mitchell Elks have moved into
their new home.
A movement has been inaugurated
by the women of Worthwhile to organize
a relief corps.
The people of Milesville, In north
western Stanley county, are to have
a creamery at that place.
The Presbyterian church society of
Groton has awarded the contract for
the erection Of a new $4,000 edifce.
The Masonic Building association at
Wagner has completed its building and
the lodge has moved into its new
quarters.
Watertown will have a 100000 hos
pital to be erected by the Lutherans
of the state. 1t will be Of reinforced
concrete and modern in every respect.
The business men of Sioux Falls
have arranged for a $4,000 memorial
for Bishop Hare. It will be in the
form of an addition to the All Saints
school.
The dates for the auto show at Belle
Fourche have been changed to June
20 and %, SO that they will not inter-
fere with the dates Of the horse racing
at Spearfish.
The Aberdeen Railway company has
added three new street cars to it's
equipment Work Is being pushed on
the extensions of the line in the south
east part of town.
Frank Garskel Of WATERFOWL, a tin
ner, suffered several broken bones
and bruises about the head and face
as the result of a 3O-foot fall from a
roof of a residence.
Aroused to the importance of secur-
ing better fire protection, the business
men and other residents of Claremont
have commenced an agitation for mu.
nicipal waterworks.
The women of Belle Fourche sue
ceeded in having 270 trees planted on
Arbor day. This is the best record
reported for the state, SO far as indi-
vidual towns are concerned.
E. o. Churton of LaDelle recently
sold fourteen Galloway steers which
averaged 1913 pounds in weight each,
altogether 1S,460 pounds and the av-
erage price was $73,84, the entire
bunch selling for $1,033.76.
A force of nearly one hundred men
has commenced extending the North
western railroad from Colome to Win
ner. The towns are thirteen miles
apart and it is expected the track lay
ers will complete their work by June
LIST.
The temperance people of Miller
have served notice on the city officials
that the recent election will be con
tested. The drys claim that they will
have no difficulty in throwing the
illegal votes out and that the town
will be dry after July 1.
Arrangements are being completed
for a big historic pageant to be put on
in Yankton during the semi-centennial
celebration Of Dakota, depicting the
earliest days among the Indians and
French traders. The dates of the Gel
ebration are June II to II.
Arrangements are being made for
the erection of a new public school
building at Waite Lake, for which the
voters at a SPECIAL election authorized
bonds of $4,000. Only 81 votes were
cast against the proposition. The new
structure will be ready when the fall
term commences.
James O'Brien, Joe Howard and Joe
Smith were sentenced in federal court
at Aberdeen by Judge Willard for rob-
bling the postoffice at Stockholm on
December %, 1910. O'Brien and How
ard received FIVE years each for bur-
glary and three years, but Smith was
let OF with three years for burglary
and two years for robbery.
Sioux Falls has been chosen by the
national committee in charge of the
Men and Religion Forward movement
as one OF the 80 cities of North Ameri-
ca which shall be used as centors of
this movement A campaign, similar
to the laymen's missionary campaign
of last year, is being planned for the
fall of 1911 and the spring of 1912.
Crop conditions are excellent in
Yankton county, and farmers are look
ing forward to the biggest year in the
b;c<ory ~ fho co,,utv Tho boove ro;p
and snow of the first Of the month