The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-11-24
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

The fire loss in the recent Irouuois
hotel fire has been adjusted and al
ready the work of putting the partial
iy burned structure back into first
class condition is in progress.
A herd of some 10 elk was seen
quietly feeding on the range between
Chalk Buttes and White Owl. 1t is
thought they wandered here from the
Black Hills or Montana timber dis.
tricts
The farmers around Armour are
about through husking corn. Much Of
it is averaging around 40 bushels to
the acre, and the local buyers are
paying so cents per bushel for it as
delivered.
Chief Hollow Horn Bear, a Yankton
Sioux, whose picture adorns the $40
bills, and who formerly was a Yank-
ton resident, before his tribe ceded
the Yankton site, is Yankton visitor
once more.
The Security State bank Of Kenne.
bee, which opened its doors a little
more than four years ago, has been
reorganized as a national bank under
the name of the First National bank
of Kennebec.
The little daughter of J. E. Plummer,
a homesteader living near Herrick,
lost the sight of one eye as the result
of falling in such a manner that the
point OF an open knife blade penetrat-
ed the eyeball.
A number of musicians at Blunt
have organized a band, with the fol-
lowing officers: President, Ed. Pers-
son; secretry Russell Eakin; treas.
urer, G. r. Coleson. c. z. Besancon
will act as instructor.
Custer boasts of having the only
pine seed extracting plant in the
United States. A new plant is also
erected there for the extraction Of
pine and spruce seed which is owned
by private individuals.
Watertown people took a day of
one Sunday recently and observed it
as "church-going Sunday" The news
paper men, who were On the street
about church-going time, state the
attendance was excellent.
What appears to be a regularly or.
ganized band of thieves has Leola as
its field of operations. Recently sew
eral business houses have been en-
tered and cash and goods have been
carried away. The identity of the
thieves remains mystery.
II. H. Snipe, of Vermillion, a car
penter, was severely injured by falling
from a scaffold where he was working.
He fell IA feet, striking squarely on
his head, and was in an unconscious
condition for hours afterward The
doctors, however, believe he will re-
cover.
In accordance with recent action of
the city council of Woonsocket in
granting an electric light franchise,
the work of installing the system al
ready has commenced. The franchise
and placed in operation not later than
January 1 next
Circuit court is in session at Ar
mour, with Judge Trip presiding.
There are II civil cases on the docket,
but none of them of any great i'm
portance. The docket contained one
criminal suit appealed from justice
court growing out of trouble between
farmers over stock.
At special election at Flandreau
the voters gave their approval to an
electric light franchise which had
been submitted to them. Only 33
votes were cast against the franchise.
The work of installing the franchise
will be commenced as soon as the
preliminaries can be arranged.
Grace, the 5-year-o.d daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Grannold Of Lang
ford, had narrow escape from death
when she climbed on a threshing ma
chine in operation. The machine was
only turned partly on, and the child
escaped with broken arm, but would
have been torn to pieces had she
made the attempt a moment later,
when the machine would have been
under full headway.
At joint meeting of the two tele-
phone companies at Okoboji arrange
ments were made for their consolida-
tion under the name of the Gasbelt
Telephone company. The consolida-
ton will reduce operating expenses
and give more satisfactory service.
II has been decided to have a land
show in connection with farmers
institute which is to be held at Ma.
rion in January. H. Fl. Stoner, state
superintendent of farmers Institutes,
will be there two days with his corps
Of lecturers. A special committee is
working on the land SHOW feature