Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-04-07
Neus Briefs of
the Northwest

BUN E5 Il ETlL, -
lodge has secured ground and arranged
for the erection of a lodge hall.
SPEARFISH, s. D.-This city viii
vote on the establishment Of the COM
mission plan of government tomorrow.
WEBSTER CITY. IA.-Seven people
I'm the John Crawford family were made
dangerously i'll from eating canned
corn.
GREGORY, S. D.-The work of grad
ing for an extension of the Chicago d
Northwestern from Colome to Winner.
has been resumed.
OKATON, S. DC. Il. Miller and n.
7. Brandt, of st. Ansgar, Ia, will start
a bank here, having interested local
capitalists in the enterprise.
3 YANKTON, S. D.-A justice Of the
peace fned Joseph Pacena, of Lakeport,
for selling liquor without a license. His
place of business was raided.
OMAHA, NEB.-Harry Dillon, 1913
Fifth ave. S., Minneapolis, is in an
Omaha hospital suffering from blood
poisoning due TO the dye IN his SOCKS
DUBUQUE, IA.-Because Of the ex-
plosion O. a bottle of sulphuric acid,
which he held in his hand, Ollie Haster,
age p, will likely lose the sight of both
eyes.
STRATFORD, s.. D.-Ray Gould, d
22-year-old farmer, met death when he
fell. while narrowing a field, and was
caught under the Implement. An artery
was severed.
CANTON. s. D.-The Baptist society.
which has been without a pastor since
last fall, has been revived and will soon
call a leader from another field to take
up the work.
HAMPTON, IA party of fire
fighters rushed six miles in Is minutes,
to the w. r. Stayner farm, and put out.
a fire that threatened to destroy the
farm buildings.
DUPREE. S. D.-Abe Laplant has
been exonerated by a jury
from blame for the death of an un-
known gambler, whom he struck DOWN
with his fist in a fight.
MARSHALLTOWN, IA-With the
examination of IA junior preachers, who
seek to become regularly ordained min
listers. the eighteenth annual conference
of the Des Moines district of the United
Evangelical church opened here.
BERESFORD S. D.--Beresford high
schools debating team won in he
meet here with a team from Center
VILE. The inn took the a
side Of the income tax question.
WATERLOO, IA.-A strike Of
! plumbers strike has been averted for
w years by terms agreed upon be-
tween employers and employees. The
scale is $3.50 a day for eight hours
O. rs per cent increase.
MISSOURI VALLEY, -. c. 4. Tri-
bu, a switchlight tender, was struck
and killed Saturday night near here by
Northwestern fast express No. %. His
body was hurled 100 feet and badly
mutilated. The man left a family.
MURDO, S. D.-The physicians of
Lyman county have organized an as
sociation with DIR. Hunt, of Draper,
president; DR.. Newman, of Presho, vice
president; DIR. Kimble, of Murdo, sec
rotary; DR., Violin, Of Reliance, treas
urer.
BURLINGTON, lathe suicide
known here as Fred Morrison. who look
his life In the Burlington hotel a week
ago, has been identified as James J.
Reed, a released murderer from the
Nebraska p~enitentiary. He a killed
a woman
ROCKWELL CITY-Manager Law
, renee, of the armers elevator, is cut
$50 OH account OF having given d check
for $25 to a man giving the name of D.
S. Miller, who claimed he had delivered
1000 bushels of corn. The check was
cashed at a store.
BELLE FOURCHE, S. D.-Francis
j. Quirk, a ranchman, fatally shot
himself while tramping over the hills
on a hunting trip. He stumbled and
fell, and his shotgun discharged
through his intestines, causing his
death a few hours later.
MASON CITY, IA.-Arrested on the
charge made by his wife that he had
cut a hole in her stocking and extract
ed therefrora $50 in bills, John Condor
was obliged to face a magistrate. He
claimed that the money belonged to
him. On her promise not to push the
case he paid the costs and secured a
dismissal.
VERMILLION, s. D.-Debating
teams Of the University of South Da-
kota and Creighton university will meet
here Friday evening. The Dakota de-
baters, Campbell, Jeperson and Eggens
will take the negative of the proposal
that conservation hould be left to the
states.
ORANGE CITY, IA.-A jury has
awarded the full amount of the insur-
ance claim, $4,000, to Mrs. Miller, OF
Sanburn. whose husband, DR.. Miller,
| was killed iii an automobile accident.
The defendant was the Interstate Busi-
ness Mems Accident association, OF
Des Moines.
DENVER, COLO.-As a result of a
settlement agreed upon by the officials
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers n officials Of the Denver a.
Rio Grande railroad, $50 engineers OF
that system will receive an increase OF
8 per cent in wages, better working
rules and a contract for a year. The
settlement was made through the eff
forts of United States Labor Ccn,mis-
sioner Charles p. Neill.
CLARNO, s. D.-Mystery surrounds
the disappearance of Carl Johnson the
~17-year-old son of N. r. Johnson. who
went TO Kansas City, Mo-, a few weeks
6 to attend an automobile school.
Letters from the president of the
school indicate that he left the school
a few days after arriving and that a
woman who claimed to be a relative
appeared the following day and COL
lected the amount OF the tuition fee
he had paid. He is said to nave asked
that his mail be forwarded to Wini-
fred, S. ID.
SEATTLE, WASH.-Citizens Of Sc
attic Saturday night paid their tribute
OF respect and sympathy to Richard A.
Ballinger, for two years secretary of
the interior, and during most of that
time involved in a bitter controversy
over the policy OF conservation. At
ended by Mayor George w. billing
and presidents OF 10 commercial and
anf Al A.4n 49,