Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-24


rom the board of health
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES
P. Litz, a carpenter at Parker, fell
from house and broke his collar
bone.
Brookings keeps it's streets smooth
and hard by means of the split log
drag.
The McCook county fair will be
held September 6, Z and s, on the
grounds of the association at Salem.
A good-sized crowd witnessed the
laying of the corner stone for the new
s25,o0O building for the Catholic
school at Sturgis.
Thirty thousand dollars is to be
spent by Uncle Sam this season in
improvements for the Indian school
at Rapid City.
The Parker Commercial club, at it's
last meeting, voted to extend encour-
agement and financial assistance to
the juvenile band there.
Parker appears to have an affinity
for lightning. Four houses have got
ten in the way of electric currents
there in the past two weeks.
The farmers elevator at Cresbard,
long in a half-finished condition, is to
be completed this fall. the contract for
finishing the work having been let.
A small son of August Johnson of
the Vernon neighborhood, in Roberts
county, drank some poison, but by
strenuous work on the part of ply
sician he pulled through.
Loyalton Baptists have just COM
pleted a new $1,000 parsonage for
their pastor. the Rev. Mr.. Rocks, of
Oelrichs. The school district has also
issued bonds for a $4,000 school
house.
The city council of White Lake has
granted to the White Lake Light and
Power company a 2O-year franchise
for operating an electric light system
at that place. The work of installing
the system will commence in the
near future.
The city council of Platte has de-
cided to issue bonds in the sum of
$4,000 for taking up outstanding
bonds in an equal amount. The re-
funding of the bonds will make a ma
terial saving in annual interest
charges.
The railroads Of the state are
charging fiat rate of one fare for
the round trip to and from the state
fair. Passengers to the fair will not
get off at the depot, but will be taken
directly to the fair grounds, thus the
usual fees for carriages will not be
necessary. The trains will also take
on passengers at the fair grounds for
their home points.
Paul D. McClelland, we'll known
resident of Hermosa, has been ap-
pointed United States commissioner
by Judge Elliott Of the federal court.
and will have his headquarters at Her
mosa. This will enable homesteader
of that vicinity to make their final
proofs before him instead of being
compelled to go to Rapid City or Buff
falo Gap, as has been the case in the
past.
Fifteen hundred dollars is the
amount proposed to be raised by the
Rapid City Business club for the pur-
pose of advertising the fact that Rap
i'd City is one Of the registration
points designated in the proclamation
issued by the president for the open
ing OF the Berthold Indian reserva-
ton in this state, which registration
will begin October 2, and end October
21, 1911.
An artesian well recently sunk near
Spearflsh is reported to be flowing at
the rate of a thousand gallons min
ute. The flow was found at a depth
of about $50 feet, and the rush of
water is so great that the owner of
the well has problem on his hands
in disposing of the flow of water. Five
acres were flooded before bitches
could be plowed out to drain OF the
water.
Preliminary arrangements are being
made for the annual conference of the
Free Methodist church of South Dako-
ia. which will be held in Beresford
for several days. commencing Sep.
tember q.
The 2-year-old son of Mrs. Ruth
Shepardson, who makes her home at
the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. l..
Bracken. living on farm in Aurora
county. ate some fly paper. The little
fellow did not become i'll until the
day following that upon which he ate
some Of the fly paper. since which
tins be has gradually grown worse.