Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-09
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

IleaYy rain put things in the PINK OF
condition.
LENNOX-winiam Fitzgerald, a
pioneer OF Lincoln county, mas been
i'll with asthma n heart trouble. Dr.
Slaman Is the attending physician.
ABERDEEN-Twelve cars OF stock
bound for Sioux City, were wrecked
near Ashton. en- the Milwaukee line,
tying up the line until late Friday. n
trainmen escaped without injury.
DEADwOoD-The grand lodge OF
he Ancient order of United Work
men concluded here last evening. Alb
srdeen was selected for the meeting
place in 1913.
/ PIERRE-In the United States court
here, the case of Clarence .. Nash,
former postmaster OF Marietta, Stanley
county. indicted on a charge of falsify-
ing pOstOffice returns to increase his
salary n of endorsement or Sl,OOO,
went over the term.
VERMILLION-The contract for the
construction of the new high sc" Dol
building has been awarded to Eric
Nylen. and the work of excavation for
the basement is in progress. 1t is hoped
TO have the building completed before
winter.
ABERDEEN. +. Halliday, of Iro-
quois, former state auditor, and Mrs.
Halliday last week arrived at their
25th anniversary and were surprised
by their friends with an improvised
silver wedding. Mr.. Halliday is editor
OF the Iroquois Chief.
IPSWICH-Two years ago this sum-
mer a complete eve system was put
In. a summer an electric light plant
came into operation. with lights all over
the city. This year a $4,000 water
plant will be installed, giving ample fire
protection. The water supply will be
furnished by artesian wells.
ARDMORE-John S. Cole, of Denver,
an expert in dry farming, was the chief
speaker at a big farmers meeting held
here, when a grange was organized.
Mr.. Cole has spent the past 10 days ex-
amining every part of this county, to
select a suitable spot for the location
of a government experiment station.
HOT SPRINGS-The Northwestern
is installing an oil storage tank here
and coa will be unknown hereafter.
The engines used On the stub between
here and Buffalo Gap have been fitted
up for the liquid fuel and as soon as
the few days workout is given them in
the Chadron yards they will be put in
service.
MISUNDERSTANDING to the es-
Inmates of the r. l.. Polk Directory
company, Aberdeen's population is a
shade under $4,000, instead of only
1878, as given by the federal census.
There are over 5000 names in the direc-
tory, and the multiple used by the di-
rectory people brings tfs population up
TO 1925.
PIERRE-The referendum petition
to carry to a vote the law for the
settling of county seat contests vas
filed with the secretary Of state with
5000 names. AS only one town In the
state is especially interested In hav-
ing this law upheld, it is alleged that
the names were procured by paid So
licitors. They count just the same.
BELLE FOURCHE-Upon convic-
ton of adultery, DR.. Horace M.
Champney, a well known physician,
was sentenced by Judge Rice to five
months in the p~enitentiary. DR..
Champney, who came her In 1886 and
is AZ years old. has one divorced wife,
but was never divorced from his sec
ond wife on whose complaint his
trouble arese, who lives here. The
woman in the case was not prosecuted.
MITCHELL-Fred Appel, a young
nan living in Miner county, near
Canova, was accidentally killed. He
was ClbdnlHS a. SIIidll TlLle WnGH the
gun was discharged by the trigger com
Ing in contact with a bench. The ball
entered the forehead and went down
ward, penetrating the brain. He lived
two hours. He was rs years old and
the second son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Appel, prominent residents of that
county.
SIOUX FALLS-An important de-
cision defining the rights of the farm
ers Of South Dakota under the state
drainage law has been rendered by the
supreme court in the case arising from
Turner county. The decision is in
substance that boards of county COM
missions nno refuse additional
drainage when a drainage ditch already
constructed needs to be made large to
properly drain the land through which
1t passes.
DEADWOOD-South Dakota grand
lodges of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen n Degree of Honor are in
session TO be continued three days.
Over six hundred visitors are on hand
among the most prominent being Gov.
b. #. Carroll Of Iowa; w. NJ. Narvis of
the same state. supreme master work.
man in the United States, and Mrs.
Frances Buell. Olson. of st. Paul, SUI
Qerior chief of honor.
ABERDEEN-The Aberdeen park
BOARD has entered upon an extensive
plan for identifying the park system
IF the city. At present the board Is
working on Melgaard park, named
ifter a pioneer, a part of his tree claim
composing the park. The grounds are
being laid out with driveways. trees
ire being planted in vacant spots, and
/ low spot in the grounds will be con-
yerted into an artificial lake.
SIOUX FALLS-A dozen cities will
De represented at the meeting Of the
Federation of South Dakota CONNER
,ial clubs here June 6 and z. FL. O..
Cooley, secretary of the Belle Fourche
Commercial club, will alb on What
ran We DO to Make the Federation a
Permanent and Useful Organization
and X. Z. Dowdell on How to Adver-
Use the Commercial, Industrial and
Agricultural Resources of South Da-
kota at Small Expense Governor
yessey will be on hand.
IPSWICH. s. B.-Carl Sanborn, one
Of the early settlers of Edmunds
county, met a very sudden death at
Beebe, a new station between here and
Roscoe, by falling frem q scaffoid. He
and hls son and another man were
working or the structure. which sud-
denly gave away and the others fell on
top OF him. After the fall Mr.. Sanborn
got up and about half an hour after
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