Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-08-18
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

BRUCE-An agitation has COM
menced here for the installing Of an
electric light system.
HECIA-A special election will be
held here August IA for the purpose Of
voting on the question Of issuing bonds
or $4,000 for a municipal system of
waterworks.
RAPID CITT-This city has taken
It's place as one OF the towns Of the
state which will nave no Sunday mail
in the future. The new order Of things
VIII so into effect Sunday, August 6.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS reach here
that unknown persons are engaged in
dynamiting fish in the Big Sioux and
Rock rivers, and that the law also is
being violated by others who are using
setnes. 1t is expected arrests will be
made.
H T. D. Information has
reached here OF the tragic death in In
Llama Of Dick Ohmann, the young son
OF former residents Of this place. Dur
ing a mad dog scare a man attempted
to shoot and kill the dog, but instead
sent a charge through the boy.
KIMBALL-An old school building
which had outlived it's usefulness for
school purposes has been transformed
into a city hall. Extensive repairs have
placed the structure in fine condition.
It originally cost $1,000 and now is in
as good condition as when first built.
PIERRE-Claude Garner, Of Onida,
picked up a little gasoline money" a
few days ago, by running down n
killing a coyote with his auto. There
were three coyotes in the bunch at the
start, but two of them got out Of the
way, and the third went under the ma
chine, and ave Garner the bounty for
expenses of the race.
ABERDEEN-October 8. at Mobridge,
has been set for the hearing in the,
case Of Mrs. j. c.. Correll of that place,
charged with manning her husband.
Mrs. Cornell, who Is out on $1,000 bail,
Is In the southern part Of the state
with relatives. Cornell is able to be
cut. but will enter a local hospital for
a second operation in a few days.
WHITE LAKE-Wheat on the farm
OF Ed. Rebensdorf, IA miles south Of
town, threshed out an average OF about
IS bushels an acre n his pats about
80. Wheat on the ]. w. and L. J.
Morgan farm threshed out from A to
s bushels per acre, this being In q To-
cality where great injury was done by
the excessively hot weather prior to
July 10.
NAHANT-Between Nahant and
Rockford, In the forest reserve, the
grazing is particularly good, not hav-
ing been affected by the drought.
Ranchers are ~pasturing all the cattle
the land will stand n are buying all
they can find at a bargain. This Is the
most fertile spot in the Black Hills
at present and cattlemen are taking
advantage Of 1t.
ALEXANDRIA-The board Of educa-
ton has been reorganized for the COM.
4-~ xrAD h.y 4hA at ~ ~ RN1
ing officers: President, DR.. w. j.
Maytum; vice-president, v. K. Still
well; clerk. H.. M. Schumacher. 1t was
decided to make extensive improve
metns to the interior of the public
school building, and work will COM
hence at once.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. returns
received here from this vicinity show
the following: S. E. Shade, wheat, 8
bushels to the acre; oats, IL; Lars
Hanson, wheat, 10; w. S.. Frederick.
wheat, IL; Albert Hill, one field Of
oats on alfalfa ground, 81; another
field, 20; Charles Fricke. wheat 1Oh;
Whitney, wheat, 10; Charles Wagner,
one 80 acre field OF wheat, 4; a 60
acre field, Ii; +. w. Allen. wheat. 10,
oats. Z; p. A. Zollman, wheat, 10; oats,
20.
DEADWOOD-Deer hunters IN the
Black Hills this year are not going
to be so plentiful as heretofore. In for
mer years ii has been the law hat
hunters could bag two deer, either
buck or doe, each year, for the small
sum OF 81, provided they lived in the
state, and whenever there was a snow
fall IN November the slaughter was
heavy. Now the hunter must take out
two licenses. a 81 gun license and q
b deer license, N is permitted to
Kill but q deer, a buck, each season.
Nonrasidents must pay sis for the gun
license and SIS for the deer license.
The dear season Is from November I
to December /.
STURGIS-Word was received to-
day that the big new barr and contents
belonging to John Silfven. on Nine
mile creek. was struck by lightning on
the morning of August 2 and burned to
the ground. The damage was $4,000:
no During the same storm
the Wrightscn store and postofice at
Wrightsville also was struck and
burned to the ground.
ABE,RDEEN-Mike McGinnIs. a
hobo, is under arrest here charged with
q criminal attack on Ed Eby, a young
boy, the son OF Fred Eby, of Aberdeen.
McGinnis threatened the lad with a
revolver and frightened him into sub
mission.