The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-02
SOUTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCE.


Bancroft.
1ncipient forest fires are burning
along the Burlington railroad in the
Black Hills.
| G. w. Case has purchased a bust
ness block in Watertown of b. Y Cad
aman, paying $13,500 for it.
| Peter Norbeck of Redfield is the
donor of $4,000 we'll to the state uni
versity at Vermillion.
| Ground has been broken at Aurora
for new Catholic church to be con
structed of cement blocks.
Plans are being made for the annual
gathering of the South Dakota Nor
| wegian pioneers at Sioux Falls.
Gov. Wesley has appointed John II
Peckham of Parkston as oil inspector
for the southern part of the state.
H. j. Finney, a union labor organ
| izer, is dead from injuries received in
falling on the Windsor hotel steps in
Huron.
Custer is making efforts to have the
departments Of agriculture set aside a
township near there as game pre-.
serve.
Farmers in the vicinity of F1andreau
are figuring up thousands of dollars
loss through a destructive wind and
hail storm.
The Hanson County Agricultural as
ISOLATION has selected September 10,
20 and q as the dates for their annual
fair and race meet.
ic no I,,yJ 4 ho l.; a..
dredge of the Castle Creek Hydraulic
Placer Mining company will be in op.
Grafton at Mystic.
Ewald Hoohlfeldt of Mitchell suf-
fered fracture of the leg when an
automobile struck his bicycle on the
way to the ball grounds.
The state pardon board has recon.
mended the pardon of Christian Chris
tianson, who was sentenced to life for
the murder of his wife fifteen years
ago.
Chamberlain's new city hall will be
dedicated on June 6.
Farmers living near Lebanon have
formed Farmers Grain company.
Fifty thousand trout have been
planted in Spearfish creek near Lead.
The graduating exercises of the
Parker high school will be held June 2.
One thousand Odd Fellows and Re-
bekahs are in convention at Sioux
Falls.
After the sale of considerable stock,
Milesville is assured of a new cream.
cry.
John A. Boke, who drew the first
claim at Faith, is dead after a short
illness.
fankton is preparing for big semi
centennial celebration during the week
of June IL.
The Butte county supervisors have
let the contract for new court house
at Belle Fourche.
The Fall River County Sunday
School association will be organized
at Hot Springs next week.
Hundreds of fish stranded in a few
inches of water are being gathered
from the Bar river.
The Odd Fellows lodge of Vermil.
lion is planning to erect a new two.
story brick building this year.
The 5-year-old son of John Scaff.
living near Winfred, was accidentally
shot and killed while playing with a
rifle.
Fire Chief Arndt and four firemen
at Sioux Falls are suffering from the
effects of asphyxiation from charcoal
smoke.
Inc Milwaukee road has completed
pans Tor the erection of a $150,O0O sta
tlon at Aberdeen to replace the one
destroyed by fire some months ago.
One or the largest real estate sales
recorded in Brule county was the
transfer OF 1,4OO acres of land lying
IN Wilbur township to Chamberlain
real estate dealers. 1t brought 1922 per
acre.
indictments were returned in the
FEDERAL court at Deadwood against
CHARLES Nash, former postmaster of
Marietta, S. d., charging him with
making raise returns in order to Sc
cure an increase of salary. He plead
ed not guilty.
i'm Murphy, a veteran orchestra
man, is dead at Beresford
Farmers living near Gayvlle are
building a cooperative elevator.
Tynrall business men will meet Nav
~ 10 organize a commercial club.
me Turner county teachers insti.
tute will be held in Parker, June 20
to 80.
Gayyille business men have raised
5000 to insure a Fourth of July cele,
bration.
Dr. Frank Bouza of Tyndall. has be.
come an inferno in st. Joseph's hos.
pital in Omaha.
The Bon Homme county teachers