Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-25

OF July Will be celebrated in that viii
lage.
The new packing house being built
at Lead by Swift & Co., is rapidly
nearing completion.
Ground has been broken for the new
Catholic church building at Aurora. 1t
will be constructed of cement blocks.
Through the efforts of large NUM-
Der of the leading women Of Bruce a.
public library has been opened at
that place.
z. S. Sisson, an old soldier, commit
ted suicide at Armour by cutting his.
throat from ear to ear Dependency
is the reason.
The 29th annual convention of the
South Dakota Dental society, in ses-
sion at Aberdeen, was largely attend
ed by dentists from all sections of the
state.
A defective flue caused a $4,000 fire
at the ranch of j. A. Reynolds, two
miles from Custer The house, ba.,2
and all buildings except a granary and
sheep shed were destroyed.
Prospects are reported to be bright
for Fort Meade to be Transformed
into brigade post, in which event the
military reservation surrounding the
post will be greatly enlarged.
October 16 next has been fixed as
the date for the annual meeting of the
South Dakota Grange, which will be.
held in Presho. An effort is being
made to have the annual Lyman coun-
ty fair held there at the same time
Efforts are being made to have the
department of agriculture set aside an,
entire township in the forest reserve
in Custer county as game preserve.
into which may be turned elk ana
deer.
A bad fire occurred at Bowdle by
which the city suffers loss of $40,
600, with insurance of only $500. Or,
North Main street, block five was ais
most entirely burned, including eight
business places and four dwellings.
Fishing parties from Lead who
spent several days on Spearfish creek,
report indications of fish having been
dynamited. A strict watch has now
been placed along the creek and if tho.
perpetrators are found it will go hard
with them.
The government Indian bureau has
ordered closed the Indian school az,
Little Eagle in the Standing Rock res.
ervation as soon as the present term
of school expires. The equipment
will be removed to Fort Yates and the
building Sold
Gen. S. j. Conklin of Clark, who has;
been dangerously i'll for some time but
is now improving, celebrated his s2d
birthday anniversary and large mum.
bers of his friends and neighbors of
many years called upon him at his
home to fel;citate him upon the occa.
sion
George Combs, aged IA, the adopt.
ed son of Valentine Peter, farmer
near Fairfax, was drowned while.
bathing with a hair dozen smaller
companions in Vanousek's pond. IT.
is thought that he either could not
swim and dropped into hole that had,
been dug out during the dry weather
last year, or was subject to cramps.
He was drowned almost before the.
other boys realized he was in danger.
The committee in charge of Yank--
toms summer Chautauqua has been
definitely advised that DR.. Cook. Of
arctic notoriety,, will be a feature of
this summers chautauqua course, and
1t is predicted that this interesting
speaker will be great drawing card.
Frank Ecker, who has been promot-
ing proposition to build a $4,000 ho-
tel at Mclaughlin. informs the business
men of the town that he has succeed
ed in raising the necessary capital and
that work on the structure will start
at once. The contract for the worx
Will be awarded In two weeks