The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-08
SOUTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCE.

His horse stumbling caused tho
death of Rudolph Johnson, 16-year.old
son of Charles Johnson, farmer near
St Onge
j. NJ. Wood of Mitchell, was thrown
across caboose ad painfully injured
while the freight on which he was
riding was switching.
William Tonsmann, homesteader
on Milestone creek in Gregory coun-
ty, was bitten by a vicious horse and
after terrible suffering died
Miss Emelyo Eye of Centerville,
who had acquired quite a reputation
as chauffeur, says she has lost her
nerve and will give up motoring for
good.
Mrs. William Eggleston of Davidson.
had a rattlesnake to attack her that
she might photograph it. She manag-
ed to get the picture and escape in.
jury.
Work has begun on the new union
station at WATERFOWL.
The homesteaders of ZiebaCh county
have formed an organization for the
purpose of more effectively present
ing their claims and needs to the
railroad companies.
The team, wagon and every earthly
possession of John Lavery, a prairie
schooner emigrant, We're lost in the
Cheyenne river at the Sleeve crossing,
east of Hot Springs.
Preparations have been completed
for the annual convention of the South
Dakota Rural Mail Carriers associa-
ton, which will be held in Sioux Falls
on Monday and Tuesday.
The campaign for an endowment
and building fund for the greater Red
| field college has eliminated with a
total subscription of $4,000 by the
citizens of Redtield and Sphinx county
The farmers institute at Dupree
attended by record breaking crowd.
Many exhibits of farm products were
made and DR.. II. H. Stoner of High
more, lectured on dry farming.
ID. f. Jones of WATERFOWL, C. T..
McCauley of Aberdeen, and A. L. Eel
lows of Sioux Falls, have been APP
pointed a committee to assist the
state pure food and drug department
They will fix the standards of various
drugs.
DIR. II. H. Stoner of Highmore, is
talked of as a possible successor to
A. E. Chamberlain, state superinten-
dent of formers institutes. Gov. YES
sey, it is understood has conferred
with him in regard to such an APP
pointment
Five elevators, containing $4,000
bushels of grain at Oldham, were de-
stroyed by fire. They belonged to
Jones Bros, Larson & Metcalf, Farm
ers' Elevator Co., George Brown Ele-
vator Co. and the E. w. Ketcham Ele-
vator Co.
Fully 5000 Yankton county people
gathered on the banks of the Jim
river at Yankton for the old settlers
picnic, the particular spot the river
being the same as was crossed for the
| first time by some of the old timers
there assembled fifty years ago
The Woodmen of the World have
organized Fall River camp No. AZ, at
Hot Springs. Mayor Bentley is com.
mander.
Samuel Penrose, employed by ]. H.
Dewitt of Fedora, falling from a hay
rack, was impaled on the handle of
pitchfork and killed.
Heavy crop losses from hail storms
are reported near Mitchell.
II. II. Tilley, proprietor of the Da-
kota Hide and Fur Co. of Aberdeen,
has been arrested on a charge of fraud
and is in the hands of the federal
authorities.
The S250,000 endowment fund for
Redfield college was completed when
people of that city raised $4,000 in a
whirlwind campaign. James j. Hill
contributed $4,000.
Twenty-one South Dakota cities and
towns promised to send delegates to
the meeting of a state federation of
commercial clubs at Huron
There is a shortage of game war.
dens in the Black Hills this year on
account of the tameness and abun.
dance of game. Wardens all over the
state are having more or less difficulty
in enforcing the law.
A dispute over the matter of con.
cessions at the Yankton county old
settlers picnic led to an assault on T.
j, Welby by Charles Smith. Mrs.
| Smith and John Inch also participant
ed in the fray. The case is now in
| the courts.
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