Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-06
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

AS a result of the recent; fires. d.
volunteer fire department has been Or
ganized at Mobridge.
| The Brown County Old Settlers as
sociation held it's annual reunion this
year at Bensons grove, near Glare
mont.
The Dupree Commercial club has
purchased two chemical engines and
will organize volunteer fire depart
ment with "a members.
Armour has gone Oh record as dry
town. A large sum OF money has been
raised among the citizens by volunteer
subscription to be used in enforcing
the law.
Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Twiss of Atnol
celebrated the twenty-itth anniver-
sary of their marriage with a silver
wedding celebration for which 14O in,
vitations were issued.
During an electric storm, Andrew
| Swenson, a sheepherder for Louis
Mattson, working twenty miles north
west of Belle Fourche, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed.
Mobridge had "peeping Tom for
little while, but the officers got busy
and he was rounded up in police court
and fined an amount which should
cause him to reform his ways.
After several weeks work by local
businss men, arrangements now are
completed for the erection and opera.
| q in
will be conducted by cooperative
company
Work of installing the new gas light
ing system at Gettysburg is proceed
ing rapidly, and within a few weeks
the town will enjoy the benefits of gas,
lights. 1t is expected the system will
be in operation by July Is.
A. technical mistake in the wording
OF call for special election recently
held at Burke to vote bonds for the
erection of new school building has
made it necessary to hold another
election, and this will be held in the
near future.
Miss Edith Nelson of Pierre has
been left $4,000 by Mr.. Smith of
Chicago, an aged invalid whom she.
nursed for some time The dead man
had no family except some nieces. and
was wealthy. The nieces inherited
the remainder of the property.
census of the new county of Zie
bach, taken by the county superin-,
tendent, Miss Grace Shurr reveals a
school population of 6Sb, of whom 144
are Indians. Steps are being taken to
organize sufficient schools in the,
county to care for all the children.
Through the heroism of Mrs. Jasper
Landon, wife of a farmer living near
Beresford, the life of their little son
was saved. He fell into cistern and
the mother jumped after him, holding
him above the water until assistance
arrived and they were both rescued.
Information received from Province
town, Mass, tells of honors which
have come to Sioux Falls boy, in the
person of Herbert F. Emerson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Emerson, prom
inent residents of Sioux Falls. The
young man is in the United States:
navy, and the information received
is to the effect that he has been pro-
NOTED to lieutenant.
The Sioux Indians on the Lower
brule reservation, near Kennebec, are
DONG a vast amount of fencing tf's
season. The Indians are realizing
more and more of the value of their
lands, and many of them have en-,
gagged in farming quite extensively.
At the annual meeting of the stock
! holders of the Farmers COOPERATIVE
Grain company, which conducts an e'e-
vator at Fairview, dividend OF per
cent was declared. Two new menDeis'
of the board OF directors were eiec'eo'
and Ave of the old members were ~
elected