Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10

ber of hunters and consequently the
number of deer killed.
A new band has been organized at
Clark
Gray wolves are becoming very bold
in the vicinity OF Okaton.
Fire destroyed - farm. house on
the j. j. Batterton farm near Sisseton.
Wentworth tennis players are plan
ming the organization of an associa-
tion
w. A. Kuntz has been granted 20
year franchise for an electric lighting
system at Plankinton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Greenman Gere of
Webster recently celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary.
Fire wiped out the little town of
Pollock. in Campbell county, small
town with population of $50.
A new hotel, called the Raymond,
and one of the best equipped hostel
ries in that part of the state, has been
opened at Tripp.
The fire department at Philip has
been reorganized and dividtd into two
engine companies. A hook and ladder
company will be added.
Dupree business men, following an
attempt to start an incendiary fire,
held a meeting and arranged to en-
gage a night watchman.
Julius Jacobson, formerly of Lake
Norden, who has been holding down a
claim at White Owl, was struck by
lightning recently and instantly killed.
Rapid City men have discovered a
large deposit of red, white, yellow and
blue sand near that town, which can
be utilized in building operations very
cheaply.
John Walden, of Madison. president
of the Lake County bank, dropped dead
of heart failure. He was wealthy, one
part of his fortune being twenty Sec
tions of valuable land.
The DeSmet creamery which few
years ago was noted as the greatest
creamery in the northwest lost it's
prestage in recent years by reason of
farmers going more extensively into
grain raising. The management now
a marked increase of cream receipts
report marked increase of cream re-
ceipts and the creamery will quite
likely resume it's former rank as re-
suit of the dry weather.
In the opinion of b. F. Walters, en-
gineer in charge of the Belle Fourche
government irrigation project, the
water users who have been petitioning
to have their water rates Cancelled for
this year, will receive the relief they
have asked for. The failure of the
water supply early in July, through
the inability to store sufficient water
owing to the late completion of the
dam, and the absence of rain during
the spring, put most of the water users
in worse position than if there had
been no water whatever supplied.
The Commercial club at Faith has
secured special railroad rates on feed,
seed and fue! for the people on that
branch of the Milwaukee railroad, ac-
cording to announcements made there
this week. AS a consequence, home.
steaders in that part of the state will
be able to get through the winter in
much better shape than they had an
ticipated. The Commercial club will
take charge of the food, seed and fuel
business for the town, and will see to
it that none in the vicinity of Faith
are allowed to suffer for the lack of
feed for livestock, seed for next years
crop. or fuel to warm their houses
through the winter.
The local agent for the Great North.
ern Railroad company at Willow Lakes
not being provided with safe, this
summer converted kitchen range in.
to a safe and stored there checks,
drafts, currency and coin belonging to
the railway company. AS the result of
this practice he had narrow escape
from sustaining heavy loss. On one
Of the recent cool mornings his wife
arose ahead of him, and, not knowing
that the stove was being used for a
safe, started fire in the stove to take
the chill off the room. The station
agent heard the roar of the flames in
the chimney, and in a remarkably
brief time he had rushed downstairs
TO the stove. BY quick work he mar. .
aged to save everything but one SIS
bill, which was burned beyond redemp-
ticn.
lightning struck a g-anary on the
farm of John Mullenberg, near Doland.
and the building and 200 bushels Of
grain were destroyed. A machine
shed adjoining also burned, with about
5000 worth of machinery.
Man. Rights.