The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-05-19
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES


of July will be celebrated in that vii
lage.
A movement has been inaugurated
by the women of Worthwhile to organize
relief corps.
The Presbyterian church society of
Groton has awarded the contract for
the erection of new $4,000 edifice.
The Masonic Building association at
Wagner has completed its building and
the lodge has moved into its new
quarters.
The people of Stratford have organ
lied an independent school district
and will build new school house to
cost $4,000.
AS the result of several recent
meetings baseball association has
been organized at Pukwana and team
placed in the field.
An electric light system of limited
capacity has been installed at Lennox
and and viii be increased until the
entire town is lightei.
The dates for the auto show at Belle
Fourche have been changed to June
% and %, so that they will not inter-
fere with the dates of the horse racing
at Spearfish.
Memorial day has been decided
upon as the time for the laying of the
corner stone of the fine new Sully
county court house, which is to be
erected at Onida.
The Aberdeen Railway company has
added three new street cars to its
equipment Work is being pushed on
the extensions of the line in the south
east part of town.
Frank Garskel of Watertown, tin
ner, suffered several broken bones
and bruises about the head and face
as the result of 30-foot fall from a
roof of residence.
Watertown will have the honor of
entertaining the annual meeting of the
South Dakota Merchants association
next year as a result of a vote taken at
their meeting at Hur y.
e. o. Churton of LaDelle recently
sold fourteen Galloway steers which
averaged 1918 pounds in weight each,
altogether 18,460 pounds and the av-I
erage price was s73.S4, the entire
bunch selling for $1,033.76.
Arrangements are being completed
for big historic pageant to be put on
In Yankton during the semi-centennial
celebration of Dakota, depicting the
earliest days among the Indians and
French traders. The dates of the cell
ebration are June IL to IL.
Arrangements are being made for
the erection of & new public school
building at White Lake, for which the
voters at a special election authorized
bonds of $4,000. Only 21 votes were
cast against the proposition. The new
structure will be ready when the fall
term commences.
James O'Brien, Joe Howard and Joe
Smith were sentenced in federal court
at Aberdeen by Judge Willard for rob-
bing the postoffice at Stockholm on
December %, 1910. O'Brien and How
ard received five years each for bur-
glary and three years, but Smith was
let of with three years for burglary
and two years for robbery.
Sioux Falls has been chosen by the
national committee in charge of the
Men and Religion Forward movement
as one of the 80 cities of North Ameri-
ca which shall be used as centers of
this movement A campaign, similar
to the laymen's missionary campaign
of last year. is being planned for the
fall of 1911 and the spring OF 1912.
Aroused to the importance Of secur-
ing better fire protection, the business
men and other residents Of Claremont
have commenced an agitation for mu-
nicipal waterworks.
George Croisant of Ramona, mel
with bad accident while blasting
rock. A charge OF powder premature
iy exploded and the charge struck the
young man In the face, making a bad
hole in his forhead and severely injurs
Ing his eyes and burning his face. His
left hand was also badly lacersted and
Il was necessary to amputata all but
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