The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20
SOUTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCE.

Samuel CraddOck, OF Fort Pierre,
was arrested at Gregory charged with
peddling whisky among the Indians.
c. O. Baily, prominent Sioux Falls
attorney, has been appointed counsel
for the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railway.
A volunteer fire department has
been organized at Hoven. There are
two companies and Charles Seener is
to be the chief.
A big mass meeting of Volga citi-
zens is to be held for the purpose of
discussing the matter of public Ii
brary and reading room.
The gun club at Hudson is planning
a big shooting tournament on Nov. |
and 2. fine silver trophy cup has
been hung up for the winner.
The Minneapolis and St Louis rail
way company is rapidly completing
plans for the extension of its line
from Watertown north into Canada.
All the female animals of the fam
Gus Anvil brand of Herefords owned
by j. +. Utterback. of Belvdere, were
sold last week to G. w. Rich, of West
, Bend, Ia.
The South Dakota Farmers Eleva-
tor Co., at Verdon, has suspended
business. 1t is alleged that the man
ager William B. Roby, is badly short
in his accounts.
The state board of health has been
notified that numerous immigrants
from Russia who are infected with
, cholera are headed for points in
South Dakota.
Missing his footing while loading
, ore cars on the 600-foot level of the
Homestake mine, Harold Sanboe, a
miner, aged 26, fell 100 feet and was
instantly killed.
The contract for the first concrete
; bridge 10 be built in South Dakota
! have been let to a Des MOines, Ia.
, firm. The bridge will span the Big
/ Sioux at Sioux Falls.
DR.. w. F.. Gardner, of Sturgis, and
| A. E. Chamberlain, of Brookings, will
national dry farming congress at
Colorado Springs, Oct. 16 to 20.
The $3S,000 of city refunding bonds
| issued at Rapid City have beer
awarded to the Investors Security
Co. of Des Moines. la. The company
paid a bonus of 1855 and accrued in
terest.
The first candidate to announce
himself for a place on the state su
preme court is Samuel C. Policy, O
Deadwood who hopes to succeed
Judge Dighton Corson, whose term ex
pires this year.
f. w. Stanley, a government eXper
from the department Of agriculture
is at Pierre ready to begin an investi
cation of the practicability of the ir
rigation projects under way in tina
section.
Plans have been proposed in west
ern counties for the issuance of bond
by the townships for the purpose o
road building and the construction o
dams for the retention of flood water
in wet seasons.
= j. A. Stull, a Great Northern cor
ductor, running between Aberdeen
= and Breckenridge, Minn., was ou
hunting when his gun was accider
tally discharged and a portion of hi
right hand was shot away.
Judge Taylor in the circuit cour
at Huron, decided that newspaper
could collect at the full legal rate TO
election notices published and tha
the county commissioners could nc
= cut down bills calling for this rate.
Pending an examination into tn
: counts Of w. B. Roby, manager tn
seven elevators operated by the Sout
= Dakota Farmers Elevator Co. /
: Brown county are closed, and credi
ors of the concern, farmers who hol
t storage certificates for grain aggrC
: eating 125,OO0 bushels. have appoin
ed a committee to engage a lawye
, to look after their interests.