Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-20
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.


The Mission Hill Farmers Elevator
company has declared dividend of 20
per cent.
The gold ore production in the.
Black Hills promises to break all pre-
vious records in the present year.
Hot Springs reports are to the ef-
feet that there are many spots in Fall
River county where the crop yield
will be better than the average.
An engineer has been engaged and
pose of preparing plans and specifica--
tions for new municipal waterWorks;
system.
The various committees have been
appointed to have charge OF the ar
rangements for the annual Aurora
September 5, and Z.
During sham battle fought near
the Rosebud agency by a large num-
ber of Sioux warriors, 14-year-old
Indian boy, whose name was not as.
certained, was accidentally shot and
killed.
Pat Stevens, who broke Jail at Fair
fax about a year age, has been apprs-
hended at Billings, Mont, and Sheriff
Pierce will go there for him. He was
in Jail charged with robbing Gregory
man.
Otto Biederman, living on the state.
line, three miles south of Fairfax, at
tempted suicide by slashing his throat
with razor, barely missing the jugu-
lar vein. He may recover. No cause,
is known or given.
In his opening address at the Wa
tertown chautauqua the president,
Geo. w. Chase, insisted that if the
people of Watertown wanted to see.
the chautauqua perpetuated they must
give it better support.
Mitchell Presbyterians have passed.
resolutions condemning the open air
meetings held by some of the denom-
inations in that town. They intimate
1t gives the young people too much.
opportunity for spooning.
The federal government is conduct
ing sugar beet experiment at the
South Dakota State College at Brook
ings, the government furnishing the
seed, plant expert, ETC., while the
State College furnishes the land and
the tools.
The Mitchell city council is spend
ing 81, 600 in improving the road lead
ing from the city to Graceland ceme-
terry. It is claimed the road will be.
the best cnemile thoroughfare in the
state when the improvements are COM.
pleted.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the farmers elevator COM
paEy which conducts an elevator at
Elkton, a dividend of Is per cent was.
declared and the remainder of the
years profits was placed in the bills.
payable fund. The old board of direc-
tors was elected for another year.
A heavy fall of frost is reported
within radius of ten miles of Dead
wood A number of truck farmers
declare their gardens are ruined. The,
frost lay as white on the ground as
on November morning. No rain has.
visited that section for nearly a.
month
M. F. Weaver, president of the Muir
do Gun club, has issued a challenge in
behalf of the club to any team of four
or five men from any club in Lyman
or Stanley counties for match shoot
at 100 birds for each man, for a purse.
of $25 or $50. The choice of grounds
will be left to the club accepting the
challenge.
The new Lutheran church building.
at Lowrey has been dedicated. An
elaborate program was prepared for
the occasion. Rev. Mr.. Tauber ond
Rev. Mr.. Haag of Eureka had charge
of the dedicatory exercises.
A cyclone covering a narrow strip
fear Gary caused the destruction OF
considerable property, the loss Of
several head of live stock ana the
ruinatfon of the crops in the direct
path of the storm. Among the build
ings damaged by the wind was the
state blind school, where the roof was
blown off the aew dormitory.