Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-09-22
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

CLARK-The heaviest baby in Clark
county is the three-months-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. David Olson, The
baby weighs 1871 pounds.
FOREsTBURG-A special election
will be held here September 10 to sub
NIT the proposition of Incorporating
Forestburg as a city under the general
laws of the state.
IPSWICH-The congregation of the
Welsh Methodist church, south of
here, are erecting a new church or the
site Of the old town Of Powell, which
win cost between $4,000 and $4,000.
EGAN-An unusually bold thief stole
q team of valuable horses belonging to
John HalIigan from the streets of
Egan, and thus far not a single trace
Of either the thief or the team can be
found.
PIERRE-R. C. Noble, of Center
vile, q graduate of Purdue, has started
work as a field assistant in the state
engineers office, succeeding Don Rose,
of Pierre, who returns to school at
Purdue.
BRISTOL-The Day County Sunday
School association, in annual session
here, elected the following officers:
President, William Carpenter; vice
president. Alexander Ross; secretary.
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RAPID CITY-Through the efforts
of local sportsmen, the herd of II
sheep recently captured by
Jimmie Reynolds, a. rancher on the
Cheyenne river, in the Bad Lands, win
be turned loose.
PIERRE-The railway commission
has received a petition for a depot at
Dante, in Charles Mix county, on the
SquaW Central. The commission will
hold its regular monthly meeting at
Huron this week.
WINFRED-At the annual business
meeting of the Winfred Women's club
the Following officers were elected for
TIE Coming year: President, Mrs.
shifflet; secretary, Miss Mcdowell;
treasurer, Miss Hall.
HOT SPRINGS - The ~dry-farming
experiment station, assigned to this
county, will be locat~1 at Ardmore.
The soil adjacent to Ardmore was re-
garded as most typical of the greatest
area OF untitled land in the county.
BRIDGEWATER - Owing to the
prime condition of the soil in this To-
caIty, made so by the copious rains
or the past six Weeks, an increased
acreage or winter wheat will be
planted. Many farmers are now SOW
ing.
MITCHELL-Dakota Wesleyan will
open Tor registration for the new school
year Monday, September IS. Accord
ing to reports from the field and from
the university office, the prospects are
very good for a large attendance of
students.
HOT SPRINGS-Justice Emmett b.
Cook, aged 81, devotes several hours
every day to the making of fancy
work. One Of the features Of the ex-
hibit at the state fair from this county
viii be a crazy quilt" made by this
old man.
TYNDALL-Sheriff Kelley has re-
turned from Bozeman, Mont, having in
custody 5. Deeds, who is wanted here
on a statutory charge. Deeds has
been wanted since last july. bur not
until a few days ago was he located
and arrested at Bozeman.
WATERTOWN-The big automobile
parade from WATERFOWL to Huron on
WATERFOWL day" at the state fair, viii
go via Hazel and Vienna instead of bv
Clark and Doland as first planned
Better roads and the shorter distance
influenced the change Of itinerary.
YANKTON-A little slice of six and
one-half acres. situated between the
stone and Donaldson farms, was sold
to j. ]. Mikota and Olof Johnson AL
though the land was unimproved. it
brought S200 an acre. the highest price
ever paid for unimproved Dakota land
1t is claimed.
PIERRE-Articles of incorporation
nave been filed with the secretary of
state for the Thomson Ditch Co. of
Belle Fourche, which proposes to irri-
gate with water from the Redwater.
and for the lie Beau TRANSPORTATION
Co.. with the object to operate a ferry
at that point.
PIERRE-The Pierre merchants au-
tumn carnival has attracted large
crowds from the surrounding n
Unlike the usual carnival, everything
Is free. A great free dance occurred
In the auditorium, at which all the
prominent citizens of the city and
county We're In attendance.
HURON-George Burke formerly
"ita the Chicago and Northwestern
railway, was instantly killed yesterday.
He was at the top Of the electric light
pole assisting in stretching wires at
the state fair grounds when struck by
O live Wire and thrown to the ground.
he was h Oldest son of Roadmaster
John s. Burke, OF the Dakota division
OF the Northwestern system.
PIERRE-The recent rains have
pitbHSSLcu ILinSS up IN a wonder
full manner. The Missouri river
bluffs. which were sere and brown in
the middle of July, have taken on a
vernal greenness. Parties travelling in
the surrounding country report a good
corn crop In many places, and an
abundance OF forage. Conditions are
not as bad as the midsummer pessi-
mist predicted.
PIERRE-The leg irons worn by
Lame Johnny, the Black Hills bandit.
have been presented to the State His
torical society by e. II. Pierce. of Hot
Springs, In behalf Of Frank Peterson.
or Custer, who has had them In his
possession since the time that Lame
Johnny was strung up by the vigilance
committee. Lame Johnny's real name
was Cornelius Donaho. He was q
graduate OF Girard college. phi,aSe,-
phia, and had a most interesting his
tory.
SIOUX FALLS-A life-sized portrait
OF the late Senator Kittredge is TO he
painted as a memorial to him and
placed in the capitol at Pierre as the
result OF a meeting held in Sioux Falls
by admirers. Funds to cover the cost
have been contributed by friends here
and elsewhere in the state. The selec-