Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-08-22
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

PIERRE-The state assessment
board has fixed the general state levy
for this year at 4 mills, and the levy
for corporation property at % mills.
board placed the assessment Of ex-
press companies at the same figure az
asst year, declining to accept the propo-
sition OF the companies for a compro-
mise at 2 per cent of gross earnings.
Following this a restraining order from
State Treasurer Johnson to prevent his
attempting to collect the x levied
for last year.
WHITE OWL-Frank Cottle. the orr
iginal owner. has reopened the SMITH
vile store, 10 miles northeast of Was.
ia. This places one Of the oldest trad
ing points in this section on the map
again. h store having been opened
first about 20 years ago. but with the
coming Of the railroad, which gave
birth to Wasta, Cottle closed up and
moved there, where he opened up q
large store. selling out last fall.
PIERRE-The Fullerville Grain COM
pany ha filed articles of %incorpora-
tion with the secretary of state. The
in~corporators are A. L. West, ]. C.
West n c. r.. Kerr and they with
James stannage and Mark Welby con-
troll h stock Of the new
which is to do business in Fullerville
and Mission Hill in Yankton county.
The capital stock of the company 70
placed at $4,000.
TYNDALL-Mrs. Adolph Heb, re-
siding with her husband on a farm in
Bonhomme county. was seriously in
ming away while she was operating a
hayrake. She was thrown from her
seat directly under the rake, and be-
fore her husband, who was working
nearby, could rush to her assistance
and stop the horses. she was badly cut
and bruised.
RAPID CITY-As a direct result of
a fall down the cellar of her home
here a few months ago, Mrs. Eliza J.
Allen. for over a quarter OF a century
a we'll known resident here, passed
away at Battle Creek, Mich, where h
went some e ago to seek relief.
Mrs. Allen, who was II years old. came
here from Indiana in 1886 and with her
family lived on a anch east Of here for
many years. She leaves two sons here.
RAPID CITY-Naphthali Luccock.
recently appointed bishop Of the
Methodist church for the central north
west, spent q day here on his way to
preside at the Black Hills mission
conference. at Edgemont. He in
sspected the hospital recently acquired
by the mission and at the conference
will recommend that 1t be taken over
and run by the South Dakota con-
ference.
Observation-Disclosures carloads OF
Parker citizens toured the north half Of
Turner county and portions of Me-
Cook yesterday, boosting for the Tur-
ner county home coming celebration,
which will be held here August 81. %
and %. There were close to 100 citi-
zens in the aggregation and they were
greeted heartily by the business men
of the towns visited.
PlERRE-Papers have been served
on Attorney General johnson in a hab-
eaus orpus application of Nellie Nc
Mahon, Of Sturgis, who is confined In
the insane asylum at Yankton. Mrs.
Of numbering Attorney Thomas, Of
Sturgis, on a plea Of insanity and is in
The hospital. The state will oppose the
application.
LEAD-Thirty years ago this month
III famous Homestake Mining COM
pany sent out by stage coach It's first
shipment of gold bullion, amounting
to 100000. 1t was in 10 bricks and
John C~ochrane, yet a resident IF the
city, was one of the men who guarded
1t until 1t had been delivered to the
express company at the railroad, 300
miles way.
ELK POINT-A storm of tornado
proportions Tuesday night cut a swath
Of obstruction in the country between
fields were laid 30 fiat by the wind and
hail that they will have to be plowed
under. Lightning struck several farm
houses, which were saved by the rain.
One school house burned to the ground.
PIERRE-Gov. r. S. vessey has
named as delegates from this state to
the meeting of the American Prison
congress-. at Baltimore. November g.
~: Miss Emmer Cook. Huron; Judge
A. e. Taylor, Huron: Vim. M. covers
Yankton; w. H. King. Parker; II. r.
Packard, Redfield; George r. Lanning.
Egan; 8. H. Blackwell. Plankinton.
PHIL1P-William and George Will
Jams. brothers. living on a homestead
some miles from Philip, had a narrow
escape from death when the ridgepole
of their log house collapsed, causing
the roof and a mass of dirt to be pre-
cipitated upon them. It was some time
before they could extricate themselves.
DE SMET-As the result Of an at
tack Of heart trouble, d. II. Combs,
from town. is dead. Two years ago
he was seriously injured in a runaway.
and this may have fastened his death.
The remains were sent to his former
home in Iowa for intel:nent.
HOVEN-The Catholic church has
0eclded TO erect what, WithOut Ques-
ton, will be one Of the finest church
edifices in this part OF the state. Tho
cost Of the completed structure is es-
timated at between $40, 900 and $50, 900.
HI construction OF the building will
be started this fall.
PIERRE-State superintendent Of
Public Instruction Lawrence has ap-
proved plans for a new school house
to be built in Wayne township. Lake
county, near Ramona. This will be q
two-roOm structure and will be used
as q consolidated township school.