The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29
SOUTH DAY MA AT A GLANCE.

y new newspaper to be known as
the Hornet, has been established at
White Lake.
n. y. Heinz, of Aurora county, was
found insane by the insanity commits
sion and has been taken 20 the state
insane hospital at Nankton
Mike Stadler, of Kimball county,
has sold his entire herd of pure bred
cattle, said to be the finest i'm the
state, to h. G. Drake, of Planknton.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state for
the Niobrara and Sioux City Railway
Co, with a capital of $1OOO,OOO.
Farmers in the vicinity of Oelrich
will use dynamite to loosen the soil
on the theory that better crops can
be grown if this method is followed.
The Standard Oil company has Sc
lected Mcintosh, in Corson county, its
distributing point for that section of
the state. \ big building will be erect.
ed at once
NJ. +. Meyers. editor of the Ameri-
can Cooperative Journal, of Chicago.
addressed big farmers meeting at
lloven on the question of cooperative
elevators and like enterprises
The Minneapolis and St Louis rail
way has granted free freight rate
on seed grain to the commissioners of
Mcpherson county and bonds have
been issued by the county to secure
enough to supply the farmers.
The drouth of last season in the
western part of the state is now de-
clared to be a blessing in disguise,
IT is said the stimulating effect which
it had on irrigation and dry farming
methods will more than make up for
the losses occasioned
A newspaper printed in the Ian
guage of the Sioux is being published
by the Indians on the Cheyenne River
reservation.
A banana tree at the state college
at Brookings is about to bear it's first
crop of fruit since it was brought from
tropical climes.
over 400 Knights of Columbus at
tended the big meeting of that order
under the auspices of the Mount Mar
ty Council at Yankton.
The schools at Yankton have re-
opened following a threatened cpl
demic of scarlet fever which caused
the board to close them for a short
period.
The grand lodge of the Degree of
Honor of South Dakota has incorpor-
ated under the laws of the state. 1t
-
years.
Harry Chambers and Clarence Mid
dleton, two we'll known young men
Of WATERFOWL, have been arrested
charged with assaulting f. d. Wilson,
of Noblesville, Ind.
Miss Irene Tastad and Richard Ras-
mussen, of Woopsocket, .sweethearts
under parental displeasure, have dis
appeared and it is believed that they
have elOped. All efforts to locate
them have failed.
\ big good roads movement has
been launched in Perkins county. 1t
will begin its efforts by securing the
construction of a good road from the
county seat 40 miles to the nearest
railroad point.
Financial difficulties besetting the
Belts Construction Co., of Huron, has
caused the state association of Elks
TO take over the fine new building at
Rapid City which that company was
building for the order.
The National Life Insurance Co.,
of Montpelier, VT, the Bankers Ac-
cident of Des Moines, the jefferson
Fire of Philadelphia, and the Ply.
mouth Casualty of Minneapolis have
withdrawn from the state.
Reports from Berlin, Germany, are
to the effect that Miss Cordelia Lee,
South Dakota girl, is making a big
success in musical circles there.
The same regulations regarding reg
istration are TO apply in South Dako-
ia in the future for all municipal and
local elections as for the state cleo
tions.
The Henderson State bank, at Wes-
sington, closed for some weeks be-
cause of inability to realize on over
due loans, may be placed in the hands
of a receiver.
Residents between Philip and Faith
are petitioning for mail line con-
Meeting those towns. At present mail
has to travel 500 miles to get a dis
tance OF 60 miles.
Indications are that the commission
plan of government will be voted in
at Watertown Saturday by big ma
jority. The campaign has been Wig
orous one.
Mystery surrounds the death OF Mr..
and Mrs. Chris Jensen, of Hurley, who
were found dead in their home by
neighbors. 1t is thought that they
may have been overcome by coal
gas.
The success OF the state builders
meeting in session at Aberdeen ex-
ceeds all expectations and many pres
ent pronounce it one of the most sig
nificant gatherings ever held in the
state.
Weather and crop prophets through
out the state are predicting the great
est crop year in the history Of South
Dakota. The heavy snowfall of the