The Wagner leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-1912, 1912-02-16
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

Morristown, Mimi, aged Is. welcome ID
one OF the older settlers at Fort Pierre.
and has been married several times. He
and his children by former marriages do
not agree, and he had lived alone. Some
time ago Welcome went to Morristown
with a shipment Of horses, and while at
that place was badly injured by one of
the horses. Miss Brooks assisted in car
ing for him while he was laid up by his
injuries.
FAIRvIEw-The Sioux Valley Power
company, composed Of Canton and Fair
view business men, has completed ar
rangements for Harvesting the Big Sioux
river at this place., and the water power
development work soon will commence.
The engineers figure on a 16-foot fall at
the dam and hat with a reasonable sup
ply OF water in the river about 500 horse
power can be developed. The main pow
er wire win run direct to Canton, with
a branch wire to Inwood, Ia. About $50, 900
has been raised to push the work rapidly
when the start is made.
ABERDEEN-The young women stu
dents at the Northern Normal and Indus
trial school here nav signed a petition
asking the city authorities to station a
police matron at the Milwaukee passenger
station here, for the purpose of looking
after young women arrivals in the city,
and IN the case OF strangers, directing
them to respectable hotels or lodging
houses. Owing to the fact that many
strange young women come here to at
tend the various educational institutions
OF the city, the need OF a police matron
is felt.
MILLER-H. M. Brookman, a saloon
man here, was arrested for selling liquor
illegally and will have a hearing before
Justice McCool at St. Lawrence today.
This is the outcome of saloons continuing
to run since the supreme court decided
that license was defeated at the last city
election.
PIERRE-The federal forest authorities
have made suggestions to Game Warden
Bancroft that section 2, S. r. 6, E Of the
Black Hills forest reserve be set aside for
a game reserve to be stocked with the fast
dying native game birds and animals.
Warden Bancroft, in his annual report
strongly Endorses the proposition and as
well suggests that another state reserve
be made on the old Fort Sisseton reser-
walton in Marshall county where there is
a large tract OF state land admirably
fitted for such a purpose.
PIERRE-The insurance department is
sending out copies Of recent decisions Of
the attorney general holding that all
county and township mutual insurance
must file their articles Of In
corporation with either the county audi
tor or township clerk, and file copies OF
the originals with the state insurance de-
partment without the payment Of any
fee. These are sent to the IS county and
township mutuals doing business In the
state.
YANKTON-There is a moving picture
war in Yankton. Two shows, the Lyric
and the Scenic, have been running for sew
eral years, and recently Manager Brcdt,
or the Yankton theater. added a moving
picture machine to his equipment to be
used on other than regular show nights.
AS a result the two houses are combining
In their fight against him by each offering
a free ticket to the other show with Zach
ticket purchased.
BELLE FOURCHE-with the tempera-
ture ranging from zero to Sc below. and
with from six inches to three feet of
snow on the ground, a young man named
Evan Evans made a record walk to Belle
Fourche. He made the journey from a
sheep ranch, where he was employed. to
Belle Fourche, a distance of over 10J
miles, in six days on foot and withstood
many hardships on the trip, which would
have been a difficult one even in summer
WINNER-The United States authori-
ties have been notified of the arrest at
White River, county seat of the new
county of Mellette, of David Colome and
Johnny Bordeaux, mixed blood Sioux In
dams. on the charge of taking liquor to
the Rosebud reservation. The land occu-
pied by the town OF White River has not
yet been formally released by the govern
ment.
BRIDGEwATER-In accord with the
action taken in other cities in the state,
the business men of Bridgewater have de-
cided to appropriate the funds, usually
expended for calendars and other adver-
Using novelties, to the good roads fund,
believing that the money expended in this
way will result N greater good to the
public.
PIERRE-The Congregational council
consisting of the pastors Of the Pierre
churches, the pastor of the Congregation
al churches of Fort Pierre, Kighmore,
Huron, Carthage and President Warren.
bein o. Smith, the new pastor of the First
Congregational church of this city with
ar impressive ceremony.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-senator Gamble
has recommended the appointment of
Mont Henkin, of Elk Point, as a cadet at
the Annapolis naval academy. He has
named Arthur HI. ruxes of Yankton. and
Henry F. Meyers. of WATERFOWL, as first
and second alternates, respectively.
YANKTON-The First District Dental
association of the state, In annual session
here, elected officers as follows: DIR. ].
| Martin, Vermiliion. president; DIR. Robt.
Jassman, Scotland, vice president; DIR. B.
F. Lockwood, Yankton. secretary and
treasurer.
| GANN VALLEY Superintendent of
Public Instruction C. G. Lawrence. of
Pierre. is looking over the school situa-
ton in Buffalo county and was the prin-
cipal speaker at the county teachers and
directors gathering held at this place yes
terday.
SIOUX FALLSLWilliam Gilbert, aged
81; tired Of life because of failing health,
ended his life by firing a bullet into his
brain with q revolver. The act was com
mitted at the home of his adopted son.
Elmer Gilbert, q well known resident OF
the city.
YANKTON-Yankton business men are
agitating the project of new water mains
for the city and a petition is being circu-
lated to request the city commission to