The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-04-19
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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This IL an organization that was
started some time g with the APP
pointment of q committee on perman-
emit organization and officers. and the
report of this committee was made
here, followed by the election OF the
following officers: L. II. Skin, Brook
ings, president: d. j. Arnold. Belle
Fourche, vice president; G. Dressed
hugs, Aberdeen. secretary and treas
urer.
MITCHELL-The state o~rator1cal
contest Of the intercollegiate prohibit
ton league was held at washington
Springs Wednesday evening and De-
kota Wesleyan of this city was repre-
scented by Rev. Walter McClarinon. He
was awarded first place by the judges
and will represent the state Ia the nine
state central oratorical league at Red
Wing, Mimi, May 10, which will select
an orator for the national contest. Sell
mer Berge, Of Augustana college Of
Canton, was given second place. Five
colleges are represented.
WHITE OwL-wiley Pharis returned
q few days g to his Sulphur creek
ranch, after an extended visit at his
old home in the south. He was &C
companied by Guy Edwards and Gren-
berry Murphy, two Of his old neighbors
who expect to become residents Of this
section. These gentlemen, as well as
Wiley and his brother, Emmett, are well
acquainted with the Allen boys, who
have attained SO much notoriety Of late
In connection with the shooting Of the
Judge and several other persons at
Hillsville, N. c.
MITCHELL-The city council has
advertised for bids for the paving of
Main street q distance of eight blocks
and half block east and west of Main
street up to and including Fifth street.
The bids will be opened May Q. Con-
crete paving Is to be used throughout.
Bids will also be opened on the same
date for laying water mains and dig
gfng sewers. It Is expected the city
will expend about $3.50 0 In this work
this summer.
PIERREIThe land department sold
500 acres OF land in Lake county for
4 5000 or $53.75 per acre. At the time
Of the constitutional convention rs
years ago, 1t was argued that there
were only a few school sections In the
minimum price Of $40 per acre. n of
these sections being very close to the
townsite OF Madison City In Lake coun-
ty.
FLANDREAU-The members If the
local Civic league at their annual
meeting elected the following officers
for the coming year: President, Mary
p. Russell; vice presidents. Mrs. j. NJ.
Bennett, Mrs. L. M. Hardin. Mrs
Thomas Kelley; secretary, l.. T.
Krause; treasurer, Mrs. A. J. knight;
auditor, Mrs. George Rice.
PIERRE-The 22nd annual report of
the state railway commission has been
received from the printers and is ready
for distribution. 1t contains a complete
statement Of the york of the board for
the past year, including a list Of
licensed warehouses, and very detailed
accounts of the workings of the differ
ent railway companies.
PIERRE+The state auditor is send
ing out h railway blanks to the
different companies operating in South
to give a detailed account of their
valuation for each civil division for
the guidance of the state board of
equalization In levying their annual as
sessment.
SALEM-The managers of the Coun-
~ Fair association ave decided to
have a republican and a democratic
day during the annual county fair this
summer, when prominent speakers of
the two parties will be invited to be
present and make addresses. Otherwise
the fair will be ~non-political as hereto
fore.
HETLAND-H. e. Jackson has be-
come proprietor of the local hotel and
after 1t has been thoroughly overhauled
Will open 1t to the public. Another
change in local business circles is the
purchase BIZ Burton f. Lee, late OF Ar
lington, of the drug business of DR..
Z. Fl. Grove.
MITCHELL-The baseball fans have
organized a team for the summer sea-
son and will have their first workout
with the university this afternoon j.
E. Wells was elected president; j. M.
feeling. manager; A. F. Scharnweber,
secretary and treasurer; Steve Meter,
captain.
ABERDEEN-Ira Kruger, formerly
alderman from the First ward, fell from
a 12-foot ladder while engaged in de-
molishing the old Milwaukee round
house. for which his firm has the con-
tract, and was painfully injured, sew
eral ribs being sprained and muscles
torn.
vERMILLION-Work on the new
court house at this place is being
pushed as rapidly as possible with a
large force of men at work.
OLDHAM-So great has peer the
growth in population that at the pres
ent time there is not a single vacant
dwelling house in Oldham.
PIERRE. w. Fiske, of Redfield,
and Major c.. Boyd Barrett, Of Aber-
deem. have both filed their petitions
with the secretary of state as candi-
dates for the democratic nomination
for congress from the Second district.
PIERPONT-The present corps of
high school teachers has proven so sat-
isfactory that the local board of edu-
cation has by a unanimous vote de-
cided to retain them for the coming
school wear.
PIERRE-The first OF the petitions
filed for a vote on the senatorial pri-
mary preference at the primaries in
this state next Jun is that of Robert
J. Gamble. who asks for his return to
Washington.
CHANCELLOR-At a special cleo
ton to be held here on April "a the
voters will have submitted to them the
proposition of issuing bonds of $4,000
for the construction of a new school
building.
WAGNER-Rev. George Hoover. for
three years pastor of the First Baptist
church here, has rendered his ~resigna-