The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-03-15
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

between Carter and the new town OF
White River.
Slsseton Methodists, Presbyterians
and Norwegian Lutherans combined
forces and held a very successful re-
vival meeting.
AT a recent meeting of the Milbank
Commercial club, a prize of S100 was
hung up for the best mile of road in
that vicinity in 1912.
A strong sentiment is being devel-
oped in Corson and Ziebach counties
In favor of the building of township
dams for stock and irrigation.
Mrs. Joseph Matson of Brookings
became suddenly insane and attacked
her young son Herbert, painfully in.
juring him. Later she attempted to
kill herself.
Corsica capitalists have purchased
a site and it is reported are preparing
to install an electric light plant, some
thing which Corsica has badly needed
for some time.
}. d. Mettler was arrested at Trip
on the charge of disturbing a public
school while it was in session, and
was required to pay a fine and costs
amounting to S34.
A petition containing the legal mum.
Der of signatures has been filed with
the town council of %IroQuois asking
for a vote on the liquor license ques.
ton at the April election.
A cement block factory is among
the new industries which has been Sc
cured by Fairview. 1t will be erected
and operated by A. A. Spencer. The
factory will cost about $4,000.
A plat has ben filed with the secre.
tary of state showing the tract Of
ground which has ben purchased by
the government in the city of Madison
for the erection of a public building.
The town council Of Hoven is dis.
cussing the ACCESSIBILITY Of establish.
ing fire limits and thereby preventing
the erection of buildings in the bust.
ness district which are not fireproof.
The Flandreau city council has au.
thOrized the purchase Of a great deal
of new equipment for the local volun.
teer fire department, which, according.
ingly, will be better able to handle
serious fires.
All the dams which were construct
ed in the vicinity of kadoka last sum.
mer now are full of water from the
melting snow, and will furnish the
hOmesteaders an abundance of water
for all purposes.
The Lead city council has decided to
have the business streets lighted by
cluster lights. There will be 1856 of
these, of so candlepower each, assur.
ing that clad will be one of the best
lighted cities in the Black hills.
Black Hills lovers of the national
game are talking of organizing a Hills
baseball league, with the following
towns as possible candidates for fran.
chises: Rapid City, Hot Springs,
Deadwood. Lead, Sturgis and Belle
Fourche.
The town board of Farmer has ar.
ranged for a number of public i'm
p~rovements. The streets will be bet.
ter lighted, the town generally will be
overhauled, including the grading Of
the streets, and other Improvements
will be made.
A well with remarkable features
has been struck on the Schimke farm,
some miles from Washington. 1t is a
drilled we'll and at a depth of only
$50 feet a strong flow of water was
struck, it being the shallowest flowing
well ever struck in that part Of the
state.
Officers arrested Themes Dawes at
Witten on a warrant charging him
with cattle stealing. 1t is charged
Dawes drove off three head of COWS
and three calves. the property Of
Joe Maulis. a homesteader. Dawes was
placed in Jail to await a preliminary
hearing.
The farm home of Richard Wilkin.
son, seven miles from Hoven, das de.
stroyed by fire with its contents. The
family had just moved in and a fire
was started in a stove. Shortly after
the house was discovered to be in
flames. A defective chimney is sup.
posed to have been the cause.
The Home Industry league Of the
Aberdeen Commercial club has an.
nounced its intention of holding an ex.
hibition of Aberdeen made products
in that city about the second week in
April for the purpose of showing the
Aberdeen public what is really manu.
featured there and what is not.
That work will begin o upon the
government building in Huron is as.
sured from thefact that Herbert Co.
hen, superintendent of construction,
is in the city arranging prelimina.
ries. Operations will begin as soon
as weather conditions will permit. Thu
appropriation for the building is 500,
900.
At a mass meeting of business meH
and other residents of Alexandria {
good roads club was organized. The
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