Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-12-20
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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building fund was closed. 1t was am
| nounced that the fund OF
So. $50 was completed and also the $lOo.NU
building fund was finished. The compile
ton OF these two funds will place the COL
lege i'm fine condition., and there is great
| rejoicing i'm Redtield over the success
which has been attained.
S1OUN FAI.I.S-.Nn orphans boy who
came To South Dakota some years ago
as the adopted son of a family, and who
now is grown TO manhood. is being
searched for. as ne IS one of the heirs OF
an estate at Caryollton. Ill. The boys
name. originally was Robert Edwards. but
upon his adoption ii is believed lis name
was changed. so the executors nf the MI
nofs estate OF which, he is one VI the heirs
are at a loss to know by what name he
now s. klown.
PIERRE-.A topic which will excite i'm
terest in the coming legislative session will
be the matter of representation of South
Dakota at the Panama exposition at San
Francisco i'm 1915. The state expended So
90 at the Columbian exposition at Chicago
and $4,000 in the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position al ST. Louis. nut was not repre-
sented at the mississippi exposition
al Omaha nor the Pan-American eNpos:-
ton at Buffalo.
MITCHELL-Gcorxe Gmnsalus. a farm
"a HNiHS Hcoi Otttud iuct WItl q SeIIOuS
loss by fire when his residence property
was totally destroyed together with all.
the household goods and wearing apparel.
Mr.. Gunsaius had $1,000 in cash in the
house which he received for some prop
erty. In the past two years MI. Glnsalus
also suffered the loss OF two
In as many fires. =,
ABERDEEN = Charles w. Chase. a
mi of the firm of Chase & Nirkpat-
rick. fatally shot himself through the
head with a small automatic pistol. Des-
pondency and poor health are supposed to
have been the cause. Chase was "a years
old and single. He had been in partner
ship with Charles Kirkpatrick in Aber-
deem for the past six years.
SIOUX FAI.LS-The prompt action of
Miles Belcher, a Sphinx county farmer,
saved his wifes life when her clothing
caught fire. While filling a lamp some
of the kerosene spattered on her clothing
without her noticing 1t. She struck a match
to light the lamp and the head of the
match flew Off and set fire to the kero-
sene on her clothing.
ALEXANDRIA-At the annual meeting
OF the local public library association the
following officers were elected: President.
Mrs. c.. III. Peckllam: vice president. Mrs.
r. +. Wickhem: secretary. Mrs. S. G..
Phelps: treasurer. Mrs. C. IL. Stilwell: liz
brarian. Miss Emma Mead. A number of
new volumes have recently been added to
the library.
Bl4CNT-Eh Garrett bumped up against
two ordinances he himself signed as city
clerk when he erected a salt house within
a prohibited area and later piled a large
quantity of hay too close to a building.
Garrett discovered > his law breaking.
himself and promptly took steps to comply
with BlGnt'S municipal statutes.
HAZET-The Hazel Register is the
name of a new weekly newspaper which
has just made its appearance. The pub
Usher is Geo. w. Brown. for 80 years q
newspaper mar OF South Dakota. and for
the past five years editor and publisher
of the Bancroft Register. The new paper
will be independent in politics.
PIERRE-Six men caught in a local
gambling raid here pleaded guilty when
arraigned before Justice Slinde. They
paid $40 fines and were also assessed the
costs. n me- did not give their real
names and had them recorded on the po-
lice court docket as John Doe, Richard
Roe. etc.
HAZEL-The project OF securing an
electric light system for Hazel was fully
discussed by the. town council. which de-
cidea that the town could not issue bonds.
as to Go so would exceed the bond limit.
Now the business men are talking of
organizing a stock company for the pur-
pose.
BURKMERE-This place is enjoying a
rapid growth. Among recent improve
ments are a new Northwestern railway
depot. q new School building and a new
Methodist parsonage. The railway COM
pany has drilled an artesian well, which
furnishes an abundance Of water.
Il DIET u T. Ysl,o Ru.e -a1,,~ H.
aration OF the inaugural reception, the 7th'
Of next month. was made at, a meeting Of
the statehOlsc, officials and employees to
appoint committees for decoration and
other arrangements preliminary to carry
ing out q program.
MITCHELIlGeorge A. Englebretson.
who had been sick at the Nayin hotel
for a week, ia dead OF pneumonia. Mr..
Engelbretson was - years of age, and has
been travelling in this territory for several
years and was popular among the trav-
cling fraternity.
PIERRE-The sheriff and states attor-
ney OF this county presided at a bonfire
this morning which was compOsed or the
outfit OF a gambling room which was
raioed last light. A half dozen well
known persons appeared In justice court
and paid fines.
Al.ENANDRlA-John Wrightson's house
and furniture was burned recently. They
mad been no fire in the house for several
hours. There was no insurance. A sub
scription was taken for Mr.. Wrightson.
who has many friends, and a liberal .um
wa raised.
IsEAD-Workmen have commenced re-
modelling the Smith building which was
recently purchased by the local Elks
lodge. The contractor has orders ia h,,rrv
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