Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

ents, w. ID. Johnson and wife. in this
rity. Yesterday occurred the death OF
their son, Clifford ID. Johnson, aged q
years. of typhoid fever. Mr.. Johnson
state college at Brookings, of which
he was a graduate. He was expert ia
the dairy department and came to
Huron TO TAX charge of the dairy ex-
hibit at the state fair.
ABERDEEN-A baby girl was born
10 MIR. and Mrs. Fred Robinson, Vic.
.oria. Il. g., on board the eastbOund
Columbia. and was christened Olym.
fhia in honor OF the occasion. The
parents were on their way to New
York and did not leave the train. Two
rendered their assistance. This is the
second baby girl born on this Milwau-
hee train within the last few months.
WITTEN-C. n. Duff, who runs S
steam threshing outfit, was severely
injured yesterday when the sleeve OF
his Jacket caught in the cylinder bel;
and he was thrown against the ma
chine. An arm was broken and a two.
inch cash cut in his cheek. A docto1
from Colome had to be called, as there
is no doctor at Witten or Winner
Duff will recover.
RAPID CITY-Two months after the
~ d l-yC0I-OiO llCl61lnOI
boy shot him and injured his spine
causing paralysis. Ray Mcdowell, a IL.
year-old boy who lived on a ranch neal
here. died at the local hospital. Youna
Mcdowell was thought to be ove
ing. as recently a difficult operation
was performed n a part OF the spine
removed, relieving some of the paraly.
sis.
NEWARK-A freight train on the
Great Northern road was wrecked neal
here, nine cars of wheat leaving the
rack. The train wa an accommodate
ton and two passengers suffered pain
full. though not serious bruises. Old
ties which gave way under the weight
of the heavily loaded wheat cars are
given as the cause of the wreck.
WITTEN-The wet weather for the
past two weeks has kept corn growing
and there was a fear of a hard frost
that would kill it and make soft corn.
Last night there was "a light frost.
1t to ripening The prospect now is for
a No. l crop.
ELK POINT-John Albright, a ia
nous Denver motorcycle rider, recent
ly killed in a collision at Newark, N.
j., was born in the vicinity Of Elk
Point. He was % years of age and
was raised on q Union county farm.
There is general regret here at his I'M
timely fate.
PARKER-The high school has the
record attendance in it's history. the
new building being crowded to its ca
pacity. The instructors are Supt. w.
N. Wray. mathematics; Miss Ada
Streeter. languages; Miss Minona Til
Ter. English; Miss Jennette Greer.
science.
AprnnrrN. c-a <La ,o,...%
farm deals in Brown county for some
time. was contaminated this week when
'Gullick Gullickson, of Gem township.
purchased for $85 an acre, the 240-acre
farm Of Julius Schnase. Of Bath town
ship. Mr.. Schnase will remove to a
Pacific coast state.
BONESTEEL-E. d. Law, q pron1i-
nent merchant of this city, was quite
seriously injured Saturday afternoon
while attempting to cross the track in
front Of a bunch of running horses at
the fair here. The extent of his I'm
juries is o known. but he has a
broken leg and possibly internal in
juries.
ABERDEEN--Albert Jacobson, a
Day county farmer, has just reported
his crop returns to the Waubay Clip
per. He EARNED 320 acres, from which
he threshed 1856 bushels Of grain. His
best oats averaged Is bushels to the
acre and his best wheat 1914 bushels.
His threshing bill amounted to $1,140.92.
HURLEY-The champion honey yield
of the year in South Dakota is reported
by Pierce Rundell, living ear here.
From one Of his hives he took Ga pounds
Of comb honey and 126 pounds of ex-
tracted honey, or an aggregate of 1870
pounds from the ono hive. Naturally
he is finding his bees very profitable.
LEAD-Maj. g. Harold Ellis, Of the
new military school at Hot Springs,
is in Lead in the interest of his insti-
tuition. This is the school that was
first located at Sylvan Lake, but the
high altitude and severe winters COM
PEELED its removal to Hot Springs, q
much more desirable place.
vERMILL1ON-The McCaull-w Web
ster company has begun work on q new
elevator at Burbank. It will be one
vators in the state, with a capacity of
10000 bushels. The most modern appli-
ances for handling grain will be In
stalled.
ABERDEEN - Aberdeen business
men are e~ndeavoring to secure for
Brown county the location Of the halt
section experiment farm that the In
ternational Harvester company >con-
templates establishing in one OF the
Dakotas.
W1TTEN-The building OF the Wit
ten Hardware company. 24x60. will soon
be completed and ready for occupancy.
The new town hall. which has been
under consideration for some time. Ia
expected to begin operations soon.
SIOUX FALLs-Fire Of unknown or
igin wrecked the interior OF the Mil
waukee passenger depot at Ramona,
north of Sioux Falls. and the freight
house, standing nearby. was saved only
after q hard fight.