The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-09
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

SUUTH CAkOIE NEWS NUl KS
There are alreday 105 members OF
the Belle Fourche commercial club,
and the boosters have set the mark
at $50 members.
Travelling men who make Rapid
City their home are arranging to In.
stitute a lodge of United Commercial
Travellers there soon.
The explosion of a can OF gasoline
in the blacksmith shop Of John Lang
at Doland started a fire which was
~axtirguished with great d~iffiulty.
poland business men held a meet.
ins >nd the boosters have set the
mark 4 a commercial club by electing
Arthur Lawrence chairman and Len
v. Doty secretary.
Arrangements are being made for
the annual midwinter meeting Of the
old settlers Of Sphinx county, to be
held in Redfield on February IA. One
Of the features will be a banquet.
NOIh Has COUllIlcuCCu VII lhotoiish5
a municipal waterworks system at
Winner, which will cost upward OF
ga, 900. A huge reservoir will be con.
structed on a hill near town, and this
will give ample pressure in the mains.
Steps have been taken at Hot
Springs to enforce the ordinance pro
hibiting automobile speeding or tho
streets. Some OF the worst offenders
are alleged to be men who aided in
~enacting the ordinance some years
ago.
c. J. Webb, formerly editor OF the
Oelrichs Advocate, has purchased a
half interest in the True Republican, a
local weekly at washington Springs,
which in future will be conducted IN.
der the firm name Of Lounsberry &
Webb.
Driven from the house at the point
Of a revolver held in the hands OF
his drunken brother, julius Drefs ar
rived at Faith after walking from his
brothers home twelve miles from
town. He is only a boy and was cared
for at Faith until friends at belmont
had been telegraphed him transporta.
tion to that town.
The large quantities of winter wheat
so"ved in different parts Of Stanley
county last fall is said to be in prime
condition, with every indication Of a
bumper crop. Henry Jeffries, who
has a quarter section OF such CROP
cornering at Meers, % miles north
west Of Fort Pierre, says that OF has
the finest stand and prospects OF any
wheat he has ever e
The state department Of school AID
public lands has received official no.
tice from the government land depart
ment giving IL the right to file on the
lands taken in lieu of those lost by
Indian allotments in Mellette county;
30,485 acres were thus lost In Mellette
and 1896 in Bennett. Officers OF
the department made tentative seiec.
lions for these lieu lands in the early
fall.
Deafness prevented Mike Cassidy.
an old time prospector, from hearing
the approach OF the Sperfish train
on the Burlington just south of there.
and before the train could be stopped
he was ground to pieces. Cassidy,
who has lived in the Hills for many
years. is supposed to have relatives
in Nebraska, who are being sought. He
was about 60 years Of age and was
single.
Leaving a note to his wife in which
he declared that since he was unable
to live for her he must die for love OF
her, Charles w. Fuller. and old time
prospector. aged 80, blew his heart out
with a Winchester at Keystone, a min.
ing camp in the Black Hills. He tied
a cord to his toe and the trigger and
then aimed the gun. Financial re-
verses by which lie lost a fortune ars
believed to be the cause.
A baby boy born to Prof. and Mrs.
w. F. Richardson has the honor of be-
ing the first white child born in Jor.
dan, which is a comparatively new
town.
The town board Of Newark has TAX.
en- steps to enforce the ordinance pro-
hibiting horses being left standing on
the streets without being b~lanketed
during cold weather.
The volunteer fire department at
Pierpont has ordered a large quantity
of fire fighting apparatus to increase
the efficiency Of the department. The
lei men. now has 26 members.