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


Earnest Davis Of Lake ADDE'S has m
announcement in this issue a. . candi-
date for the democratic nomination to
the Office Of county judge. Mr.. Davis
was 1t one time q resident Of Wagner.
and will no doubt receive liberal sup
port in his candidacy here as well as
in other parts Of the county.
George Bnwdish and family depart
ed Tuedsay morning for California
where they will make their future
home. For q number of years past
Mr.. Bowdish has been . resident of
Charles Mix county and is known
widely over the county. His many
friends wish him in his new
home.
j. w. Robinson of Davenport, Iowa,
has been in Wagner the past week
with . view to locating here per-
manently. Mr.. Robinson is a grad
uate optician and comes highly recon-
mended. We hope that he will find
everything to his liking here and de-
eide to become a resident and business
man Of Wagner.
A. G.. Ellerman and D. J.. McLain,
Of the Ellerman-M cLain Construction
Co., of Yankton, arrived in Wagner
Wednesday evening to begin work on
three concrete ~culverts in this neigh
borhood for which they have the con-
tract. They found that the ground
was still too wet to begin work. and
will have to defer operations q short
time.
The high school team met a like
team from Lake Andes last Friday
afternoon and defeated them by q
score of 6 to 5. Battery for Wagner.
Merl Thompson and Joe Peshek.
Lake Andes. Rev Walk, Mark Payne
and Lloyd Sietel. Umpire, Harry
Thorn pson. The boys are trying to
arrange for a game with Geddes for
next Friday.
William Boyd, Edward Keene and
Martii Baker, all of Wagner. we're
each sentenced to serve one year and
one day in the federal prison At Leav-
enworth. Kansas, and to pay n fine of
500 and costs, BY Judge Elliott in
court At Sioux Falls. upon their
entering pleas Of guilty to . charge of
liquor upon the Yankton
Indian reservation.
Miss Laura Lindiey, general secreta-
ry Of the a~ni-saloon league. will give
IN address 1t the Methodist church
morning ct HOO o'clock.
Miss Lindley comes highly recon-
mended a. a public speaker. and the
of Wagner are very cordially
invited to this service, and also TO the
evening service at eight O'Clock,
which will be presided owe BY the
The train service on the Platte line
was completely demoralized last Satur
Jay by the heavy rainfall of Friday
This side Of Gsddes there wa
': rtually . cloudburst. 1t caused a
food that picked up the ties and rail-
road track for a distance Of 100
feet ard carried clear of the grade.
500 feet of the track was carried
twelve feet away and down a four
foot grade. The morning passenger
onto this weak track and barely
escaped = bad wreck. A construction
crew Of IS men was brought up from
Yankton and By night had the place
passable for the trains SO that the
morning train arrived here ia the
svening about 1880
W. E. Price Of Toronto. s. D., this
week purchased the City Drug Store
}. Pinard 4 Knight, and the work Of
Invoicing j. now going on Mr.. Price
was engaged u he drug business at
Toronto for rene time. The Herald
that city. in referring TO Mr.. Price,
has the following to say: Nv. E.
Price came among % two and one-half
wears ago and from the first time be
set his foot in . town be began
and continued it every day
his business career, and for
the effects Of that hustle take . look
the interior Of the store just sold
put. If it is not the neatest and clean