The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-08-30
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

The stockholders OF the McCook
County Grain company have elected
James McKinnon president for the
coming year.
Kimball men are organizing a COM
pany for the purpose of securing a
franchise and installing an electric
light system.
Webster is rejoicing greatly be-
cause two of the coas: trains on the
Milwaukee, under the new time card,
stop at Webster.
Fred Clark, a farmer, fell through a
manhole on the streets OF Mitchell
and sustained a fractured skull. His
condition is serious.
The town authorities of Highmore
have commenced a war IN unlicensed
dogs, and all such are killed when
found running at large.
l.. J. Welch of Mitchell has been ap-
pointed treasurer OF the Democratic
state central committee, and w. Roy
Veitch, of GrOton, secretary.
At Miller, where so ANY important
discoveries are made, a horned bug
has turned up, which is said to feed
greedily Upon the potato bug.
The State Pharmaceutical associa.
ton, which has just closed a -four
days session at Hot Springs, will hold
its 1913 session at Sioux Falls.
The Highmore Bulletin has sold a
hr~na-Cn1nn Cnocp in itC Manor tn
the Democrat. but serves notice it is
not responsible for what may appear
in the space.
The city council of Britton has
about concluded arrangements for the
sinking of a new artesian well to in
crease the supply of water for the To-
cal waterworks system.
Charles Glissendorf of Chamberlain
was kicked by a horse which he was
trying to release from a wire in which
it had become %entangled and he was
unconscious for "A hours.
A wholesale Jail delivery az Aber-
deer was prevented by the discovery
that two window bars had been sawed
III lWO. IL IL lilOuSnl that III Ia ioOh
ers had aid from the outside.
A call has beer extended to Rev.
Mr.. Isaacs to become pastor Of the
Garretson Congregational church, to
al the vacancy caused by the recent
resignation of Rev. ]. A. Erickson.
The Bennett department store at
Artesian was entered by thieves, who
carried away goods to the value of
over $500. The same store was robbed
in much the same manner about a year
ago.
AS the result of driving into an
abandoned we'll, the entrance Of which
was concealed by weeds, Henry
Sweet, a farmer living near Messing
ton, had three ribs broken and was
otherwise injured.
The new Catholic parochial school
at Bonesteel is fast nearing compile
ton. 1t is one of the finest institu-
tons of it's kind in this part of the
state. 1t is one of the few Catholic
schools in South Dakota.
Two new grain elevators are in
course Of construction at Colome, be-
ing necessary to aid in taking care OF
the immense small grain crop raised
in this territory this year. This will
give Colome three elevators.
liver Hanson, a former resident Of
Sisseton, arrived there after making
a journey overland from Wild Horse,
Colo. The distance is about LOO
miles. and he made the journey in %
days of actual travelling in a covered
wagon.
The newly organized law enforce
ment league at Madison has secured
a fund of about 81, 900 and this will be
used to prosecute those who attempt
to sell liquor within the city limits,
Madison having voted dry at the
spring election.
Reports of farmers and persons
travelling through South Dakota are
to the effect that prairie chickens are
unusually numerous this season, and
accordingly rare sport is anticipated
when the chicken shooting season
opens on September 10.
Gus Gale of Scotland, aged Is, was
the victim of a peculiar accident. He
was hauling grain. and while waiting
for others to unload their wagons he
went to sleep under his wagon. While
asleep he got his left arm under one
of the wagon wheels, with the result
that one if his wrists was crushed.
That would-be train wreckers have
selected the vicinity of Aurora as
their field Of operations is indicated
by the fact that two Aurora men,
while returning to town, discovered a
heavy railroad tie on the railroad
track. This was only about half an
hour before a passenger train was due.
During the past month the pure food
and drug department has prosecuted
six merchants for dealing in rotten
eggs, three butchers for selling sau-
sage containing a poisonous preserva-
tive, and one merchant for selling
a%dulterated linseed oil.