Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-01
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

year. Represen natives from all the Bla K
Hills counties were present. The office -
and vice presidents were elected as f,s-
lows: President, Is. c. Phillips. Deal
wood; secretary, Julius Deetken, Dead
wood, treasurer, George v. Ayres, Dead
wood. historian. Sol Starr. Deadwood:
poet laureate. j. W. Mcdonald. Central;
marshal, Henry ID. Brasch. RoubaiX; vice
presidents: Lawrence county. Robert
Waldschnaidt: Fan River. G. Il. Stacey;
Meade. j. w. L.dd: Butte, Louis La
C~happelle: Custer. r. Il. Smith. The to-
tai membership of the order is now i5.
SIOUX l~'ALI.S-The testimony in the
trial i'm the federal court here o. the Fam
Baksr-Herman land conspiracy case, in
VolVlng lands in the Gregory land dis
trict, is concluded and the final arguments
are now under way. Al three of the de-
PENDANTS were placed upon the witness
stand and gave important testimony In
connection with the charges against them.
The general claim of the defense is that
no conspiracy existed while the govern
ment contends that such conspiracy did
exist. The final arguments will be con-
cluded in time for the case to go to the
jury today. The trial consumed an entire
week.
KIMBALI-Three business firms swim
died out of a sum aggregating 800 and a
valuable team and buggy lost by a livery
man sums up the work OF "a clever forger
IN this town. Hardman was the name the
man went by. lie rendered a $40 check
with Knoeche's name ATTACHED In the
store OF j. II. Wolf company, on payment
Tor a suit of clothes. receiving the change
In cash. He then went to the Skinrood
store and gave another check for $35. In
the hardware store OF Brooks & Brohan
he cashed in checks for SIS. Then ne
went TO u livery barn, got a team and
drove away, and no trace of him has yet
been found.
YANKTON-Edward Merran, "a helper
at the state hospital, who disappeared
from YanktOn on the night of January II,
was found frozen in the snow at the
sand pit north of town by Mail Carrier
George Osborn. Edward Merran was las.
seen In Yankton on the night of January
II. and two stories have been current
since hat time. One that he had gone to
Omaha, the other that he had started for
the asylum, and being under the influence
OF liquor he had lost his way and had
been frozen to death. The latter proved
the true solution TO his disappearance.
MINTOSH-Murray Hall. an employee
IL the railroad yards at Mcintosh. had a
narrow escape from instant death when
an engine on the way to the roundhOuse
crashed into another locomotive. Hall
was doing some repair work on the To-
connective. and did not nave time to Leap
to a safe place. He was caught between
the engine and tender and crushed SO
badly that his life for a time was des-
paired OF. He was taken to an Aberdeen
hospital. and his chances for recovery are
now considered good.
BELLE FOURCHE-So hungry that
they had eaten the hair off each others
tails. q drove of horses owned by w. j.
Armstrong near Fruitdale were discovered
only In time to save part of them. The
horses were caught in "a snowdrift and
shut Off from help. -Four of them were
frozen TO death, the others being reduced
to dire straits. The marks of the horses
teeth We're found on the tails of animals
both alive and dead. the arpendages be-
ing stripped of ali hair.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are being
completed for the third annual meeting
of the South Dakota Society of City En-
gineers and Surveyors, of which S. b.,
Howe, Sioux Falls, and r. b. Easton.
Aberdeen, are secretary and treasurer.
The meeting will be held Mt Mitchell on
February %. The association was organ.
lied at Huron three years ago with II
members. 1t now has a membership of 33
WHITE OWL4-In spite of the unusua!
severe winter land men in this section
have been doing a good bushes. and Driv-
er Cox, of the mail line. has had from one
to three passengers every trip this VIM
SSAs A1NSAh IN NiSA Al lSSlS-
tered 20 or more below the travel was
about the same. TIL most of these peo-
pie We're here on land business.
WHITE OWL-Trappers around White
Owl and vicinity are reaping a good re-
ward for their effort with the traps this
winter, catching many small fur bearing
animals and numerous wolves. Forrest
Batchelder. a young homesteader near
here. recently caught two OF the latter
which were QffnnnftnI. fn raLa n ,rou1
off of prairie dogs.
CAsTLEwoOD-At a meeting of the
board OF county commissioners u resolu-
ton was adopted permitting all persons
to catch fish in the various lakes and
streams Of Hamlin county. with spear
and seine. during the months of January.
February and March. The fish permitted
to be caught In this manner are suckers.
buffalo, carp and pickerel.
BRYANT-Wm. Larsen, an experienced
buttermaker. late of Minot. N. D., has
purchased an interest in the Bryant
creamery n has taken up his residence
here SO he can give his personal atten-
tion to the business. He has in the past
been in charge of different creameries in
Minnesota and North Dakota.
ABERDEEN-Today is the anniversary
of the fire which destroyed the Mtlwau-
kee passenger station. freight depot and
OslSA uutAuAiSs here, causing q loss OF
$4,000 in buildings. The new buildings
just completed include a passenger sta
ton. freight depot. round house, machine
shops. ETC.. costing altogether 1915, 600.
PIERRE-The secretary of the state
railway commission has received a wire
that the rotary plow has finally reached
Faith, opening up the Moreau river
branch of the Puget Sound, and that
every effort would be put forth to keep
It open the rest OF the winter.