Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

Az IN u uIlu ocIds
tor Gamble club Is being organized in
Yankton.
ONIDA-The fine new sully county
court house here Is practically completed
and will be ready for occupany soon after
the opening of the new year.
TORONTO-A we'll digging machine was
sold here a few days ago under chattel
mortgage sale proceedings. This vas the
first sale OF the kind in Deuel. county for
moro than a year, which ia said to be Q
record that no other county In the state
car. beat.
misunderstanding 70 late reports
will leave Fort Apache. Arix., tomorrow
Tor Fort Meade. 8. d. They will bring
their horses with them, as we'll an part
OF . wagon train. They will arrive here
shortly after January 1.
PIERRE-W. A. Nordland, OF Dayen-
port. Ia. who for the past IL years has
been raising horses. reports that his AMI
mails are In fne condition. though range
5ed IN a poor year. comparing favorably
with eastern grain fed horses. He pre-
diets an excellent early hay crop for the
coming season.
MADISON-The Lake County bank. of
this city. has received from an insurance
company in London. England. . draft for
$l.OOO to reimburse the bank for a loss
OF this amount contained In 4 registered
package. which was distracted from q
mail sack at the Milwaukee depot hero a
few weeks ago.
ABERDEEN-Attorney c. ]. Dousman.
or Lennon. who has been prominent In
legal and political affairs in Perkins coun-
" ana northwestern South Dakota since
the settlement of the Standing Rock and
CHEYENNE river reservations. has moved
Win his family to Billings, Mont, where
they will reside in the future.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. plans for Inn
proving the highways leading to and from
Montrose are being made by a good roads
ASSOCIATION which recently was organized
mere. with Douglass Odell president and
NJ. r. Flannery secretary. The organiza-
ton will officially be known as the Mont
rose Good Roads association.
DAv1sTON-Johnson Bros. ranchers
near here. report that a pack of buffalo
wolves are spreading terror among the
stock in their neighborhood. The animals
nave become so ravenOus that they attack
luli grown horses and have killed and par
tally eaten several of them, as we'll ~
numbers of calves and colts.
WATACGA-In q wrestling match at
Watauga recently. Bert Bigham, of Wa
tauga, defeated Frank Mcmahon, of Sc
attic. i'll lightning time, pinning Mcmahon
w IN iilaI III III Ills TOunu IN lO Sec
onds. He woE the second fall in Is min
utes. In a preliminary, Jess Nehl threw
Herman Puck in Is minutes.
OLDHAM-Mobry Ripley, living near
here. while operating a cornsheller. had
his hand caught in the machinery. with
the result that several bones were broken
and the hand and part of the arm was
badly mangled. 1t was necessary to re-
move parts Of the machine before his
hl nd and arm could ho ,o0nnn1
WHITE OWI-A new coal mine has
near here. Mr.. Evans. who has been liv-
ing In Nebraska, is expected to arrive in
a few days and take personal charge OF
the mine. Coal can be purchased at the
mine for $500 per ton. thus furnishing
more cheap fuel for settlers in this Sec
ton.
BONESTEEL-Efforts are being made
to locate George A. Calkins, a resident of
Bonesteel during the boom days following
the opening to settlement of Gregory
county. Lucas, of this city,
would like to be informed of HIS where
abouts, as he has been advised that Cal
kinS Is one of the heirs of an estate left
by a deceased relative.
YANKTON-Fire of unknown origin
was discovered in the second story of the
Milwaukee 4 st. Louis Wholesale LIQUOR
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about 5000 before it was put out. The
fire damage was confined to the second
story, the saloon, which IS located on the
first floor, being injured only by water.
which soaked through from above.
LEAD-Word was received here OF the
death in Portland, Ore. of A. j. Furlong,
an old-time resident of this city. Mr.. Fur
long. who was a native of Detroit and
was IS years old. came to the Hills 30
years ago and for many wears was en-
plOyed as an engineer at the Ellison hoist
by the Homestake Mining He
leaves a wife and three children, two of
them here.
PIERRE-rhe Chas. c. Slack company,
OF Sioux Falls. has complained to the rail-
way commission concerning certain al
legged determinations on the part Of the
Wells Fargo Express people, and A. Boil
Ter, q prominent furniture dealer OF
Faulkton, and others from the different
towns along the Orient branch OF the
c.. NJ. s ST. =. have made complaint be-
cause Of deficient train service.
TIMBER LAKE-The Odd Fellows
lodge has taken steps toward building a
modern fraternal home, with auditorium
attachment. 1t is planned to build a two
story structure, with an auditorium on the
first floor and a ledge room on the second
floor. If 1t Is found desirable, the lodge
room will be sub-leased to other fraternal
orders when not In use by the Odd Fell
lows. 1t Is expected work on the new
structure will start early in 1912.
PIERRE-The state auditor has Just is-
sued the December tax call which amounts
to $405, 1890. The total state revenue for
the current year is approximately 81. 722,O 900
from all sources. This Includes about ST.
10000 from direct taxation. $780, 900 from
the several counties for care of the insane,