The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-05-03
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

The Iroquois Commercial club holds
a social evening every once in a while,
which attracts large crowds and
proves most enjoyable.
More than $4,000 has been sub
Scribed for a creamery which is to be
installed and operated at Serum. The
work OF construction will soon com.
mence.
Thomas j. King, Indian agent at
Cheyenne agency, has been removed
from office owing to a dispute over
the introduction of whisky on the
reservation.
Plans for building Codington cou
tvs share of the proposed meridian
road were discussed at length at a
recent meeting of the Watertown
Commercial! club.
Some Of the baseball enthusiasts
out west of the river are talking OF
organizing a sort of league, taking in
some Of the more prominent towns
In Perkins, Ziebach, Dewey and Cor.
son counties.
Nearly 1000 people assembled at
Groton to attend the funeral of Fred
Krahn, his wife and child, all of whom
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed their home on a farm 20
miles from there.
The losses at a recent disastrous
fire in the business district at Buffalo
which were covered or partially Gov.
cred by insurance, now have been paid
and the work of constructing new
buildings to take the place of those
destroyed is in full swing.
At the annual meeting of the Pierre
Woman's club, tho officers selected
for the ensuing year are: President.
Mrs. Hardy; vice president, Mrs. Pat.
rick; recording secretary, Mrs. Bill
linghurst; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Carter; treasurer, Mrs. Munson.
More attention is being paid to tree
planting in Pierre this spring than
for many years. The trees being put
out this year being principally elms
and other classes than cottonwood,
which was the first class Of trees put
out for shade there.
A mixed train on the Milwaukee
road was derailed near Dupree re-
Gently while travelling at the rate OF
eight miles an hour, and traffic was
delayed for several hours. A similar
accident occurred on the Moreau riv.
er branch of the road about the same
time.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railroad company has most OF
the material On the ground for tn.
construction Of their new stock
yards at Mitchell, made necessary by
the action Of the city council in caus-
ing the company to remove the yards
from the city limits. The yards will
be doubled in capacity. The improve,
ments will cost about $685. 900.
In the absence of Judge w. G. Rice.
who is in Rochester, Mimi, taking
treatment, Judge John F. Hughes OF
Fort Pierre went over to Deadwood
and sat on the circuit bench for nat.
uralization. Thirty foreigners were
examined and made citizens of the
United States, Special Examiner Kas.
per or Minneapolis being present on
behalf of the government. Natural.
ization day is held there twice each
year.
In the debate between Huron col.
lege and the state college at Brook.
ings, the representatives OF Huron
were awarded a unanimous decision
by the judges.
1t is reported on apparently good
authority that the Northwestern Rail
road company will this season extend
a line to Newell and erect a depot
there. The Newell station Of the
Northwestern at present is some dis.
lance from town, and the business
men and other residents have been
anxious to have the road built into
town.