Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-08-15
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

HOT SPRINGS-l. o. O. F.. encamp.
ment No. 30. Of this city. will send q
crack degree team to Winnipeg. Canada,
in September. when teams from many
countries will compete for cash prizes.
The team here, %captained by David K
Bachelor. is the pride OF South Dakota
Odd Fellowship and it will seek the vic.
tory in the name OF the order in this
state, as many other encampments over
the state are contributing toward the ex.
pense of the teams trip. Should they
win, as they expect to do, their prize will
be 81 900.
FLORENCE-The Rev. Father
Stoltz. who had been pastor in charge
of the Catholic parish at Esterly, neal
here. in Codington county, for five
years. departed this week for Zell, S.
d.. to take charge of the parish there
During Father Stoltz's stay at Esterlc
numerous improvements were made in
the church n parsonage. He is sue
ceeded by the Rev. Father Victor. for
merly priest at Krenzburg and Alex
andria.
CUSTER-Charged with incest.
Henry keifert, aged 80, q rancher liv-
ing near Hermosa, is under arrest here
and will be tried in the circuit court.
his wife. Kate. who charged that his
victim was his 1~4-year-old daughter.
Besides his wife and this child. he
has several others. He was unable tc
furnish the $4,000 bail required and is
in Jail.
RAPID CITY-In company witt.
Prof. S. S. Visher. of the State Uni
versity of Vermillion. H. E. Lee, Of
the Northwest Texidermy. is explor-
ing the Black Hills to obtain a bio:
logical collection of animal, bird and
plant life in the Hills. He is visiting
the different canyons and the Bad
Lands to get his specimens, which viii,
be used in advertising the Black Hills.
YANkTON-Mrs. N. c. Foulk, seri-
ously hurt here Monday night by being
thrown by a buggy. returned to Sioux
City Tuesday. Two sons. who made
the run to Yankton in two and one.
half hours. accompanied their mothc.
nome. Mrs. Foulk is 20 ear of age
and is very badly bruised. Medical at.
tention was arranged for on the trip
and met the train on its arrival in
Sioux City.
DE SMET-The farmers of Kings
bury county held a meeting and de-
cided they would pay 2 cents per BUSH
ell for threshtng oats and barley, 4 cents
per bushel for wheat: "a a day for man
1926 to $3.50 per day for pitchers.
These are the highest prices which
have prevailed in the county during
the harvesting and threshing period
for some years.
MITCHELL-At the meeting Of the
city council contracts were let for fur
nishing h iron posts for the cluster
lighting OF Main street, and 48 posts
will be put in. with five lights to the
post. These will extend from the Mil
wauke depot. a distance Of eight
blocks. The street paving contract has
been delayed several days by the nom
arrival Of material.
MARTlN-The Bennett County Agricul-
tural Fair association will b. held at Mar
TIN on September 2, 3 and 4, 1912. The as
has been incorporated with a
capital of 5000. 1t is making many i'm
provements on its grounds. will erect a
grandstand OF large seating capacity and
complete n of the finest race tracks in
the state. There will be many attrac-
tons.
WHITE OWL-Tuesday of last week
was the hottest day OF the summer
the shade. The heat wave was fol-
lowed by a three day rain. which as
sures the corn crop. Harvest is on.
Wheat and oats will thresh out an av-
OF about 20 and 30 bushels, re-
Potatoes will also make a
good yield.
MITCHELL-The Episcopal church
Will erect a new church building this
fall and winter. the work to start at
once. The contract has been let to the
]. Schelde Construction Co., Of James
town. N. d. The new church will cost
$4,000 to $4,000 when completed. The
contractors are to have the building
for occupancy by February 1,
ALPENA-M. G. Shull has completed
on q walking cane that is quite
novelty. The can was made from
The backbone of a shark which he and
another man captured of the Florida
coast. The cane has been finely pol
shed and as 1t has been provided with
trimmings. 1t is a thing of great
WAGNER-A majority Of the voters
At a special election voted in favor Of
the issuance Of bonds for the extern
ZION OF the waterworks. but as the law
an Affirmative vote Of two
thirds. the town authorities are in
doubt about going ahead with the bond
issue.
ABERDEEN-A Masonic lodge has
been instituted with tho following Of
ncers: w. NJ. L. w. Henderson; s. w.
.. q. Stewart; treasurer, George E.
secretary, w. H. Peck; s..
p. II. E. Mosher: J. D., ]. 8. smith;
s.. #. E. Riley; tyler. J. 8. Geesey.
PIERRE-To encourage oratory.
Charles E. De Land. II this city, has
given the Huron college an endowment
$500. the income Of which il to be
used for the giving of a medal each
wear to be known as the DE Land
Prize Medal Of Oratory."
PIERRE-The executive department has
received the official check for national aid
FOR the soldiers home 1t Hot Springs,
This vas for the quarter ending june 81.
md amounted to &.s0o. and IL south Da-
kota's share in the national aid figured
q per capita basis.
ROSEBUD INDIAN AGENCY