Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-02

Sioux Falls py auto Wednesday to
attend the funeral Of a cousin. Gus
Back accompanied them.
Home made light rolls and bread
for sale at the Benson restaurant.
Also pies and cakes. Meals at all
hours. We solicit your patronage.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Wood came
over from Sioux Falls in the auto
Wednesday. Mrs. Wood will le-
main week or two and visit her
daughter.
Tracy Gitchell visited in Hurley
Tuesday. He stated that he "; S
receiving favorable reports from
his mother and that he was looking
for her speedy recovery.
H. C. Nelson is hauling dirt and
filling in the lots where the tile fac-
tory formerly stood This property
will make a fine location for hand
some residence when it is filled up a
little.
1t has been a pleasant spring so
far but not warm enough to hasten
vegetation. At the present date
plum blossoms are just out and
it will take nearly week of warm
weather to bring out the apples. 1t
should be good fruit year.
Henry Arnett visited ola friends
in Hurley over Sunday and returned
to Iowa Monday. He is still travel
ling the same territory for his hard
ware house and is enjoying the work.
He stated that Gladys had been ip
poor health the past winter.
Herb Sanborn returned Wednes-
day from two months visit with
relatives at Libertyville, Ill. He
came back by wav Of Sioux Falls
and took in the Shrine meeting and
rode back to Hurley by auto with
Frank Watson and Judy Gilbert.
A Great Northern detective re-
Gently spent a day in Irene search
ing for boy who had shot through
a coach window with an air rifle.
These rifles are not only a nuisance
but source Of danger when used in
town and it would not be out OF
order to suppress them by ordinance
w. H. Robertson spent couple OF
days in Hurley this week. He is
still living in Minneapolis and buys
and sells real estate. He reported
TO the Herald that the girls are still
at home, AMI that Glen and Ted are
engaged in the manufacture of
children's shoes. Glenn has two
children, boy and a three months
old girl.
One of the most useful citizens ir
Hurley is Tom Woodward who ap-
pears after every rain with a street
drag and slnooths down the rougl
Iplaces in the street. Persistent roac
dragging tends to constantly inn
prove the surface of dirt roads anC
many sections of road around Hur
ley are also receiving this attention
from enterprising farmers.
Wendell Brunner has let the con
tract for the building of a fine eight
room house on the old Fessendel
farm where he makes his homo
The old house has been moved bac]
from its former location and tn,
new building will stand on the ole
site. This is one of TIE finest farm
in the county and Wendell is i'm
proving it in keeping with it
worth.
Gus Bach has received an eastern
corn planter sent with the compli
ments Of Jake Zehnder from Mexic
N. Y. 1t consists of q round woode
disk with pan nailed against on
, side. Around the sides Of the pa
are small holes about four inche
apart. The wheel is pushed along
trench by hand and as each hol
comes around a kernel of corn
supposed to fall out Jake did no
: state whether this Was the onl
planter used in his neighborhooc
: The contrivance can be seen by tn
curious at Bach's office.
FIREMEN BANQUET