Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-06-06
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

WASHINGTON. d. C.-The con-
ferees having the agricultural appro-
priaiion btu in charge have agreed tn
lnciu,ie in 1t an appropriation of So. los
for the establishment of Il buffalo re-
serve in the Wind Cave National park
in South Dakota. The bill was orig
inhiiy introduced as II state measure by
Representative Martin. of South Da-
kota 1t was afterward made an
amendment to the agricultural bill by
Senator Gamble The action of tho
confeiees of the House and Senate
MITCHFiL.I4-Nils Tillburg. living
eight miles south OF this city. has just
received the definite Information that
was among tn" passengers lost when
the steamer Titanic sank. Tho boy
left .:is home in Sweden early I'm April
TO come To this city. but 1t was not
known he had sailed on the Titanic
until letters were received from hiA
parents in Sweden.
Observation-Disclosures West, OF
Gregory, defeated G. r. Blanchard. IL
local aspirant for wrestling honors.
twice IN Il contest here, winning the
hrst tall In Y minutes by a half nell
son and arm hold and the second In
"A minutes by a similar hold. The
weather was exceedingly hot and the
men became very slippery. and this
aided Dummy somewhat. as he was
slightly the heavier man.
ALINANDRlA-1ocal good roads
ing bee, during which Il long stretch OF
ground near town will be raveled. Not
Let's .nan 10 teams and 100 men will par
ttcipate. III 1t is the success expected
other bees will be held until all the
roads centeriny in Alexandria have
hE~cU syfsAN aI,a Ap4 pN1l.Al ~, tIa IX--A
possible condition.
RAPID cITY-Swept by a fierce
gale, fire partly destroyed the large
building Of Tom Sweeney. a pioneer
merchant here. and for q time threat
eneG To be dangerous. The fire APP
pare'.ily started from spontaneous
combustion In Il pile of slickers and en-
TAILED! a loss of 100000, fully covered by
insurance. The clothing department
was wiped out.
ONlDA-A local post of Sons of
Veterans has been organized here. with
the following officers: Commander, A..
a. N%alhOon: senior vice. Walter Spen-
GER; junior vice, J. l.. kleinschmidt:
Chaplain. Rev. T.. H. Cook; secretary,
X. l.. Garner; treasurer, j. e. Temmey.
The new post will be known as Cor
poT:ai Tanner post. No. 3.
PlERRE-J. M. Starkey, representa-
tive of the Van Dusen company in the
country west of the Missouri river. has
just returned from a trip to the west
ern part of the state, and says that
the avage appear to be abat-
ing. but that they have done Il great
deal of damage, especially i'm the vi
cini.y of Cottonwood.
PiERRE-Work on the government
Indian school building here was tied
up for a while today by a strike OF the
UNION brtcklayers. who refused tN
work with a couple of men
put on to hurry the work. The nom
union men were finally dropped from
the job and the work continued with
union men.
ASE:teDEEN-Word has reached
here of a disastrous storm which Wis
tied q strip OF territory extending from
White Rock. S. d., to Breckenridge.
MINI, last Sunday night. Between
slo.oao and SIS, 900 worth OF live stock
was killed along the route OF the storm.
especially in the vicinity of White
ltock.
RROOkINGS-What will be known
as the Broosings Driving Park associa-
ton mas been organized, and will hold
a race meet on July 4. About $1,000 will
he offered ia purses. In addition to
and automobile races and baseball
games.
Observation-Disclosures of little
game fish have been received by NJ. j.
O'Connor. county game warden. and
by him ave been deposited in the
James river at the mouth of johnson
creek. The fish were sent by II gov
eminent fish hatchery.
PARKER-Bishop O'Gorman is at
Parker to-day to preside at the exer-
:ises attendant upon the dedication ot
n ne~ Catholic church building.
VOLGA-The city council has granted
a franchise for the installing and oper-
ati0n of an electric light system, the
work OF constructing which will be
commenced soon.
Ci.ARK-On a special plea from the
members. the resignation recently ten
tleted by Rev. A. G. MacLean as pas
tor If the Methodist church, has been
withdrawn.