The Wagner leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-1912, 1912-03-29
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

| from west of the Missouri river met mere
and drew up resolutions to be presented
to the senator's and representatives OF
! South and North Dakota at Washington
urging them to put forth every effort to
nave the affairs OF the Indian delegations
! at Washington satisfactorily arranged so
that the balance of the Cheyenne n
| Standing Rock reservations can be hur-
ried through, The resolution urges the
| senator's and representatives to put forth
| every effort possible TO have the bills
before the house relative to opening of the
| reservations passed without delay.
wATERTOwN-O. NJ. Kirlin, a local
business man. was very much surprised
when he opened a letter and found there
in SIS in currency and a piece OF paper
upon which the words Restitution
money were scrawled. This was all the
letter contained, the identity of the sender
being enveloped in mystery. The money
is supposed to have been sent by some
person who at some time either distracted
goods to this value from kirlin's store or
ran an account for this sum and did not
pay it.
ABERDEEN-Brown county democrats,
in a mass convention here, agreed upon a
slate to be submitted to the county pri-
mary election on June s.. The candidates
decided upon for the various county off,
ces was as follows: County judge, Boyd
g. stths Guilty lIcdSutSt. - w.
Cavanaugh: auditor, F. E. Coons: sheriff,
T.. l.. Wanner: states attorney, E. c..
Ryan; clerk OF courts, III. A. Melgaard;
county superintendent, Miss Pierson;
register OF deeds, F. j. Cross.
PIERRE Attorney General johnson
has sent out a circular letter to all states
attorneys of the state in which he asks
them to hook into the records of the coun-
ty courts and investigate settlement of es-
tates in which the state may have an in
terest under the inheritance tax law of
the state. The act was in controversy for
some time and has been sustained by the
supreme court, and the attorney general
believes that a strict accounting will bring
considerable revenue to the state.
BELLE FOURCHE-On going to the
woodshed in the rear of their home here,
his wife found the still warm body of
Edward McCumsey, q well known early
day cattleman of this section, with a
bullet hole through his heart. Investiga-
ton showed that he had shot himself
with a rife, with suicidal intent. Temper
airy insanity is the only known cause. He
was AZ years of age. and leaves a family.
BELLE FOURCHE-The dead body Of
Edward Cumsey, aged AZ, formerly a well
known cattleman of South Dakota, was
found here today. 1t is believed he COM
mitted suicide while temporarily insane.
BONESTEEL-John Harms. a pioneer
merchant of this city, placed his affairs
in the hands OF Charles G. Hayes, trustee,
for the benefit of his creditors, and Mr..
Hayes assumed control Of the business
yesterday. The stock will invoice about
SIS, 900 and the embarrassment will be but
temporary. it is thought. Depressing times.
overstock and too liberal accommodations
to customers forced the assignment.
nm T r1a-& - .-t;,1I,
exterminated in South Dakota is the tes-
timony Of residents in the vicinity of Tim
Der Lake, who report several small colo
MES along the upper reaches of the Little
Moreau. south of that place, and along
High Bank creek, north, which runs into
the Grand river. An occasional otter is
also reported in that vicinity. with rae
coon seen quite often.
EDGEMONT-Six transcontinental Bur-
lington trains proceeded from here after
SO hours delay to traffic caused by a Sc
we're washout two miles west. The flood
waters of the Cheyenne river formed an
ice gorge 30 feet high and half a mile
wide, washing out a fill in the track.
This ice gorge is several miles long and
another quick thaw would be disastrous
and might a k out the bridge here.
PIERRE-Governor Vessey's bank, the
Pierre Banking and Trust company, sue
cessfully bid for the 100000 of funding
warrants which the state is now issuing
at 4.24 per cent interest. other bids were
the Minnesota Loan and Trust
AS per cent; the First National bank, of
Deadwood, 445 per cent, and the Hahn
company, of Chicago, 4.5e per cent.
BROOKINGS-Eighty members of the
Commercial club of Brookings took a
census Of the city Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday. The population is $3.50, a
Jain of 40. or about 10 per cent during
the past IS months. the best gain of any
town in South Dakota in the same length
of time.
WHITEHEAD d. Robinson. of Pierre,
has purchased the White Leader. a local
weekly newspaper, and VIII conduct it in
future. Charles o. Walker, the retiring
editor, for years has been one of the
most popular newspaper men in north
eastern South Dakota.
PIERRE-A drainage petition has been
flee with the state engineer from Aurora
county. whereby it is proposed to drain
several hundred acres of low land into
White lake. Heretofore part of the
water has gone into Firesteel creek and
part into the lake.
GROToN-Notwithstand.ng that she had
her skull fractured by the kick of a
horse Mrs. John Hillon, wife of a well
known farmer living near here, is still
alive and is expected to recover. She was
unconscious for some time but now has
become rational.
PIERRE-Governor Wesley has appoint.
ed as members Of the woman's board of
investigation of charitable and penal in
situations of the state Miss Emmer Cook,
OF Huron; Mrs. Lucy Borneman, of Sioux
Falls, and Mrs. Mana Gilbert, of Salem.
CONDE-Fire from an unknown origin
broke out in the basement of the Hotel
Gibbons, a three-story hotel here, and did
damage estimated at 5000 before 1t was
~extinguished. The flames were confined
to the first floor Of the building.
MENNO-Farmers in this vicinity are
greatly alarmed by the appearance OF a
mysterious disease among their horses.
Thus far six head belonging to Fred w.
Mettler have died from the disease, which
Is found to be contagious.