The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-16
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

Members Of the local lodge Knights
Of Pythias of Clark have fitted up
fine club rooms for the use of men,
bers and their friends. The rooms
have been handsomely furnished.
1t is expected hundreds of farmers
will attend q farmers institute, to be
held at Montrose, February &c and 81.
The speakers will be Judge Robert
son of Hot Springs, A. N. Van Camp
of Highmore, A. w. Palm Of Norden,
and w. d. Mckee of Polo, Mo.
The farm home of Reuben Wood.
ward. near Hurley, was totally de.
stroyed by fire Wednesday morning,
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward were away
from home when the fire started and
did not get back quick enough to save
any of their goods.
At a recent meeting Of the Coyote
club at WOODsOcket, a project to hold
a four days water carnival at WoOn.
socket for next summer was taken up
and met with a favorable reception,
Woonsocket is located on a beautiful
lake, and it is planned to have four
days Of festivity unique in the history
of South Dakota towns.
Another step in the passing Of 10.
cal creameries vas witnessed when
the Spencer Creamery company, or
ganized several years ago and for
years the maintenance of a paying
creamery at Spencer, sold the build.
ing and furnishings to the highest bid.
der, who will divide the building and
remodel it into residences for renting
purposes.
Falling into a tub of scalding water
in which she was burned from head
to foot, Ruby, the 2-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. B. v. Jackson at Lead,
died a few hours later from her in.
juries. The child was playing about
it's mother while the latter was doing
the housework and caught her dress
on the rim of the tub which caused
her to lose her balance.
c. J. Morris, assistant United States
attorney for South Dakota, is in But.
falo Gap, in western South Dakota,
where he will represent the govern.
ment at the preliminary hearing OF
Joseph Norman, James Ashbaugh
and John Rush, homesteaders living
near Buffalo Gap, who have just been
arrested on the charge Of stealing
cattle from Indians living on the Pine
Ridge reservation.
An ordinance enacted by the city
commissioners of Sioux Falls a few
days ago raising the age of those eli.
gible to play pool and billiards from
10 to 81 years Is to be "referen.
dumed." Petitions now are being cir.
culated among the voters Of Sioux
Falls asking that the ordinance be
suspended and referred to the voters
at the spring election before going
into effect permanently.
Deadwood girls won the intertown
basketball series there by defeating
Rapid City and Belle Fourche. These
three with Spearf1sh were the contest
ants for the purse Of 800, the losers
of the first two games, Spearfish and
Rapid City, contesting for third hon.
ors which were won by the latter.
The games were among the best girls
games seen in the Black Hills and has
stimulated basketball to the extent
that games with teams outside the
Hills are now being arranged.
TIE meanest man discovered in
Soutl Dakota this winter with the SIN
gle exception Of the resident of Trip
county who recently disappeared with
money which had been given him by
an old Sioux Indian with which TO
purchase a coffin for his son who lay
dead in the house, is an unknown in
dividual, who went to the home OF
Roscoe Sherman, a bachelor home
steader of Stanley county, while Sher-
man was in town after his mail, and
carried off every pound of coal at the
Sherman place, as well as all the bed
clothing, leaving the homesteader abb
solutely without fuel and without COW
tTlUS lOl tlc niSHt. AZ tHC IlItC 'HN
temperature was many degrees below
zero.
The volunteer fire department az
Letcher has elected the following Of
fcers for the coming year: Chief, E.
r. Wilds; assistant chief, Harry Sam
is: chief engineer, Harry Askew; sec
retary.treasurer, F. r. Ward.
The young men Of Redfeld have or
ganized a club, and through the gener-
osity of the board Of education they
have been granted the use Of the gym
nasium and reading room in the base
ment of the high school building. The
citizens have furnished the club the
money for the purchase Of equipment
and furnishinGO,