Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-16
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

SIOUX FALLS-Because of Il throat
trouble it is feared that Miss Anna Slllr-
ley. who had taken the contract to teach
a~country school near the village ofClar-
no. has permanently lost the power OF
speech. About two weeks ago. after
she had taken treatment for Il time.
her voice grew stronger. and she was
able to speak above Il whisper. Now.
however. her voice has failed llsr again
AMI it is feared by her friends and r,la-
t1Ves that Sh" may never regain tine
power of speech. The nature of the
ailinent which brought ON this misfor-
tune is something of Il mystery and has
bafflcd some of the most expert ply
Sicians.
YANKTON-At tn. annual meeting
Y. Edmunds. the new commissioner.
took his seat. The following officers
were all reappointed: Auditor. j. w.
ummcrs treasurer. :. y. Buckwalt"r:
Justice. L.. NJ. Yeatman: chief of po-
lice. w. r. Jcncks; policemen. Chas.
Wright and John Hickey; attorney. n.
L. Wyman: engineer. Stanley Ed
mllntis; superintendent of water works.
VIM. Higbec. On the city board of ed
ucati"n DIR. $. NJ. Hchf. Dave Finnc-
gan and Olof Nelson We're elected.
PIERRE-'The. state land department
will this week make it's filings ON the
surveyed portions of the forest reserve,
WIlINii ~ SetS IN iltu Oh St9lt StIlOcl
sections surrendered to the government
I'm the Black Hills. The surveyed lands
amount to $500 acres. and besides these
are $4,000 acres of unsurVcyed lands
which cannot be filed upon until the
government completes it's survey and
files its plats i'm the land office. The
state will have Il so days preference
right for filing on these and after
they are surveyed.
COLME-Not until a day or two
did Hampton Wade. Il ilonnesteader liv-
ing near here. learn. that his son was
killed i'm Chicago the latter part of
March by being run down by Il train.
Fred Wade the SON. Was employed in
"a Chicago & Northwestern railway
signal tower and had gone down on
the track to perform some duty when
the train struck him.
Observation-Disclosures arrangements
are being made for the annual meeting
of the Eleventh district group of the
State Bankers association. which will
be held i'm Dallas the latter part of
May. 1t is expected all the banks in
Gregory, Tripp. Mellette and Lyman
Will be represented.
IPSWICH-Paul L. Betz. of this
county has been taken to Sioux Falls
to serve a six months sentence i'm the
penitentiary for assisting in burning
his home some months ago. His father,
who set the fire, committed suicide
soon after the destruction of the build
ings.
WHITE RIVER-Col. c. p. Jordan. IL
well known frontiersman living near
here, has Just recovered II horse which
was stolen from him three years ago.
When recovered the animal was being
driven by a homestear. who proved t."
have been an innocent purchaser.
WOONSOCK ET-At the annual BUSH
ness meeting of the local Commercial
club r. NJ. Smith was reelected presi-
dent for the coming year. The other
new officers are: Vice president. j.. Nj.
urer. HI. w. Hauge.
BROOKINGS-In the annual exami-
nation before the state hoard of phar-
macy last week. the senior students in
pharmacy at the State college cap
tured the first four places. while 10
members of the class ranked high and
Will Dol be registered pharmacists.
STURGIS-The newly elected coun-
ell met and completed it's organization
pointed w. q. Gooding, auditor:
Charles M. Clark. chief Of police; H.
p. Atwater, city attorney; W. j. Punk
EFT. assessor.
VIENNA-No trace has been found
of who entered the store OF
knadle & Seim. of this place. n ar
ried away clothing and other property
and uch cash as had been left in the
money drawer.
BURKE-The contract will be
awarded in the near future for the
erection of "a new public school build
ing. for which the voters recently au-
thorized h issuance of the necessary
bonds.
CORsICA-A baseball association
has been organized here and will place
q team in the field. The officers are:
Manager. 1. J.. Seward: captain. v. V.
Davis; secretary-treasurer. w. L. StOlt.
PARKER-During the past year the
local Women's Relief corps has taken
second place in the state in member
ship. Mitchell alone having a larger
number OF members.
lPSWICH-Heavy rains have visited
this section during the past few weeks
and the ground is in fine condition.
Crop prospects were never better.
Observation-Disclosures Bros hardware
store was entered by burglars Sunday
night and about 5000 worth Of guns and
razOrS taken.
DELL RAPIDS-A fast baseball
team a been organized here and will
report Tor active work May Is.
BRUCE-Complaints are made of
auto speeders here and it is expected
arrests will follow.
FALLING WINDOW SASH
BREAKS BOYS NECK
Garretson. s. d.. May 9.-The IL
year-Old son OF Martin Anderson, "A
Great Northern section foreman. at
CorsOn, eight miles southwest of Gar
rotSOn was killed Monday aftar,onp