Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-09-12
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

DAKOTA STATE NEWS
Yankton brickmkker, and a horse trad.
er giving the name Of Ely Goirnot and
stating that he came from Sioux City,
collided on the James river road, com-
pletely demolishing both rigs. Boirot's
face was injured, and a 1~O-year-old
the knee and legs. Boirot spent the
night In Jail and was allowed to leave
town after settling for the damages.
1t is alleged he was drunk.
BR1DGEwATER-The Bridgewater
public chools will open September 2,
with the following corps of instructors:
Principal, George E. Myer; first as
second assistant principal. Agnes J.
Douglas; third assistant principal, J.
Clara Morgan; grammar department..
Neva N. Ives; Intermediate depart
ment. Ethel Blynn; second primary,
Amy Satterlee; first primary. Cora
George.
ABERDEEN-Three buildings of a
public nature are under consideration.
The city recently voted s75, 900 in bonds
for a city hall; the Y. NJ. G. A. at a
meeting Saturday night voted to test
the feasibility of a $4,000 temple. and
RAdIlS dIS Oclll6 COllSluSIC0 " III CO1.
struction in the near future of a the
alter, which The city has lacked since
the Gottschalk theater was burned two
years ago.
WINNER-Baseball fans in the
Rosebud country are taking great in
terest in the fight being waged for the
pennant in the Rosebud league, which
consists of the teams of Herrick. Bone
steel, Burke, Gregory, Dallas and COL
ONE. Dallas and Burke are fighting a
geek and neck race, with Colome close
behind. Bets are being made h IA Col
ONE will capture the pennant.
YANKTON-George Durney, living a
mile and a half west of town, had a
narrow escape when he took a dose Of
poison by mistake for salts. He dis
covered the error as sOOn as he q
swallowed Inc mixture n a doctor
reached him in time to prevent a fatal
result, though his suffering was in
tense for a time.
PIERRE-Bids were opened at I
o'clock August "a for the sale of tim
Der in the hills. Lamphere & Hin
richs company made a bid for the tim
Der in section 1911, N-6E, B. H. M.
at the rate Of $3.12h per thousand. 1t
600 feet on this section. This is the
first sale OF timber from the state
lands. 1t is made from the old survey
n not from the new tract.
>MITCHELL-Mrs. Fred Littell Is
dead as the result of an injury re-
ceived in a runaway two weeks g
when her limb was broken in two
places so that the bones p~rotruded
through the flesh. She was picked up
in an unconscious condition and taken
to the hospital. Blood poisoning set
in and it became necessary to ampu-
tate her limb. She passed away after
the operation.
ADDonESTSNY VSn> r1,,kl, n1l,1<~ An
%stractors' association adjourned Its
sixth annual session this afternoon. The
officers elected are: President, r.. l..
Clisby. Parker: vice president. M. L.
PARCELS, Q Pierre; sec~retary-treas-
urer. G. E. Noel. Highmore; executive
committee, II. ]. Giesen, Aberdeen; j.
W. Parmley, Ipswich; d. B. Getty,
Sioux Falls.
GREGORY-Preparations have been
completed for a tournament Of the ten
mis- clubs Of the Rosebud country, to be
held on the grounds of the Gregory
Of the Rosebud Tennis association.
First and consolation prizes will be
given in both singles and doubles.
WITTEN-w. A. Gardner and Geo.
Brewer, living four miles north Of
Witten, have finished threshing a 500
acre crop of winter wheat that ran
from 15 bushels to % bushels per acre.
Spring wheat is averaging IL bushels
per acre, and oats is making from 20
to 40 bushels per acre. The corn crop
is immense this year. There is a large
acreage of flax
DEADWOOD-A special term Of the
United States district court is now in
session here with Judge Elliott on the
bench. The first case w was that Of
Estelle Lizzie Reynolds for herself and
four minor heirs of Lewis p. Reynolds,
deceased, who seek to prove up on the
homestead commenced by Reynolds.
The regular term commences next
week.
PIERRE-September 16 is the date
set for the hearing before the supreme
court on the application of the demo-
cratic state committee for a mandamus
place h name Of Robert p. Stewart.
Of Deadwood. on the regular demo-
cratic ticket as q candidate for SUI
preme court judge from the First dis
trict.
ABERDEEN-Ernest Erdelt, a farm
err living nea Glendale. N. D.. had his
back broken INC Is paralyzed from his
hips down as the result Of a runaway
while harvesting near Forbes. He was
oiling the binder when the team be-
came frightened and started of, drag
ging Erdelt 80 rods. He was brought
to an Aberdeen hospital.
WASHINGTON sPRINGs.-A move
ment Ia under way to submit to the
voters of Jerauld county a proposition
authorizing the county commissioner
to erect q new court house. The coun-
ty has a good cash balance in it, treas
without the necessity OF issuing bonds.
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