The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-12-13
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

bank at Winner, has been elected pres
ident
Walter Quimby of Spearfish valley
has struck an artCsian well at $40
feet. The water is warm and of q
mineral quality.
Cattle "rustlers" again are operating
in the region north of Winner. and the
authorities are making deseprate ef-
forts to run them down.
The Aberdeen Commercial club has
determined upon legislative biennial
banquet and smoker to be given by
he club at an early date.
Among other new buildings in
course Of construction at Colome is
IN opera house, which has long been
needed for entertainments and public
meetings.
While sitting in chair at his home,
VIM. Ardappel, one of the pioneer res.
idents in the vicinity of Corsica, was
stricken with heart failure and died
Ve was -, yg2rs Old
Henry Grim, a prominent business
nan of Olivet, nearly lost his life from
loss of blood caused by pulling a tooth.
t required the services Of several ply.
clans to stop the flow of blood.
The six young men charged with
the robbery of the Becker Clothing
house in Mitchell changed their pleas
Of not guilty to guilty and were each
fined from 800 to this amount with
20 days
When James Boyd, carrier on two
rural mail routes centering at VOL,
sey, took his annual vacation recently
his wife volunteered for duty on his
mail routes, and each day made the
round trip, being always on time
The citizens of Millbro are contrib
nting to q fund for the erection of a
Congregational parsonage. The citi.
zens have appointed a building com.
nittee and the work of erecting the
structure will be pushed as rapidly as
possible.
The business men have started a
movement to have Pierpont provided
With an up-to-date waterworks svs.
ON, and as preliminary a commit.
tee Of business men has been inspect
ing waterWorks systems in surround
ing towns.
The Milwaukee railroad depot at
Wentworth caught fire from an over
heated stove and was destroyed. The
agent was absent at the time Himself
and wife had rooms on the second
floor Of the building and lost all their
possessions.
A. w. Voedisch of Aberdeen pre-
vented bold robber from getting
away from his jewelry store by meet
ing him at the door with a gun and
relieving him CT $500 worth of dia.
monds he was attempting to get away
after throwing red pepper in the
clerks eyes.
Sol Deboit, superintendent of the
waterworks system at Howard, has
an unusual record for close attention
to duty. A few days ago he celebrated
the twelfth anniversary of his incum-
bency of the position of superintend.
ent, and during the entire II years
he was off duty ouly two weeks.
The county attorney and the county
superintendent of schools of Union
county will receive increases in their
salaries as the result Of the recent
election. The salaries of these two of.
ficeials are based On the vote cast in
the county. and at the election in No
vember a larger vote was cast than
two years age.
The business men Of Kimball have
organized live Commercial club and
will occupy the Geppert building.
They will install pool and billiard ta.
bles, card tables and reading room,
making it very attractive for the
clubs headquarters and to take their
friends to while away time in that
thriving little city.
J. B. Goff has been appointed United
States commissioner and will make
his headquarters at Cottonwood. His
appointment will prove of great con.
venience to the homesteaders of that
region, who in future will be able to
transact their land business with him
instead OF being compelled to make
the long journey to the land office.
Several handred farmers and their
wives from the surrounding region
were in Kadoka last week attending
the Stanley county farmers short
course. which was conducted under
the direction of officers of the state
agricultural department Addresses
were made on soil culture. moisture
animal husbandry and
other important topics.
\ petition is being circulated at
linton and in that vicinity asking the
legislature to make an appropriation
n aid Of the construction Of highway
on the western boundary line of South
running south from linton to
the Colorado line, and connecting
there with the proposed cross-country
TO Denver The legislature
)f Wyoming. Colorado and Nebraska
also will be asked to contribute.
The Bowole city council has pur-
chased from TIE Bowdle Milling com