The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

Postmasters confirmed: Rush O.
Fellows al Belle Fourche; O.. M. lver-
son at Hudson.
Large quantities of cattle and hogs
are being shipped from Scotland to
various market points.
The Swift Packing company has
opened a new branch office in Aber-
deem, with Wallace Monro as resident
manager. The branch Office will han
die the territory between Aberdeen
and Mobridge. Three statesmen will
travel vi of Aberdeen.
Johnnie Coughlin. aged II, son OF a
homesteader near Winner, was start
ing a fire in the kitchen range when a
shotgun cartridge, which Vas mixed
with the kindling exploded. The force
of the explosion was sufficient TO blow
off the thumb and forefinger of his left
hand.
Gov. Byrne has appointed Mrs. Gina
Smith Campbell of Dell Rapids to be
commissioner from the state of South
Dakota to the Norwegian Centenary
exposition to be held in Christiania
in 1914. Mrs. Campbell is now in
Norway and will remain until after the
close of the exposition.
The first session of the Springfield
normal summer school has opened
with a good attendance. The last
legislature failed TO make financial
provisions for summer schools, and
hence a part of the normal faculty
and Supt. c. f. Burton, of the gov
eminent Indian school, are donating
their services for six weeks.
Although the baseball season is
young in the Rosebud league, W.
serious accidents have occurred to
Dallas players. Homer Hetts, a local
merchant, had his collar bone broken
in collision with a Gregory player a
few days go; and now Harold Sears,
a lumber dealer, is suffering from a
broken jaw, caused by a pitched ball.
Lead is to have a paid city fire de-
partment. The matter has been agi-
tated for some years and the city com
missioners have just taken action
whereby they arranged for a regular
department which will 20 into effect
this fall. The city and the Homestake
Mining company have agreed TO split
the cost Of maintaining the new de-
partment.
The state board Of charities and
corrections, Gov, Byrne. the superin-
+anIant aF the homo for fpnh1a ninHn6
and the state engineer, constituting
the state board of commission. met 1T
Redfeld for the purpose OF laying out
ground plans for additional building
extensions OF the institution there.
They chose for the improvements
what is known as the east site"
The state college at %Brookings OBJ
served good roads days" by working
all its horses and men on the roads
surrounding and traverSlng the college
property. The roads u re already in
fairly good condition due TO the work
put on them this spring by the stu
dents in traction engineering. The
class in traction engineering graded
at least five miles OF road this spring
in their regular class study.
A motherly hen belonging to Mrs.
Herbert Oliver of Grand Valley has
adopted a litter OF kittens. The real
mother of the kittens has accepted
the situation gracefully. Biddy. moth
er cat and the six kittens all live
tremendously together in one nest.
". II. Butler and w L. Figlesoog
took from the county the contract Tor
s27. 600. to build the road from Lead,
beginning at South Main street, 10
! Spearfish crossing, a distance OF III.
teen miles. The road is to be graded
| aud rolled, then graveled.