The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-04-25
Efforts are being made to transfer

tuted in the state circuit court of
Pennington county by Emory d. Var
ringtoa and J. c. Moore. the defend
ant being the Chicago Burlington and
QUINCY Railway company. The two
plaintltts seek to recover damages in
the sum of $4,000 from the railway
company for damages alleged to have
been sustained when they were. it is
alleged, forcibly elected from a train
! in the Black Hills.
! Aberdeen high school carried off
one first and two second prizes at the
| inter-high school declamatory contest
| held at Redfeld. Aberdeen. Redfleld
and Huron high school scholars com
| peted. Miss Elizabeth Bennett won
! first prize in the humorous class;
Miss Dorothy Campbell second in the
dramatic, and Harry Gagstetter, sec
Ond in the oratorical. The Aberdeen
high has been exceedingly fortunate
in carrying off prizes in declamatory
and debating contests this year.
| Over 200 enthusiastic road boosters
! met at Brookings and discussed plans
for the proposed Chicago, Black Hills
and Yellowstone Park automobile
trail. Gov. Byrne, Judge C.. c. Sher-
/ wood of Clark Prof Solberg of the
state college. and f. +. Lathrop. a road
builder Of Portland, Ore. addressed
the gathering. The boosters came
| from towns on the Northwestern road
between Elkton and Wolsey and rep
resented Brookings, Beadle and Kings
bury counties
| The annual tournament Of the gun
clubs of South Dakota will be held at
Milbank on June ;. and members OF
| the local gun club are pareparing to
entertain the visitors handsomely. The
meeting is being advertised in eastern
papers, and number Of the best shots
from New York, Boston and Phladel-
| phia, as we'll as other places in the
east are expected to attend the shoot
here, as we'll as the crack South Da-
kota shots.
Attorneys for ST Lawrence town
ship, Hand county. have petitioned the
supreme court for a rehearing in the
decision ordering new trial in the
Dring case It seems careful read
/ ing Of the opinion discloses the fact
that the court practically orders the
township to pay the whole amount due
the Drings, about $4,000. 1t is not
likely that rehearing will be
granted.
Owing to many complaints reaching
| County superintendent Hetley and
| County Judge Coomes, relative to
absenteeism on the part of Day coun-
ty school children in the rural dis
trcts. those officials have sent out
circular letters. warning parents they
must comply with the state law re-
! quiring school children between the
| ages Of 8 and IA years to attend school
at least six months in every year.
The business men and local firms OF
| Tyndall have taken steps to purchase
the grounds which for years have been
used for baseball purposes and con-
vert them into permanent baseball
park Heretofore the grounds have
! belonged to private parties.
A fund has been provided by Gran
dali citizens from which to offer re-
wards for the arrest Of illegal liquor
sellers and gamblers.
1t is expected that the German
Lutheran church society will this sea
son erect in Armour what will be one
of the finest church edifices in south
ern South Dakota. The business men
and Commercial club will contribute
literally to the building fund. 1t is
hoped TO have the work Of ConStruc-
As soon as the snow melts all the
forest rangers on the Harney Peak
forest reserve. near Custer, will re-
sumo the work of seeding with pine
cone seeds about 700 acres of the re-
serve which was burned over by forest
fires, which destroyed all standing
timber. The rangers will run d gang
of about 20 men.
The annual meeting Of the James
River conference of Lutheran clergy
men. npl0 az MenNd SPNPfdi GAYS laSt
week. was a very successful gathering
Sessions were held in the local Luth-
eran church Clergymen were present
from practically all Of the leading cit
! les and towns in the James river val
ley.
The prosecution Of the seven cases
! for illegal selling Of liquor in the cir
cult court ar Nermillion resulted ~.
the acquittal Of one Of the defendants
and fines ranging from $50 to 1926 foI
the others The fines amounted to
$1020 Besides this the costs were as
sessed 10 the defendants.
The Elk Point Commercial club IL
proving to be one Of the most aggres-
sive organizations of its kind in the
state At present the club is working
on several projects for the upbuilding
Of the town Among the contemplated
/ improvements will be municipal
/ electric light system.
The hens in the territory adjacent
to Sisseton evidently are attending
strictly to business these DAYS. as is
shown by the tact that Gordon Bros &.
of that city, in one day recently ship