Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-06-06
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

PIERRE-The secretary of state re-
ceived the first application for automo-
bile license under the new law Thurs
day morning. Beadle county getting
four, Sphinx county, three, and Law
renee county, one. Tag number /, how
ever, will be issued to s. w. Craw-
ford, of Letcher, Sanborn county. Mr..
Crawford introduced the new motor We
htcle bill in the legislature last session.
sIssETON-The third bank to be To-
Gated on the new Paramount and Web
len railroad within a month is the
Dakota State bank of Roberts county
with John Gumo, of Thunder Hawk:
Henry Helvig, Andrew Marvick, and
j. w. Darlington, of Sisseton, as incor-
porators. Helvig is president, Warwick
Is vice president, and Gumo is cashier.
The bank is capitalized for $10,0 600.
MILLER-A class of II will be grad
uated from the high school here to-
night. Exercises occur in the opera
house. The graduates are Ira S. John
son. Leone Cotton, Viola Zimmerman,
Bernice Kintigh, Elizabeth Galkins,
Hugh w. Connor, Marguerite Waite,
Goldie Wilson,, Joseph Lawler, Mar
guerite Weir.
PIERRE-Bank Examiner j.. l.
Wingfield came in from Mitchell and is
having a meeting today with j. Thorne
and A: III. Bloom, stockholders of the
Capa bank, relative to the affairs of
that institution. 1t is understood that
the a n will be reopened within a day
OF SO.
RAPID ~CITY-Judge Frank Exlipe
a decided to remove to Colorado
Springs and there will probably enter
the newspaper field. He came to Rapid
City at the time of the building in OF
the Milwaukee railroad and has been
engaged in the practice Of law.
MILLER-1t is now estimated by cat
tlemen that the country around here
and west to the river is again filled
with stock cattle. Besides the stockers
shipped In, hundreds of Holstein dairy
cows have been added to the numbers.
TABOR-At a special election held
here to determine to which two or three
applicants saloon licenses should be
granted for the year commencing July
i. M. B. Welt and Bouska & Kulis
received the highest number of votes.
ABERDEEN-Mrs. A. 3. Mehner.
whose husband, an engineer on the
Milwaukee railroad, was accidentally
killed in Washington last fall, was
awarded $500 by the company in set
Element of all claims.
WHITE OWL-The new creamery at
Marcus q been completed. The ma
chinery has arrived at Faith, and it
u expected the creamery will be in OPP
Grafton by June 1.
MILLER-J. H. Cole has paid the
first inheritance tax to the state ever
collected in Hand county. It was for
the estate of h late DR.. Viersen, Of
Pella. Ia, who owned land here. The
state got $416.64
GROTON-Elaborate preparations
have made for the proper obser-
vance next Sunday Of the Goth ami
yersary Of the founding of the local
German Lutheran society.
PIERPONT-Work has commenced
on drilling q new arte6ian well here. It
. designed to furnish an ample sup
ply for fire protection and domestic
purposes.
WATERTOWN-The Dakota Sc
curities company of this city will im-
medlately begin the erection OF a big
tnree-floor brick department store at
the corner Of Kemp avenue and Sec
ond street p, according to announce
ment authorized by the president Of
the company. s. x. Way. The builo-
Ing will be n Of the largest busi-
ness blocks In the city and will cost
Win nxtures. approximately $4,000.
SIOUX FALLSAThe Investigation
corps OF government meat inspectors
located In this city, which was scled.
uied to start yesterday, did not ma
lerihllfe as was expected. This was
que to the On-arrival Of r. p. Sted-
don. OF Washington. chief Of the meat
animal industry.
0NIDA-w. II. Spencer. Of western
Sully county, who owns the old aban-
0oned town Of Fairbank, once the me-
tropolts OF this county, has completed
inc Hrst unit Of his irrigation plant,
apd 10 ready to turn the water upon
foo acres Of rich Missouri river bot
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