Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-01-24
We Notice From Our Exchanges


coed himself as u. S. senator.
That ]. Y. Hamilton, superin-
tendent of the Standing Rock res
ervation, has resigned and will go
into the ranching business in Colo
RADIO. He will be succeeded by ].
w. McCabe of Fort Hall, Idaho,
who. will assume charge about
Feb. Ist.
That among other uniform laws
talked about this session are stat
utes providing for uniform weights
and measures, and it looks very
necessary as at present Iowa places
the weight OF Speltz at IS pounds
North Dakota at 40 pounds and
South Dakota at as pounds.
That pensions of $I2 per month
for the widows OF soldiers and sail
ors of the Spanish and Philippine
war, at total cost estimated by
the pension bureau of $500, 900
annually, were urged today by
Representative Craig Green And
erson of Minnesota and Currie be-
fore the senate committee on ap-
preparations.
That Grant county bids fair to
become an Adamless Eden, if the
stork continues to discriminate in
favor of the fair sex in the future
as in the immediate past, DR..
Jacotel, Miibank physician, has
officiated at thirteen births since
Nov. 20, and in each instance the
new arrival has been a girl.
That Representative Kerr of
Brookings county has compiled the
following list Of state representa-
tives in the present legislature who
trace their lineage to the following
nations: English. IS; Norwegian,
%; Scotch, 20; German, IS; Irish,
S; Swedish, 4; Swiss, 2; Welsh, 81;
French 1; Polish, /; Holland, I.
That the practice of enjoying a
quiet sleep while automobile riding
resulted disastrously to Peter Mil
Ter of Ravinia> While another
man was driving the automobile
and going at high speed, M
was enjoying a journey to the | I'd
of nod when an unusually seV e
jolt caused him to tumble over
board. He struck the ground with
such force that he was badly in
jured.
That the state lands board has
fixed the sale counties for the
present year and will offer ap-
proximately $4,000 acres in April,
beginning in Chnrles Mix county
on the first day Of the month. The
offerings will be in the counties of
Aurora, Brookings, Brown, Char
les Mix, Clark, Dewey, Douglas,
Jerauld. Kingsbury, Miner, Nc
Cook, Sanborn and Sphinx. The
lease dates will be on the day fol-
lowing the sales. In all other
counties the leasing date will be
M arch FL.
That Wimbledon, N. d., may
develop into lakeside summer re-
sort if the waters Of the artesian
we'll are not soon controlled. The
siH-inch pipe sprang a leak and ex-
perts, after three weeks effort,
have been unable to stop it. The
low place adjoining the town is
flooded and the water is backing
up to the edge of the residence dis
trict. A Minneapolis expert has
been wired to come and ii he can
not devise some method OF con-
trolling the water it may be nee
cessary to plug the hole below the
leak and sink a new well. The
present one is about one-third Of
mile in depth. The water is seep-
ing up through cracks in the earth.
That refusing to be classed as
cheap skates" North Dakoto
university students OVERRIDE the
ban of the faculty and junior prom
managers against taXi-cabs and
horse-drawn vehicles as means Of
transportation to that social event
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