Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-09-19
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

SCOTLAND-A committee appointed
by the synod OF the Reformed Church
of the Northwest, which embraces
South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and other states, to select the location
for q new academy which h church,
will establish n conduct, has selected
Scotland. Son months ago the Scot
land people presented to the church g
can academy building conditional
On Scotland being selected as h place
for the new academy. The report OF
h committee now will &c before the
synod for approval by that body, when
arrangements will at once be made for
opening the academy.
WASHINGTON SPRINGS Recent
developments indicate that prospects
are bright for the extension of the
Great Northern railroad from Huron
to Chamberlain. The proposed extern
sion will pass through washington
Springs. Alpena and Gam valley,
Gann Valley is the county seat OF Buff.
falo county. which has thus far been
entirely without railroad communica-.
ton of any sort, there not being a mile
Of railroad in the county.
PIERRE-Deputy Bank Examiner
]. F. McEwen has returned from Eagle
Butte, where he went to look after h
affairs of the Dakota State bank. =
which was turned over to the banking
department for settlement of Its aft
fairs. Mr.. McEwen say there are plenty
failures of the past two years. and
settlers leaving that part of the coun-
try, collections are impossible.
YANKTON-Prof. Martin E. Rich.
member Of the faculty OF the Untver-
sity OF Kansas. was married here
Thursday to Miss Hazel HI. MacGregor.
daughter Of Alexander MacGregor. of
Yankton, and a graduate OF Yankton
| college. The bride has been instructor
in mathematics at h Kansas tnstitu-
ton for two years past. President War;
rem, Of Yankton college. officiated at
the wedding. "
PIERRE-Hog cholera in the SOUTH
Is becoming a matter of concern to
the members of the state live stock
board, the indications being for q heavy
loss from that cause. While there ave
been occasional cases OF this disease
in the state at various times, there has
been no general epidemic for q NUM-
Der of years.
wHITEwOOD-Work on the new wa
ter supply for Whitewood will commence
this week under Contractor Meade. OF
Chadron. Neb., who will have 100 men al
work. The water Is to be taken from
the Shannon ranch near here and run into
| a reservoir and will provide ample water
for the needs Of the town and the North.
western railroad, as this Is q Junction
for two lines. ~
BELLE FOURCHE - The Junior
Commercial club of Belle Fourche 10
now busy with the directing OF. the
1000 feet OF motion pictures being taken
OF Belle Fourche, the irrigattng project,
and Industrial and farm scenes. Every
detail Of the advertising end Of thi.
city and the surrounding country ia
in the and of the Junior club.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. H. o. Cooley
Of the Aberdeen Commercial club has
nearly completed his list of things
made in Aberdeen" that will be ex.
South Dakota state fair at Huron next
week.. There will be over 30 different
articles manufactured in Aberdeen on
exhibition.
CANTON-The National Indian In.
a hospital ''Hiawatha,' located just
out Of Canton, is doubling its present
capacity by the erection of a new build
structure south of the main building,
which Is to be of brick. 11Ox54 feet in
size, two stories high with q basement
and attic.
HOWARD-The sum of $35 was stolen
from the safe In the Wheeler hotel one
morning this week It is supposed that
some one who was familiar with things
Oun the office took the money. 1t
is thought that the safe was unlocked
with the keys of n of the clerks.
which were left on the desk.
PIFRRE-O. K. Stablein. the new
state insurance commissioner, yester-
day assumed the duties Of that de-
commissioner. will take q position
with the Interstate Surety company
at Redfield. Fred Muelle, the chief
clerk of the insurance department. will
remain
PEEVER VIM. Westenfeld, q
farmer living near here, was stricken
with heart failure while working on
a stack OF grain. He fell from the
stack and vas dead when he touched
the ground. He was 60 years OF age
and is survived by q widow and four
children.
JACKSON-Jacob Aus. a banker. of
Rutland, s. D.. had two ribs broker
in an auto. collision near Madison. In
turning d corner. his car cOllided with
q heavier machine. h bankers cal
was overturnd and demolished and Mr.
Aus was pinned under the wreck.
HURON-The Chicago & North
western Railway company have placed
an order for 80 passenger coaches tc
andle the crowd coming n going
from the state fair this year. Last
year 20 coaches were used the de-
mand far exceeded the supply.
DEADwooD-william Yeager. form
erly of Sioux City, was arraigned yes.
terday in the circuit court and gtver
until today to plead to the charge o.
murder in killing j. w. Ross at Leaf
on August IS. Yeager's trial was Sc
by Judge Hughes for Thursday.
HURON-The state game warden ha.
secured nearly 1900 pair OF ring necket
pheasants which will arrive at Huro,
next week during the state. These bird