The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-25
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA


On petltlOn or a large UinO Oh
the taxpayers of Summit, the board OF
trustees has taken action whereby a
municipal Waterworks system to cost
about $4,000 will be installed.
Eight hundred scholars have regis
tered in the lankton schools. more
thar ever before, and the board Of
education is puzzled over the bic
problem of finding room for all who
apply.
Sioux Fails high school has material
for almost two football teams Of
equal strength this year from among
the squad of thirty or more candidates
who have presented themselves for
practice since the opening of school.
Mrs. John TOnner. wife Of a we'll
known Mellette county man. died from
injuries received when her clothing
was set on fire. She was about 10
burn an accumulation Of old papers
when the fire ignited her clothing.
Ending in the pit Of a quarry year
ROWena, the trail of the burglars who
robbed the store of the RoWena Mer-
camille company, was lost by he
~bloOdhounds put on the trail and the
probabilities are that the thieves will
escape arrest.
Nina Downs, a farmer LIVING, near
Willow Lake, while trying to catch a
chicken threw a club at ii. The club
missed its mark and struck one Of his
c,,n1I ,liI1rnp Jirontly IN thn f,rnhnnA
rendering her unconscious. Tie injury
inflicted was only temporary.
Sorghum molasses is a new Perkins
CcGnty product. Martin Monserud of
near Chance raised some sugar cane
this year, and as he had an old-fasE-
toned sorghum mill on his farm, he
manufactured % gallons OF the mo-
lasses.
Sioux Falls public Fairgrounds are
again attracting crowds from the city
and surrounding towns every after
noon and evening with the open fall
weather. following the recent rains
that freshened the trees and lawns at
both McKennan and Sherman parks.
Picnic parties are enjoying outings
daily.
Electric light wires have been eX-
tended to DeSmet from Lake Preston.
where the central power plant is To-
Gated. and II Will not be long until the
town is wired and DeSwet is LIGHTED
by electricity. The town of Hetland
also is to be provided with electric
lights from the central power plant at
Lake Preston.
On the 10th Of this month, Reuben
Croot, an old resident of Bon Homme
county, celebrated his SSth birthday.
Mr.. Groot was born in New York
state, has been in every state in the
Union excepting one. came to South
Dakota in the early eighties, and is to-
day hale and hearty. Mr.. GrOOt re-
tired from the banking business a few
years ago.
At the annual convention Of the
Lake County Sunday School asocia-
ton the following officers were elect
ed for the coming year: President,
T.. I. Love. Madison; vice president,
Rev. Z. l.. Smith. Winifred; secretary
treasurer. Mrs. 3. NJ. Lawrence. Mad
is0n: l.. r. Love was chosen dele
gate to the state convention at Parker
next May.
A large number Of young perch have
been placed in Lake Prior, mean WoOn-
socket. the intention being to maket the
lake one Of the leading fishing resorts
o. that part of the state. A large o II
signment Of black bass had previously
been placed il the lake. During the
summer black bass weighing as much
as three pounds and over have been
caught in the lake.
Mrs. Henry Christi2nson and her
daughter. Calista. Of Milbank We're
the victims of a runaway accident in
which a 4-year-old horse, becoming
frightened, ran. throwing the women
out Of the buggy on the cement side
walk. Miss ChristiansOn sustained a
severe scalp wound and other injuries
and her mother was badly hurt, but
both will recover
Bank deposits of Sioux Falls have
increased nearly a million dollars dur
Ing the last year, according to the
renorts Of the banks of the city in
rcplies to calls from the controller
Of the currency and the state banking
department. The total deposits Of
the six banks Of the city is $7,039,-
S03.03. which, compared with the re
9orts made at the corresponding call,
August Il. 1913, show g gain Of $685.
329OS. the deposits being s6,04l,473.35
at that time.
Joseph NUss, a Dallas baker, has
reason to be deeply interested in the
European war, because his brothcr and
his sisters husband, in addition to a
number OF other relatives. are serving
in the Davarian corps with the Ger
man army. The father Of Mr.. Nuss
served under Bismarck and Won Mol
IKE on the same French and Belgian
battlefields and was at the siege OF
Paris during that war. He now is liv-
Ing quietly at home while "the boys
are doing the figtting,
c. Holland, a threshing hand work