The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-05-29
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
r.. r. Thompson, formerly of the
}altic Minnehaha, has bought tie
hartford Herald.
Robbers got busy at Wasta and
Owanka, and burglarized several
places. but with little results.
Ben b. Burnside, one of the leading
merchants of the Black Hills. is dead
at Belle Fourche from tuberculosis.
General Sylvester Jones Conklin, Of
Clark, died at Hot Springs at the Ma
tional sanitarium. He was injured aC-
cidentally by scalding, and succumbed
to his injuries.
The state convention Of veterinary
surgeons Will meet in Madison June ,
and 3. The local veterinarians are
making arrangements to entertain
from IS to 100 visitors.
At a meeting of Parkston baseball
fans il was decided to place a team
in the field. AS a starter toward the
expense OF the club the local business
men have contributed more than $500.
Taken sick on the highway while
hauling wheat TO market, Joseph
Hacicky, one Of the pioneer residents
Of Tabor, died suddenly in the office
of a local physician, where he was
rushed for treatment. He was one
of the earliest settlers of the section
and for many years had been promi-
nent in the community.
In a fast game of baseball Yankton
college defeated Mitchell university
by a score of 3 to >. This victory
maintains Yankton's lead for the state
championship. The two schools Will
play a return game at Mitchell, and
With the other schools eliminated, so
far as appears now that will decide
the state championship.
The thirty-second annual tournament
Of the South Dakota Firemen's asso-
citation will be held at Parkston June
Is. Judging from all Indications this
will be the best tournament ever held
in the state. Over 500 volunteer fire
men have signified their intention Of
going. Liberal purses have been pro
vided for the different races and band
contests.
The city commission Of YanktOn
eliminated a first petition for a mu-
nicipal saloon as illegal, and decided
it was not proper for the city to en-
gage in the business. A second effort
will be made to try this new plan in
GanktOn. Licenses were ordered
granted to the six saloons that were
in business before they were ruled
out by a supreme cour ruling.
After half a dozen different names
had beer selected for a new town
situated about midway between Ban
croft and Willow Lakes, the new town
has been officially named Phelps, in
honor of Fred Phelps, of the Great
Northern railroad, travelling freight
agent for this division of the road. In
the past the new tow has been
known as ~Gallagherville, Midway, Col
linsburg and Tango.
The railroad yards Of the Veblen &
Paramount road at Neblen present a
busy appearance at present, owing
to the work on the extension of the
Dad to Day county. Brolander q
Whittier, who have the contract for
track laying and %surfacing, are rush
ing in carloads of horses and construc-
ton equipment, and 125 teams are at
work, while twice that number will
o % be engaged in the grading.
The orphans home which the Nor
uynuian 1thnran nhnrnh of tho nnrth-
west maintains near Beresford, has a
new superintendent, in the person of
Ole Larson, late of Platte, S. D., who
has just assumed his new duties. He
has unsual business ability and it is
believed will conduct the affairs of the
home in a manner satisfactory to the
officers and members of the church
denomination which supports it.
Hanging by his belt at the top of a
telephone pole, Chris Andrews, of
Mitchell, had a narrow escape for life
when a telephone wire he was string
ing crossed an electric cable. The
first shock from the current caused
Andrews to collapse completely. Az
his body crumpled up, the belt kept
him from falling. Had Andrews not
loosened his grip he would have been
electrOcuted, as a current Of 1900
volts passed through his body.
As a result of a wild west stunt in
which he participated, Dave COlome,
in whose honor COlOme was named,
was arrested and taken into a Win
ner court. While under the influence
Of liquor he rode his horse on the ce-
ment sidewalks of Winner. He fed
from town, but was pursued, eluding
his pursuers for the time being. He
; afterward returned voluntarily to
Winner and was captured. A fine Of
S25 and costs was imposed upon him.
Aberdeen sportsmen report that the
number Of prairie chickens this year
will no doubt be greatly lessened on
account of nests being plowed over
and burned up. One farmer in the
county ordered his men TO use great