The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-08-28
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Sioux Falls women will organize a
branch of the South Dakota Equal
Suffrage league.
The Black Hills Baptist association
has just completed an interesting
meeting at Lead.
The hot dry weather in the vicinity
of Spencer is materially cutting down
the yield of corn. which up to h
past few days had promised to be 4
big crop.
Il. A. Poole of near Sulphur, in
Meade county, has shipped in forty
head of fine yoarling Short-horn heif-
ers, which he will keep for breeding
purposes.
The drOuth was broken at Draper
by a d%OWnpOur of rain lasting twelve
hours, in which time ~ inches OF
water fell, insuring a good corn crop,
late potatoes and all kinds Of garden
stuff.
The contract has been awarded for
the erection Of four new school build.
pgs in four of the country districts
Aear Colome. The structures must
be completed not later thar October
l next.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Farmers Elevator com.
pany of Reville, capital $4,000. Incor.
p0rators, John Drube, Chas. Polfus,
II. II. Hoffman, II. L. Jones, A. II.
Gearman.
A destructive hail storm struck 81
son, the county seat Of Perkins coun.
ty. 1t is reported that every window
in the county seat was broken oct.
The damage to grain has not been
reported.
h city Of LennoX is constantly
growing. Many new substantial resi-
dences have peer erected during the
sunme and quite a number are plan
ned and will be put up before the
snow flies.
Joy riders stole the big touring car
OF j. c. BasSett, president Of the Alb
erdeen National bank, about $50 at
night. Next morning the car was
found on a side street, unframed, but
with an empty tank.
The Aberdeen school board has pur-
chased a tract of land near the edge
Of town, consisting OF 3S.S acres,
which Will be used for school play
grounds or garden tracts until future
development Of the city makes it's use
for school purposes SAT- Itch aatswh
for school house cites necessary.
North of Lennon. il Adams county,
y. d., at Spring Butte and Dayton
Hills, a bad hail storm did great dam
age to grain. Uncut grain was COM
pletely ruined and grain in shock was
badly damaged. Ears Of corr were
torn from the stalk. This storm COW
cred a width of four miles and the
distance Travelled has not been re-
ported.
A Meade county homesteader who
moved to California, has written back
mOvedto California, has written back
20 his home paper saying he is com
ing back just as SOOn as he can get
around to it. He finds California not
all it had been painted. For one thing,
he has to drink water that is pumped
through a pipe line forty miles long,
and there are other disadvantages.
Fred Bones. Il farmer living near
Marion, has offered a reward Of 500
for the arrest and conviction of I'M
known persons who recently raided
his farm and stole forty Of his spring
pigs. An organized hand seems to
be at work in that territory stealing
pOrkers, the activity OF the thieves
doubtless being due to the good prices
which pigs command on the market.
Some people are finicky. The wife
of a hOmesteader near Witten has had
her husband arrested because. she al
leges, he was in the habit OF beating
her, and was not at all particular az
t. the weapon used in administering
punishment. A stove poker, a pitch
fork and a hammer are some of the
things the husband is alleged to have
used in %rebuking his wife.
No trace yet has been found of the
burglars who entered a Dimock sa-
loon and escaped with about $50 in
Div Ci In was Ia al SAT-, WHICH WaS
wrecked by a charge OF dynamite. The
burglars overlooked 800 in bills which
was between the covers of a bill file.
The roofs and walls of the building
were shattered by the force of the ex-
plosion. The burglary is believed to
have been committed by local talent.
The happiest man in Sioux Falls
these days is Shanny Kinkade, and
the happiness is caused by the bumper
crop OF apples that he is ~disposing of
TO local dealers. Shanny has for years
been at work on a fruit orchard.
Some years he gets apples and some
years he gets nothing. Last wear he
get plenty of apples. but there was no
price for the fall apple and Shanny
attempted to convert the apples into
cider. But the best he got was Some
thing more like vinacor Tb;, 49,