The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-07-17
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Western Newspaper Union News Servto.

nlVerSary OF the town OF Wall and the
business men held a two-day celebra.
ton.
W. S. Small. who recently was ap.
pointed to the position, has qualified
and assumed the duties OF postmaster
at Gettysburg.
}. c. Morrison, a we'll known attor-
ney OF Mobridge, Will build a cement
block store building. two stories high
and 25NS0 feet in size.
The annual camp meeting at St.
Lawrence. under the auspices of the
Methodist Episcopal church, Huron
district, was a great success.
The proposition to bono the city of
White Lake to the amount of $145.000
fer water works was defeated at a
special election by four votes.
The Spencer Light and Power com
pany has been granted "A franchise
by the town board to operate in the
town for the next twenty years.
\ new baseball park has been com
pleted at Arlinston and formally
opened TO the public. The diamond is
one of the best in that part Of the
state.
Recently Charles Sanders. the Brule
county cattle king. purchased from
Sheriff l}ony thirty-eight 3year~old
steers, paving S4,625. which is an aver
aGe Of $12110 per head.
Aberdeen was very fortunate this
year in the way of having but very
few Fourth of July fires. But two
fires were reported oven Saturday ana
Sunday, and they were small ones.
Al a special election held at Garden
City the voters authorized the issu-
ance Of bonds in the sum of 500, 900
for the erection Of a new public school
building. Only fifty-five votes were
cast in opposition.
Rev. Harry Evans. of Rock Rapids.
Ia, has accepted a call to the pastor
ate OF the Milbank Congregational
church. He will take up his perma-
nent residence there and assume his
new duties about August l..
Preliminary arrangements are being
made for the annual picnic and cele-
bratiOn of the old settlers of 1ripp
county, which will be held August ;
at Wilson'S grove, nea Winner. 1t is
expected the attendance will run into
thousands.
Miner county has become entirely
dry there not being a licensed sa-
loon in the entire county. At one time
the county had seven saloons, but the
number has beer decreasing year by
year until now the county is entirely
without them.
The law enforcement league. which
recently was organized at Henry for
the purpose Of preventing the Illegal
sale of liquor now that Henry is a
dry" town, has raised a fund which
will be used in prosecuting blind pigs
and bootleggers.
At the annual picnic and celebra.
ton of the old settlers of Bon Hommo
county the following officers were
elected for the coming year: Presi
dent, +. \. Morgan. Tyndall: vice pres.
ident, J. Fl. Stephens, Springfield:
secretary, William Thompson, Avon:
treasurer. Ira J. Smith, Springfield. A.
j. Abbott was chosen historian.
Unknown robbers entered the gen.
eral store OF John Stead at Hayti and
escaped with goods valued at about
$50. Among the stolen goods was
a quantity Of silk. A couple Of stran.
gers were seen in town a short time
before he robbery, and as they have
not been seen since it is believed
the robbery was committed by them.
At a meeting held at Frankfort by
about sixty of the leading farmers OF
the surrounding territory steps were
taken to organize q stock company AMI
construct several rural telephone lines
in this vicinity. The farmers expressed
themselves dissatisfied with the serv.
ice rendered by a private COMPANY
and decided to have lines Of their
own.
More than 500 members and their
guests attended the opening of the new
clubhouse and grounds of the Mime
haha Country club near Sherman park
on July 4. and expressed heir enthus-
iaSm over the magnificent property.
which was chosen as the site for one
OF the most thoroughly up-to-date so.
cial organizations of the kind in the
northwest.
Mr. and Mrs. John Robertson, well
known pioneer residents of Hanson
county and Alexandria. a few days ago
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary. They came to Hanson
county in 1884 and located on a farm.
a few years ago they retired from ac-
tive farming and took up their resi-.
dence in Alexandria. Several states
were represented at the wedding ami.
veIsary festivities.
\ gang Of youthful cattle "rustlers"
which operated in the northern part Of
Clark county all last winter and the
Crater part Of this spring has been 81.
f~ectually broken up by the lodging OF
Otto Schmidt. aged p, in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary, and the suitable
OF others implicated in the