The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-05-22
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Western Newspaper Union News sssvfcA

CHloulCle' mas the new paper at Lake
Norden nicely under way.
Fishing at the lake one mile north
or Chester never was better. Some
very large catches have been made.
The Miller Commercial club is max
Ing arrangements for the second an
nual corn growing contest FOR boys Of
Hand county. Prizes totaling 1925
will be offered.
T~wenty-seven cars OF young cattle
pulled by two large engines into New
ell, where they were u"nloaded and
were to be sold in small punches to
farmers In hat vicinity.
Sioux Falls has now two officers
Df the South Dakota branch Of the
American Poultry association with
the reelection Of w. C. Mcconnell,
secretary, and the choice Of r. II.
Borrey as first vice president.
In response to the call SEN out by
the South Dakota Press association
the newspaper men of the district
composed of the counties Of Hand,
Hyde, Hughes and Sully met at High
more for a business and pleasure ses-
sion.
The Farm and Home Telephone
company at Wagner has received a
new switchboard from Chicago. The
company lost its entire equipment In
the recent fire which Quilted the First
State bank building and the Majestic
hotel.
Motion pictures as q means OF edu-
cation and entertainment will be of
fered the inmates Of South Dakota's
charitable and penal institutions in
the near future, according to a recent
decision of the board of charities and
corrections.
William Benson, proprietor OF "a
Chelsea pool hall, was arrested on the
charge of permitting gambling in his
place Of business in violation Of the
state statutes. AS the result of his pre-.
liminary hearing he was held for trial
in the state circuit court.
At a mass meeting of citizens and
business men of Lake Preston a new
commercial club was organized with
the following officers: President, J.
II. Lloyd; vice president, J. w. Waw-
Ter; secretary, James O. Berdahl;
treasurer, Chas. A. Alseth.
Sioux Falls has an export trade that
is growing rapidly. Together with
meats and other products, manufac-
turing exports from that city, now in.
clude -four, the Queen Bee mills here
having prepared a shipment of a car.
load to Christiania, Norway.
Information has reached ~Iroquois Of
the death of George Budd, a pioneer
resident, who was found dead in his
new home on a ranch in Oregon. He
was living alone and his body was not
found for several days after his death.
During recent years he had lived the
life Of a hermit.
Mrs. Charles Sheppard, the first
woman known to have settled in Hand
county, celebrated her 65th birthday
anniversary the other day. Mrs. Shep
pard removed to what is now Hand
county in the summer Of 1880, and is
believed to have been the first WON
an resident Of the county. She has
resided in the county ever since.
That Flandreau is making rapid
strides toward being one of the best
cities in South Dakota is shown by the
fact that every merchant reports his
sales for the month of April far In
excess Of any April in preceding years.
This sure is very gratifying and not
only speaks of the prosperity Of the
town but of the surrounding territory.
Just as Felix Gruba, a Waubay res.
ident, was about to take the train for
Aberdeen to arrange for proceedings
in voluntary bankruptcy, he was ar
rested on a charge made by Joseph
Marshall that he had m~ortgaged a
horse to Marshall when the animal
had been dead for some time. After
furnishing bail, he was permitted to
proceed to Aberdeen.
A special school election for the
purpose Of voting on a $4,000 bond
issue for building an addition to the
Wakonda school building and install.
ing the Twelfth grade has been held.
Only Al votes were cast against the
bond issue and 118 voted for it. The
school board will advertise for bids
Immediately and commence the build
ing as Don as possible.
Sioux Falls is to have one OF the
finest bands in the state and one that
will be handled on a thoroughly bust
ness basis under the direction of an
executive board of directors consist
ing of Harry Howe, Jake Helfert and
Fred Becher. The new musical organ |
ization was completed with the cleo
ion by the membership of 26 players
and Charles Spears, formerly Of Grand
Rapids, Mich, as director.
Sioux Falls is terribly agitated be-
cause living poses OF September
Morn" and other examples of the lat
est in art are being exhibited at a 10
cal theater down there. The man.
ager Of the company assures the pub
lie that his show has given perform
ances in the larger cities, with never
a protest, and that many Sioux Falls
people doubtless have a COPY Of
September Morn hanging in their