The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-10-02
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

taken charge OF the AntlerS hotel at
EAGLE Butte and have changed the
name of the hotel to the Star.
Tho ~21-month-old child OF Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. Sikkink, living on a farm sew
eral miles from Andover, fell into a
water tank and was drowned.
|he state convention of the An
Client Order of Hibernians of South
Dakota was held in Elkton. and every
division in the state was Well repre-
sented.
4 contractor with a large force OF
men has commenced improving an i'm
portant highway extending from Plank
inton southwark TO the Douglas Coun-
ty border.
As the result of Efforts extending
Owe a number of weeks, an arrange
ment has been made whereby the
CONGREGATIONAL and Methodist church
es Of Geddes will unite.
\. Friedel, a farmer living near
Bruce, suffered a broken jaw, had one
of his ears severed and sustained a
NATURE vi several IlDS, W ltn llC was
knocked down by a horse and trampled
on.
Homer Akin and Oliver Marion, OF
Fort o!6Ire, the two young men who
were guarding a melon patch and who
fired into a group of boys and girls.
were fined So on a charge Of assault
and battery.
While camped with a party of
friends at the Jim river, Miss Agnes
Trieck, a Scotland youny m
found what is known as a straw
berry pearl. which is estimated to be
worth several hundred dollars.
All the material for the new school
building to be erected at Garden City
ton is being pushed. 1t is planned to
have the building ready for occupancy
before winter sets in.
Miss Mary AXtell secured a iudg-
ment in justice court in Perkins coun-
ty against Mrs. Marie Garrison. for
$40 for damages sustained in a prairie
fire alleged to have started from the
ashes on Mrs. Garrison's farm. The
fire burned over eighty acres and
Miss AXtell sued for $50.
The women Of Newell have organ
lied a Rebekah lodge, with a good
charter membership. Mrs. Alice Hen
ton, Of Speartish, a leading Rebekah
of western South Dakota, instituted
the new lodge, assisted by members
Of the order from Gale and other
places i. that part of the state.
\ Sioux Falls jury awarded Mrs
Mucie DeBood $4,000 in damages ir
a suit against A. x. Pay, for the
death of her husband. DeBOod was
a carpenter working in the construc
ton of a large building for Pay, anC
fell from a scaffolding and was killed
1t is alleged the scaffolding was &c
f~ective. Pay will appeal.
AS a result of being struck by the
fangs OF a rattlesnake, the 5-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Hutton,
living on a homestead near KadOka,
IS dead. He was taken to a physician
with as little delay as possible. but
the poison had spread through his
system so rapidly that his life could
not be saved.
Dr.. j. II. Fonger. of Gary, for many
years has been gathering all sorts OF
firearms and now has what without
doubt is one of the most interesting
and valuable collections of this kind
in the state or northwest. His collec.
ton contains guns and pistols Of all
sorts and makes, a number of them
being very ancient.
]. II. Carleton, c.. A. r. post of
Parker. is making great plans for a
big campfire to be held October 9Th,
Wien they expect to have the depart
ment commander, {. a.. b. Fox, of
Sioux Falls; department president,
Mrs. Lola Tucker. Of Canton, and a
number Of the noted grand army and
". r. c. workers present.
Rural schools of Minnehah county
won seven prizes for art and school
work offered by the state fair manage
ment, according to an announcement
received by superintendent F. +.
Thompson. Four of the exhibits were
sW3rded first prizes and three received
second awards. The premium money
VIII be given to the individual schools
which won the prizes.
Fire of unknown origin set fire to
the prairie neal MOrristown, and be-
lore the flames could be ~eXtinguished
'lc fire had burned over a wide scope
OF country, destroying a great deal of
hay and burning off much pasture
land. The fire finally was stopped by
q heavy rainstorm. Had it not been
c~Htinguished when ii was a great dam.
age would have been done.
Ii residents Of Sioux Falls want the
advantage OF free postal deliveries in
the future, they must secure mail
boxes and place them at some conven-
lent location in front of their houses
or at their places OF BUSINESS, accord.
ing to an order received at the local
. office from First Assistant Postmaster
General Roper. The order is cOmpul
sorry and becomes effective November
18th.
NICoin0 that the Dakota Silo cow