The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-10
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Western Newspaper Union News Service

leased the Harold Journal for a rear
and has taken possession of the pa
per.
The proposed commission plan OF
government for Platte was rejected by
a vote of 125 TO 40. Very little inter-
est was shown on either side of the
question.
A movement is on foot at Haynes %
organize a Commercial club. Nearly
every town on the Milwaukee line
from Mobridge to Miles City has a
good Commercial club.
AT the last meeting of the Herreld
city council a proposition carried 20
purchase for the town two siXty-gal-
lon chemicals and a hook and ladder
outfit for fire fighting purposes.
At the Rosebud whist tournament
held at Witten there were over fifty
entries. l. +. Langworthy and J. j.
Derward Of Witten won first prize and
the sweepstakes prize with a score Of
"a.
A pronounced shortage OF dwelling
houses exists at Toronto and many
more Will have to be erected to meet
the brisk demand. Not in the entire
town is there a single vacant living
room.
\ Stickney man offers a so reward
for information leading to the arrest
and conviction Of the man who viii
fully shot his rooster in the leg. This
Is the record of freak rewards in the
state.
Work has commenced on the drill
ing of a large well at Bryant which is
designed to increase the supply Of
water for the local waterwoTks sys-
tenn. Il is expected a good dow will
be struck.
In a wrestling match at Winfred be
tween ellis and Zimmerman, ellis
won the match in two straight falls,
the first in 10 minutes by a toe hold
and the second in Is minutes by IA
bar lock and half nelson.
f. II. Shong of Miles City, Mont,
was at MorristoWn the other day set
Ting with various land owners for
damage done last fall by a prairie fire
which started from sparks from a To-
Comotive on the Milwaukee road.
Steps have been taken by q number
OF the local unions to organize a
trades council in Watertown. The
carpenters, plumbers, painters, brick
layers, cisarmakers and plasterers
viii be represented in the new trades
council.
\ good roads movement has been
~inaueurated at Freeman and the work
of pushing good road construction IN
Freeman and vicinity wiz be pushed
when spring opens. The local good
roads fund already amounts to upward
OF $500.
DeSmet has already commenced
preparations for the observance OF
Old Settlers day, which will be held
this year on June 10. Committees
have been appointed and it is planned
to make the day especially successful
t4.is year.
Louis p. Lewison, manager Of the
farmers elevator at Elkton, and his
son, Carroll. were perhaps fatally in
jured when the automobile in which
they were riding turned over, catching
them underneath. They were taken
TO a farm house near the scene of the
accident.
Charles S. Happen, aged thirty. a
proprietor of a Brookin2s cigar shop.
committed suicide by taking strych-
nine. He bad bought the shop but
two weeks before, and worry over
whether he could make good in the
new business is believed to have
caused the act. A widow survives
him.
James Geary, a pioneer resident Of
Civil-Bend township, Union county,
has resided on The same homestead
for more han 45 years. OF the orig
inal settlers who located in that vici1-
ity forty-fve and fifty years ago. only
himself and his wife, Mrs. Mat Cur
ran. Mrs. Beavers and bill Wynn
remain.
Fred Anliker Of Dupree was arrest
ed by Sheriff Milton for selling a set
Of harness belonging to another man,
the charge being embezzlement. |
While the sheriff and his prisoner
We're eating breakfast the sheriff was
off his guard a Minute, and when lie
turned around Anliker was gone and
is still missing.
At the annual meeting of the mem
berS Of the Sinai enforcement league
an executive committee was elected
for the coming year and steps were
taken for the strict enforcement OF
the laws prohibiting the selling of
liquor illegally. Officers Of the league
will be elected at a meeting to be held
In the near future.
Announcement has just been made
in YanktOn of the marriage of Ed s.
Johnson. Democratic candidate for
the United States senate, and Mis-
Marie Nelson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hans Nelson of Vega. The we'd
ding took place several days ago at
the home of the brides parents AMI
the couple has returned to Yankton.
where Mr.. Johnson and his wife VII
reside.