Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

VI e Lay
ing held at the permanent fair grounds
here, and will continue until Sunday.
Elder d. U. Hale, a returned missionary
from the gold coast of Africa, is presi-
dent Of the conference, which has a mem
bershfp Of nearly 600. The territory OF
the Wyoming conference embraces the
state. of Wyoming, six counties of south
western South Dakota and II counties OF
western -Iebraska.
ELK POINT-The 18Th annual recep-
ton and dance of the Elk Point High
School Alumni association was held at
the opera house Monday evening, about Is
members being present. Durphy's orches-
ira, of Sioux City, furnished the music.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Milton Johnson;
vice president, Edna Tucker; secretary.
Mrs. Alfred Ringsrud; treasurer, Antoine
Smythe.
MOUNT VERNON-At the annual bust
ness~meeting of the members OF the local
volunteer fire department the following Of
icers were elected for the coming year:
Chief, Lud Often; assistant chief, John
Dexheimer; secretary. Russell Cotting-
ham; treasurer, S. F.. Shirmer. The de-
partment is represented by a team at the
state iremen's tournament, which is be-
Ing held at Parkston this week.
DEADWCOD-The postponed May term
of the United States court opened here
this week with so cases up for DISPOSE
ton and more witnesses subpoenaed than
tor some years past, over 300 being in at
tendance. 1t is the first term of the new
MARSHAL, Tom Taubman, of P%lankinton,
and the first term here for United States
Attorney Stewart, of this city, and his
assistants.
HUMBOLDT Twenty-Five physicians,
representing Sioux Falls, Valley Springs,
Parker. Salem, Hartford and other cities
and towns In the district, attended the an
ual convention of the medical association
Of the seventh district, which has just
been held here. An interesting rogram
had been prepared and the convention was
q success in every way.
PIERRE-The coroner was called upon
yesterday to investigate the death of an
infant, the body Of which was stranded
On a bar 10 miles down the river. 1t was
that of a male child about two weeks
Did and had been in the water for som
lime. The verdict returned was felonious
Heath by persons and causes unknown.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS secret serv-
ce men caused the arrest of Doc Sny-
Ter, an old time eXpressman here and
!ormer bailiff for the federal court, on a
.harge of 'bootleeging' to Indians. Sny-
Ter had been suspected and when his
aOAllc was ScdICIleO QudLIllleS OF liquor
we're found.
FAULKTON-An attempt was made to
'ob the postoffce safe in Faulkton Mon
lay night, evidently by amateurs. A
Ratchet and spike hammer AXE from
the Toulouse of the Chicago & North
western railway were found by the safe.
The combination knob was knocked off.
Nothing else was disturbed. There is no
slew.
TORONTO-For the first time in the
history of this vicinity a farm in the Tor.
onto neighborhood has been sold at a price
Of $50 an acre. This mountaineering price
was paid by B.. Barnard, of Little Rock,
Ia, for the 2OO-acre farm of b. F. Pack
enham. The farm is one of the best in
this vicinity.
KIMBALL-Leo Wilkes. living in Plum
mer township, northeast of Kimball, has
Just completed a fine new artesian we'll
800 feet deep that flows so gallons per
minute. His old we'll, which was sunk IA
years ago at a cost of $4,000, ceased to
flow last July. The new we'll cost only
$450.
MADISON-The oath annual assembly of
the Lake Madison C~hautauqua associa-
ton opens Saturday, June 90, with DIR.
Spurgeon. of London, England. Sunday.
June q. will be one of the feature days,
with an afternoon lecture by Spurgeon
and music by the English opera singers.
voLIN-The local Epworth league has
been ~reorganized with the following off,
GERS: President. c. e.. Hillery: vice presi-
dents, Mrs. r. A. Steadman, Miss GLADYS
Won Media, Miss Hazel Hillery, Miss
Blanche Wright; secretary-treasurer, Bert
Wright; organist. Anna Backlin.
RAPID CITY-The graduating exercises
of the Rapid City Business college oc-
Cured at the armory Monday night. A
class OF AZ students received diplomas.
Harry l.. Candy, democratic candidate for
congress in this district, delivered the adj
dress.
wEss1NGToN sPR1NGs-At a mass
meeting of citizens the plan for the city
to purchase the local electric light sys-
tenn wa Endorsed without a dissenting
vote. 1t also is planned to install an ice
manufacturing plant and a sewerage sys-
tenn.
GARRETSON-A wave of reform has
struck Garretson. At the recent city cleo
ton the saloons were voted out, and at
the meeting Of the city council a resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted ordering
the card tables out Of pool halls.
SALEM-More than five years ago L. II.
Snyder. a McCook county man. made ap-
plication to the federal patent office at
| washington IOf letters patent On d tele-
phone switchboard plug of his invention.
Tuesday he received notice that a patent
had been granted to him.
notwithstanding Cock, of the state
live stock sanitary board, says that he
has assurances that one of the II hog
| cholera demonstrations which is to be
made in the United States by the bureau
of nina industry will be within South
Dakota.
wATERTOwN-Mrs. r. j. Corbett, Of
| Bemis, died Wednesday as the result of
injuries sustained when her home was