The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08


In one day FIVE T2lua5le horses we're
vicinity OF Custer.
Robbers entered Henteg's clothing
store al l.auxton and stole twenty
FIVE suits. valued at more than $500.
Gertrude Lynum. the little daughter
of Violin residents. was badly burned
as the result OF falling into a bonfire.
CloudbuTsts accompanied by heavy
hail caused washouts and train delays
in the Slack Hills and some damage
TO crops.
ARRANGEMENTS are being completed
for the annual fair OF Buffalo Gap as
sociation which will be held at Buffalo
Gap September %, % and -.
The farmers of the vicinity of Cam
oya are working on 4 plan to organize
q cooperative company and establish
farmres elevator in Canova-
State Auditor ]. E Handlin was
made one Of the permanent program
committee OF the National Associa.
tion OF State Auditors at their meet
ing az Salt Lake City.
Sioux Falls is rot to be left out in
the cold in regard to 4 fall attraction.
4 number of local sports have gone
behind 4 proposition for three days of
auto-polo which will take place at the
500 club grounds on September 26-27.
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While boating on Buffalo lake. neal
S.sseton agency. Jessie jug, aged 25
a belle of the SiSseton tribe of Sioux
Indians, was seized with an epileptic
ct and fell into the water. Unable to
help herself she drowned before as.
sistance could reach her.
William r. Donald the editor of the
Britton Sentinel, announced the 2Sth
birthday OF his paper last week. For
the last l3 years the paper has been
under his management, Mr.. Donald
himself having resided in Marshall
county for the last 81 years.
In August examinations for teach.
ers' certificates there were 1870 appli.
cants, and of those a little over so per
cent secured the authority to teach
The certificates granted were SIS sec.
ond grades, 365 third grades, 13 pri
| mary certificates. The failures mum,
bered 903.
Miss lone James, graduate of the
Watertown high school in 1902. will
spend the coming winter at Fairbanks,
Alaska, having accepted the position
OF instructor of music in the Fair
banks high school She was gradual.
ed last June from the Chicago colum-
bia school of music.
On the Arthur Wood place, eight
| miles northwest of Murdo, the wheat
| averaged little better than 40 bush.
| els to the acre. Mr.. Wood had one
| field OF this grain containing about Sc
| acres, and it is said that no better
| yield has ever been produced in that
| section OF the state.
| At special election held at Alces,
| ter big majority of the voters ap.
| proved the plan to have Alcester or.
| ganized as a city under the general
| laws of the state. At another special
| election to be held in the near future
! city officers will be elected and Alces.
/ ter will become full fiedged city
Cutting out a pane Of glass in the
rear door of the John Human & Sons
! store at Eureka some time between
| midnight and morning. burglars stole
| several suits of clothing. two revolv.
| ers. quantity of cartridges, nine
| pearl handled knives and a quantity
I n- ntb bap VT
sions.
Lafayette Sommers died at Cham.
berlain. aged So Mr.. Sommers was
one Of the first homesteaders OF Brule
county and passed through all the
stirring events of the early days His
six sons are all living in or near Brule
county One son, Major Sommers, is
ex-United States marshal and super
intendent of Lower Brule Indian
| agency.
The cartoonist's vision of money
scattered around was partially visual
lied at Yankton. A small boy picked
up a $500 package of currency neal
the railroad track. The money was
being shipped from one of the Yank
ton banks to Utica. Up TO the time
the boy picked up the package and
=. turned it back to the bank at Yankton
guided by the address line, it was not
known that the consignment had gone
. astray. 1t is probable that an inves
, tigation will be instituted.
A perculiar accident nearly cost
ing his life befell c. NJ. Clark. a farm
er residing near Cotton. while asleer
: in Pullman car on the Rock 1slanG
road on his recent return from Denver
A curtain rail which is made Of heavy
: iron became unfastened, dropping
on him while asleep, striking him di
rectly over the right eye, rendering
him unconscious. The porter imme
diately reported the matter to tn,
conductor. who was obliged to holt
this fast train, Number Six. for on,
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