Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-12
State News

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A new X-ray machine has been in
stalled at the Homestake hospital at.
Lead.
The Phillips House, a Sioux Falls
hotel. was sold recently to George
Geiss and c. NJ. WILDER who will con-
tinue the hotel as in the past.
The state game department has a
report from Deputy Edholm of the
conviction and fines OF SO each i'm
pOsed on TWO men arrested for illegal
fishing neal Belle Fourche.
Sioux Falls is crazed over the new
indoor baseball exercise, too. One OF
these concerns opened UP there the
other day and since then the place
has been given no rest.
Two good sized gasoline freight
boats, bound from Williston. n. D.,
for st. Louis, passed down the river
at Pierre this week, pushing along on
the high water, which aided them in
making rapid Roadway down stream.
Doane Robinson, superintendent Of
census, reports that every county in
the state has made returns ex-
.acept Bennett, which is apparently
very slow, as no information can be
secured from that county in regard
to progress.
Editor Ross of the Cayuga IN. D.
Citizen, has arranged to divide his
plant and start a newspaper at Lake
City, called the Journal. Mr.. George,
formerly of the Minor IN. D. Tel
Ter, will have charge of the new pa
per.
The wife of Col. Frederick J.. Close,
president of the board of managers
of the National sanitarium at Hot
Springs, was found dead in bed when
he went to arouse her n morning
last week.
The Pierre line Of the Northwest
ern railway has been in very bad
shape, due to floods in the Bad river,
and miles of track have been washed
out. Mail and passengers between
Deadwood and eastern points have
been routed by way of Sioux City.
Arrangements have been made to
start a drug store at Roslyn. A
building will be erected for the pur-
pose and Earl Goodwin of Webster
will have the pharmacy open for bust
\ ness by SeDtember /,
While bucking hay on her fathers
farm near Summit, Mrs. Latham, a
young married woman, was the vic
Tim of an accident by which her left
arm was broken, when the team she
was driving became frightened and
ran away.
Sam Il. Sloan has assumed his du-
/ ties as county agent for the Day
County. Agricultural association, and
the association is now under way,
with a membership of $50 farmers.
it is planned to increase this mem.
bership to 400, and efforts are being
made to acquire this number Of farm.
ers as soon as possible.
$3.50 w I'LL idSl 0NlAudy 9 SdihCt LIE 1CC
tysburg baseball team d%isbanded fol-
the season. There were two reasons
for the decision to disband. One was
the difficulty experienced in securing
games, and the other the expense O
supporting the team with hired play
ers on the payroll.
The Ziebach county institute, held
j in Dupree this week, was largely at
TENDED, about forty-five teachers be
ling present at the sessions. The
corpa of instructors included Super
intendent Henry G. Johnson Of tn,
Aberdeen city schools. G. e. Mile
OF Emery, Or. Shaw, leader in music
County superintendent Retz was i
/ charge Of the institute.
; Mrs. John Peters, wife Of a wei
i known farmer living near Lennoz
! was Insanity killed when she los
her balance and fell Off a stack OF ha,
, She was assisting her husband i
placing d regulation top On the stacl
4 iThe stack wal only about i've fee
b high, but the unfortunate woman fe
i backward In such Inantler that be
neck was broken. she was SO year
of 81