The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-02-12
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

An epidemic of smallpox is prevE
lent in Estellinc.
A lodge of the Daughters Of Re-
bekah has been organized at Dupree.
enne agency has been transferred to
another post.
: Mr.. and Mrs. 1. r. Greeley of Sioux
Falls have just celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary.
Sioux Falls sportsmen are working
In favor Of a longer season for prairie
chickens in South Dakota.
The total losses in the recent fire at
Rapid City reached close to 100000.
The total insurance paid was $58,4OO.
A number of carloads of horses
washington recently. designed for the
world war.
Christ Huff, at Bowdle hospital, is
recovering from an operation neces
STATED by pneumonia. His home is
near Roscoe.
The new electric light system in
Hayti has been completed and placed
in operation. 1t is giving very salts
factory service.
Harry f. Mosher has purchased the
interest of Robert H. Leach in the
Dupree Hardware and Automobile
company, at Dupree, and is now sole
proprietor.
At the annual banquet of the Edge
mont chamber of commerce, Congress
man-elect Harry L. Candy was the
principal speaker, and chose for his
subject, Home Building"
Fort Pierre people are kicking be-
cause Uncle Sam has abolished the
custom of sending the afternoon mail
across the river from Pierre since the
ice stopped the ferry from running.
The county commissioners have
been petitioned to enlarge the Hazel
school district. When the petition
is granted it is planned to erect a
new $4,000 public school building
here.
Chicken thieves in Aberdeen have
been getting in their coed work for
the past several months. Many own
ers Of fine flocks have reported to the
authorities that some Of the fine fowls
have been lifted from their roost dur
ing the hours of darkness and thus
far no person has been apprehended
as the thief.
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Sphinx County Pioneers
association it was decided to hold
the annual meeting n banquet at
Redfield on Thursday. February Is,
and committees were named to pre-
pare for the event. F.. NJ. Grain is
president of the association and A. F,
La Brie is secretary.
At a meeting of the business men
of Centerville, the Commercial club
was r~eorganized and the following of.
ficers and directors elected: Presi.
dent, Hugh Langan; vice president.
j. Heisler; secretary. Louis Berven;
treasurer. Adam Volker; directors, c.
M. Morgan. Oscar Johnson, w. j. Hen
richs, j. B. Lockl.art. DR.. Syverson,
M. X. Alexander, Robert Peterson, F.
w. Foninez, and the officers.
Druggist Levey, a prominent citi-
zen of Brandt, was arrested on the
charge of selling liquor in violation
of the law, and when taken before
Judge Sherwood entered a plea OF
guilty to the charge. He was fined
$500. which he paid. 1t was intimated
that if he again violated the law in
this respect his license as a pharma-
Cist will be revoked and that a heav-
Ter penalty would be imposed.
Woonsocket is becoming one of the
greatest poultry markets in the state
or northwest. In one day recently
local buyers purchased an aggregate
Of $4,000 pounds of poultry, which was
shipped to the Chicago and other mar
kets. A number of carload lots of live
and dressed poultry left Woonsocket
earlier in the easoo In the ourse
of a year the aggregate shipments Of
poultry run into the hundreds Of thou
sands of pounds.
Unanimous endorsement Of the fed
eral campaign for the eradication Of
Of hog cholera in Dawson county wal
voted by the Dawson County Hog
Protective association, with 108 men,
bers present. 1t was voted in a set
OF resolutions that the disease is grad
ually being stamped out OF the county.
In 1913 the disease claimed GO per
cent OF the swine in the county, and
this year the loss is said to be about
Is per cent of infected herds.
Accused OF forgery and check rails
ing, w. C. Gilmore, said to be a well
known dope fiend and crook Of the
eastern part of the state. was return.
ed to Corson county by the sheriff Of
that county after his arrest at Rapid
City on Geographic authority. Gil
more is charged with forging the
name OF his father, who resides at