The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-11-03
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES
Western Newspaper Union Nsws ServicA

IL "Olld "di has dlICitCA iulAtiA6
In Lake county. The hunting licenses
taken out in the county this fall are
about Is per cent less than last year
The decrease is attributed to the high
cost Of ammunition.
w. l.. Bannert, the young Lake
county farmer who disposed Of a
quantity of m~ortgaged grain and then
fled to Abba, Ia, was dealt with len
iently by Judge Jones in state circuit
court at Madison, receiving a sentence
of 80 days in the Lake county Jail.
The 2-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Nelson. residing on a farm
five miles east of Ethan, was burned
to death in a fire which was started
while herself and other children we're
playing with matches in a stable on
the farm.
Because the parents of the girl OBJ
jected to the wedding, Elmer S. Jor-
dan, a Clay county young man, after
his arrival at Montgomery, Ala. to
claim the girl of his choice, Miss Mat.
tie Lou Smith, Of Troy, Ala, eloped
with the girl and they were married in
Montgomery. where they arrived at 2
o'clock in the morning.
W~oonsocket authorities have declar-
ed war on automobile speeders and
have instituted a strict enforcement
OF the laws governing the speed at
which automobiles may be run within
tho nit, ~ li-p;y. vr},,. ran ,,, $500 80
arrests have been made. and fines
have been imposed on the offenders.
When the conductor on the east
bound Northwestern passenger went
to awaken Walter B. Tallman, at Buff
falo Gap, he found him dead in his
seat. Tallman, who was an inmate OF
the National Soldiers home at Hot
Springs, had been on a visit to Lead
and Deadwood and was returning
home. His death was the result Of
natural causes. The body was taken
to the home.
Intestinal trouble resulted fatally
Ekalaka, Mont. the remains being
taken to Lead for interment. Mr.. Lee
roy was so years old and came to the
Hills 20 years ago, locating at Pied
mont, where he resided many years.
During the civil war he was a mem.
Der Of Company X, Twenty-ninth Iowa
infantry. For the past six years he
had resided here. He is survived by
his widow, a son and a daughter.
A st. Paul dispatch tells of a South
Dakota homestead in which
a mule figures as a little aid to
Cupid" John Barrows was ~freighting
out a Meadow, in northwestern
South Dakota. He had a breakdown.
and while splicing a tug, a mule
kicked him, breaking a shoulder blade.
Miss Gertrude Howe, a girl home
steader, gave first aid treatment, then
rode 10 miles for a doctor, and after
ward nursed him. Now Gertie is Mrs.
John.
James Grove, a pioneer OF Yankton,
died at his Yankton home OF infirmi-
ties due to & after an illness of
about six weeks. He was born in
County Cork. Ireland. August Is, 1882.
Came to America at II years Of age.
He served for a time in the United
States army, during which he engaged
in fighting the Indians. He was iden.
titled with Yankton's early history,
being one. of the soldiers Of the Yank-
ton stockade during the Indian ex.
| element of 1862.
Arrangements have been completed
for the commencement of work in the
spring on an immense drainage project
in Lake and Moody counties, the com
missioners of the two counties at a
joint meeting having taken the neces.
sary action. The immense ditch will
drain about $500 acres of land in the
eastern part Of Lake county and the
western part Of Moody, and it is esti-
mated 1t will cost a total OF 500, O0G.
The drainage ditch will empty into
Bachelor creek, in Moody county.
A public meeting Of Aberdeen bust
ness men was held for the purpose
of discussing the ewage dispoal prob
lem. The meeting heard the reports
of two civil engineers, each of whom
had his favorite plan for solving the
problem, and no definite action waa
taken. 1t Is estimated that a new
bond issue Of 5000, 900 will be required.
Eventually. 1t Is agreed by all ia.
miliar with the problem. the Aberdeen
sewage will have to be conveyed to
the James river. II miles east Of the
town.
M. J. Farrell, a Lake county farmer
died from injuries received when q
Milwaukee freight train struck his
automobile. The machine was broken
into two parts, and the front portion
with Farrell, was carried by the loco
motive for a distance of about 200 feet
until the train reached a small rail.
way bridge, when the man and tho
part of the machine fell off into Lake
Madison. Farrell was rescued, but
was so badly hurt he lived but a short
time. Farrell was IN organizer fol