Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-03
SOUTH DAkorANs ONLY
ON MERCHANTS PROGRAM

Pierre. S. o.. April 2s.-The 18th an
nual convention of the South Dakota
Retail Merchants association. which
will be held at Pierre on May 16, II and
Is. VIII be the next big gathering OF
business men to be held in South Da-
kota. A novel feature OF the coming
convention is the fact that the pro-
gram is made up largely Of speakers
who are successful retail merchants OF
this state. and the subjects to be COW
county retailers.
Those who thus far have been as
signed places on the program and have
consented to make addresses are: Gov
ernor Byrne. w. L. Ware. Clark; Oscar
Schultz. Minneapolis; A. F. Moore,
Pierre: L. E. Weller, P~lankinton; Gus
Never, Parker: j. E. Kelley. Pierre;
j. F. Thomas, Pierre: j. T. Hanson.
Canton; Krist Gilbertson. Florence; j.
Ray Cole. Redfeld; A. j. Keith. Sioux
Fails; Chas: e. Hall, Bookings; Guy
G; Frary. yermilion; Otto Baarsch.
Clark; E. o. McEwen. Mt. Vermont; g..
F. Buche, Lake Andes; P. c. Byrne,
Montrose: D. H. Lotus. DeSmet; Chas.
j. Crockett. Cleveland. Ohio; G.. A.
Starring, Brookings: A. F. Allison,
Sioux Falls: Frank Kramer, Chamber
lain; A. F. II. Boaland, Waubay: John
NJ. Schneck. Clark; E. L. Berdahl, Car
retson; Lars j. Fiksdal. Webster.
ELK PO1NT-One of the real old timers
of South Dakota is James Gary, who re-
sides in Civil Bend township. near this
city. He came to this vicinity AZ wears
ago from Illinois, and has resided here
continuously since that time. He yet
makes his home on the same 16o-acre farm
which he coupled at that time, but he
leaves the farming operations to his sons.
He is IS years Of age. His wife is "a. They
are the parents Of u children. all OF whom
Arc 1iyinu raor Yb1-, d..
good health and are as hale and hearty as
many persons of 80. Halvor Lewison, of
sphinx township, is another old timer of
this vicinity. He has been a resident of
l. 5 territory for a period of As years.
GREENWOOD-At the family home on
the Iankton Indian reservation near here
occurred the death of Rev. Louis Deco
teau. one OF the best known of the Sioux
indian clergymen of South Dakota. The
immediate cause of his death was hem
orrhage OF the lungs. He had been pastor
or a reservation church for a period of
two or three years. and was greatly es-
teemed by the Indians of this vicinity. He
was a member of the Sisseton tribe of
Sioux.
YANkTON-The annual tournament of
the South Dakot1 Firemen's association
will be held in Yankton June IL to 16.
Tn sum of 5000 has been set aside for
prizes. and other prizes to be offered will
bring this amount close to 81, 500. More
than 100 Of the volunteer fire departments
OF the state have notified the local off,
GERS that they will be represented at the
tournament. 1t is estimated that about
LOO fremen will be in attendance.
MADISON-Plans are being made for a
good roads bee in Lake county at an early
date in June. The plan is to nave every
able bodied man in the county donate a
days work to the roads. A superintend-
ent for each mile will be appointed.
Teams. as we'll as men, will be asked for.
The women of the county will be asked to
provide a picnic dinner for the workers on
each mile stretch Of the road.
PIERRE-The fire marshall bulletin,
lately issued. shows that the fire loss in
South Dakota for the first three months
Of 1916 was over so per cent less than for
the same comparative months in 1915. The
loss for last year was 1921, 555 so. and for
this year. $l36. OF. a reduction of $780,
1914. 50. There has been no reduction in in
surance rates. however
YANKTON-The Milwaukee has had an
other wreck in this county This time 1t
was an eastbound freight. which went into
the ditch Wednesday morning near Utica.
topping over nine cars of rice. There
were no casualties. but the Yankton-
Scotland branch was tied up all day.
Trains went round by Tyndall.
YANKTON-The Book of the Pageant
Of Yankton." by Joseph Mills Hanson,
has been issued here. The work tells the
stirring history OF Yankton in prose and
poem. It will be staged here by 200 per-
formers the week Of une II.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. F.. G~oodykoontz.
who erected the first building in Mitchell
81 years ago. died at his home in this
city. He was 80 years old. He was the
nrst president Of the First National bank.
Of Mitchell.