Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-03-31
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
A commercial club has been organ
lied at Hayti with about forty charter
members.
President Wilson has nominated
Edward Mcdonald for postmaster at
Deadwood.
The arrest of an individual named
Zach Guthrie at Vivian, it is believed,
solves the mystery surrounding sew.
eral robberies in that city during the
last few weeks.
Rev. E. Wilson. for the last five
years rector of the Madison Episcopal
church, has rendered his resignation,
and on April l was succeeded by Rev.
Louis X. Gwynn of Winner.
Garden City will have building
boom this spring. Already a number
of modern dwelling houses have been
planned and several business houses.
Among the latter will be three brick
structures.
Owing to i'll health Sheriff Davis
of Hutchinson county has rendered his
resignation to the board of county
commissioners and will go to the far
west in the hope that his health will
be improved.
A number of Miller farmers started
sowing wheat last week. This is un.
usually early for such operations. The
wheat seeding during the last few
years has extended we'll up TO the mid.
die of April.
James McConville, campbell coun.
ty sportsman, was fortunate enough to
bring down a large black eagle as 1t
was flying over his place. The eagle
is fine specimen, measuring feet !
inches from tip to tip of it's wings.
Some of the business men of Red.
field have expressed themselves in
favor of Redfield trying the city man.
ager plan, and an effort may be made
to secure an expression on this sub.
ject from the voters at the annual city
election on April 18 for putting such
a plan into effect.
The report of the condition of the
state treasury at the close of business
February 90 showed all funds $685.,
$40. In the general fund $2O1,336; in
the twine plant fund, $23O,625; and in
the game fund $59, 9,166, and in the va
rious farm extension work funds, ap
proXimately $4,000.
Rapid City banks gained in deposits
from the call of June %, 1915, to that
Of March z, 1916, $75.927.40. On June
23, 1915, the total deposits of the four
banks, one national and three state
institutions, stood at $1,S56, ,377.64,
while the last call shows them to have
been on that date 1892, ,3O5.O4.
1t cost Nick Gerber of Dickinson
4l16.75 to show his temper. At a
dance recently, Nick asked Miss Min
ME Bigelow, school teacher, for a
dance. She refused. He slapped her
Miss Bigelow alleged that was not a
nice way to show ones affection and
had Nick arrested. Seventy-five iron
men went to prevent her suing fol
damages.
Production of durum wheat last
season in Minnesota and the Dakotas
where 95 per cent of the countrys
total crop was grown at the time OF
the last census, was about $4,000
bushels, compared with 18,9OO,0O0 in
1914 and 2,529,000 bushels in 1913, the
bureau of crop estimates announced
recently. The. average acre yield was
1913 bushels.
nIi do Se, hos,, 0,>k
ed by the Methodist and Congrega
tional people of Iroquois and Vienna
for the purpose Of Strengthening each
church organization. In Iroquois, the
trustees of the Congregational church
last week transferred their building
to the local Methodist organization. III
exchange, the Methodists at Vienn:
are deciding their church property t,
the Congregationalists.
The general program for the Aber
deem high school commencement ha.
now been arranged and the first pref
arations are under way for the festivi
ties that will mark the exit of the sen
ior from the public schools and the
termination of his tWelve-year course
of studies. Rev. o. Glesne will preach
the baccalaureate sermon. This will
be delivered in the Methodist church
on the evening of May %.
The annual high school athletic and
declamatory contest will be held ir
Aberdeen May IL under the auspices OF
the Northern Normal and Industrial
school. Gold. silver and bronze med
ais will be given the winners in addi
tion to two silver trophy cups, one te
the winner of the relay race and the
other to the school making the larg
est number of points. A tennis tour
nament will also be held. Coach l.. r
Brown is in charge of all general ar
rangements.
Franz Korth, a we'll known farmer
living near Watertown, is charged
with employing an unusual but Ger
| tainly effective method to convince his
| hired man of the sin of labOring or