Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-02-24

State authorities. with malice
aforethoueht, have set March 18th
as the date for the hearing in
supreme court on the matter of
the disbarment of George w.
Egan.
White, Bad and Cheyenne rivers
have broken up. At Bridger post
office. on the latter stream, the ice
is thrown back over the flat for a
distance of half mile from the
hannei.
Arthur E. Anderson, of Pierre. is
among 1.-THE wounded reported in a
casualty list covering a Canadian
contingent engaged in the European
conflict. His mother is still a
Pierre resident and he is known to
many there.
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Many OF our readers who come
from the northeastern portion of
the state will hear with regret of a
destructive fire that wiped out
large portion of Bradley, one of
the leading towns in Clark county,
last Friday night "A restaurant, har-
ness and shoe shop, barber shop,
postOffice and law office were to
-aly destroyed
c. E. Mower returned hast Sat
urday mornins from Pierre and
his son, william. get
ting along very nicely at the hos
pital and expects him to be able to
return home in a week or ten!
days. While there Mr.. Mower was
to undergo an operati ion
for blood poisoning in his right
hand and arm, which has been
giving h1in considerable trouble for
SOME time.-Cottonwood Republi
can.
Two towns over on the east side
of the river are determined that
social life shall not be allowed to
lag during the winter months.
Their society having become jaded
of aid society socials and spelling
contests the cemetery association
from one OF the towns was enter
tanned by . like association in the
Other town. Spring styles inburi-
al vauNs and the hast word i'm head
stones were under discussion dur
ing the evening. The conversa-
ton was very grave.
There win not be much of am
increase OF alfalfa acreage i'm this
part of the state during the present
crop season. This is not because
the growers are at all discouraged,
for alfalfa is a paying feature with
the farmers. The scarcity Of seed
is the reason for the failure Of
any extension work i'm this direction
for the present. The seed crop OF
last year was practically failure
and the price of seed is SO high
that the alfalfa raisers will largely
content themselves with their old
acreage until a new seed crop is
secured
Residents OF Pierre who We're
there in 1881 say that conditions
are practically the same as they
we're at that time OF the floods
caused by the ice gorges along the
Missouri in the spring OF that
wear The river 10 breaking up
and flooding the valley in Montana
but yet holding Mrm lower down
stream. The ice in the river at
Pierre is solid in the main cham
mel, and while the rise in the river
has put a stop to crossing by
team on account OF the depth OF
water at the edges of the ice,
the main sheet OF ice on the river,
over three feet thick, has been af-
fected but little by the thaw, and
with a rise coming from UP stream
Is in shape to gorge and pile up.
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This community was sadly shock
ed Monday evening when the death
of the old eagdne that slowly limp
ed into town Sunday. pulling a few
cars, was announced. The deceased
vas about 1e1 years old. has work
ed years and yaAsO Cor the Milwau-
kee Railroad company and long
since was entitled to retirement
aud . Nfe pension but when the
Cheyenne branch was consfructed It
.was inprsassd ITO ee9vlee @ thiG