Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-12
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

William Morgan of Madison cele-
brated his Goth birthday Friday of
last week.
Members of the Geddes Grand Army
post have secured Fred r. Smith OF
Platte to make the Decoration day ad.
dress there.
Gov. Byrne has granted requisitiOn
upon the governor of Nebraska for j.
A. Shane, who is wanted in Fall River
county on a charge of embezzlement.
The winter wheat outlook around
Witten is fine, there being very large
acreage. For the past two years it has
been the most profitable crop raised
in that section.
The 1917 Jack Rabbit" student an
nual of the junior class at State col
lege.at Brookings, was distributed last
week. The book contains 800 pages in
review of college life of the past year.
Farmers in the Pierre section re-.
port seeding of small grain in that sec.
tion of the state practically finished,
way, but the planting will not be
rushed.
Herman peterson of st. Paul, master
painter on the new high school build
ing at Yankton, fell from the third
floor, where he was painting windows,
to the ground, and sustained two bro.
ken wrists.
The attorney for H. o. Webb Of Do.
land, who has been cited to answer to
disbarment complaint, has asked for
a continuance of two weeks on the
hearing, and the date was advanced
10 the 18th Of this month.
The summer resort season is about
to open in South Dakota. H. e. Moore
of Spirit Lake, Ia, has taken over the
Antlers hotel at Hartford Beach, and
will completely rearrange the build.
ing and enlarge it's capacity.
Crop conditions throughout South
Dakota are of the most encouraging
character. Spring rains have visited
every part of the state, and while they
delayed the completion of small grain
seeding, they have soaked the ground
until it Is in as fine condition as it is
possible to be.
twenty-five Watertown boys inter-
ested in wireless telegraphy have or
ganized the Watertown Wireless asso-
citation for the purpose of intercom-
munication and conducting expert
ments along this line. A number Of
them have self-made plants in opera
tion at this time
Sioux Falls has met the teams by
which it will secure an endowment
of $250,00O for Sioux Falls college, the
committee which has been at work
for several weeks having announced
that $4,000 had been subscribed To-
cally to go with the 100000 assured
by the Northern Baptist conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Ford of Fairfax have
just come into possession of Lin
coin relic. 1t is in the form of small
on the bed on which Abraham Lincoln
died. The relative of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ford who sent them the relic is a
member of the Lincoln research So
ciety.
Although w. w. Spain of Sioux
Falls, federal investigator, can find no
wing sprouts on his back, even on
most diligent search, still he is some
what of a "high flyer" He is the man
appointed by Gen. Morris to take the
aviation course at Newport News and
will soon be high enough to find out
for himself whether the earth is nat
or round.
To choke young woman is worth
fine of $25 and costs, according to
a Canova Justice Frank Lyon, q
young man employed on a farm near
the town. became crazy drunk, and
hired girl on the farm where he was
employed. He was arrested ond when
brought to town was assessed the
amount stated.
Preliminary arrangements are being
made for a registered shooting tour
nament, to be held June 9 on the Mad
ison grounds under the auspices of the
Hudson Gun club. 1t is expected all
the gun clubs Of southeastern South
Dakota and adjoining territory in Iowa
will have representatives present to
compete Tor the liberal prizes which
will be offered.
| The first fatality from lightning
in South Dakota this season happened
on a farm near Hoven, when Her
man Ahlers, we'll known farmer, wal
struck by lightning and instantl.
killed. Mr.. Ahlers was In the helt
with his 12-year-old son when the boil
fell. The boy was knocked to tn,
ground and partially stunned, but re
covered quickly and ran to the hous,
and spread the alarm.
The civil service commission an
nounces that on May Is an examina
tion win be held at Aberdeen. as a re
suit Of which 1t IS expected to max,
certification to fill a contemplated va
cancy In the position Of fourth clas
postmaster at Bath and other vacan
cies as they may occur at that office
unless 1t shall be decided In the inter