Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-07-12

for West Point in a few days. to enter
he engineering department.
TWO BOYS INVENT BOAT
TO BE sTEERED BY WIRELESS
Mitchell S. d., July 1.-TWO young
Mitchell mechanics, Howard Van
Benthuyesn Max Black. have per-
fectcd Il motor boat controlled entirely
by wireless. 1t is six feet Ions and is
propelled by Is batteries. A sending
station on the shore steers and controls
its movements. The builders are both
high school students, and have pre-
viCl.sly constructed heir own wireless.
t~elegraphs and q wireless telephone.
CANTON-The local Commercial club
has appointed n committee of three to
confer with the county commissioners and
the supervisors of Canton township i'm
reference to the improvement Of the road
to what is known as three-mile bridge
east of Canton. The Commercial club
also has charge of arrangements for the
annual convention of the rural mail car
riers Of South Dakota, which will be held
In Canton on Wednesday, July l2. The
club is working on other projects for the
welfare of the city.
ST. LAWRENCE-Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Sheppard. Of st. Lawrence. have just cele-
hrated the 50th anniversary OF their we'd
ding. Mrs. Sheppard has an additional
honor. In that she was the first white
woman to reside in Hand county. Mr..
fhephard was section foreman ON the
Northwestern railroad at st. Lawrence in
1850. when the couple moved here. and,
there was no other white woman in the
county at that time. it is said. Their first
winter in South Dakota was the memoir
Ible one of 1SSO-S1. when the Dakotas suf-
Tered SO severely from cold aud snow.
md st. Lawrence was without train SER
rice for four months. 4.
PEEVER-Recently there has been an.
unusual amount of liquor furnished to the
Indians belonging on the Sisseton rescrva-.
Non. and the federal authorities now have,
tsepped in with the intention Of putting a
Itop to the traffic. Samuel Kirk. a spe-
.!al agent. was sent to the scene. Thus
far he has arrested several white men on
The charge of conducting. bootlegging OPP
ratlons among the Indians. Among the
prisoners thus far taken is a resident OF
Faubay and another man giving Ortley as
Ills home. The defendants nave been
edged in the county Jail pending their
rial I nthe Roberts county circuit court.
HUDSON-As the result Of ptomaine
poisoning. Mable Bauder. the r-old
laughter of a farmer living near town,
,as been in a serious condition for sew
raj days. The poisoning has affected
TER brain. but Notwithstanding this
SAO HAy 0AOloIl0 NaEG
trong hope of saving her life. However.
! is expected 1t will be some time before
nc fully RECEIVERS.
acknowledgements between the
calls Of tire residence of Matthew Slade.
handbill advertising a pioneer concert.
smained fer nearly 10 years unnoticed.
recent alterations in the house brought 1t
o light. 1t describes a band entertain.
aent which was chedulcd for Ffresteel.
he village out of which Mitchell grew. on
october IL. 1873. by the Presba family, the
.rst a In Dakota territory.
DuPREE-There IL no race suicide on
ne farm of Tom Sawyer. north or pu-
,ree. Sawyer has a young COW on his
farm which has become the mother Of
lour calves. all Of which are thrifty.
sourtshin1 young animals. within a period
II IL months. the COW having given birth
10 twin calves twice in succession.
SPEAR11sH-The total asseSsed vyaiua.