Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-03-24
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Farmers of central Perkins cou.ty
are discussing the possibilities of q
farmers railway in that section, to b
constructed by themselves.
Miller is another South Dakota
town enjoying prosperity. A year ago
there were twenty vacant houses in
Miller. Today there are none.
Deadwood has been selected for the
1917 meeting place of the South Da.
kota Launderers' association. w. j.
Tiffany, of Aberdeen, was chosen pres.
ident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Gunderson,
widely known residents of Vermillion.
celebrated their golden wedding ami.
versary last week. They have resided
here since 1869.
Rev. ]. M. Gardner, 81 years old, a
pioneer resident of the Black Hills,
and veteran of the civil war, is dead.
He came to the Black Hills from Ma,
rengo, Ia, in 1886.
A number of Illinois farmers who
have purchased Edmunds county land
this spring or last winter, are moving
on their new holdings, preparatory to
farming their land.
The local creamery, after being
shut down since last fall, has re.
sumed operations under new manage
ment. The plant has been greatly
improved and much new machinery
installed.
A loss of $500 was suffered at the
residence of Burt Martin at Dallas by
the explosion of two gallons of kero
sene in the hands of Mr.. Martin while
lighting fire. Mr.. Martin fortunately
escaped injury
The Homestake Mining company at
Lead has had very profitable year
according to the annual report. Over
S6,0OO,000 in gold was mined by the
company and their profits for the
year were over S3,OO0,00O.
The annual report of the city audi.
tor shows that during the past year
there has been a substantial decrease
in the Indebtedness of Garretson, and
that the net Indebtedness of the city
Members of the Sioux Falls com.
pany of National Guards are taking up
the matter of preparedness by max.
ing an effort to recruit the company
to the full quota of 81 men. At pres
ent the company is 20 men short
Gus Bergen, ST., pioneer of Pierre,
is dead. He came to that part of the
state as band leader in the old Elev.
enth regiment, when it was stationed
at Fort Sully in the 70s. After quitting
the army he made his home in Pierre
A district organization, to be known
as the Odd Fellows Get Together as
sociation of northeastern South Da.
kota, was formed at a meeting of dele
gates at Aberdeen representing twenty.
one Odd Fellow lodges in that section
Of the state.
G. ]. Bach is behind movement
at Hurley to encourage the construc.
ton of biru houses. Cash prizes are
offered for the construction of the best
bird houses, and the boys of Hurley
are working energetically in competi-
tion for the prizes. At Ipswich, j. w.
Parmley is pursuing similar plan to
interest the children in the preserva-
tion of the bird life of South Dakota
The Watertown Sons of Veterans
committee have arranged a tentative
program for the entertainment of the
G. A. R. and w. R. G. at their annual
encampment to be held there on June
13, IA and Is. The entertainment in
cludes a big camp fire, address by
some man of prominence, auto trip to
Lake Kampeska and plenty of fife and
drum music to stir the blood of the
''old boys.'
At the annual meeting of the Inter
State Fair association, held at Lem
mon. over forty stockholders were in
attendance, eleven directors were
elected, seven of last years members
being reelected. The association be.
came member Of the Northwestern
South Dakota Fair Circuit, when the
latter organization was formed at Mo.
bridge recently, and will work in con.
junction with the other fairs in that
part of the state.
There was CONSERVATION among pa.
irons of the Farmer pcstoffice when
the authorities from the county seat
swooped down upon the institution
and thoroughly fumigated it, after the
postmistress. Miss Florence Fleck,
had been quarantined for smallpox
Miss Fleck had been ailing for several
days before she called a physician
who diagnosed the ailment as small.
pox, and prompt steps were taken to
prevent the disease spreading.
Zack Flute, an Indian who was con.
victed OF the murder q b. E. Colley
and Ed Peterson of Sisseton about
eleven years ago at Flutes farm
home west of Peever, has been re
leased from the penitentiary at Sioux
Falls on an order Of Judge Elliott OF
the federal court on a motion based
on a recent decision of that court that
the circuit court In which Flute was
convicted had no jurisdiction, as the
crime was committed on an Indian al