Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-03-02
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Western Newspaper tInion News Service
The Sisseton concert band has been
reorganized.
Sunday, March S, was fixed as the
time for the dedication OF the new
Methodist church building completed
1t Villas.
The business men of Estelline have
organized stock company and will
establish cooperative creamery in
the town.
A band has been organized at Get
tysburg and Frank Neuherz Of Aber.
deem has been engaged as instructor
for period of one year.
The fifth annual high school bac.
ketball tournament Is to be held in
Huron on March II and 18 under the
auspices Of Huron college.
Representative Candy has obtained
= favorable report from the house
committee on interstate commerce on
his Chamberlain bridge bill.
Democrats of the state met in Mitch
ell February % in mass conference in
response to call by the state chair.
man, DR.. H. ]. Rock, Of Aberdeen.
The Csnterville businessmen have
organized a stock company for the
purpose Of providing Centerville with
public park and baseball grounds.
At . meeting Of the central electric
station managers of this state at Sioux
Falls the initiatOry steps were taken
toward the formation Of the South Da.
kota Electrical association.
The Dupree Odd Fellows lodge has
Just celebrated its second anniver.
sary with big ball. The lodge has
shown remarkable increase in mem.
bership during the past year.
Fire destroyed the opera house. a
jewelry and hardware store and other
small buildings in the business sec.
tion Of Hooker Most of the property
was owned by Charles Hartsough.
The loss Is about $4,000.
Perry F. Loucks, of Watertown. has
purchased over ten quarter sections
of Faulk county land within the past
year, his latest investment being 500
acres Of the p. H. O'Neill ranch six
miles west Of Faulkton.
The annual convention of the South
Dakota Elks will be held in Huron on
Wednesday and Thursday. June 2 and
3, and Huron lodge No. IA IL max.
ing preparations for elaborate enter.
tainment for the visitors.
At special election held at Alpena
the voters authorized the issuance r
bonds for the erection of a new pub.
lie school building. Only eleven votes
were cast against the proposition. The
structure will be erected this spring.
A Boy Scout organization is being
formed at Corona and will start out
with good charter membership. Rev
J. 8. Franklin, pastor Of one of the
local churches, IL rendering valuable
assistance in organizing the patrol.
A short time after the schoolboy
janitor had started the fre in school
district No. 90. In Turner county, and
had returned to his home nearby
the school house was discovered to be
In flames. and 1t burned to the ground
Friends of Freeman college, a com
comparatively new educational institu.
tion in Freeman. have decided to raise
an endowment fund Of $4,000 for the
institution. and the work of raising
the money will be commenced at once
The board OF commissioners of Au
rora county has purchased several
pieces Of roadmaking machinery, and
during the coming season many miles
to public highway throughout the
county will be placed In FIRST class
condition.
Mystery surrounds the disappear
ance OF william Fenton, a Canovs
man. who has not been seen for a
week. No trace of him can be found
by relatives, who since his disappear
ance have been conducting a search
for him.
The business men Of Stickney and
Corsica have become somewhat excit
ed because new town is to come into
existence at point on the Milwau
kee railway between the two towns
and may cut into the trade territory
Of both towns.
When last heard Of headed for the
Dakotas and thought to be near Alb
erdeen. Walter N. Owens, aged 36
IL wanted 1t his home In Rome, Ga
A letter has been received by Chief
Of Police g. w. Hurst. OF Aberdeen
from the sister Of Walter Owens, who
asks information about him on b
half Of his broken-hearted mother.
After several weeks Of wranglina
and discussion between the board oi
education and the adjusters for the
Insurance companies which carried
the elS,000 insurance policies on the
Madison high school recently destroy.
- BY dre. . settlement Of 916.400 has
been made and accepted. This allows
e1l,400 on the building and $4,000 on
the equipment.
Warren Hothum. Of Armour. an am
ploye q tho South Dakota Light and
Power company. while working on ths