Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-16
indian SEEKS COURT
IN JUDGMENT SUIT;
FIRST FILED IN U. s.
Frank Good Lance, After Serv.
ing 80 Days, Files Just
Like White Man.

Soulii Ddhold mao no duluOTlly 10 at-
tach n part of the Pine Ridge Indian
reservation to any organized county of
the state for judicial purposes has just
boen upheld in an important test case
by Judge McGee. OF the state circuit
court for the Fall River-Pennington
county circuit.
This decision was rendered in a case
OF an unusual character arising on che
Pine Ridge reservation. Recently
Frank Good Lance, a Pine Ridge
agency Sioux Indian. was arrested by
the chief of the indian police on the
charge of wife beating, and when taken
before Judge Thunde Bear. of the In
dian court, was found guilty and sem
fenced to serve 80 days in the agency
Jail. Good Lance served the term, and
upon his release instituted in the state
circuit court OF Fall River county a
damage suit against the chief of the
Indian police. the judge of the indian
court and the United States indian
agent i'm charge of the reservation. by
winch he sought to recover 1000 for
unlawful arrest INC imprisonment.
This was the first damage suit of the
Kind ever instituted by an Indian in
the United States.
h federal government. through
United States Attorney Robert p.
Stewart demurred to the complaint of
Good Lance, the contention of the
United States attorney being that the
action could not lawfully be instituted
In the state circuit court, and that
he state legislature had no authority
to attach he Pine Ridge reservation
to Fall River OF any other organized
county for judicial purposes.
Judge MCGEE, after a hearing in the
case. sustained the contention of the
federal attorney, thus leaving Good
Lance without any standing in court
SO far as his damage suit was con-
cerned.
There are rumors that an appeal will
be from the decision of Judge
McGee but as to this nothing definite
has yet been announced.
FARMER-Efforts to capture a sup
posed wild man who is said to have re-
:enty been seen on several occasions in
remote portions of Hanson county have
thus far been unsuccessful. 1t is believed
ne is a lunatic who made his escape from
Ihe state hospital for the insane at Yank-
ton, or from the insane asylum Of some
adjoining state. Women and children in
the region where he is said to be making
his headquarters have been greatly
alarmed.
klMBALL-Wm. Koenig, who lives
ABOUT seven miles northeast of Kimball.
ehreshed out so acres Of barley which av-
erased 30 bushels to the acre. Fifty acres
OF spells and oats mixed for feed went o.
bushels to the acre. Ben Thompson, one
mile east OF Cam Valley, Buffalo coun-
~. threshed his oats which went 81 BUSH
els to the acre. Ashley Durham threshed
out his oats 81. miles northeast of Gam
Valley. They went 371l bushels 10 the
acre.
WITTENBERG-At the annual conven-
ZION of the Hutchinson County Sunday
School association, held at this place, the
following officers were elected for the
coming year.: President. John c. Unruh:
vice presidents, r. F.. Boegler, j. F. Nor
gan: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Bertha Welsh;
assistant secretary. Mrs. j. T. Wilson. Tho
place for holding the next annual conven-
ton has not yet been selected.
Observation-Disclosures are be-
ing completed for the annua Moody coun-
ty fair. which will be held in this CITY.
commencing August 2S, and continuing UNI
til the night of August 81. Much attention
will be given the poultry department., and
the exhibits in this department are ex-
pected to be fine. There will be other
exhibits, including farm products Of all
kinds and live stock.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are almost Of
daily occurrence here among the return
ing harvest hands Four I. w. WIS held
up two independents and robbed them of
$3o cash and a gold watch, just east of
the city. Wednesday. where a similar rob-
berry took place the night before. An 1.
w. w. also robbed, was handed back his
property on his red card being found.
WATERTOWN-An unusual case before
Judge Myers, of the municipal court in
this city. was the trial of a 13-year-old
girl on the charge of using profane lam
guage on a public street. She was found
guilty, and Judge Myers imposed a fine Of
IS. The girl was charged with using the
profane language while playing with 9TH
er children on the streets.
PIERRE-The weather bureau report
shows that July was the warmest since
1901. The average for the month just past
was 50. and for July, 1901, 1t was 81. The
average this year was five degrees above
normal for the month at this place. The
precipitation Cor the month was ESQ inches.
which was just a shade under the normal
at 2.65 inches.
BRUCE-A local automobile dealer is
erecting what will be the largest garage
In Brookings county. 1t will be 75x1OO feet
In size. In addition to the garage. q
number of other new buildings are in
course of construction in Bruce, and the
farmers of the surrounding territory also
are making extensive building improve
ments.
YANKTON-Dr. j. A.. Seapy. OF Geddes,
Ii in a hospital here, where he submitted
to a very serious operation. He II re.
ported as doing satisfactorily. DR.. Seapy
Is a we'll known practitioner along the
Platte line.
KIMBALL-WiN Mckee. was struck and
killed by lightning about four miles south
East OF this city. Ee was pitching OFF
grain from II wagon to his father ON the
stack. The lightning set McKees clothes
IN fire. burning up the wagon. grain and
also the stack. He was q years old.
BR1DGEwATER-L. n. Detterman. of