The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-11
Occurrences Of the Week From
M Over the State.
NUMEROUS INTERESTING ITEMS
Events Cheonieied In Brief Form In
Order to Facilitate Their
Rapid Psrusai.

been killed in action in France.
A new high mark for land was e.
tablished at Hudson when the John
Davis farm sold for $1575O an acre.
John Geisler Of New Salem. in
jured In an explosion of dynamite at
Mandan, N. D., died from his injuries.
The Mitchell Merchants associa-
tion has raised 81 1000 to organize the
Washington highway through Nit.
chell.
Automobiles of Mobridge were
Idle for two days recently when the
dealers Of the town ran out OF gas.
oline.
The Great Northern railway has
| met the demands of the citizens Of
Garretson and will build . new two.
story station.
Thomas H. Conniff. pioneer resi-
dent Of Bridgewater, died recently in
a hospital at Pierre Mr. Commit for.
merly practiced law at Bridgewater.
A new creamery will be opened at
/
cinity have promised cooperation and
an expert butter maker will be en-.
gagged
A broken rail caused a Northwest
ern combination train to leave the
rails east of Raymond, injuring six
passengers, one Of them probably
mortally.
A meteorological laboratory under
an expert director Is to be estab-
lished in Aberdeen as part OF plan
| of reorganization Of the city's health
department.
| A four-year-0ld son OF William
Pickering, a farmer near Arlington,
developed infantile paralysis. The
school authorities closed the school
in that district.
Rev. Thomas Taggart Of Groter was
elected moderator of the Aberdeen
| presbytery of the Presbyterian
church at the annual meeting held
recently at Watertown.
T. w. Kiddo, a farmer residing near
Iroquois, was struck by a locomotive
and killed while crossing railroad
bridge near his home. The dead man
was seventy-four years old.
Word has been received at Pierre
former resident Of that city. who
| was serving with the Canadian troops
in France and was killed in action.
In order to further promote farm
eral meeting of national and state
experts was held at Webster to con
slider diversified methods Of farming
The town of Baltic will have a win
! ter novelty in the form OF steam
| heated croquet grounds. Money has
been contributed for inclosing the the
grounds and installing a heating
plant.
A rock falling 1000 feet down a
shaft OF the Homestake mine at Lead
fractured the skull Of Fred Bloom, an
employe. He may recover. An oper- |
alton relieved the pressure on the
BRAIN
The state supreme court has or
dered George w. Egan. disbarred
from practice in the state last MAY |
to pay the $1,421 costs. assessed
against him at that time in the pro
ceedings.
Federation Of Women's Clubs held
at Pierre MRS Carl Gunderson Of Yer
million was elected president and
Mrs s. C. Policy Of Pierre was hon
ored with the vice presidency.
Arthur Schulz, farmer living near
Clark, will realize $1,000 from his
crop of potatoes from thirty acres
Test digging showed an average OF
200 bushels per acre, which he has
contracted to sell at 81 per bushel
After being thrown out when his
automobile turned over south OF Mi
chell, George G. Watkins Of Letcher'
pulled q cushion from the car, sat
down on 1t and then toppled over
dead. A broken rib had pierced his
heart.
City council members OF Doiah"'
their suspicious aroused by the ap,
pearance OF an unusual number OF
drunken men on the streets, LED
raid on the Commercial hotel ana
found fifteen pints Of liquor in the
room OF Howard Bennett and arrested
Bennett on a charge Of bootlegging
watch presented to his parent by
officials OF the Dakota Southern rail-
road when the parent pulled the first
passenger train into Yankton from
Sioux City, was raiYled Of at the lat
ter place recently to pay funeral eh
penses Of William Hopkins. once
notorious gambler.
A. F. Furnish of Miles City, Mont,
vice president and general manager
Of the proposed Belle Fourche ana
North western Railway company. has
opened Offices at Belle Fourche and