Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-08-31

Winner has awarded the contract
, for the erection OF new school
builldng at cost of $35,S00.
Tripp county Officials We're amaz-
| ed a few days ago to find hat the
county has been without a sheriff
since Jasnuary 1st Of hast year. A
candidate vas duly elected but fail
ed to qualify and the commission
ets oyerlo oked the matter.
| Articles of incorporation have
been filled at Pierre for the Haa-
kon Land and Cattle Co, at OF
tumwa The capital is $500, 900 and
the incorporators H. A. Shafer, of
Ottumwa, NJ c. Sherwood, of Mid
aamd, and A. l.. krause, of West
| Point, Nebraska
One man, living north of Midland
win not aftmept again to fill the
s'asoline tank on HIS car at night,
usih4g a liant ern for light. The
first amid last time he tried it
the gasoline Was ignited from the
LANTERN He got the machine out
of the garage but lost the building
and the rest of its cont ents
Claude Steele, resi- ding north of
Quinn, lost the barn on his farm
by fire after lit was struck by
tightening. Four of the six
horses in the barn were removed, 4,
the other two being killed by the
lightning. a COW, pigs. harness,
hay gaain and considerable other
property wias burned. the total
loss to- Mr.. Steele totahng about
$500
fire on the Rosenberger place,
north OF Cottonwood burned over a
considerable tract of grass land
and necessitated some prompt
work on the part of the neighbors
to keep it from spreading fur
ther. Folks cam not be too cafe
full at this time of the year in a.
voiding setting prairie fires-amd
the state fire marshall lis n're
too lenient with th ose who by
carelessneas let fire get away
from them
In the Writeup of the trip which
the Rapid City boosters made last
week, the editor of the Guide, VIII c
was member of the party says of
Phillip: Tae size and appe arance
Of Phillip surprised all of the mem
oe1s of the party who We're not
acquainted With the town. 1t has
a number of excellent buildin gls,
md with a large and prosperous
TERRITORY to draw from will have
no difficulty in maint ainbng its
resent position aus the best town
,etween Rapid City and FIT. Pierre
Jack Smith, of Manila, is an
other of the rattIesnake victims Of
the present seas n, which has been
ain unusually bad one While stalk
ine a coyote he got Within range
Of the rattler, which struck lm
without sounding a warming, re-
G fled and struck him again. lie
gave no further attention to the
coyote, and after dispatching his
snlak eship with a shot from his
gun, made haste to obtain treat
ment for the poison. He was taken
to Midland, where he is getting a.
long nicely.
The west river country is not
to be classed with the east river
section this year as to crop coudi-
tdons The hollowing from the Win
ner Journal mi aht we'll have been
written of all the territory be
tween the Missouri river and the
Hills: 1t is Said that an erroneous
rep rt has gone forth Throughout
he country to the effect that the
ToIs in the Rosebud are failure.
BY whom or how circulated is a
matter of conjecture. OF course
the government reports have sadly
misquoted the yield and outlook.
4'hfs may have been largely due to
! the fact that a smaN percentage Of