Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-04-07

The next regular meeting of the
South Dakota board of pharmacy for
the examination of candidates for reg.
tstration and general business will be
held in Brookings, April 20 and 21.
A large bull, which strayed out of
its pasture, invaded the capitol at
Pierre and ascended the first flight Of
steps. The janitor was successful in
driving the animal out of the building.
Among the new business institutions
IN Carlock is large department store,
which has just been opened by Far.
rell & Beems. They will handle every.
thing from q hairpin to automobiles
Jack Minkowsky, farm manager for
the Northern hospital at Redfield, has
resigned his position to accept the
management Of the estate of Arthur
Meeker, one of Chicago's millionaires,
at Lake Forest, Ill.
Stanley county has arranged to com.
ply with the provisions of the Smith.
Lever federal law and the Lincoln
state law, and has employed a county
agricultural agent, Vey ]. Anderson
being the agent employed.
The Missouri river has been cutting
Into the bank south of Yankton at
great rate since the flood subsidized. In
some places eighty feet have been cut
away and the river is nearer the city
than it has been since 1881.
The tearing of a shoe saved the life
Of Mrs. Chas. Rogers and her baby
son OF Ethan. She caught her foot in
the lines of runaway team, but the
shoe was torn off her foot. She was
holding her baby in her arms.
The Fort Pierre Womans club is be.
hind movement which is bearing &C.
tive fruit, to make the city school
grounds a place OF beauty. The New.
buries of Yankton have been engaged
to plan the beautifying of the grounds.
A mass meeting of townspeople and
ranchers was held in Rockford for the
purpose Of arranging for the construc.
tton Of several rural telephone lines
to communities in that territory which
now are not connected with Rochord
w telephone.
The Sioux Falls Savings bank has
installed the largest and finest safe
In the state or for that matter in this
section. 1t Is the latest and most up.
to-date in the line of manganese steel
and measures 50 inches high, 80 inches
wide and 30 inches deep.
The 12-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Virchow of Arlington was Sc
siously and perhaps fatally injured
- the result of being pushed back.
ward off fence by some of his boy
playmates. He landed on the back Of
his neck and his shoulders.
The three Platte banks, according
to their current statements, have ag-
gregate deposits Of more than $1,0o0,.
600, which is considered a remark
ably good showing for a town the size
of Platte. The deposits have shown
a big increase during the past few
months.
Favorable and unanimous action
was taken by the city commission OF
Sioux Falls upon the two petitions
which had been filed asking the COM
mission to submit to the voters at the
spring election the question of issu-
Ing $3.50, bonds for an electric light
plant and $350,0OO bonds for a gas
plant.
o. M. Lane, who resigned as city
auditor of Watertown March /. to
accept the appointment to the federal
lanT Office at Rapid City, surprised
his friends by getting married in
Sioux Falls to Miss Helen Burswold
OF Arlington. Mr.. and Mrs. Lane left
Immediately after the ceremony for
their new homo in Rapid City.
The business men of Warner, at a
recent meeting organized a CONNER.
cial club with view Of taking hold in
more uniform manner, of all things
pertaining to general public welfare,
such as street, road and sidewalk i'm.
provements, farmers meetings, labor
supply, and all other matters which
can be better handled through such an
organization, than in other way.
Captain Claude McCurdy, command
ing the Redfield company Of National
Guards. at the drill meeting, informed
the members OF the company that they
were absolutely certain in his opinich
Of being called out within short tima
The company is being recruited to It's
full peace strength, and every effort
is being made to place the organiza.
tion in condition Of preparedness
for possible eventualities.
Farmers OF the vicinity of Madison
are planning to plant as large an acre
age of corn this year as they did last.
The ground is in excellent condition.
The tenth declamatory district Of
South Dakota, including the schools
In the counties of Campbell. Walworth,
Armstrong. Dewey. Corson, Ziebach.
Perkins and Harding, will hold It's
meeting at Mobridgc on Thursday,
May 4. In addition to the declamatofy
cotest in which the winners of the
various county contests will partici-
pate. field and track meet will be
held and the gathering promises to BE-