The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-05-11
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

| raymond is TO nave modern anu
up to date electric light and power
company.
A baseball association has been
formed at Willow Lakes and arrange
ments completed to place team in
the field.
The voters at a special election at
Canton defeated a proposition to abol
ish all pool halls. The majority
against the proposition was 221.
d. c. Noonan and w F. Hesse have
purchased the 500 Valley Granite
company's plant at Sioux Falls. for the
Kampeska Materials company of Wa
tertown.
From bunch of odds and ends, two
Bradley young men have constructed
an automobile which works first-rate
about as well as some of the high
| priced machines.
The state insurance department has
granted authority to write accident
anG health insurance in this state tn
| the National Travellers Benefit assO-
citation of Des Moines la.
More than the customary amount
of building is planned for Alexandria
this year. The new structures will in
clude several business blocks and
large number Of new dwellings. Much
construction work already is under
way
The biggest farm loss by fire in
Brown county in many years occurred
Tuesday night at the f. l.. Hanson
farm, eight miles west of Aberdeen,
barns, outbuldngs stock and machn-
cry to the extent OF $4,000 being de.
stroyed.
That the merchants Of Frankfort
are avaiing themselves of the parcel
post system Is evidenced by the fact
that during the first fifteen days OF
April, 5S1 parcel post packages passed
through the local office, 2S1 of which
number were mailed by local mer-
chants to their customers in the cOun-
try.
Mrs. J. ID. Manners. of Logan town.
ship, Hand county, evidently believes
in being up to date in her business
methods, and has filed a copyright
with the secretary of state for the
her dairy, having selected the name
Guernsey Gold" for the designation
of her farm output
Miss Vesta Murray, winner in the
CT tn ioh 10, fnr fnc
last year as Mitchell's representative.
was awarded first hOnors in the first
annual defamation contest for the
women of Dakota Wesleyan. 1t is pro-
posed to make this contest an annual
| event and an effort will be made to
| organize the other colleges Of South
Dakota and make it state event
That highway work can be carried
on through the board of commission.
| ers Of the counties of the state. re.
is the opinion of the state legal de.
partment on inquiry from the states
attorney of Day county. The holding
| being that contract on the part Of
the county commissioners to purchase
road machinery, and let road improve.
ment by bids will be strictly legal.
Harry Curtis, who was arrested at
Miles City, Mont, on instructions
from the authorities of COrson coun.
ty, and returned in custody, as the
result of his preliminary hearing has
been held for trial in the state circuit
court on the charge Of grand larceny
In default of $500 bonds he has been
lodged in the county jail at Mcintosh
1t is charged that he sold property
belonging to another man.
At business meeting of the direc.
tors of the Old Settlers association OF
BroOkings county June 16 was select
ed as the time for the annual picnic
and celebration of the association. A
provided. 1t was decided to hold the
annual picnic at the old village OF
Medary, which was the first town to
be established in the county when the
whites first came to that part of the
northwest.
The voting dry OF Philip and Rapid
City. leaves the line of the Pierre
Rapid City e Northwestern railwa:
without saloon on the line save al
the eastern end with damp territory
at Pierre and Fort Pierre, and al
Pierre only by shave of nine votes
The votes in the various towns east
of Pierre leaves no saloon between
Piecre and Wolsey. and gives the
Northwestern railway stretch from
Wolsey to Sturgis without saloon ex
cept those to be found in Pierre anG
Fort Pierre.
Brown county has a very prosper
Gus appearance at this time. accord
ing to Fl. r. Patterson. who has trav
eled over quite good deal of the coun
ty recently. The alfalfa is growing
nicely. some of 1t being about fOu'
inches high. and covering the grount
in fine shape. The grass Is starting
nicely and will be ready for pasture