The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-11

eehce oI tnree years In the Sioux
rain penitentiary, will apply for q
pardon at the meeting of the state
BOARD of pardons at Pierre on Oct l6.
Inc applicant was found guilty Of
arson in Day county.
IN order to prevent his prison ers
from receiving any more help from
the outside to enable them to break
jail Sherttf J. c. Garrick OF Webster
mas erected high barbed wire fence
around the Jail and has lighted the
exterior brilliantly.
Mandamus proceedings have been
instituted at Scotland, this state, by
Martin Cram. who seeks to compel
the city council to grant him q license
TO conduct saloon in Scotland. The
council rejected Grams petition be-
cause they had granted one license.
Agricultural short courses are be.
ine conducted by the extension di.
vision Of the state college. The first
course started at Rapid City Oct I
and continued for four days. Hermo-
sa was visited Oct. 3 to IL. A course
will be held at Sturgis Oct 16 to lS
and one at Newell Oct. % to rs.
Papers have been served making
States Attorney A. j. Haugan defend
ant in suit for $4,000 damages
brought by Dora Pompey. who claims
she suffered mental and material in
1uries in connection with her arrest
and confinement in Jail at the time
OF raid on the West hotel ut Wa
tertown last February.
Captain Lawrence II. Hedrick, Re-
, publican nominee for the state SEN
ate from Fall River county. has writ
ten from the Mexican border. resign
ing his place on the ticket. Fear that
indefinite detention of the guard on
the border might leave the county
unrepresented i'm case of his election
caused his withdrawal.
Indians from the reservation at Nc
lntosh proved themselves good cat
tlemen when a party Of four disposed
of consignment Of stock calves at
big premium at the South St Paul
market A straight load OF white
faced calves brought an even $40 q
hundredweight The Indians also
marketed some ertra good heifers.
Three prisoners escaped from the
jail at Clark after digging a hole in
the wall of the jail. Two Of the men
had crawled through the hole when
Jailer Richie came on the scene.
The third man beat the jailer into in.
senstbility, bound and gagged him
and fed with his partners, who made
their way to Crocker, where they
stole ali automobile.
Mrs William Edmunds. prominent
woman OF Yankton. IL dead at her
home in that city at the age Of fifty
four years. Mrs. Edmunds was the
daughter of General w p. Dewey,
and both her own family and that OF
her husband, whose father was for
ner Governor Newton Edmunds,
we're among the prominent families OF
Yalkton's early history.
The courts may be called upon to
determine whether or not the South
Dakota Children's Home can secure
possession of the eleven-year-old
adopted son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
MINER of Lead. The child was given
to the Miners when nine months old
Domestic difficulties in the MINER
household lead the home authorities
TO seek possession of the child, which
was refused by Mrs. MINER.
Fire Chief c. Il Ford of Gregory,
who also 6 states attorney of Greg
ory county, told the South Dakota fire
chiefs whose meeting closed recently
in Pierre, that the present fire pre-
laws OF the state are sum
Gent. He urged. however, a new
deputy for the state fire marshal's Of
fee, whose duty it would be to meet
with local fire departments to in
struct them in proer methods Of fire
protection.
The South Dakota state college will
run a dairy livestock train over the
ST Paul road In the state for two
v eeks, beginning Oct "a. The train
will be run In cooperation with the
the Dairymen and Butter.
makers association and the bureau
Of immigration. The subjects to be
are dairying. livestock breed
ng and the production OF farm crops
as feeds. The leading dairy breeds
md beef cattle will be represented
IN the train by animals from the col
ege herd.