Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-04-14
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

| u. T.. l1anQlln mas Hleu ulS pellJlOL
as candidate for the Republican
nomination as state auditor.
A Universal Franchise league OF
Lake county has been organized by
the women Of Madison who are inter.
ested in woman suffrage.
The Fort Pierre Woman's club is
behind movement which is bearing
active fruit, to make the city school
grounds place of beauty.
At mass meeting Of the business
and other residents of Twin Brooks a
commercial club was organized, with
a good charter membership.
Hog cholera has broken out in Rich
land township. Clark county, and the
farmers have organized a protective
association to fight the disease.
The wet" faction of Garretson found
| it impossible to secure enough sigma
| lures to a petition asking that the sa.
loon license question be put up to the
voters at the city election.
The residents of Garretson are eX-
cited over the report that the Great
Northern railway company has decid.
ed to move the railroad division from
Garretson to IhleE, Minnesota.
J. D. Taylor of Winner has been Of
ficially advised by the Indian bureau at
Washington that he has been appoint
ed government stock detective for the
Lower Brule Indian reservation.
Frank e. Mccall of Brookings will
give demonstrations on horticulture in
the various counties of the state with
in the next few months. This is the
latest venture of the college extension
department.
Aberdeen bank clearings for March,
1916 show an increase of Sc per cent
over March, 1915, the total for the
month just closed being $2,171454 com.
pared to $1,122,354 for the same
month last year.
approximately 5000 acres of gov.
ernment land has been entered by
homesteaders in the Timber Lake land
district since March 20, and up to
March 81. The demand is growing
for homesteads in that section of Da-
kotas.
The Woonsocket water carnival will
be held this season during the week
beginning July II. Besides the water
events. large street carnival COM
pany will be booked. This fifth annual
carnival will surpass either of the
former ones.
The old artesian we'll which for
many years has furnished the resi-
dents of Parkston with water for fire
protection and domestic purposes is
failing, and the city council has decid-
ed to ask the voters for authority to
arrange for the drilling Of a new arte-
sion well.
After stealing 800 from the safe Of
the Slower Construction company of
Watertown, Will Selleck, school boy,
expended $50 of the sum in supplying
his school mates and friends with
clothing and roller skates. Aided by
his mother, the police were able to re.
cover most of the articles.
For the second time within a short
period the hardware store of Howard
Bros. OF Blunt was burglarized. Among
the goods taken was an automatic re-
volyer, flashlights, fancy pocket knives
and other articles. The work is be-
| l1eved to have been done by an anna
teur. Howard Bros. have offered a
reward OF 500 for the capture and
conviction of the burglar.
The Humboldt postoffice, which so
lar, had been fourth class office, has
been raised to the third class of post.
Offices, change taking effect on April
l. The change, which is gratifying
to the people OF the community, shows
how the town is prospering, as it is
due to q great increase in postal re-
ceipts, and this is always taken as an
evidence of community progress.
Three cases of liphtheria develop.
Ing IN ~ many different places in Will.
mot within few days caused the town
authorities to take prompt action. The
places wherein the cases occurred
were all fumigated and quarantined
and all public places, such as church.
es. schools and show houses were
SAO0ON AVA WCOAp AuU ny l01S means
the progress of the disease was
checked.
After separation Of 81 years two
sisters, Mrs. B. Holo OF Mordcn, Mont.
and Mrs. Urvig. wife Of farmer living
near Wallace have been reunited
Fifty-four years ago, during the Civil
War, the sisters parted 1T Madison,
Wis. no. until recently, after about
half century Of searching, did they
find any trace of each other. Then
Mrs. Holo came to Wallace and re.
union Is tho result.
There was much excitement among
the sixteen Alexandria members of
the Mitchell company of National
Guards, when . fake" telegram was
sent DR.. H. H. Stuart, corporal com.
manding the Alexandria squad. stat.
Ing that the guard had been called to
thet front in connection with the Mex.
lean trouble. Many tears were shed
BY the wives, sisters or sweetherats