Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-12
South Dakota
News Notes


organized at Lennon with F. A. Finish
as secretary-treasurer, Ole Quammen
as president, and Henry Miller as vice
president.
Bower Thomas Whitehead, for twen-
ty-one years professor of pharmacy
in the South Dakota State college.
died at his home in Brookings follow
ing an illness of several weeks.
The authorities have as yet been
unable to find the slightest trace Of
thieves who raided the retail stores
of Arlington and escaped with silk
goods valued at between 5000 and $500.
Day county is ambitious to take the
lead among South Dakota counties in
the matter of road building. The
county board has engaged A. j. Nc.
Namara, veteran road builder, for q
period of two years.
DR.. F. H. Schoonmaker, for thirty
years practicing physician of Airing
ton. and widely known in the state,
died suddenly of acute heart and kid
ney trouble. He was a native of ILL.,
nois, and was 50 years of age.
The Plankinton fire department has
the honor of being the first depart
ment to enter team in the state tour
nament which is to be held in Rapid
City the week of June IL, they having
sent In the names of their running
team.
Owen Madden. aged 10, of Worth
ing, was accidentally shot and wound
ed with 22-caliber rifle while him
self and boy companion were shoot
ing at mark. His companion was
laying the rifle down when it was dis.
charged.
Yankton county people are respond
ing literally to the call for relief for
European war sufferers. A commit
tee took up the work of soliciting
funds and has already received
pledges for upwards Of $4,000, on the
81 month plan.
Osmund Jesfjeld, of Perkins county,
is one of the heaviest leasors of state
school lands in northwestern South
Dakota. At the. leasing of school lands
at Bison the other day, Mr.. Jesfeld
secured 5000 acres at an average
price of 17.6 cents an acre.
The commercial club of Rapid City
has decided to encourage the school
gardens which are to be planted this
summer on various vacant lots in the
city by children of the public schools
and has offered prizes of $50 cash
and solid silver cup for the best
gardens.
A detachment of twenty-eight men,
bers of Company M, Fourth infantry,
South Dakota national guard. entrain-
ed for Chamberlain to do police duty
I'm guarding the Milwaukee railroad
bridge at that point. The remainder
of the company is doing guard duty
at the railroad bridges over the Jim
river near Yankton.
A reward of $50 has been offered
by Mrs. Jens Jensen for the recovery
III the body of her husband, who dis.
appeared from their farm home near
| Mission Hill on December 81 last. He
| fs believed to have committed suicide
by throwing himself into the Missouri
| river through an open space where
men had been engaged in cutting zee.
The bank examiner in charge of the
affairs of the defunct Bank of Ban.
croft has declared dividend to cred
itors Of ten per cent of the amount of
their claims. This makes total of
twenty-five per cent which now hac
been paid depositors, a fifteen per
cent dividend having previously been
paid. 1t is expected there will be ut
least one more dividend.
In accordance with a petition filed
with the town board, the voters Of
Canova at the annual city election,
April II. will have submitted to them
the question of authorizing the levy Of
a 1-mill tax for the support of a band,
new act of the state legislature per.
hitting the levying of such tax II a
majority of the voters of a city or
town decide in favor of it.
Employers of Sioux Falls, have join
ed in the nation wide movement to
stimulate recruiting by doing their
Bit" Representatives of leading bust.
ness firms have posted notices to their
employees assuring them that in the
event local guardsmen are called into
the federal service their positions will
be held until the return of the local
units. Many firms are making provi-
s1ons to support dependents of militia
men called into the service.
George Blum, u Freeman man, has
been accustomed to aid his wife with
the family washing, but he has sworn
of. He nearly lost his life as the
result Of assisting his wife hang out
the clothes. He was carrying a bas-
ketful of clothes when he tripped and
fell. striking his face on some plank.
ing. This started a severe hemor-
image Of the nose, and he had mar.
row escape from bleeding to death
before physician could stop the
hemorrhage.