Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-10-11

A tree 416 years of age and 48 inch.
es in diameter has just been cut in
connection with the timber sale opera
tions along Deer creek, east OF Pao-
tola.
Addison Abraham. an employee on
the farm of j. J. Decker, north of HUI
ron. was arrested by United States
Marshal Thomas Taubman. Abraham
is alleged to have threatened the life
OF President Wilson.
When 1000 Sioux Indians and their
visiting friends folded their tents and
tepees and went to their respective
homes the fifth annual Yankton In
idan fair passed into history az the
most successful event of the kind ever
held on that reservation.
Two boys, giving their ages as IL
Jams and Homer Wilson. are lodged in
the county jail at Yankton facing the
charge Of robbing the E. A. kunder:
store at Utica. and Of stealing team
OF horses from the barn of l.. l.. Sailer,
local butcher.
Agricultural and manual training
classes have been instituted in practi-
cally all the rural schools in Minnehaha
county and special provision has been
made by the educational boards to
pay expenses necessarily incurred in
carrying on the work. Domestic sci
ence is also included in the new
course of study.
The experts at State college. Brook
ings will prbably be called upon to act
as referees in dispute between MIR.
Fleming, owner of fine herd of cattle
at Plankinton, and DIR. Guthrie, veter-
marian as to whether an ailment which
afflicts the herd is anthrax, as DIR.
Guthrie contends. or blackleg, az Mr..
Fleming claims.
After being closed down for ten
years the Western Portland Cement
works at Yankton will be opened in
the spring, and is now in the hands
of repair crew. and will be Increased
In capacity from 1000 to 5000 barrels
per day The Sandusky Cement com.
pany of Cleveland. O., has purchased
the plant. it is announced. and deeds
have been recorded in confirmation.
The plant was worth $4,000 at one
time.
Scores OF searchers turned out when
the 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Ferris, living on ranch. near
Fairfax, disappeared. The child wan.
dered away just at dusk. adding to
the frenzy of the parents, and not until
search continuing nearly the entire
night was the child found. The child
was unhurt 1t had wandered over q
mile from home and finally became
lost in thicket. where it was found by
the searchers.
Claudia Plat, aged Is, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Plat of Deadwood,
was accidentally shot through the left
side and is in serious condition. Her.
self and other children were playing
with 38-caliber revolver when the
weapon was accidentally discharged
The bullet entered the girls left side
below the collar bone and passed out
at the back near the shoulder blade.
The bullet was soft nosed and tore a
large piece of flesh from the girl
where it emerged.
An acquaintance meeting and recog.
nizing him in Nebraska resulted in the
arrest of James Townsend Sipple. an
alleged Stacker from Trip county.
who has been brought back to South
Dakota for trial. When the Gcuaint.
ance approached Sipple and asked him
il he did not know he had been called
before the Trip county exemption
board for examination. Sipple is al.
legged to have replied that he did and
that If the board wanted him they
could send after him.
During the past year two console
dations OF districts in Minnehaha
county have taken place. At Brandon
three districts combined and erected
q fine two-story brick building with q
special room provided for manual
training and domestic science work
The other was at Humboldt. where i'm.
provements were also made. In both
instances the number of teachers has
been reduced and. due to the combi.
nation. fewer grades are under the in.
structiOn of on teacher.
Relatives have been advised of the
death in the state hospital for the in
sane at Yankton Of T. p. Goodwin
one of the best known of the early set
tiers of Kingsbury county. For many
years before losing his mental facul
ties he was leading business man Of
DeSmet. and for a number of years
also was prominent in Democratic pc
litical affairs in that county and vi
cinity. He served four years as sher
III Of Kingsbury county and several
terms as mayor Of DeSmet.
Never before in the history of the
state have the farmers of the Dell
Rapids Colman territory enjoyed as
great degree of prosperity as during
the present time. Improved farms in
the region surrounding Dell Rapids
and Coleman. and between the two
towns. are commanding prices ranging