Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
FORGED LETTER *"
and RECEIVED $50
uliterate Greek Is Given Judg.
ment Against Brule Coun-
ty Bank.

.Pukwana, S. D.. March 1e-Forgery
Of the tx" made by an il1iterate Greek
OF a suit involving two Brule county
banks, probably the first Of it's kin in
the United States, which has just been
settled by the state supreme court.
The facts in the case were not dis
puted. George Kost, a Greek railroad
laborer, deposited 5000 in the First Ma
tional bank OF Pukwana. He could
not write, SO was identified by the fore
man Of the gang. The pass book was
delivered to kost and shortly after he
deposited $40. In September. 1913,
two men appeared at the Brule Ma
t,onal bank at Chamberlain. One Of
them carried kost's passbook, and
claiming to be the Greek himself,
signed an TX" to a check for 1870 and
was given the money.
"A month later the real Kost appeared
at the Pukwana bank and requested his
money. When it was refused because
the account was drawn he sued and
was given judgment for 1870. The Puk-
wanna bank then asked the Chamberlain
institution to reimburse it to the
amount of the check. This was refused,
the latter claiming that the Pukwana
bank had paid the check without ques-
ton, and had therefore assumed the
Tesponslbllity for the genuineness of
Kost's *"
The supreme court decided in favor
OF the Pukwana bank, holding that the
chamberlain bank, by cashing the
cneck, induced the drawee to relax his
vigilance, and that by indorsing it the
y warrants the drawee that the
makers signature is genuine.
MfLBANK-Much interest already is
; Delns taken by residents of Milbank in
the annual city election, which will be
nela the third Tuesday In April. Philip
=. saunders, a business man, is candi-
GATE Tor mayor. and may have no opposi-
uoh. mayor Thompson now is serving
nus second term and will not be a candi-
GATE for reelection. Several candidates
1or aldermen also are in the field, among
them being George c. Burke, George
Llebenstein and G. v. Erlandson. Three
members of the city council hold over for
another year.
M1TCHELL-Large numbers of the
antlered herd from Mitchell and the
towns In Its jurisdiction were present for
the annual meeting and election of the
local lodge, No. 1858. Officers named were:
Or. George G.. Kimball, exalted ruler; S.
n. smith, esteemed leading knight; Louis
Lov1nser, esteemed loyal knight; ]. K.
Fox, esteemed lecturing knight; j. j. La
hey, treasurer; l.. j. WEIGH, secretary;
Nels Jensen, tyler; w. NJ. Herbert, trus-
tee, and Gen. George A. Silsby, delegate
to the grand lodge meeting.
LESTERVILLE-The city council is
preparing to install An electric light sys-
tenn for which the voters at the election
last November authorized the issuance of
bonds in the sum of $1,000. A committee
OF business men has been inspecting cleo
trlc light systems I'm adjoining towns,
Tor the purpose of ascertaining which
would be the best system for Lestervine.
n Plant to be installed here will be
conducted as a municipal system.
CANTON Information has reached
here from Long Beach, Cal, that Mrs.
=. HI. Cassil, wife of the former state
treasurer of South Dakota, who with her
husband were former residents of Can,
ton, is in a serious condition in a Long
beach hospital, with slight chances of re-
resides at Spokane, Wash. Mrs. Cassil
has been visiting at Long Beach.
MITCHELL-with approximately two
miles OF asphaltic-concrete paving con-
tracted for the coming year, in 1917
Mitchell will have laid over 10000 square
yards at a cost of nearly 500. oOo. The
paving will extend over the city for a
distance of about five miles. The first
paving was laid in Mitchell in 1912, hut
1917 will see the greatest amount of con-
struction since that time.
KIMBALL-W. B. Kemp. a we'll known
pioneer settler of Brule county, died at
his home in Lyon township, about 10
miles north of here. Mr.. Kemp was II
years of age and was q native of New
York. He came to Brule county in 1884.
He leaves his wife, his son, F. w. B.
Kemp, a daughter, Mrs. A. L. Will, and
4 sister and brother in New York state.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the Retail
Merchants Credit association have sub
scribed 1895 TOWARD a fund Of 81, 200. which
will be raised for the purpose of p~urchas-
| ing 1000 settings of full blood chicken
6 to be given to LOCO farmers in this
territory. The purpose of the merchants
Is to encourage the raising of pure bred
poultry.
wESSINGTON SPRINGs-At a meet
ing of the washington Springs CONNER
cial club an informal reception was ten
Fourth South Dakota infantry. who has
just returned from the border. Mr..
| Squire was one OF the charter members
of the commercial club and one OF its
first directors.
WILLOW LAKES-C. j. Dawse, exam
iner in charge of the defunct State bank,
of Bancroft. which closed its doors some
time ago., has paid the creditors a divi-
! dend of 10 per cent. This makes a total
OF rs per cent which has been paid cre6i-
tors by the examiner. and 1t is assured
that there will be at least one more divi-
dend.
BROOKINGS-By a unanimous decision
| OF the judges, the University of South
Dakota debating team won the first in
tercollegiate debate of the 1917 season
from Nebraska Wesleyan university.
South Dakota argued against government
subsidy for the merchant.
ABERDEEN-The Aberdeen Rod and
[ Gun club at its annual meeting elected
. John H.. Jackson, jr.. president; ice
Drake, vice president: George Anderson,
secretary-treasurer. and W. j.. Schmid,
held captain. A spring drive on the clay
| pigeons will soon q X place.
YANkTON-Word from Mrs. Jen.
Jensen. at Omaha, Neb.. states she has
! identified the body found there as that
| of her husband and that the remains viii
! be brought here for burial. Positive iden-
+ ti1catien was made through dental work.
The body had been In the river 10 weeks.
VEBLEN-The 15-month-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Gibson, living near here. who
recently was severely injured as the re-
suit Of %plunging both arms up to the el-
bows in q tub of boiling water, is lei
Is the result of his injuries. His arms
were cooked by the boiling water.
MITCHELI-Local commercial organ
isations. including the Mitchell Retail
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