Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-05
South Dakota
News Notes


Western Newspaper Union News Service
Fire, supposed to have originated
from defective wiring, destroyed the
new Rapid City high school building.
Three tentative sites are being con.
sidered for the new school building
WHICH will be constructed this year
at Mobridge at a cost of $4,000.
Over 100 business men and farmers
gathered and took the final steps in
the organization of the Plankinton
Community and Improvement club.
There is talk Of the government fish
hatchery at Spearfish. where trout
have been raised for the streams of
the Black Hills. being moved to Rapid
City.
H. G. Larson. proprietor of the Bon.
ANA farm in the eastern part Of Lake
county. a few days ago sold eighty.
two hogs for which he received a check
for $2.755.
The aggregate deposits of the bank
ing institutions of Sioux Falls, az
shown by the current reports. now
have reached the magnificent figure
Of $13,568.264.
sOsmar LaCraft, for the past two
years deputy register of deeds of
Clary county, has purchased the Ray.
mond Gazette and will take charge Of
the paper at once.
o. D. Chase. superintendent Of the
public schools at McIntire, Ia, has
been engaged at the head of the
Bridgewater public schools at salary
OF $1,000 per year.
The Fourth Regiment band of
WATERFOWL, has been engaged to fur.
nish the music at the Alfalfa palace
to be held in Rapid City the week of
September IL to %.
The South Dakota branch of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
concluded its annual meeting in Sioux
Falls. Watertown was selected as the
place for the next annual meeting.
The coming of the Minneapolis
Symphony orchestra to Yankton for
the annual music festival Wednesday,
April 18th, is an event of exceptional
interest, to music lovers in the state.
OIL drilling operations near South
Shore have been resumed by F. l..
Weaver, a Pennsylvania oil mining
man, who is confident that oil will be
struck in this territory in paying
Quantities.
Stumbling while playing and strik.
Ing his head against the knob on the
clean-out door of the kitchen range,
caused the death of Harry Heiman.
aged IL, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Heiman, of Alcester.
Judge Elliott. of the United States
court, has appointed Robert ]. Gam.
Bile. former United States senator
from South Dakota, to the position of
referee in bankruptcy, with headquar.
ters at Sioux Falls.
At depth of about 1900 feet the
drill used in sinking an artesian well
to supply the residents of Arlington
with water for fire protection and do
nestle purposes encountered a six.
foot vein Of Ignite coal.
The question as to rights on &C.
Grafton land along the Missouri has
teen raised by residents of the south.
ern part Of Hughes county on account
of conflicting claims to title, and will
be fought out in the courts.
Clark business men propose to sub
scribe $500 to fund for the purpose
of assisting in securing proposed
"cut of" Of the Yellowstone trail run.
ming through Minneapolis and Aber.
deem. to go by way of Granite Falls,
Mimi, and Watertown, s. d.
The Yankton Concert quintet, an or.
ganization representing the Yankton
College conservatory of music, is
starting a concert tour for the two
weeks Of the spring vacation. with
dates at Wakonda, Alcester, Hawarden
and Hurley and also a number of
towns in the northern part of the state.
After a two days trial in the state
circuit court in Watertown the sensa-
tional suit of Edgar Ballou against
Curt E. DeGraff, by which he sought
to recover damages of $4,000 from
; the defendant for the alleged aliena.
ton Of the affections of Mrs, Ballou,
terminated in a verdict in favor of the
defendant.
Led by a company Of the Fourth
South Dakota infantry and three
troops of the First South Dakota cav.
airy, patriotic parade, in which city
officials and hundreds of residents of
the city participated. marched the
streets of Sioux Falls displaying ban.
ners urging young men to enlist in
the national guard.
The city of DeSmet has won out in
Q legal battle with the Western Real
ization company Of Minneapolis, and
secured judgment against the com.
pany for the sum of $457.23. the
amount claimed to be due the city az
license from transient merchants rep.
resenting the company. who for some
weeks were engaged in business in a
rented building in DeSmet.
Mrs. Augusta Gable. who for the