Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-29
Occurrences Of the Week From
All Over the State
NUMEROUS INTERESTING ITEMS
Events Chronicled In Brief Form in
Order to Facilitate Their
Rapid Perusal.

An elevator OF 10000 bushels capac.
ity will be built at Lake Preston this
year.
j. d. Hofer OF Vermillion, a druggist,
was fined $500 for selling liquor ille'
gally.
Brown county farmers have organ
lied a branch OF the National Farm
Loan association.
Governor Peter Norbeck will ad-
dress members OF the State Develop
ment league at the leagues conven-
ton at Pierre April 4 and 5.
A big gray wolf which has caused
heavy loss to farmers in that section
by killing stock was cornered and
Killed by a posse of armed farmers
near Wagner.
Rev, Charles L. Freeman of Yank-
ton, pastor OF the first church estab-
hshed in either OF the Dakotas, Christ
church, Episcopal, has accepted a call
to Lenox. Mass.
Governor Norbeck has appointed w.
#. Hubbard OF Chamberlain as a men,
her of the state board OF e~mbalmers,
to succeed NJ. F. Cummins of Wilmot,
whose term has expired.
Basketball monograms at the Uni
versity Of South Dakota at Vermiilion
were won by Captain Don McKinnon,
Harold sprague. Hialmar Anderson,
Frank Mccormick and Ed Livingstone.
J. l.. Wingfield has resigned as pub
lie examiner and John Hirning, for
mer state auditor, will be appointed
to succeed him, ii a announced. MIR
Wingfield will enter the banking bust
ness.
After Lesterville residents had read
glowing obituaries of Father Joseph
Bartik, formerly pastor of the Roman
Catholic church there, they were in
formed by the priest that he is not
dead. The report of his death came
from Omaha.
Clarence Dunning, convicted at Yer
million OH a charge OF a~ssaulting
James Brown aboard a box car near
Vermillion-an assault which resulted
in Browns death-was given q SEN
tence or up to ten years in the South
Dakota ~penitentiary.
Miss Isabella McGrin, who is teach
ing a rural school FIVE miles from
B~ridgewater, was unable last fall to
find a boarding place near the school,
so she has walked to and from her
school daily-a distance OF ten miles.
She did not miss a day.
Governor Norbeck has decided on
G. NJ. Henry, present chairman of the
state tax commission, as the ma to
head the new rural credits board as
rural credits commissioner" Other
members Of the board will he an
nounced at an early date.
Joseph He'll. twenty years old, a
young farmer living near Yankton, is
dead as a result OF an attempt at sui
eide IN g farm raa that city. He'll
turned a shotgun on himself and fred.
The discharge blew the mans head
of. No motive for the deed is known,
Burke has defeated Fairfax in the
hight, carried to the state supreme
court, for possession of the county
seat Of Gregory county. The court
has upheld the legality OF the special
election in which Burke received a
majority. Fairfax has been the coun-
ty seat since the organization Of the
county.
One hundred and two young women
attending the Northern Normal and
Industrial school are working ia Aber-
deem homes for their board and o
Few OF them would be at the normal
were At not for this work. Miss Mary
Meek, head of the department of Eng
lishs looks after the young women
who are employed.
a vote Of high school basketball
coaches resulted In the selection of
the following all state I'VE, on tie
basis Of the men'a play IN the state
tournament held recently at Huron:
II ST Lynch, Aberdeen, left forward and
captain Joseph, Huron, right FOR.
ward; Temmerasson, Madison. center;
McAnnltys Redfsellaa, LETT guard, and
Stewart Sioux Falls, right guard. Tlls
g team Included Frances of Elan,
dreans Putnam 81 G~enterville: Dahl
Of Pierre, captain; Reilly OF Huron
and Wertrnan of Aberdeen.