Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Occurrences Ct The Week From
All Over the State.
NUMEROUS INTERESTING ITEMS
Events Chronicled In Brief Form in
Order to Facilitate Their
Rapid Perusa!.

The Union company of Omaha ha
bought the Yankton and Watertowl
Light, Heat and Power companies.
One thousand settings of pure bre,
chicken eggs were distributed free b,
Aberdeen merchants April Is to farm
ers living nearby.
Trip county has voted down a prop
osition to issue bonds for 5000, 900 tc
fund the county debt and $65, 900 tc
build a courthouse.
The entire plant Of the University
of South Dakota at Vermillion has
been offered to the government for
any war use desired.
c. s. Thompson in digging a well
struck a five.foot vein of coal in the
heart of Isabel. Plans are being made
to sink a shaft to develop the find.
Major Z. D. Mossman, in charge of
the Sisseton Indian agency, has been
promoted to the superintendent of
the Fort Peck reservation at Poplar,
Mont.
Flandreau is laying plans for a rous
ing Fourth of July celebration. A pro-
gram of sports, including baseball
games and horse races, is being
framed.
The young wolnen of Lead who
have volunteered as Red Cross first
aid nurses have formed an organiza-
tion and are taking a course of lee
lures on first aid work.
Because of failure of congress to
make an appropriation the govern
ment school at the Yankton Indian
agency has been ordered closed. There
were about 125 students.
Goods of the Yankton and Huron
colleges of South Dakota and Morn
ingside college of Iowa will meet in a
triangular debate on the proposition
to abolish capital punishment.
The negro colony in Fairbanks
township, sully county, is taking up
the agricultural proposition by The Or
ganization of a farmers agricultural
club of its own to discuss better farm
ing methods.
Insurance Commissioner Van Camp,
state fire marshal, has set aside the
first week in May as Clean Up weell''
in the state as a part of a national
campaign of fire prevention and CON
servation of property.
Art Nelson. Ed Sampson, Harold
Gilbert, Milford Byrne, w. Jones and
Donald Hogoboom, all of Bowman, APP
piled to the recruiting officer at Aher-
deem for an examination for enlist
ment in the United States navy.
Martin Lee. neal Brandon, was
hitching UP a team to a disc harrow
when the horses suddenly started and
the harrow passed over him. He was
badly cut and bruised hut moi killed
as prompt medical attendance came.
1t is reported that Clarence Rector
of Parker will be a candidate for APP
pointraent as sheriff of Turner county
to succeed Sheriff John Shanks, who
recently was appointed by Governor
Norbeck to the Office OF prohibition
officer.
q. !. Amnndson, publisher of the
Cotton Courier, is another South Da-5
ksta publisher who has things pretty
much his own way. He was elected
assessor Of his town with the phenom.
enal record OF having his name on;
both tickets.
Postmaster Campbell of Wolsey has
received word that an overseas bat
Italian nnntpaSeJ o,ynl,,s;.ai,- II A.
leans and commanded by an Amer
lean, Captain Arnold, is being organ
lied in the British Northwest for sery
ice in France.
Governor Norbeck has granted 81
requisition on the governor Of Mis-
souri, for the custody Of Herman Wal
kee, wanted In Bon Hoin1ne county On
q charge of wife poisoning. WaIlseei
is held ut Springdale, Mo-, for the
South Dakota officers.
State Superintendent G II. Lug has
recommended 10 local school offiesals
throughout the state that THE same
privileges as to- school credits be ex.
tended to boys more than twelve years
old who enlist for agricultural service
as to those who go into the military.
The state live stock board has III.
sneda Bulletin calling upon the farm
rsofSonth Dakota i retain their
breslding coNs and heifers ana not
pnttS thkern on the market for slaughter.
sTaaeh board also requests that the
slaughter uf baby bees be discontfns