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DAKOTA STATE NEWS MITCHELL-The South Dakota Funeral directors' association will meet in Mitchell on May 26, 27 and 28. President W. H. Wilson, of Aberdeen, will call the association to order on Tuesday morning, May 26 Mayor A. E Hitchcock will welcome the undertakers to the city, and W. F. Lumbard, of Chamberlain, will respond. W H. Broadbent. of Mitchell, is the secretary and treasurer of the association. IROQUOIS-Consolidation of the two telephone systems in Iroquois is anticipated as the result of the conference here between W G Bickelhaupt, secretary of the Dakota Central Telephone company; H. E. Vollmer, district manager, with Thomas Tyrell and T J. Murphy, president and secretary of the Farmers' exchange. LEAD-Recognition of the First National bank of this city, the largest national bank in the state, was accorded through the appointment of its cashier, R. H. Dris. coll, on the organization committee for the federal reserve bank system for district No. 9. which takes in this state and has its headquarters in Minneapolis Mr. Driscoll accepted the appointment and left at once for Minneapolis for a meeting of the committee. He is the only representative from this state. YANKTON INDIAN AGENCY-E Benjamin, who for some time has been in charge of agricultural affairs on this reservation, his duties being to instruct Indians in crop raising, has tendered his resignation, having accepted a similar position in Montana. Homer Red Lightning, an educated Yankton Sioux, who is as good a farmer as most white farmers, has been appointed temporarily to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. Benjamin BRIDGEWATER The Bridgewater high school will graduate a class of seven this year, as follows. Dettmer Divine, Harry Bernard Garry, Elsie Margaret Gullander, Clara Emma Mayer, Carl Muench, Ray Eilet Rasmussen, Frederic William Weber. Sunday, May 17, Dr. A. C. McCauley, will preach the baccalaureate sermon: Tuesday evening, May 19, the class day program will be given, and on Wednesday evening, May 20, the graduation exercises will be held at the opera house. IROQUOIS-Albert A. Kaye, of Scotland, S. D., has been elected principal of the Iroquois schools for the coming year. Miss Eva H. Stephenson, of Denver, Colo., was chosen assistant principal. The other teachers will be Miss Laura Emery, of Brodhead, Wis.: Grace Gilliland, of Mitchell, S. D., and Miss Ida L. Binger, of Tulare, S. D., and Miss Hazel Bretz, of Warren, III. BROOKINGS-For the past year or two there has been considerable illegal seining in Lake Campbell, at the south edge of Brookings county, and the local authorities succeeded in apprehending a couple of the offenders this week and are after others. Louis Sundet and Gerhard Sterud were arrested and fined $50 each, both pleading guilty of seining without authority PIERRE-There is a standing complaint that apples raised in the Black Hills section of this state cannot be brought to markets east of the Missouri river on account of the freight rates, which are less from Iowa and Missouri points than they are from the Black Hills. The state railway commission has called a hearing at Belle Fourche on June 24. BELLE FOURCHE-Camp Crook and the section it serves has started a vigorous protest against the proposed move of the postoffice department to abandon the star mail route between this city and Camp Crook and putting on a three times a week service between Harding and Camp Crook in its place. DEADWOOD-Mayor N. E. Franklin and the new city council took office here before a large number of citizens in the council chamber. The mayor announced the following appointments: City auditor. K. W. Trimble: attorney, N. T. Mason; engineer, F. S. Pecis physician, Dr. F. S. Howe: chief of police, E. McGinley policeman, Sherman Reese. WINFRED-At a meeting of the new town board a 20-year franchise was granted to the Howard Electric Light company to extend a line to this town. All farmers along the line will connect for light and power. Canova has had the service for the past two years. The towns of Villas, Roswell, Fedora and Artesian are considering a like proposition. FAULKTON-Public Examiner J. L Wingfield, of the state banking department, has filed with the clerk of the circuit court of Faulk county a complete inventory of the assets of the Security State bank. which was turned over to the department on March 21 of the present year, showing assets aggregating $82,305. GROTON-The Epworth league has elected the following officers for the coming year: President, T. E. Gage: vice presidents, R. E. Eyestone, Gale Peppers, Roy Steele, Ed Johnson; secretary, J. J. Warkentin: treasurer, Miss Wood; organist, Hazel Mueller; reporter, Ruth Clawson. CORSICA Children playing with matches set fire to the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Van der Linden and for a time it was feared it would be totally destroyed. A great deal of damage was done to the furnishings before the flames were extinguished. TYNDALL-The Masons and Odd Fellows of Tyndall opened their new joint lodge building with a joint banquet. Two hundred plates were spread. Masons and Odd Fellows were present from Yankton, Springfield, Scotland, Avon and Wagner. WINFRED -Charles Singer, of this city, has recently perfected and patented a folding storm window. By means of this window the storm sash can be either folded or divided into halves, making it more easily handled without chances of breaking. IROQUOIS-Heart failure is supposed to have caused the death of August Dubro, a poneer resident of Kingsbury county, who was found dead in his bed. He had not been very well for a time, but his condition was not regarded as serious. PIERRE-In the late teachers' examination for second, third and primary grades in this state there were 1,764 applicants, and of these 530 were given second grade certificates, 324 third grades and six primary grades, with 904 left on the standing sheets. GETTYSBURG-The quest for oil in Potter county has not been abandoned by the Fox Oil company. according to
