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NEAR-BY NEWS NOTES Happenings of Interest in Towns and Country Around Us Mrs. H. O. Dokken of Linn Grove suffered a fractured hip Nov. 3rd when she accidentally fell. Mrs. Dokken was preparing to go to California to spend the winter and was busy preparing for the trip when she fell. Mrs. Bert Gustin of Dickens suffered a severe injury to her hand Nov. 5th while picking seed corn from an elevator. Her hand was caught in the mechanism, one finger being entirely cut off and the rest of her hand being badly bruised. Jake Boeyink of Sioux Center was seriously injured Nov. 8th when his 12 gauge shotgun accidentally went off and shot him in the leg. He had placed his decoys in the water and went back to sit in the car and wait for results. As he was stepping out of the car the gun slid out and discharged as it struck the ground. Part of the charge pierced the calf of. his leg, ripping off a large amount of muscle and the rest of the charge went through the top of the car. It required twenty-seven stitches to close the wound. Dell S. Blake of Spencer was very seriously injured Nov. 5th when his car skidded in loose gravel and crashed into a guard rail near Cherokee. Blake's left arm was resting on the door and was outside of the car, causing it to be crushed between the guard rail and car. Fred Engle of Spencer and Mr. Murray of Sioux City were close behind Blake and when they reached him they found him in an unconscious condition and he was not certain just what happened. Blake received first aid at Cherokee and was then removed to a hospital in Spencer and later was removed to a hospital in Fort Dodge. His arm was broken at the elbow and between the wrist and elbow with the lower part of his arm badly splintered. It is feared that it will be necessary to amputate the arm as a result of the injuries. William, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Christofel of Remsen, suffered a fracture of his leg Nov. 3rd when he fell as he stepped into a gopher hole on the school grounds. Although he was in great pain he struggled through his studies that day and it was not until late in the day when it was known that his leg was broken. Paul C. Scott, a transient who was on his way to Big Stone Lake, Minn., to see his brother, stopped at LeMars Sunday as he had frozen his feet. Scott had jumped a freight train at Manilla and somewhere along the way he froze his feet. His shoes were cut and worn and had been wet. The Red Cross presented him with a pair of overshoes and heavy wool SOX. Soon after he had enacted the role of a good Samaritan, Richard Lilly of Jefferson suffered a triple jaw fracture in an accident in his yard. Mr. Lilly had just assisted in extricating Earl Gamble from a snow drift and as he was hastening home he ran into a clothes line with such force as to render him unconscious. He lay in the snow for some time before he was discovered by his wife, who had become alarmed over his long absence. He was taken to Sioux City where it was discovered that his jaw was broken in three places. Fire broke out in the Rossman store at Alcester last Wednesday night about 11 o'clock which did several thousand dollars worth of damage to their stock. The fire started from the furnace and went through the walls of the building. The chief damage to the goods was done by water and smoke. The telephone office and the offices of Dr. C. E. Johnson, Dr. E. L. Eggleston, Attorney Beck and Col. Boyd Wales, bank receiver, were located on the second floor of the building and much damage was done to all this property by smoke. The fire was confined to the building so there was no chance of the flames spreading to adjoining buildings. George Spencer of Lake View was seriously injured Nov. 3rd when his car collided with a car driven by Paul Russell of Des Moines. The accident is thought to have been caused by blinding lights. Mr. Spencer suffered a fracture of his lef leg above the knee, had several deep cuts on his head, face and neck, all the tendons in his left hand were severed and his chest was crushed. Mr. Russell suffered a broken collar bone, three fractured ribs and a crushed chest. Both men were removed to the hospital in Sac City where they are receiving medical attention. Thomas Battie, who lives near where the collision occurred, heard their cries for help and rushed to their assistance. The Spencer car caught fire and a passing motorist, who carried a fire extinguisher, put out the flames. Both men were driving Buick sedans and both cars were badly damaged. I. Dominetz, truck driver from Cleghorn, was struck by a car on the highway near Remsen on election evening when he was standing beside a car looking at the damage done to it when his truck sideswiped it. Dominetz had been hauling gravel near Hinton and was on his way home to cast his vote when the two machines sideswiped. The other car was driven by A. J. Duster of Remsen and both drivers were blinded by the snow. While standing viewing the damage done an O'Brien county car came along and Dominetz was hit by it, The driver of this car attempted to stop his machine when he saw the two cars along the highway but his car started to swerve from side to side and Dominetz got into its path and was struck. He was knocked to the pavement and dragged for about fifty feet before the driver could bring his machine to a stop. Dominetz was picked up for dead and was rushed to a doctor in Remsen and later removed to a hospital in LeMars. He suffered two broken ribs and internal injuries. The Hawkeye hotel in Orange City, which was badly damaged by fire re. cently, is to be rebuilt and work has already been started on it. The contract has been let to Jake Ypma of that place and he is to employ local help of that place. The price of the contract is $18,000. The residence on the Harry Noel farm near Linn Grove, tenanted by Shelby Slough, was destroyed by fire Nov. 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. Slough were in the field when the fire was discovered and by the time the firemen arrived the blaze had gained such headway that it was impossible to save the building. All the furniture except in one room was carried out by neighbors. Three hunters who violated the law in Cherokee county were given heavy fines Nov. 7th. George Berg of Rock, Minn., who is employed in the county, was fined $50 on two counts-hunting without a license and shooting a prairie chicken during the closed season. One fine of $25 was suspended but he paid $20.25 costs and lost his gun, a Winchester shotgun. John Dwyer of Cherokee county was fined $10 and paid costs of $6.75. A fine of $10 against Raymond Juhl, also of Cherokee county, was suspended but he paid costs of $6.75. Mrs. J. H. Wise, wife of a Cherokee physician, was severely injured election day when a Plymouth sedan driven by Guy M. Gillette, who was elected congressman from the 9th district that day, skidded off the pavement near Remsen and upset. The other OCcupants of the car were Mrs. Gillette and son and a four-year-old son of Mrs. Wise. It was snowing some and the pavement was slippery, causing Mr. Gillette to lose control of the car, which turned over and then righted itself at the bottom of the embankment and then shot through a fence and turned over again. Mrs. Wise, who was the only one injured, suffered from a scalp wound and a severe injury to her back. The car, which was new, was badly damaged. A car driven by Henry Blankespoor of Rock Valley and one driven by Ben Fiske of Steen, Minn., collided near Rock Valley the afternoon of Nov. 6th. Both men were badly injured and removed to the hospital in Rock Valley. Both cars were badly damaged. The B. D. Carter bakery and grocery store in Elk Point was destroyed by fire early the morning of Nov. 9th. The damage to the O'Connor building. in which the business was located. is estimated between $1,500 and $2,000. Mrs. Anna Steckman, who operates a restaurant across the street, discovered the fire when she heard glass crash on the street. By that time a heavy smoke was issuing from the front of the bakery. There was insurance on the building and equipment. Terry Carothers, who is being held in the Buena Vista county jail along with Hugh Waddell, both of Missouri, attempted to escape from jail Nov. 5th. Carothers is being held for federal men, who were on their way for him At the time he attempted to escape, to take him in charge on several previous counts. The two were arrested when they passed through Buena Vista county in a stolen car. Carothers made the break right in the presence of Caretaker Labron and the sheriff was also close by. Carothers was captured before he had gone many blocks and returned to jail. Wayne Murray, aged 21, of near Garner, Iowa, boarded the blind of a passenger train at Canton the afternoon of Nov. 6th. About two miles out of Inwood he decided he had lived long enough so jumped from the train when it was going about sixty miles an hour. His cousin was with him and when he saw what Murray had done he made his way to the engineer and informed him of what had happened. The train was stopped and backed up to where the young man had performed his acrobatic stunt. They were much surprised to find him scarcely injured. He was taken to Rock Valley and given lodging in the jail. The following day his father came after him. Mrs. Anna Kiesby, oldest resident of Remsen, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Hansen, Nov. 9th, at the advanced age of 99 years. She was bedfast but four days preceding her death. Mrs. Kiesby was born in Germany but she came to America with her family in 1882. Harold, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Kirsch of Remsen, had both bones broken in his left leg recently when he was struck by a car driven by J. B. Mayrose of Remsen. Harold, in company with other children, was returning home from school. At an intersection two cars met and in the confusion Harold darted in front of the Mayrose machine and was struck. Mr. Mayrose attempted to swerve the car SO as to avoid hitting the lad but he was too close. The Sanborn Savings Bank failed to open Nov. 9th and there was a notice on the door signed by the mayor saying that n two weeks' holiday was declared. It is understood that an endeavor will be made to secure waivers. It is the only bank at Sanborn and Hartley, a nearby town, is also without a bank at the present time. Mrs. Anna Jordan of Beresford passed away last Thursday in Los Angeles, Calif., where she had gone in company with her sister, Mrs. Margaret Donovan, to spend the winter. Her remains were brought to Beresford for burial. She is survived by one son, James Jordan of Beresford and three daughters, Mrs. Lucius Reedy of Beresford; Mrs. Veronica Fee of Woonsocket, S. D., and Mrs. Harrison Sinclair of Mitchell, S. D.
