Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-20

T.. w. Peterson and Il. III. Maurer, VINO
have lust rstnrned to Vermillion from
Texas. say that nowhere in their jour-
new did they s-e corr in as fine condition
as in Clay county. G. NJ. Lind, after a
tour OF the county. reports never having
seen the crops as good, generally, as they
are this year.
Sioux Falls PRESENTATION is having
a queer experience with tramps. Scarce
~ a day passes that the Press and Da-
kotan does not print an interesting item
with reference to these gentlemen at lei.
sure. The latest is an interview with a
miscellaneous collection roped in from
the depot. One OF them tells the reporter
a pathetic story OF his family in Chicago
whom he was forced TO leave through
stress OF hard luck in being thrown ont
of work because OF the recent panic. lie
saws there are easily $4,000 unemployed
men in the worlds fair city who would
give anything TO be out OF it.
5000 or $4,000 was paid to con-
tractors on the Sioux Falls and Iank-
ton road ON the 18th inst. Twenty
three ears OF material for the road arriv-
ed at Sioux Falls on the 18th inst. Nine
ears were loaded with the frame work
for the 150-foot bridge which is to be
built over the Sioux near that city, and
the rest were loaded with ties. Work on
the bridge has already began. 1t IL ex-
pected that the bridge will be ready for
the rails in ten days or less. senator
Pettigrew SAYS the contract for laying
the rails has been let. but for reasons of
his own he declines to tell who has the
contract.
The county commissioners at Sioux
Falls have stirred up things by refusingto
allow a bill OF Sheriff Knott for 1920 for
serving papers in prohibition eases. The
commissioners take the ground that en-
forcement proceedings have been a fail
ure and that the county should not be
compelled to pay the expense OF prosecu-
tons which don't prosecute. The board
has no law behind it, and the sheriff will
begin suit TO recover his fees. Prohi-
bitionists claim that the commissioners
took this action not because they hoped
to avoid payment of the bill, but because
they wanted 10 call public attention TO
the cost OF enforcing prohibition.
The South Dakota State Pharmaceuti-
cal Association will hold it's eighth an
nual meeting in the city hall, Yankton,
Wednesday and Thursday, Ang. 2 and 3.
In addition to routine business the pro-
gram nnounce essays and responses to
queries by the following gentlemen: j.
III. Pettibone. Sioux Falls; c. NJ. Excel,
Alexandria: e.. +. Aver, Howard: W. +.
Bardwell, Scotland; A. q. Pond, Kim
ball: +. NJ. Coates, Iankton; A. ii. Sites,
Sioux Falls, V. B. Biehl, Scotland: l.. r.
Cunning, Sioux Falls; j. W. Brewer,
Lake Preston; j. c. Donaldson, Mime
apolls; W. o. Forster, Beresiord; A. A.
Woodland, Clark.
l.. y. Loomis OF Alpana, a few days
ago found time to leave his bank long
enough to go out to his farm aud view
the landscape. While near straw stack
two badgers rushed for him and began
an attack. Although unarmed at the
time, LOOMS prepared to defend himself.
He struck out with his feet and stagger-
cd Ii OF the animals with the heel OF
his shoe. In the meantime the other
badger sunk his teeth into his shoe.
LOOMS gave a warhoop and continued
to fight like an Apache Indian. Throw
ing the animals of after u time he picked
up a piece OF rock and knocked one OF
them down, when the other fellow skunk
of. Loomis took the dead badger into
town and had him skinned.
Wild Bills grave in Mt. Moriah Gene
terry, near Deadwood, s. D., has recently
been iRclosed by n handsome stone wall
OF native sandstone, capped with nerble,
the Gaping being surmounted by .
handsome iron fence. The money to do
the work was realized from q lecture
given in Deadwood some time ago BY
Capt. Jack Crawford. the poet scout, who
was a firm friend OF the dead scout.
The iron fence, which will be difficult to
scale. was placed on the wall to prevent
the grave and monument being desecrat-
ed by visiting vandals. During the past
few years relic hunters have DESTROYED
several handsome monuments that were
placed over Wild Bills rave, but the
fence will prevent this in the future.
4 dispatch from Springfield says: The
long looked Tor and much needed rain
came during the past week and every
thing looks much better. Small grain.
which in some instances was suffering, is
looking up finely and while the entire
crop will not be as large as was antici-
pated one month ago, vet the crop in
this vicinity will be al right AMI a fair
yield is most certainly assured unless
something out Of the ordinary takes
place. Corn is simply grand and is doing
finely. and as n very large acreage has
been planted Springfield wiii~liuve.nough
and to spare; aud those farmers who
have the hogs and corn are the ones who
VIII come ont ~ahead-anl tits n pleasing
fact to note t!:at their number is quite
large.
The Interstate Grain Palace,
The executive committee of the Inter
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