Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-25


guns. O. & SNAIL.
a cent o yard on calico isn't much,
but 1T is worth saving these hard times.
Go to the Elevator Store.
The only way to get ducks and geese
this spring is to buy a grass suit and
wading pants at 0. & Smail's.
1. ID. Woodward, OF Summit, county
surveyor OF Roberts county, drove up
with Bob Taylor and spent Monday in
the city on business.
To patronize home industries is an
American principle. Smoke Duke OF
Orleans and Francis 5 Key. These
brands are made by the Webster cigar
factory.
Doctor Brooks is now fixed so he can
do dental work among the ducks and
geese this spring, having pur-
chased a grass suit and a pair OF wading
pants from o. & Small.
Chris Bergat, who had his feet badly
frozen about three weeks z while try
ing TO reach his home on the reservation
had to undergo an operation today,
modification having set in. DR., Dickin-
son amputated the right loot and three
toes OF the left foot. He wa removed
TO the City Hotel, where henow remains.
Miss May Croioot, OF Grand Forks,
North Dakota, who visited the Hits,
Nelson, Nichol and Horton families for
about three weeks in January and after
wards went to Webster to visit her
mother, returned to this city on Monday
by the overland route. She will leave
for Grand Forks as soon as the Fargo
Southern line is opened.-Grant County
Review.
1t sounds like crowding the season to
say anything about new potatoes, home
grown, in March, yet Mrs. r. Frost has
left at this office a number of fine new
potatoes. Ii you don't believe it, come in
and be convinced. 1t takes more than
fifteen or twenty feet of snow to destroy
Day county's reputation as part OF the
banana belt.
Chester French, who resides on the
Feska farm in Racine township, drove
up recently from Moody county with a
load of household goods. His team gave
out after leaving town, 80 he proceeded
home on foot, secured another team and
got his effects home safely, but discover
ed that his feet were badly frozen. He
was in town Tuesday for medical treat
ment, and while am%putation is deemed
unnecessary, it will bea long time before
he recovers the full use OF his members.
G. E. Terpena and r. v. Harmon OF
Webster drove into Aberdeen yesterday
after supplies and departed on their re-
turn today. They reported Webster to
be alarmingly short OF -four, sugar and
| other common necessities, and said the
smaller towns adjacent were first drawn
upon before coming here. The article
most affected at Bristol by the blockade
is said to be beer. Residents of the place
| are supposed to be ~cultivating a thirst
which will grow to something wonder
full before spring unless sooner Stacked
| Aberdeen News, 18th inst.
The residence of Fred Brakhage in
| Russ township, about six miles south
| east of this city, was destroyed by fire
| Sunday evening about five o'clock. The
| structure caught fire in the second story
from a detective fue. When discovered
| the flames had made too great Roadway
| TO be subdued, and Mr.. Brakhage and
| family exerted their efforts to save the
furniture and effects on the first floor.
In this they were successful, but they
| lost fifty bushels OF seed fax, q threshing
maching machine belt and an amount OF
| clothing which were In the second story.
The building, which was totally de-
stroyed, was "a fine large two story farm
house. one OF the best in that section. 1t
was insured for $500. but the loss of a
home and clothing at this season falls
very severely on Mr.. Brakhage, Tor whom
a collection was taken up around lowe
| Tuesday to relieve the immediate neces-
sites OF the family.
The annual municipal and school cleo
ton in Webster will be held on Tuesday,
April 20. AS yet there has been very
little talk in regard to election, aud no
candidates have been announced, but as
there is usually a spirited contest over
the city election the campaign will
probably be opened shortly. The NUM-
cipnl officers to be elected are a mayor
to succeed Mayor Sears; three aldermen,
one from each ward, to succeed Alder
men C. Compton, Lawler and Meteor
mick; a city treasurer to succeed Treasu-
rer Williams, and a city Justice and a pol
ice Justice to succeed Kendall and Taylor.
4 members OF the board OF education are
! to be elected, one ut large to succeed
Albert Smith, Que from each ward to