Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
IN SOUTH DAEM'
Interesting News Item. -
over the Stnfa -lon /,

expect to start with 800 COW Al
ID. McDermaid Of Mitchell CHI.
special train of stock over appel
waukee road to Chicago the tirs ~e ~
week. nist OF u
The Hot Springs flour min
run by V. T.. and Charles A p"m }
J and w. l.. Judkins. They win .esa
health foods and flour. "m nas
Twelve Chippewa Indian an,
were brought from the Minnes0.. afe
ervation the first of the waos ~
tend the government schools ~ ~ ~
! reau. iiah
fankton expects TO have a cas :.
soon. The mayor has appoints 4, pan
mittee on the matter, and tho va
ment seems to be strongly in fay Guy
the acquisition. 'ue|
For the first time in many voo,
has been necessary to form III
million university cadets into forr VI
ranies. Company ID made its srst gu
pearance last week.
Farmers would do well to pren.,.
the breakup in the spring. Their ~
be a time when the roads will sI'a
such condition 20 render II imnossua
to haul a load.
County Treasurer Fleming NJ y.l
county took in over $1,000 of ,ayos q.
urday, and reports that the taxes !, =
county are more fully paid I'm Al ,s'
time than at any other time in tba ~
tory Of the county.
Farmers In South Dakota are a,ro.a.
beginning TO get men for the Goa Gov.
work. They feel assured of big eror,
this year and are offering high wa.ss
Wages in part of the state range m,
$50 to SIG per month.
At Lead, Sophie Nelson has caussa
the arrest of Marion Hillock .owner !.
several gold mines. charging him win
seduction under 'omlse of marr,aye
Hillock was brought before Poles
Judge Smead. He was bound over.
The Vermillion University Csds,
band is planning 10 do some energe,t
work to raise the deficiency to paw fO
their band instruments. 1t Is rumcred
that the boys will get one or two extrs
features and make n tour Of sone d
the principal cities in the state.
The people OF Scotland have cot 10
gether and organized a creamery CON
pany. There is only one question re
garding the success of an enterprise o.
this sort, and that is proper manage
ment. We sincerely hope that the Ell
terprise will receive this.
Albert Steele. foreman of the Home
stake mills. shot Chris Peterson a
Lead, twice, but neither shot tool
effect. Peterson was at one time chic
electrician for the Homestake compa
ny. Family troubls caused him to nee
lect his duties, and he was discharge
Farmers along the big Edgmont can
al are preparing for their crops for ID
coming season. At present every fU
of land under the canal is taken, an
sixteen houses for colonists win b
built Immediately.
1t is reported that the authorities q
Washington will hold up the nation;
appropriation for the South Dakota e
pertinent station at Brookings, pendin
an investigation. Should the static
lose this appropriation several feature
of the college row would be perm'
nently settled.
Yankton reports the amount Of wat
in the lower bottom as greater than
any time since 1881. Hay stacks a
submerged, the roads sheet Of W
ter and tie pillow land is f~earfully We
The Missouri is as tight as a drum, b
fears are entertainer that trouble w
arise when the breakup takes place.
T.. X. Raymond. well known all ov'
the West as Red" Raymond, the mott
stage driver. fell from a wagon at Lea
and broke his neck, death resulting J
stantly. He leaves a wife and " On
dren. Raymond was a member OF U
Modern Woodmen and leaves S,V
insurance. He was in the employ
the Homestake Mining company as
teamster.
Pat Casey. n Deadwood saloonkeepe
attempted to carve Capt. Jewett or !
Salvation Army at Deadwood. Je
EFT is an expire fighter, and WARD
Off the knife lunges, receiving only
slight cut. Casey has been arres'e
and will be prosecuted. He mas
ready killed one man. and II was
intention 10 add another 10 his list.
Charles Nash of Alcester, the indivI
ual who was reported, some time az
to have fallen heir to 100000 by ,
death of n rich relative, was recen'
released from the state penitentai
III a a saloonkeeper, and was &c
there a year ago for contempt, nav
continuing to sell liquor in secret, al,
an Injunction had been placed on
building.
Fire broke out in the west VIM
the Leon hotel at Brookings, unlii
Gently known as the Jordan hotel l
building was damaged to the amo.
of about $4,000 before the hre COZ
be controlled. There were about wv
ty-five people asleep in the bulian
mostly travelling men. All escaped
hurt. The fire originated fran q !,
mace. The building was well insured
Owing TO the early fall of snow !
winter there is an unusual amount
threshing to be done this spring, =
the indications are that a large
cent of the grain now standing I'D
stacks will he a total loss. There /,
bccIi lpuch snow, which the wilma !
so .ir.y rn Into the stacks that II Is
nnst Impossible 20 separate the ~
Irnir ,hs straw. in addition 10
sraln "a s'Hcks, tl;.rc are hundreds
rrr.S ~. sI,,I nnl ii-N In WS