Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-08-05
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
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The state insurance department. nao
granted a license to the Bankers Re-
serve Life association Of a
The county of Beadle has appropri-
ated 500 for the purpose OF testing
sugar beet culture.
The directors of the Clay county far
have fixed Sept. u to n as the oate
for the annual exhibit.
Fire ruined the residence n most
of the household goods OF john FER
and. at Huron. The family had a
narrow escape.
In the national G.. A. II. encampment
in Buffalo i'm August, this states con
tingent will travel over the Northwest
ern and Lake Shore lines.
The board of county commissioners
of Beadle county have appropriated
800 for the purpose of testing sugar
beet culture in that county.
The contract for the school building
to be erected at Yankton has been let
for S1O,S99. The building will be first
class in every respect.
J. r. Brown, late postmaster az the
Sisseton Agency, was held in bonds or
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at Aberdeen. on the charge OF being
short about $50 in his accounts.
Chickens are reported quite plenty,
and there is not any poaching done
around Lennox. The boys say they
will wait patiently until the 10th or
August.
Department Commander c. Il. clark
of Huron, estimates that $50 old sol
diers from this state will 60 to the
national G.. A. X. encampment in Buff
falo.
The Worthwhile mill is turning out
se~venty-fve barrels of -four per day,
and under the management OF Mar
field & Johnson, promises to be a big
thing for that vicinity
Three horse thieves entered Henry
Dumkie's barn, and succeeded In get
ting one horse loose, when Dumkie
fired two shots, dropping one of the
thieves, but he got up afterwards, es-
Gaping with the rest.
A. Shove's store at Howard was bur
glariZed. The thieves broke in a win
dow and helped themselves TO cloth
ing, boots and shoes, jewelry and 81
in cash, all there was in the till. No
clue to the burglars.
The state board of pharmacy, at
their meeting at Sioux Falls, selected
Mitchell as the place for holding the
next annual session. The prize for
the best essay was awarded TO A. Ill.
Sites of Sioux Falls.
j. w. Kelley < Son of the Huron
City mills, have arranged to put their
town on the Huron division OF the
Chicago & Northwestern railway: the
capacity of their mill is $50 barrels of
flour per day.
The milk crop Is one that never fails,
and farmers of South Dakota are be-
ginning to realize that $250,000 per
month paid them by the creameries of
the state is a sum not to be scorned.
The amount will be doubled another
year.
At the Fairbanks place, Grace Cald-
er, a seyen-year-old daughter Of Mrs.
Shandy of Vermillion, was run over
and n leg was crushed. The wagon
was loaded with hay, and the child
was hanging and swinging from one
side of the rack.
During the last four months one or
phan's home in Chicago has found
homes in Hand county for thirty boys.
The last shipment was seven boys, the
last of a car load which the agent
started from Chicago with. They were
all taken quickly, the farmers liking
the idea Of a number to pick from.
A serious accident occurred at the
first bridge north of White, on the
railroad, recently. The bridge carpen-
tiers were working on the bridge there,
when the bank cayed In. One of the
men, III. b. Nichols of Emmetsburg,
Iowa. was instantly killed. Mr.. Mich
OILS was a member of the Masonic or
der, being a member of the blue lodge
and chapter at Emmetsburg and the
commandery at Esterville.
A few days ago Walworth county
was visited by horse thieves, who
drove off to North Dakota six horses
belonging to Phil Lewis of LIE Beau.
Mr.. Lewis declares that he knows the
culprits, and has started north, where
he expects to cause the arrest of the
guilty parties, and, as soon as requisi-
ton papers are issued by Gov. Lee,
will have them brought back for trial.
The agent of a gopher killer is at
work in the northern counties of
North Dakota, killing off the gophers.
He uses a poison which is sprinkled
upon bread and placed near the go
piers hole. The animal scents the
fragrant stuff. ome forth and par
takes, and that Is all there is of ii. 1t
is said TO be n sure exterminator of the
gopher pest.
H.. w. White of Yankton has re-
ceived honorable recognition for his
abilities rs an inventor. He recently
patented what he terms is the best
and most simple churn dasher ever
placed before the public. The govern
ment board of examiners of patents
has awarded him a handsome cold and
silver medal. Mr.. White has long Ia.
bored upon different inventions. and Is
the patentee of at least fifty useful ar.
ticles.
The Chicago & Northwestern depot
at Castlewood was broken into and ST.
taken from the money drawer. 'rhe
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