Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-02
I'm SOUTH DAEon
Interesting News item.
over the STATE srsA III

At the last meeting Of ~
county board of comm,ss,oa0e ctanls
decided to place a bounty ~ va
scalp on gray wolves. VI y ~
w. q. Gordon lies dan~s
Aipena, having been bitten , - III 1
by q horse that died with y The ID
tom Of rabies. e'efy syap
The Republicans of tho Pin.
circuit will hold their convan., Judica
20 at Scotland, to nominate J Sspt
date for judge. = cardI
The total figures for Tho c..
kota assessment for this wear ~ ~
pieted, showing an assessable ra, e CON
OF Sl20,l6t,16O. an increase 30 ss.t
O04 over the assessment Of las, Wv
The Dakota Central Telenho..
has completed its system coun Nv
Aberdeen and Huron and intsrmesu.
points with Big Stone City. Thu aeulss
connection with thirty.seyen st., Eve
President Huntington and Sew
Fisher, OF the Aberdeen Grain q IVA
association, have gone 10 daa
secure attractions for the con,as y
tertainment. ns ~
Two little children of DR. II
ell of Deadwood, who had hoan NV
ing in Hot Springs, were hittoa ,sF
mad dog. One has died from ~ I
fects OF the poison and the otbe, ss u
expected TO survive.
The Republicans Of the Four,h !.
cial circuit met in Mitchell ana Nv w
mously renominated Frank R Sm4s
the present incumbent. for The nasi Sa.
of judge OF this circuit. There u,s !.
opposition to his denomination.
William II. Ogden of Gettysbrr,
killed recently by the discharge y
shotgun in the hands of n comnsn,.
He was conscious up to the time ~ +
death and made his viii. He w.,
dealer in lumber, and leaves 4 vida,
w. r.. Giyans has signed a cop,r.
with the Gas Well company to SIM
well in Pierre to a depth of 2NM ~,
for gas. The work will be commens
as soon as material and machineryna
be gotten upon the ground.
Articles of incorporation have ~,
filed for the Farmers Supply comnm
at Arlington, with a capital stock NJ
$500. Its purpose is to deal in dus
and general merchandise. Ineorurs.}
ors, William L. Bishop, Myra Bists
and A. A. Henry.
Articles OF Incorporation have bs,
filed for the Two Bit Townslte cOmra
ny OF Two Bit, Lawrence county. viii
a capital stock of S250.0O0: i~ncorpas.
ors, James ID. Hardin. Charles Harm
Norman L. Mason. Harry BenedH
William u. Rathmell.
Hegcn Weber, son Of a wei krOE,
female character OF WATERFOWL. v,d
killed there by a Great Northern trsa
He was lying nea the track, and, nd
the approach of a train, laid his I'D
across a rail. He is supposed to hsE{
been mentally deranged.
Thirty cars of cattle left Pierre n
Gently for the Chicago market, bsa
the first large shipment of the sasl
In the yards there Saturday twtH1
head of steers brought SJ3.75 each, ID
100 head $40 straight. There Is a EI
ly demand for cattle.
Three prisoners in the county jli
Flandreau broke Jail and made III
escape. They were Salrom Standlald
Ole Nelson and John Hale. The hid
Is wanted by the United States pusl
department for robbing the Aura
postofice; the others on the chargsa
robbing the Erickson family.
Ed Larson, living near Waubay
been bound over on the charge ea
duct!on. Robert Mullarky, Of the san
township, charges Larson with hav1
abducted his wife by means Of Innn
dation and threats that he tLaS
would kill Mullarky If the WE y
returned to live with him.
The government has practically c1
pleted a deal for the purchase Of ~
erty at Spearfish for the soonleg
built fish hatchery. The ground
cost about $4,000. 1t is hoped 70 \
$4,000 more for the buildings, 10y
etc. 1t will take six or seven mcul
TO build the plant and put II
ming order.
Acting-C Comptroller Coffin has y,
out an abstract of reports OF the q
dition, July %, of the twenty
tional banks in South pakva
shows total resources OF
loans and discounts aggregalus
SOS, 362. and reserve, Slr5aIss
which S322,62S was gold. Inc 0qw
amounted to $3,S3s,1 49,, and the
age reserve held was 366o per -
Col. Frost has been taking . ~
Of the residents of the state VIZ
liable for military duty, which ~
all a~blebodied males between ", NJ
Of eighteen and f0rty-n'e
some of the returns are slow
ing in, and some of the counur
not sent in very accurate repv s,snI
estimate of the number naoe'
the data at hand, Is 35,OM
John Barrett and John BOW
tramps, who were arrested ~
bling Peter Keefe at Canton, We
to the grand jury by Jusus
I'm the sum of $500 each, III N
which they were placed 10 ~ MI
jail. The states attorney
that he should not skip Wnsr asSj
well, had the complaining
under 500 bonds.
The South Dakota Chrlslas 4
orers closed the most suc.u
convention yet held. IN o'Os me q
The officers elected to se,,r Il
ing year are: w. III. MulleSSs m
land, president; Miss Bia. .Tishr