Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-04
LIN SOUTH DAKOTA
interesting News Item, From ~
over the State.

"A railroad accident last week nj MI
vernon resulted disastrously 70 \
coach, but, fortunately, no one was in
jured. was n
lroquois elevator men report thai
wheat receipts are increasing w.
price sun continues around the Gu-cept
mark.
william WEIGH Of Yankton won the
p~ole-cutting contest from William Kel-
~. He chopped poles enough TO load a
wagon in 10 IL minutes.
The state encampment of the G. A.
X. will be held in Redfeld on June .
ana 10, and the people of that city are
arranging for a grand time,
Dol. Sheafe of WATERFOWL has ac.
cepted the position Of aide to the grand
marshal of the inaugural ceremonies
at Washington.
Inc country near Letcffcr is Gin
canVassed o find out If n sufficient
lumber If COWS will be pledged 10
support a creamery at that place.
The wooden interstate bridge be-
tween South Dakota and Iowa, at Be
lott, will be replaced with a new steel
80 wv a. Atk NH -
nit.
Saney Springs reports that present
appearances indicate that the cream
cry there will be receiving 4OOo
pounds of milk daily before the LIST Of
March.
Is TO have a humane society
organized there. The first meeting was
20 nave been held on Feb. IL, but was
postponed on account of the Christian
Endeavor societies convention.
Mr.. Baker. the proprietor of the
Lead Electric Light workE, has been
looking over the ground at Ragged
Top, with an idea of establishing a
plant there.
The Watertown Commercial college
has changed hands. Prof. III. l.. Wins
low having transferred his interests TO
Prof. ID. Y. Walker, who will hereafter
conduct this school.
Henry Miller, eyed seventy-two. whe
founded the town of Miller fifteen
years ago, dropped dead while shovel
ing snow. He came to Miller from
Iowa.
Al Jones of Ipswich dug n of his
sheep out of n snow bank that had
been covered up thirty days. 1t par
took Of milk quite freely, and in W
hours was able to stand.
The Brockings creamery made last
year, In the I13 days in which il was
In operation. 23,54S pounds of butter
from $1,000 pounds of MIX received.
and paid out TO IFS patrons $2,623.71.
T. Steiner hol An ~ ,..,.o -.
week at lroquois. While working in
his elevator, his coat caught in some Of
the machinery and he received a shak-
ing-up that was not to be desired.
Fire destroyed the residence of Mrs.
Charles Mclnnis at Deadwood. Loss,
$4,000. The inmates had a narrow es-
cape, leaving the burning building with
scarcely clothes enough to cover them.
The Union County Agricultural as-
ISOLATION and the Union County Driv-
ing association have consolidated, and
rented the fair grounds at Elk Point.
They will hold their first race meeting
some time in June.
The dray-license case that came up
at Yankton was decided in favor of the
cfty's right TO license them; but the de-
PENDANT was not satisfied, ard the case
will he thoroughly discussed in the cir
cult court.
Scotland had a mass meeting lately
to sound the question of a cooperative
creamery. A committee reported about
1000 mich cows within seven miles of
town, Of which about GOO to 500 could
be secured to start on.
ID n n- gnn. ps-;-~ -,nn
miles northeast Of Yankton, los $40,
the hast dollar he had in the world,
somewhere in the town the first of the
week. 1t was all In greenbacks, and
was inclosed in an old tobacco sack.
II. Lynch OF Manchester, while rid
ing along a road which runs close to
the railroad. was suddenly upset and.
with the horses, went down into a ten
foot railroad cut; no serious damage
was done.
The NJ. f. church at W%atertown had
q very close call from fire last week.
The pastor and jGnitor were IN the
room when a kerosene lamp fell to the
floor and the burning oil spread al
around. After a hard fight the flames
were extinguished with a fur coat.
The stockholders of the Kimball
creamery received a q per cent i
lend the, list of February, as the profits
On the first seven months run. They
expect to operate tn ,ir creamery every
lay, including Sunday, during the not
weather, the coming season.
The contract for building the new
steel bridge across the Big Sioux river
At Beloit has been awarded To the
Clinton Iron company for the sum OF
s5,575. The old wagon bridge Will De
.orn down. The new structure VIII be
VI the open-span style.
Jack Hale OF Piedmont is being MT
| ,ard by snow storms this season. Last
November he lost over 1000 head OF
sheep, and II is now reported that
100 head persisted at his Bull Greek
,anch during the storm of two weeks
igo.
A firm of Madison stock buyers re-
eptly returned from a buying trip UP
he Jim River valley with three cars
IF cattle. They said there had been u
considerable loss of stock by smother
ng and were fea-aul of more losses 10
'ollow.
r. A. Syverson, cashier Of the Farm
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