Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-21
SOUTH DAKOTA.

The annual meeting of the Black
iiiiis Stockmen's association met in
Rapid City recently. About 300 cattle
ana commission men We're present.
The executive committee of the State
Dalrymen's association met at Sioux
rails, and a meeting was called June
. at Salem, TO fix a time for holding
the annual meeting Of the association.
The Peoples caucus at Tyndall nom-
mated John BouZa 70 mayor; j. w.
Jewel, police justice; l.. |. Smith,
school treasurer and Joe Zitka for city
treasurer.
DIR. G. A. Chilgrin, of st. Peter,
Mimi, was chosen assistant superin-
tendent of the South Dakota asylum
for the insane. DR.. Chilgrin was for
i've years assistant superintendent of
the ST. Peter asylum.
~Brldgewater claims the distinction of
sending the Oldest man, who has yet
undertaken a trip to the Klondike.
Col. c. III. Chandler. who left there re-
Gently for the gold fields OF Alaska, is
seyenty-six years of age.
A Rosebud Sioux named Yellow
Hawk has been bound we to the next
term Of court by a federal commission
er at Chamberlain to answer to the
charge of stealing horses from Ragged
Nose, one of his brethren.
A farmer named Kolda was arrested
at Miller for setting a prairie fire
which destroyed a large amount Of
property and live stock. Another fire
ragged ten miles west of here, and Rec
IInivhtv IN small fntptu ,-oc thran fana1
with destruction.
-Four coach loads Of Russian immi-
grants, 100 persons, arrived at Aber-
deem recently over the Helena Il Dead
wood division Of the Milwaukee and
were taken on to Eureka by special
train. They came direct from the old
country and many others are TO follow.
A city convention, called a non-par-
tisan convention at Madison, placed in
nomination a set of candidates for city
offices, headed b. John Larkin, the
present mayor. This is the ticket that
will combat the prohibition ticket,
nominated a week ago
W. W%arnshula of Chamberlain has
been awarded the contract for the con
struction Of water and sewerage sys-
TENS, including an artesian well. at
the Chamberlain government Indian
school. His bid was $1,000, the exact
amount Of the appropriation by con-
gress for that purpose.
The State Business Mems asSocia-
ton. at their meeting ut Sioux Fails
last week, created the office OF imml-
grafton commissioner, 10 be continued
until such time as the legislature snaLl
provide for the maintenance OF such
an office. The association raised suf1l-
cient funds to pay the commissions q
good salary, and a suitable man VIII
be chosen by the executive committee.
Frank Fitzgerald, Jr., postmaster
and merchant at Ramsey, is preparing
to build q new store about thirty by
sixty feet. aud eighteen feet high. This
new building will be erected on a site
near he new creamery. 1t Will not
be long until Ramsey VIII have u nice
little town started there ana every
thing gives promise that II is going 10
boom.
The suit of C. s. Palmer against the
state for 81 900 for services as attorney
for the railroad commission was ar
gued in the supreme court. The posi-
ton of the state Is that as Palmer is
\ membe of the legislature which
made the appropriation, he cannot
profit by II. Palmer takes h position
that as an employee Of the commission
he Ia not an employee of the state, and
b n the constitutional provision Ices
not apply.
The northern part Of Charles MIX
county was the scene of a murder near
lv n wear ago, but the fact OF the case
only came out last week. An old gen
tleman disappeared and Suspicion
nointed TO n man named Jones. as
tho old gentleman was said to have
gone away on a visit no positive PROOF
of fonl nlay could be found. Last
WOOL however. the remains of the alb
cont man were found in a gulch, where
the dirt had been washed away by high
water. Everything points 10 Jones
as the murderer.
The Reresford Cooperative Cream
cry has been making an enylapie rec
ord for itself as n hustling South pa,
Eota mortgage-iifter. 1t commenced
onerations early in September, and re-
caived 57l3 pounds Of milk In that
month In January. 1893, the receipts
wore Ga 053 pounds, in February, TO-
1o2 and in March the receipts az III
creased to 81, 797 pounds, for which lts
natrons received over S6oO. A hrss
increase from these figures Is lookeu
for during the coming season because
of the high quality of the product De
inc turned out. and which readily com-
monds the highest market price.
The regular annual meeting OF the
western South Dakota Cattle Growers
association was held at Rapid City re-
Gently. The election of officers Tor the
ensuing wear was: c. x. Howard
president; III. ID. Dawson, vice plesi
.Ient: +. NJ. Stewart, secretary anu
treasurer. There was no particular
change made in ground up arrange
ments. The prominent visitors were
he general officers of the Northwest
ern. the Burlington and the Nortnern
Pacific railway systems. The live STOCK
markets were represented by w, I.
Anderson. II. w. Tomlinson n >. -.
Harris of Chicago; w. j. g. kenyon
90 south Omaha, Eugene Rust OF Kan
Sas City. John Keane and Frank !.
scott of Sioux City. Altogether tlns
haS been one of the largest II mos.
interesting gatherings in the seeuon VI
the Northwest, the represenlauon en-