Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-23

LIOH IL " TIT y
the Link ReetE pnptials. CongratulatiOn
many an s:aeere were rendered the new
iy married couple.
Hereis u for the superstitlousiy in
~clined-the number OF the check which
Polauski stole from the neil and en-
deavored TO have cashed at the +. *
NJ. Bank with the result that he Is IN
jail was 1913 and was forwarded from
Minneapolis Nov. Is. It's "a sale wager
hat the prisoner believes Is to be an
unlueky number.
III. O. Wickre has just received a car
load of fine young Hereford bulls which
be offers for sale at most reasonable
6gares. They are full bloods, ayerag-
ing Is months in age and can be seen
IN barn in rear OF Mr.. Wickre's residence
Farmers aud s~teokraisers DESTROYS OF
grading up their stock VIII act wisely
in purchasing one of these fine animals
"a il is We'll known that a two year old
thoroughbred steer IL worth from s. to
so. more than a scrub. First pur-
chaser gets first selection.
The story is told of a Day county
farmer who wandered into a hardware
store the other day, and after making
some purchase, was asked by the clerk,
Don't you want to buy a bicycle to
ride around your town on? They re
cheap now. | can give you one for $50
Il d rather nut $40 into a COW, said
the eountrymaa. But think how
foolish You would look riding around
town ON a cow "Oh, | don't know
said the countryman mo more foolish
perhaps than | would be trying to milk
a bic! 49,.
w. J. Underwood, Asst, Genl Sup't,
+. T. Fox, Sup't and District Carpenter
4. J. Hart of =. NJ. 4 St Z. railway pas
Sad through ou a tor OF inspection to-
day. They Were met at the depot by
Mayor Small and assured him that the
work of improvement at this station
would be at once commenced. The
which drains tile city vii be low
erred. First st. opened across the tracks
depot platform lowered TO grade aud to
be made OF brick and hedepOte enlarged.
Mr.. Hart had the plans'oi the extension
OF the depot with hiTi. The building
will be extended about so iept to the
west and Iseparate waiting Oomis Tor
gentlemen aud ladies provided.
At a meeting of the Webster Fire Co.
Thursd ay evening. Oct. Doth, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the eLsG-
ing year Chief. David Williams: First
Assistant. L. @. OchseHreitsr: Second
Assistant. NJ. Darmody; Treasurer,
E. r. Foster: SECRETARY. J. F. PiGsor.
The fireman had a rouSIng meeting on
the evening of Nov. 16. i resolution
was passed charging the meeting night
from the FIRST aud third Thursdays 20
the last Monday evening OF each month.
A committee was appointed TO wait on
the ST. Cfoix and Bowman Lumber
COmpsnips. TO ascertain whether they
would Ohjrct 70 the construction OF
cIsierHs at Their places aud using their
roofs for the supply OF water for said
cIsterns. The same Committee vas ALSO
instructed TO wait on the City Council
and ascertain ii the City would stand
the expeuse OF putting in the cisterRs,
providing the arrangement could be
made with the lumber companies. Other
business OF importance was transacted
and the Fire Company is ROW ON the
road to perfection.
u -AAAAAtCN ANOAtr "oAAA AAAA ASAh StINt
contained a number OF selections from
the Camera Clubs Interchange Lantern
Slide collection for 1S99-190O. Among
the pictures reproduced were a number
taken by II. L. Peck, one OF which in
the Subtle" was taken south OF Swan
Lake, u miles south of this city, and
presents Joe Adams, of The REPORTER
force, in the act OF raising his gun at
a hoch nj prairie chickens, with his dog
''Jud:.s" aud Lew Gruby's dog REX" at
point in the foreground. This hunting
scene "kodaked" by Mr.. Peck brings to
mind a pamphlet Issued by the 500
Line at the commencement OF the hunt
ing season. descriptive of the fine hunt
ing along their line, amply illustrated
with pictures OF game, etc. The PAM
phlet states THE 500 Line offers one
great advantage to the hunter in that
it is not al old line and gnme has not
become scarce in the country IL traver-
ses. . Thr result is that along
the 500 Line the hunters paradise Is to
be found" The first illustration IL
entitled Hunters Camp, Lake koronis,
Paynesville, Mimi" This picture in
reality was taken i'm this county near
Herman Prieb's and among the hunters
can be readily recognized Bob Taylor,
Harry Taylor, DIR. French and others.
Next in order is Hunting at Bordulac,
n. D. and is the identical picture of
Joe Adams and the dogs spoken OF
AS Peck's ''In the Stubble," a
slight change being made by the in
sertion of another hunter in the picture, |
OF proportion, and giving the snap
away. Again we come TO a picture
Result of a morning. shoot along the
500 Liae." This is a picture OF Lew
the dogs Judge and Sailor with
a mound OF slaughtered ducks and
geese in the foreground taken near
Swan Lake. This picture was also
n altered slightly by the insertion of a
6gure, ont of proportion, which a be
seen at a glance as never having been in
the original photograph. These pic
lures are n part OF the collection of II.
n, D...l- mama sat.r In nny naupt,J