Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30

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Mission Hills has q new lodge Of
wooinen- which was organized last
week with twelve members
The new Merchants hotel at Irene is
] open for business. under the manage
ulelt of J. c. Alderman
The S~ix-yesr-old daughter Of Ole
| vrein wandered away from home. and
wAs found next Gay IN 3 field S Hllt
and q half distant
When the treasurer Of Grant county
| came 10 sell lands for delinquent taxes
Templars' lodge. boastipg thirty-four
! charter members
& small artery in his wrist faSI week
while cutting glass Prompt action
prevented serious results.
webster parties have inst imported a
iDe hero of Durham and Hereford cat
tie f1r breeding purposes. The best Is
none TOO good for Day county.
E6muDds county has renitged $500
for the Equor license fund This fuDd
VIII IT, considerably over 5000 10y
The end Of the present month
The verminsen College Y. VI. C. a. IS
raising SlD0 TO send delegates 10 the
| Geneva convention, and has raised
nearly the required amount
r. w. Boettcher OF Delhi. McPher-
son county. recently topped the Sioux
C5ry cattle market by ~ cents on a
| shipment Of IT, head Of extra fine cat
tie.
o. J. Coons. formerly Of Sac City,
Iowa, has purchased an interest In the
Bank Of Bowdle, Increasing the capital
| stock 1 $4,000. Mr.. Coous VIII act in
the capacity Of cashier.
A controversy is on in the Hills be-
tween the Fremont. Elkhorn and Ms
souri VALLEY railroad and the Dakota
Pacific Rad over some old rails part
| Of the eGnipInen: Of the old Dakota &
Wyoming road.
Spearish came TO the rescue Of The
State board OF regents and put up the
funds Ia finish the new normal school
dormitC7y fun three stories high. the
appropriation for the purpose having
been exhausted
An oil stove exploded in the office of
]. NJ. FarTen Of White, and all IF his
office furniture was ruined. The loss
amounts 10 about 500. There was mo-
AA>AAdI&E. IL Was NIAa w NNAA AAAA~
work that the fire was prevented from
doing further damage. as the place ~
entirely without fire protection
The freight carried TO and from Rap
ID City by the Fremont, Elkhorn *
Missouri Valley railroad during the
months Of June. July. August. Septem-
Der and October Of this year exceeds
that Of last year for the same months
10y 359.5 pounds.
George Wood OF Chadron. n brake
man ON the Fremont, Elkhorn x Mis-
souri, Valley, running between Chad
ror and Whitewood, had his hand Sc
vereIy mashed while attempting To
make a coupling. The amputation OF
one finger and part Of another was
necessary.
While one precinct in Washington
| county cast one Populist vote, at a
cost Of so. Leslie precinct, in Stanley
county, got of cheaper by failing 10
hold an election. The superintendent
and one OF the judges OF election were
Populists and the third judge a Repub-
lican. on election day the two Pop1-
list judges were called out of the pre-
cinct. and, as 1t would probably give a
small PupuliSJ majority, the Republic
a Judge had business on the reServa-
ten which he considered Of more i'm
portance than an election, and as a re-
suit. there was no one TO start the eleC~
ton machinery going, and no vote was
cast.
The sheepmen OF the Western South
Dakota and Eastern Wyoming Wool
Growers association held a meeting at
| Edgemont this week 10 discuss the
payment OF $50 TO the sheep inspector
OF Wyoming for each inspection made
by him. A letter was addressed TO the
board Of sheep commissioners of Wy
oMing calling attention 10 the fact that
a number of the association are resi-
dents Of WyoLuing. and that all OF
them are practically so; that the sheep
men OF South Dakota are as vitality in
J terested in having sound sheep on the
ranges in Southeast Wyoming as the
State OF Wyoming is; but that they do
not think it is just to force them 10
pay So much for inspected.
According { the report of DR.. T. NJ.
Shanafelt of Huron. general superin
tendent Of Baptist missions in South
Dakota. that denomination has made
excellent progress in all its branches
of church work during the past con
ventiOn" year. The work among Scan
dinavians. under the leadership of Rev.
And-&w SwartZ, the new missionary
for that department, has been emin-
emily Successful. while the work among
the Germans has also been very en-
~cOuraging; this is also true OF the Rus
slams. Three new houses OF worship
and a parsonage have been built and
two Lew churches have been organ
lied. The total number OF Baptist
churches in South Dakota is I0a.
John Lithering, who is employed by
the Highland stamp mill In Lead. as
assistant mIlwright, had a remarkably
close call on Friday. He was assisting
the head millwright. who dropped his
candlestick. Lithering bent over TO
pick IL up, and in doing so he caught
his clothes around the main driving
shaft, and in an instant he was being
whirled around at a terrific rate. His