Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-16
SOUTH DAKOTA.

&nIi AtdtiftI CONTINUES NJ ltpullCiu.
1t was 30 degrees below zero on We'd
nesday.
The annual roundup of the Western
South Dakota HoTSemen's association
will begin May 10.
Groton's new artesian well has
struck a full flow of water at a depth
of 964 feet.
+, The residents of the village of Brad
ley. Clark county. are talking of incor-
porating as n city.
! Work has begun on the construction
of the new creamery at Garden City,
Clark county
j. W. Shepherd of Lime Springs. la.
has purchased the Sieve newspaper
plant at Washington Springs.
Il. III. sullivan of Plankinton has
been nominated TO be register Of the
land Office mt Peavey, Alaska.
: The Masonic Association of Yankton
has changed It's nam to Western Ma
sons Mutual Life association.
The First National Bank of Huron
has decreased its capital stock to $780,
900, and its surplus to $4,000.
The First Congregational church or
Yankton will extend n call TO Rev.
Frank J. Ward Of Des Moines, Iowa.
The lively city OF Aberdeen Is cop
sidering the advisability of holding an
exposition during the coming fall.
n. III. sullivan of Plankinton has re-
ceived the appointment Of register or
the United States land office at Peavy,
Alaska.
Mrs. Oliver T.. Myers of Huron has
gone to Newton. Iowa, to join her hus-
band, who has embarked in the law
| business there.
Scarlet fever, which was prevalent
at P%lankinton, has entirely disap-
peared. and the quarantine has been
raised.
VIII s. Warner of Deadwood, son or
the late Porter Warner, has been ap-
pointed to succeed his father as re-
ceiyer of the United States land Office
at Rapid City.
losses Of sheep in the range country
this year are put at less than . per
cent. and losses on cattle at less thah
1 per cent, while there was no loss on
horses.
The Black Hills Horsemen's associa-
ton. recently organized at Sturgis, mas
: planned for n horse roundup this
spring, which will operate IN three Sec
tons.
An artesian well will be sunk for
fire protection and domestic purposes
at Frederick. The pipe and other ne
: cessary materials have been ordered,
and work on the well viii o begin.
With the construction of the S4o,oUo
' asylum for the insane Indians, proyld-
Z =. -. an -lnf.h ,An ylnd annprDf&
n few DAYS ago. Canton expects to
make improvements this season az
: gregating $4,000 in value.
Bullen's barn. sixteen miles north
east Of Redfield, burned. Ii was the
largest barn in the county. BESIDES
the barn. 800 sheep. three horses ana
three cows were consumed. 1T Is u
very heavy loss.
The business men of Ipswich met IN
! mass convention and formed a stock
; company 10 lie known as the Lodge
, Home Building association. Stock
will he issued to the amount OF So,OoV,
in shares of $50 each.
The Dell Rapids Implement compa-
nv with n capital Of $1,000, has APP
! njied for n charter of incorporation
under the state law. naming as incor-
porators. O. II. Smith, O.. Ecker u
Erick Langness.
The Elkton Cooperative Creamery
| company is a successful and growing
institution. The February shipment
of their butter products 10
1.OG5 pounds, an increase over the pre-
vious month of o pounds.
WATERFOWL has organized the Wa
tertown Athletic club, with the follow
ing list of officers: President, Jud Per-
nv: vice presiden. $. G.. Smith: secre-
tary~-treasurer. Earl Addison; execu-
tive committee. II. ID. Fulton, A. o..
Randall, III. NJ. Bohan.
Officers arrested ut Huron Ray
Payne, who stabbed a man riding with
him in a hack at Fort Pierre w
weeks ago. He il in jail there await
ing the arrival of the Stanley county
officers. His victim is lying at the
point of death at Pierre.
John Tegarty. the Black Hills bari
tone and librarian of the Hearst libra
ry at Lead. was married on the End
inst. to Miss Bernice G.. Boost of Cleve-
land. Ohio. the ceremony taking place
at the residence of Supt. Il. j. Grier OF
the ilomcstake Mining company III
cad.
NJ. A. Sage of Howard. after a lapse
: of thirty-five years, has just been noti-
fed by the authorities at Washington
! of the allowance of his claim OF $57. 90,
for expenses incurre dby him while
going from New Orleans to Ripon,
Wis, to be mustered out OF the service
at the close Of the civil war.
A. Il. Knickerbocekr, the genial land
lord of the Hotel Spearfish. the most
; popular hotel resort in the Black Hills,
has been undergoing a course of nurs-
ing at st. Joseph's hospital Deadwood,
and "Knick's'' numerous friends will
be more than glad TO learn that he has
returned to his home much improved
In health.
There is quite a spirited rivalry be-
tween South Dakota farmers as to
which of them is entitled to the honor