Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-01-05

lV SC NIBiN hidthS ohu ceNs
The South Dakota brewers want to
beat the new dispensary amendment.
The milwaukee and st. Louis brewers
are in sympathy with the deal.
Farmers around Revillo have raised
stupendous crops of corn this season,
for n northern latitude. Seventy-ive
and eighty bushels per acre have been
produced.
Paul Rabncr of Revillo received a
charge Of shot in his right hand by the
accidental discharge of a gun while
hunting rabbits. He will lose a portion
of the hand.
The cattlemen of the range country
will be before the legislature at the
coming session with a bill for a state
wolf bounty. ard W II keep a strong OBJ
by mt work for its passage.
Articles Of incorporation have been
filed for the Pukwana Building assocl-
alton, at Pukwana, for the erection or
a town hall. with a capital Of $o.Wo.
Incorporators: o. Il. Kendall, 5. w.
Sedgwick and w. w. Davis.
1nklONH DtTSDilS SdiibNd
the new Presbyterian church at Slsse-
ton, and with a can OF black paint,
snleared the pews, chairs and pulpit III
a most dlsgraceful manner. A new set
of hymn books was also mutilated ana
almost totally destroyed.
The case of Maggie Lewis VS.. the
Deadwood-Terr Mining company, at
Deadwood, a suit for $4,000 damages
for the life OF Mike Lewis, who was
killed in the company's shaft, the jury
was directed to render a verdict III IA
yor of the defendant On all issues, ON
the ground that the plaintiff had failed
to sustain the allegations or the conn-
plant. The costs Of the trial were as
sessed upon the plaintiff. The case VIII
be c3rried TO n higher court.
A special meeting OF the South Da-
kota Retail Liquor Dealers associa-
ton was held at Huron. and the fol-
lowing legislative committee was APP
pointed: John T. Breen, Huron; Ed
Lam, WATERFOWL: Johmn Kearns, Me-
lette: James f~singrose, Aberdeen; X.
b. Mahieson, Pierce; Il. Dehrend, Par
ker and ]. Maloney. The sentiment OF
lIlOSt HNtNtitts sS Ntti hS th'TC NA5
communications. was largely in favor
of continuing the present law govern
ing the liquor traffic in the state, par
ticularly as many complications are
likely to arise from efforts top put into
operation the new scheme.
Cattlemen are we'll satisfied with the
range conditions generally at the pres
ent time. The weather has been rath-
or warm for part Of the time, and has
taken away most Of the snow along
the river bluffs, and is causing some
difficulty at places in the way Of moist
ure: bun further out on the range,
where there was q greater amount or
snowfall early in the month. there is
no such complaint, and the conditions
are pronounced TO be ideal for stock.
A fall of would be appreciated in
some portions Of the range country, but
there Is no suffering at all, and cattle
are roaming at will over the finest win
ter pasture in the world.
The business Of a government land
office is always a reliable index of the
general real estate condition and busi-
ness affairs generally, and ii is a signif-
cant fact that the fees md commits
sions of the Chamberlain United States
land officials were greater during Octo-
Der and November than during the en-
tire previous quarter. Wednesday was
a field day in the Chamberlain office,
ten filings being offered for lands in
various parts CT the land district. A
pronounced tide of immigration has APP
parently set in, and every train is
r.:,o;. Il, ,,lN1, 20 Il MI oanlyapS
and the local land officers state that
never before have they been so flooded
with inquiries after public lands by
Eastern parties than at the present
time.
The report OF the land commissioners
shows that while there was an increase
of 165, 25S acres leased in 1898 over that
so taken in 1897, there are yet 1,459,1S Isl
acres of state land which is not paying
any revenue to the state. Much OF this
lies idle on account Of the agreement
Of the residents in the sections where
it Is located. not to bid for the use OF
it. and all use II in common. The total
amount secured from leases in 1898
was S30,2S6. which was an increase of
SIO.21O over the amount turned In TO
the state from the nh source in 1897.
The largest acreage taken up in any
one county is in Brown, in which this
year $1,000 acres are held by dease-
held. Sphinx is next, with $4,000, and
Butte next, with 10000 acres. The
smallest amount leased in any n
county is 800 acres. in Union. but this
is probably because practically all the
land In this county has been sold. Clay
| county took no leases this year. the
state having disposed Of all its inter
csts in that county. Up 70 the present
date the state has disposed Of equities
and a few tracts ON warranty deeds. of
S6,323 worth OF Taylor lands, and is
keepin up all Of the remainder which Is