Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

twelve years old accidentally ;. a..
self through the heart arfe oNH
few moments.
N. J. Schlachter has purchased Sn a
CINE at Faulkton, and may decide to
put In a dynamo and electric light plant
at Gettysburg.
Sportsmen have organized a gun club
at st. Peter. They have secured three
traps. and are daily practicing on clay
pigeons, so that they will be ready for
the opening Of the prairie chickens,
Sept. 1.
The little son OF a farmer named
Williamson, living near White Lake,
was bitten by a rattlesnake. The life
Of the lad was saved by the parents,
who opened the wound and sucked u
the poison.
Dispatches from Paris state that a
silver media has been awarded North
Dakota on the excellence of its agri-
cultural display at the exposition-an
evidence of a true appreciation OF our
progrcssiveness.
A farmer named Olson was instantly
killed by the caving in OF a well OF his
farm, in Union township, near Kim
ball. He had descended to look for a
lost pail, and a great mass of rock and
dirt crashed down upon him.
1t is now an assured fact that Sioux
Falls will ave a street fair and base
ball carnival, lasting a week, from
Sept. II to %. A deal was closed last
Thursday with an Oriental carnival
company, for the week Of the carnival.
The creamery industry In the vicinity
OF Pierre is assuming large proportions.
Farmers. especially those living at a
distance from the numerous creamer-
ies. are rapidly putting in small farm
cream separators, u by either pony
or calf power.
After holding out for nearly sixty
days. the insurance companies which
had issued policies on the Cataract no.
tel building at Sioux Falls. destroyed
by fire on the night Of June 80 last,
nave finally decided to pay the full
mount Of the policies.
Fourteen homesteaders sprung a sur
prise on the officials of the United
states land office at Mitchell, when
they handed in their filings for some
government land which, IL had been
supposed, was held by Indians under
allotment from the government.
A trip to the Black Hills is not COM
plete until a visit has been paid to the
fish hatchery at Spearfish. There are
at present It's, coo small trout, Of all
ages from a few days to several
months old. A shipment was made re-
Gently Of 5000 trout. few weeks old, to
Englewood and a like number to Nash
by.
Tho present condition of the schools
OF Lawrence county Is very fattering.
There are forty-two school districts,
and fifty school buildings. ranging in
cost from $500 to SIS, 900. The number
Of chool children is 5,217. and the num-
Der of teachers 103. The course OF
study furnished by the schools OF the
Black Hills towns is unsurpassed by
Eastern towns OF equal size.
The Dakota annual conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church will be
held in Sioux Falls, Oct. 1915. About
200 persons will be in attendance. DIR.
VIII. Jordan, pastor of the First Meth
odist Episcopal church OF Sioux Falls,
IS hard at work arranging the pro-
gramme and finding places of enter
tainment for the visitors. He has Sc
cured a number of talented speakers
for the occasion.
Edward Price Of Canton, who says
he was poisoned by his wife, was ex-
aminei by physicians. and no trace OF
poison could be found. The general
opinion is that Mrs. Price is a much
maligned woman. and that Mr.. Price.
who has not been in good health for a
long time. has allowed his Judgment to
become warped by reason OF the pain
he has suffered. The authorities have
taken no steps to prosecute.
At e meeting of stoakbreeders from
North and South Dakota, held in Aber-
deem, the Interstate Stockbreeders' as
ISOLATION vas organized, with Robert
Moody, Aberdeen, as president, and J.
C.. Hall, Ordway. az secretary. The OBJ
ject of the association is to hold an an
nual show and sale OF breeding stock
at some accessible point. and to other
wise conserve the interests OF breeders.
A cops of directors was selected, and
IL was decided TO hold the first show
and sale in Aberdeen during the first
week in October.
A heavy rain hail and wind storm
swept over the country north of Pierre
recently. Along the county line, twelve
miles north of Pierre, barns, small
buildings and windmills were wrecked
on the ranches of william Shoemaker,
w. L.. Skunk. W.. B. wadleigh, Sam
Strayer n f. j. Perry. A heavy fall
OF hail badly battered things north Of
that point. in Sully county. and the
rain extended north as far as the Pot
ter county line. Okobojo creek was
running too full to cross, the first time
there has been enough moisture in that
section to start the stream running
since June of last year. While the rain
is too late to be OF any crop benefit, IL
fills all the creeks. ponds and dams in
Western Sully county and relieves a.
water famine. which was becoming Sc
rious.
Articles Of Incorporation have been
filed for the State Bank OF South Shore,
with a capital of $so. 1000: incorporators.
Charles Anderson, l.. r.. Annis and r.
j. Sweet. For the First NJ. f. Church
OF Lily. Day county; trustees, William
B.. Rouck. Charles l.. Woodwork, Ed