Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-08
IN SOUTH DAKOTA

AT Oflua. n StIlIA ihaAah'
| enforced to prevent trouble
Rapid City'S missing hotel man. Lev
| il lester. has returned 20 thar city. lie
seems 10 wei! merit his name.
Aberdeen again secured the Whist
chaupionship from Ellendale 10y a ma
iority of six POINTS out Of 3,I44.
Bangor is hopeful of getting in on the
expected extension of the Mii"auh''
road TO the Missouri river.
Richard Left Hand, a Sioux lndla
held at Pierre ON a charge Of assault
, has been released from custody.
Three large brick buildings are soon
10 be built at SiSSeton. in addition 10 Il
large implement warehouse.
The state treasury has received a
rleck for 1919 for rent Of United States
court rooms for the last quarter OF iast
year.
John Thompson OF Hill City is minus
n left thumb. as the result Of a careless
mixing Of a dynamite cap and a toy
pistol.
y. W. Chapman of Deadwood has
been appointed general superintendent
vi TIE holISA lNC"HAN
Mining company.
The postmaster at Custer has sent IN
his resignation. TO take effect April l.
Already there are four candidates for
the position.
The Excelsior mill at Yankton has
put in Il new 1OO-horse power Corilss
engine to take care Of the rapidly-in-
Creasing business.
A man named George DeMa>tPr. iV
ing near Whitewood. has been arrested
for incest. Il niece being implicated
and also placed in jail.
The remains Of Private James +. Ly-
ser have been shipped from San Fran
cisco TO his former home al Madison,
where the funeral will be held.
Keil p. Rome. a Civil war veteran,
died at his home in Sioux Valley town
ship. Clay county. aged eighty-hye
years. His funeral occurred Monday.
The Madison G. A. Il. gave a grand
bali for the benefit IF the post FUND,
and Il good noun was realized, as
well as all having "A thoroughly good
time.
The Madison school board has or
dered the payment Of the school bonds
issued twelve years & for h con-
s~tructiOn Of the East Side school build
ing.
4 36NOOpound clinker crusher has
been placed in the plant of the Western
Portland Cement company at Iankton.
This is to replace one weighing but
5000 pounds.
Calls have been made for the past
week for $500 of the permanent
school fund. OF this. the sum of $500
was taken by Sphinx county and $1,000
by Union county.
George Pigg. superintendent of the
Riverside Indian school. Oklahoma, has
been transferred and appointed super
intendent Of the Crow Greek Indian
school, this state.
1t is announced that the Standard
Oil company has two grades Of oil bet
ter than that which they are shipping
into this state. but do not send the 9th
or because there is no demand for il.
James Dclphus. a young Indian on
the Sheyenne River reservation. com
mitted suicide by shooting himself last
his desire 10 look with favor upon his
suit for her hand.
The Iowa Land company viii begin
work Immediately at Hot Springs upon
some extensive improvements on the
old Mirnekahta bath house. A two
inch main broke in the cellar under the
bath house and flooded the whole build.
ing.
A Chamberlain man was recently
represented in "A rat-killing contest ar
Sioux City, but his dog lost TO the
champion Of the stock yards of that
place by five seconds. The winner
killed ten big rats in the same number
Of seconds.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed by the Francis B~atchelder compa-
ny. at Pierre, with a capital of $780,
900. lncorporatOrs: Francis Batchel-
der, f.. L. Squire and w. o. Bottorf.
For the American Investment compa-
ny, at Pierre, with a capital Of 5000
COO. I~rcorpOrators. Z. L. Squire, NJ. ID.
Orr and w. o, Bottorf.
On stipulation of the attorneys. the
hearing upon the application of the
Aberdeen branch house Of Jewett Bros.
Il Jewett for the Issuance OF an injunc-
ton restraining the Milwaukee road
from putting into effect a new schedule
Of freight rates on California canned
fruits, continued from Jan. 80. has been
postponed indefinitely.
n. c. Nash Of Canton is at Pierre a.
tempting to straighten out the affairs
Of b State Mutual Fire Insurance
company, recently organized at Canton.
The department refuses TO grant au-
thorlty to do business TO the company.
on account of alleged Irregularities on
the part Of the man selected as secre-
tary OF the new company. Another Sc
lection has been made, but no action
Will be taken until the matter has been
submitted to the attorney general.
County Auditor Gross is moving from
st. Lawrence to- Miller a historical
~building-a brick block purchased by
him some time ago, and which was the
prime cause of the. attempt on the
part Of the people, of st. Lawrence TO
secure from the state supreme court a
decision which would prevent the 70.