Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23
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and is Of a good quality.
Fred Hertz and Peter Schamber, from
Memo, were in Yankton recently. Mr..
Hertz lost 100 acres of fine wheat dur
in the recent hail storm.
The first cattle shipment to Chicago
was made from Pierre a few days q
when a twelve-car train started for
that city. Another heavy shipment will
be made o
ELI Isgrig will discontine the making
of hay choppers at Pierre. and has gone
to Rock Island, H.. where he work
will be done in the future in the novelty
factory of w. L. Walker.
The new opera house at Faulkton will
be completed by Sept. 1. 1t will have
a seating capacity of 600 and will be
one of the best finished little opera
houses In the state.
Frank Case, formerly of Aberdeen,
writes from Cape Nome that 10000 of
the $4,000 people there are anxious to
get back home and that prospects are
not encouraging.
Miss Coral Stevens, formerly a teach
er in the Aberdeen schools, was mar
ried at Ashton to d. d. Priaulx of Ma
quekota. Iowa, and will go TO Europe
with her husband on the 18th.
p. +. Connolly, the cement work con-
tractor from Irene. 8. D., has a crew Of
men at work putting in a twelve-foot
sidewalk around the block of the Union
Banking company at Beersford.
The partnership which has existed
for some time between William Par
- TT ~ N1r~ l-nfAlltnA ~
has been dissolved, Mr.. Parsons having
purchased Delany's interest In the busi-
ness.
Math and Joe Tschetter were arrest
ed by Game Warden Dibble and fined
about SIS for violating the game law.
Wardens in Turner county are on the
watch, and others are liable to prose-
cution.
The latest mining company to be or
ganized for the purpose OF developing
Black Hills ground Is the North Ameri-
can Tin Mining and Milling company of
Philadelphia. with a capital stock OF
81, 500. 900.
p. G. Byme has nearly completed an
addition TO his store building at Mont
rose, making a double store. This will
be supplied with a plate glass front.
and win be the largest building the
town eve had.
A fire broke out in the millinery store
of Mrs. Wardell at Montrose. The un-
burned stock was spoiled by water. In
surance on stock, $500. The building is
owned by r. j. Odell, and was only
slightly damaged.
The demand for lots in the new towns
on the Charles Mix county extension
of the Milwaukee railroad has been
very brisk. In Wagner only eighteen
lots remain unsold, including both resi-
dence and business property.
The people of Gam Valley fear that
they will lose the mail route between
that place and Waterbury. The post
Office department a on two occasions
advertised for bids for carrying the
mail between those places, but each
time the bids were rejected on the
ground that they were too high.
John and James Mahar, two brothers.
purchased the same horse from differ
ent parties at Beresford, both paid
cash. and both claim the animal. The
original ownership appears complicat-
ed, as does the present. The brother
naNlUS DpSStSslui CldliiS Hlhe pOihlSy
and refuses TO give up.
The dwelling of George Birren, near
Madison, was struck by lightning. Mrs.
Birren and her son were in the kitchen.
The bolt descended the chimney, dam
aging the stove and striking Mrs. Biz
rem on the shoulder, making a severe
burn and rendering her. as well as her
son, unconscious for a time. They re-
covered, and The physician thinks no
serious results will follow.
F. NJ. Joslin. the extensive sheep
raiser, says he viii put in a wool scour-
ing plant I'm Aberdeen in connection
with the wool market he intends to es-
tablish. This will be a great advan-
tage TO sheep men, as so 20 IS per cent
OF the fleece is dirt and grease and the
securing plant viii a v them much
freight. There is no u at this
time in any OF the adjoining states.
While out in the fields near Webster
the other day, l.. w. Scripture, a farm
err, after lighting his pipe. tossed h
burning match away. An extremely
hot prairie fire was the result. Five
acres or more of hay belonging to him
self and two neighbors, was burned
over. Mowers and plows were used by
the neighbors. who came TO his assist
ance in getting the fire under control.
Word comes to Rapid City from the
Indian reservation east OF that place
that about 500 head OF range cattle are
being held by some Indians for ran
som. Three years ago several hum
dred head OF cattle were held by Indi-
ans, and n ransom OF 81 per head was
demanded of the for their re-
turn. 1t is against the law for the
White mans cattle to Craze on the In
dian reservation.
Most of the members of the regiments
which took part in the war In the Phil
ippine islands. now living in Lead,
have organized a company. The OFF,
GERS elected are: Captain. A. Patri-
quin: first lieutenant, Oscar Smith;
second lieutenant, @. q. Ainsworth:
chaplain, Oscar Stevens: S. Of G., Ole
Olson; adjutant. Berbert Barker; qaur-
termaster, Antoine ZURICH. James Cu-
sick and William Mclaughlin were
elected delegates to the state
tion.