Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-04-12
T.. w. Bell, a prominent South Da-
pioneer, died suddenly at YER

IL. w. Del, II p~TOD0iupIlL COuIH DH-
kota pioneer, died suddenly at YER
million.
Ed Williams, the young fellow who
ran away with n horse from the North
western livery barn recently, has been
placed under bonds for appearance,
and falling to procure bonds, is In jail.
Judge Moore sentenced Herbert
Caddy to twenty years in the peniten-
tiary. Caddy is the man who held up
NJ. r. Russell in the latter's saloon at
Deadwood last October. He was ac-
quilted of the hold-up, but found guilty
OF robbery in he first degree.
Il. j. Taber, special administrator or
The Mcclellan estate at Sioux Falls, Sc
cured his liberty from custody by
transferring the estate to William Van
Fps and paying the fine Of coo. thus
ending his connection with the case.
The authorities Of Fort Pierre have
decided To submit 10 the Toters at the
annual election, April Z. a proposition
authorizing the issuance of bonds in
the sum of $4,000 for the procuring
Of water fer irrigation and domestic
purposes.
For some time the town of Langford
has felt the need Of u public hall. Swan
Dgren has finally decided TO erect such
q building at Il cost of $4,000. The fra
ternal societies have not had suitable
quarters, and steps are being taken to
rent to them Il portion of the new
building when completed for lodge pur-
poses.
The steamer Capitola Butt, which
will serve rs Il ferry mt Chamberlain
hInttl a ffns flsa IRyV,A ,.s@.a xrrbnn AJNn 49,,
toon bridge will be placed in position,
has been launched, and crossings that
have been suspended for the past two
weeks have onc more been resumed.
There is. however, still considerable
drift ice in the river.
~Shcepmen In the western part Of the
state have secured the use Of several
shearing machines for this season. and
the matter of securing machines for
the shearing on the range west Of
Pierre is being agitated. As there are
over 100000 sheep to shear on the
Sioux range this season a portable out
lit could lind plenty of work to do.
The class of twelve. which passed
an examination for admission to the
bar at Pierre, was composed OF g. g.
Mikellson, Niborg: Edwin X, Winans,
Louis f. Grill, Sioux Falls: Elizabeth
Knox Powell, Newell Powell, White
Rock; Charles A. Kelly, Huron; Ray
l.. D!llman. BruokinGs; Arthur Frame.
Yankton; William Shull. Big Stone:
Percival Ullman. Mitchell; w. i.
Frame. Chamberlain. Under the pres
cet rule, the court requiring a written
examination. it will be several days
before the papers are passed on by the
court.
Arrangements have been completed
for the track meeting between teams
from Yankton and Mitchell colleges in
Sioux Falls. 1t was hoped that ar
engagements could be made for the
meet during the week of May 1920,
but as that is the week CT the state
meeting, it was found necessary to
have the meet May {, as originally In
tended. The Driving Park association.
which will put in q lev track on the
grounds ut Sioux Falls, has guaranteed
to have the track completed in time
for the meeting on the date stated.
The track teams Of the two colleges
are among the best In the state, and
as the events on the programme cover
all field sports. n very interesting after.
noo is assured.
Al appear TO the state supreme court
has been taken In the case of James
Shields, who is now serving a term OF
two years in the Sioux Falls peniten-
tiary. On Dec. 13 last Shields is al
legged To have enticed Gus Dreger, a
farm hand. to n secluded spot on the
Sioux river within the limits of Sioux
Falls. where he vTiously assaulted
him. Failing TO pound his victim into
q state of Inconsistencies, as intend
ed, he was in turn attacked by the
farm hand, who. in defending himself,
stabbed his assailant -four or five times,
seriously woundins him. Shields was
Immediately arrested. The circuit
court was in session at the tine, and
on Dee. IL, only four days after the as
sault Oh DreGer, he was convicted and
afterward sentenced to two years inn
prisonment in the p~enitentiary. The
errors assigned in the appeal asking
for a new trial are twenty In number
and pertain largely to the admission
by Judge Jones of testimony showing
that the plaintiff. Gus Dreger, had u
valuable watch and some money on his
person at the time Shields was alleged
to have assaulted him with intent 10
rob. Exceptions are also taken To the
charge OF the court to the jury.