Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02

known. The buildings will be rebuilt
ar once Lack Of water caused the
heavy less.
Col. Melvin Grigsby OF Sioux Falls,
who was colonel Of the Third United
States volunteer cavalry, better known
as the Cowboy Regiment, (which was
In the service during the war with
Spain. has telegraphed an offer TO Pres
dent Mckinley to ~reorganize the regi
ment for service In China.
While returning home at Yankton.
ffter a drive with his family, Charles
lsOeder, in the darkness, drove into an
tther team, which was coming rapidly
In his direction. One of the shafts of
The buggy struck n of Mr.. Roeder's
horses in the breast. penetrating TO the
ieart and killing the animal instantly.
There are more people spending the
summer OF the hanks of Big Stone lake
ihan ever before, and the lake and sur
oundin.s fave never Geen no e bta It'll
III Simpson PARK comes in for n full
tIare of these visitors, aud Is an ideal
ummtr home. 1t Is understood that
Il least twenty-five lew cottages will
= erected there before the mex sea.
n. Other improvements are contem-
Lated.
The extension of the Chicago, Mil
tGaukee & ST. Paul railroad from Bow
completed. The new line is forty miles
completed. The new line IL forty miles
ling and runs in a northwesterly direc-
tion through some very thickly populat-
ad settlements made up Of Germans
and Norwegians. The company pays
10 per acre for right of way, ten rods
wide. Great JOY Is manifested among
ne farmers over this enterprise, which
Will lessen their distance to market ten
10 twenty-five miles. Land has, there
fore. risen in value lately. Some fear Is
depressed among the business men OF
,!cwdle that II will cut off their north
TEST trade, especially in lumber, hard
ware, coal and grain.
A man named Booth has. 1t IL al
f,ged, succeeded in ~defrauding n num-
HER of Black Hills men. Sotwithstand-
ing he was In a gold.producing country,
where the citizens would naturally be
expected 10 he able TO distinguish be-
tween genrine and fake gold speci-
mems, Booth. who was provided with
fDccin.cns of rock which he claimed to
30 collaborating. hut which was. in re-
lily ordinary rock spattered with gold
lnaf. such as painters and decorators
use, aud n little varnish. made the
roun = Of Deadweol and Lead and
rea0ed a rich harvest frem his swindle
| before the fake" was detected and he
was rl'ced under arrest. Booth has
been held fer trial at the next term OF
tle district court.
The treasury OF Pennington county
will be hankrurt in a short time IL
many more big wolf catches are made.
Ifharles HaTlin, +. A. Mitchell. Il. j.
Williams and Minor Harvey brought
recently frcm the Sheyenne river cat
lie range a total Of 5JS pelts. of which
lumber five werl coyotes and the rest
big timber wolves. The entire lot
brought SLID. The wolves were cap
iurei I'm fifteen dIys. This would be
m avkrage ef S10j per day for four
men. Mr.. Hamlin IS n brorher-in-law
II w, Il. Werl, the man who brought
In several hundred pelts last week.
The same method Is used by both par
ties. The men have all returned TO the
river. and they expect to bring in, an
other lot by Aug. 1.
Probably no death ever occurred In
l. iAtNIA Ihl 4 WI. EAN@F - AAttN lNAG
fuch WIDESPREAD comment as that OF
Matthew Lee. who was burned to
death at the Homestake mills nj Lead.
Lee and a man named Holden were
cleaning out n shaft through which the
hot ashes from one Of the mill furnaces
Is dropped every day. The waste wa
ter from the mills runs through the
shaft, carrying the ashes TO the creek.
The shaft became clogged. and the two
men went to the bottom OF the opening
to clear z passage way. Suddenly the
ashes broke loose with vast quantities
OF hot water. Lee was carried out OF
the tunnel with the mass OF boiling
water and rpd-hot ashes. His body
was burned and cooked beyond recog
milton. His companion escaped with
several severe burns.
Arrangements are being perfected at
Sioux Falls for a racing circuit. ia
which the cities Of Sioux Falls. Elk
Point. Canton. Mitchell. YanktOn. Yer
million and Rock Valley and Harvard
en-, Iowa. VIII be included. Sioux
Falls has the opening dates. which
will be Aug. D, % and 30. Each toxin
In the circuit viii have a t~hree-days'
meeting. There win be three races
each day, ar which the sum OF $1,000
in purses will be hung up. Some OF
the towns may decide TO add running
horses. On the whole. the programme
will consist of three harness events
each dav. The classes will be deter
mined later. The Sioux Falls Driving
Park association, composed of local
horsemen. recently had excellent
grounds prepared in the outskirts OF
Sioux Falls, and II Is there that the
opening meeting Of the Circuit will be
held. Those instrumental in forming
the racing circuit express confidence
in the success OF the venture.
Judge Garland. Of the United States
court at Sioux Falls. in the case OF
John w. Walsh, a general merchant OF
Montrcse Sc. has rendered a decision OF
much importance with reference to
questions which must be answered in
hearings before bankruptcy courts.
Walsh filed a petition In voluntary
bankruptcy with Referee in Bankrupt-
cy r. w. Parliman. in Sioux Falls, and
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