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

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More than 1900 people participated
In the last fair day at Webster.
The farmers will soon be turning
their attention TO fall blowing.
Fire recently destroyed the resi-
dence OF ole Christoffen at Lead.
Grasshoppers are doing some dam
age 10 crops la Charles Mix county.
Th" ranges all over the state were
greatly improved by the recent rains.
Hay harvesting is now under way,
and the crop promises to be unusually
large.
Prof. Small of Armour has been ap-
pointed principal of the Fairfax
schools.
Abbott & Shelby Of Arlington have
sold the Center drug store to Auris
Finstad.
Jake O'Hagan of Beresford came
near losing an arm by fooling with a
loaded gun.
The horse thieves who stole the
team of II. ID. Bergen at Sturgis, have
been captured.
1t is reported that Hugh Breslin OF
SpearfiSh was killed in a snow slide
near Dawson.
Almost $4,000 has been raised at Elk
ton for the Catholic convention, which
Is to cost $500.
The Pine Ridge agency Is the largest
in the service, having 1000 Indians
and pa employees.
+. T. Tauban of Aberdeen has been
| appointed state agent for the Hamm
Brewing company.
Charles Handlin took 55S wolf pelts
into Rapid City the other day, which
brough him $1,4T9.
4 large force Of men has been put to
work on the Grant, Hidden Fortune
mine neal Deadwood.
]. +. Jenkins has relieved Lieut..
Col. w. II. III. Clapp as Indian agent at
The Pine Ridge Agency.
No more skilled labor is wanted at
Lead. The work Of rebuilding the
burned buildings is almost completed.
Chicago parties are in DeSmet buy
Ing up all the good horses they can
lind, paying from $50 to $50 for them.
4 special election will be held in
Lead Aug. |. 10 vote on a proposition
TO issue $4,000 bonds for a new sew
er.
G. II. Freeman Of Elk Point had a
close cali to losing an arm from the
effects of blood poisoning, from q
slight scratch.
The annual meeting of the South
Dakota Pharmaceutical association
This year will he held in Brookings, on
Aug. :, s and o.
G. f. McHugh. formerly Of Dead
wood, but now of Cape Nome, writes
that bubonic plague has made its ap-
p~earance there.
There are reports from different sec
tions that prairie chickens are umer
Gus this year, and that quail are more
plentiful than for several seasons.
At Elk Point there is Indignation be-
cause Christian Scientists treated a
family in which there was diphtheria.
md one death and a threatened cpl
demic are among the results.
James w. Sanford OF Chamberlain
has been notified that he has been
awarded the contract for furnishing
the coal for Lower Brule, Crow Creek
Agency and the Indian school. The
contract calls for $50 tons, or about
fifty ear loads.
Returns are still coming in from the
great storm in the southern and east
ern parts of the state. The rainfall
and hail did great damage TO crops,
many head of stock were killed and
two or three people are reported killed
or injured by lightning.
Oscar Stuart of Chamberlain has
been appointed a cadet at West Poinl,
and viii leave for the military acade-
my about Nov. 1. A year ago Stuart
was appointed, but, owing TO bad luck,
his alternate succeeded in securing the
place. The result of his examination
was unusually gratifying.
The outfit which has been sinking an
hrtesian well on the Fanton ranch, In
Sully county. has secured a flow OF
about 100 gafiens per minute at a
iepth of 1,500 feet. The same outfit
will be taken to the Mcclure ranch on
Cedar creek, west Of the river, TO sink
well. This will be the first attempt in
the range country. and, If 1t proves a
success, viii be followed by many more.
ArIItlpS OF Incorporation nave Dteu
flied for the Hub Auto-Carriage COM
pany, at B~rooklngs, with a capital OF
500, 600; incorporators, William III.
Ashley. James A. Kilburn. Louis n.
Fuller, It. Arthur Fuller, J.. p. Cneever,
Philo Hall, George p. Hall. Frederick
Il. Lusk. For the Mitchell Club, at
Mitchell, a social and fraternal asso-
citation; trustees. William III. Smith,
Ralph w. Bowdle, William T.. Turner,
Willard C. Huyck. For the Matagor-
da Zinc and Lead Mining company, at
Pierre. with a capital Of 100000; In
corporators. X. NJ. Wiers. X. Hamerer.
r. p. Estes. For the Kni~ckerbocker
Oil company, at Mitchell, with a capt.
tai of S1.O00.OQ0; incorporators. G.. w.
Peer. T. J.. Spangler. c. f. Curry. For
the International Commercial compa-
ny, Mt Pierre, with a capital Of $3.50
600: incorporators, Charles l.. Pierce.
Harry r. Patterson. @. ". Pattison.
For the Fall River Gold Mining COM
pany, at Pierre, with a capital OF $50
600; incorporators, w. G. Tonkin, II.
n. McGinnis, G.. v. Pattison.
Seventeen Of the "white cappers' who
assaulted Jens Sands of Kingsbury
county have been arrested. Three 9TH