Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-12
South Dakota
canoro, state News
--- Photographed.

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Fulton is making a hard struggle "a
wrest the county seat OF Hanson coun'
~ from Alexandria
Mrs. c.. w. Hall of Violin broke hes
hip by falling from a stable in which
h was hunting egg
Mrs. Peter Hurtig. sister-in-law oi
Hon. G.. Norgren of Centerville. died al
her home. near Komstad.
John weiderman was taken into Gus
tody at Pierre on information OF insan-
ity.
Charles Mix county will hold a tern
OF court In January. the first WHITES
term ever held in the county.
The big pulleys on the dynamo al
the Madison electric light plant went
to pieces the other night. leaving ths
city in moonlight,
The following pensions have beer
granted: Increase, Christopher C. Hin
sey. Pierre, $l7: John Small. Faulkton
$40; o Horan. oelrichs. $40.
William Wallace of Aberdeen win
leave about the middle OF the week foi
Washington, TO assume his duties as
statistic'an OF h senate for the win
ter.
The old gas well at Pierre. which hal
been plugged up for several weeks. hai
been reopened. and the supply of gas
which has been limited. will again be
sufficient for all demands.
Stratton & CHLORINE, who gave ar
the Howell well. in Brown county, after
boring 1.725 feet. now have their rig sci
up on the Webster ranch. where they
are sure of securing a low.
When the time comes, the Black
Hills people will do all they a to get
the long-distance telephone company.
recently organized at Sioux City. to ex.
tend it's line TO the Black Hills.
II. B.. Rossner OF Big stone. who re-
turned recently from Europe. brought
from Germany an interesting old vol
ume. Ii is entitled The Conversation
and Table Talk of Luther" published
In 1891.
The Howard Telephone company IA
enjoying unusual prosperity. AT a re-
cent meeting OF the directors a so pen
cent dividend was declared. and there
is still considerable money left in the
treasury.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Burbeck of New
Jersey and William NJ. vanderhoof OF
New York, were married at Sioux Fallt
recently. Mrs. Burbeck has been a con-
spicuous member OF the divorce colony
of Sioux Falls.
The circuit court convened at Tyn-
dali. and occupied two days with the
case of Mrs. George Kelner VS.. the City
OF Tyndall. The plaintiff sued for ST.
900 for an alleged injury from a fall on
O sidewalk.
H UyA~ 49, -. Vr-IntN~--
near Redfield, were burned, together
with several horses. among them a val
liable stallion. Several hundred bush
els Of corn and a quantity OF other feed
was also burned.
G. C.. Skinner, who was arrested at
Hurley a few days g by officers from
Brule county. on a complaint fled by .
Kimball ban charging him with nav
ing sold m~ortgaged property, has been
held IN bonds of SEQ.
Nineteen men are at work upon the
Masonic temple at Yankton. and the
contractors are taking every possible
advantage OF the weather To rush the
structure TO a point where work car be
suspended until spring.
News comes from Hot Springs of the
death OF John Arnold, who went from
Huron to the Soldiers home early In
the summer. He was well known in
that locality. and won honors for ray
cry in the War of the Rebellion
About $4,000 was distributed among
patrons Of the DeSmet for
milk during October. The mount of
milk received was $50. 937 pounds, the
average test being AZ. The average
price per 100 pounds was IS cents.
Master Leon, the n~ine-year-old son
OF Mrs. Rose Sayer of B-itton, has
plowed this fall. with a six-horae team,
forty acres, and. with the assistance of
hts brother. Emmett, twelve years old.
has turned over 200 acres In first-cIass
manner.
The vaults IN the Union block at
Yankton burned Thanksgiving morn
ing, haye been opened, and the books
OF half a dozen firms, including the
Yankton Building and Loan associa-
tion. were found burned 10 a crisp and
totally destroyed.
Frank Bowman OF Union u who
is charged with having hired a team a
year a91 n sold one of this horses.
has just been apprehended. He waived
q preliminary examination. n was
permitted to put up a S2c3 cash bond
for hts appearance at the March term
Of the circuit court.
h attendance at the Indian school
ut Pierre has increased to a point
where the buildings are crowded. and
there Is need for more room. Congress
will be asked this winter for an appro-
priation for a new building, TO relieve
the present crowded condition.
At a meeting OF the business men anc
other citizens OF Pukwana recently.
preliminary steps were taken toward
] incorporating the town. In due time
the board Of county commissioners will
be asked TO set a date for a special
election to vote Upon the question.
The jury in the case OF William Yoa-
KUN OF Belle Fourche. tried In Dead
wood for killing James barnes i've
years ago. returned a yea aict OF not
guilty. Yoakum was sentenced to life
imprisonment. served foIr years OF his
term. and was then granted a new trial.
Experiments with sugar beets, made
by Charles Mix county farmers this
season, have proven successful. The