Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-07-18
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South Dakota1
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amateur burglars. sang
The Alexandria schoo, hoo.,
the contract for a fine new schooi rs sl
ing. 10 cost IS, 200. oul
f. IL. Willis has been de.,a
member OF the board Of civ',
for the postoftice at Yankton.
Prof. G. w. Nash of YanL,o.
and DIR. L. NJ. Valentine are a,,s
six-weeks' outing in the AdiroaS
Thieves stole $1,000 worth ., A..
from the store of S. Solomon J, \
wood. Three men have been 49,
The Dell Rapids school board :,
j. d. Stout of Iowa Falls as ~.
of the city schools for the comirs I
The body of e~leven-year ola
Spaulda, who vas drowned in m ~
river below the Richland dan
found by +. G. Watson.
Twenty-one delegates were elac,..
represent Deuel. county In tho ,na1
convention at Brookings. july II n
delegates are favorable to c.. X S.v.
for judge.
After a bitter controversies a.
halfbrother, Lawrence Halhr,t,a,
about fifty. an employe in Carl ~
meat market in Sioux Falls, killed n
self with a rifle.
Lyons, the oldest postcffce In Mn,
haha county outside of SIour F,p,
about to pass out of existence IA
can be found who will accent ina
pointment as postmaster.
The Christian church recently ory,l
lied At Armour. with a membersst,
about thirty-five, has purchases
and will, in the near future. comma,
the construction of a handsome /
building.
1t has been discovered that the "a
celebrated artcsian we'll, recently M
by the authorities Of Pearl townssi
Sully county, is some distance over
township line, on land belonging d
Thorpe, a farmer.
Judd Wilson, who has been work.
on a farm near Canton for aboat
year, has been taken to Missouri III
charge, of having committed rape ta
thirteen months ago. Extraction A
pers were issued by Gov. Herr.ed.
Ira Hatch. United States Indian al
At the Cheyenne River agency, While
Sioux Fails recently, stated that smd
pox on the reservation, which a. d
time threatened to spread to nal
tribes of the Sioux nation, has praea
ally disappeared.
The town OF Evarts voted on
proposition to incorporate, and
question carried by a small maifi1
& Now the question of the legality OfS
aral voters who participated in the
ton Is raised, and the validity Of
election will he questioned.
Deadwood's successful carnival \
closed. The fire tournament conid
were settled by Central City and Rag
city teams dividing the purse Of
and calling the h~ub-and-hub We; 2
of. All the unpleaslntness betEs
the several fire companies has beena
icably settled.
Work on the new telephone line ~
Yankton TO Tabor. Tyndall, SprasA
and Running Water is being puI
rapidly. The poles a.e nearly all
sition and the wire win be struns
few days. The gang in charge VIII
north and west Of Mitchell as soOs
the line is constructed.
The strike OF the freight hanisn
Sioux Falls. in the employ q 'e :
waukee road, was short-liyed. A.q
short conference with Supt bear'a]
the men returned to work on
schedule which limits q says "uA
ten hours and provides FOR eAua
for overtime.
The First National Bank OF y"
socket is being organized.
tai of 50 900. The promoters
Soper and son Of Emmettspuis,
and r. @. Richards of Huron s|
take s15.O 0 of the stock. Inc -
is being taken by the pusihess II
Huron. The new concern VIM Il.
the Citizens bank, now IN ope
Huron.
A gas explosion at Parker
two men and a boy. The new
gas factory there IS just conIp ploss
one of the p~roprietors. p. L DDt,
of Yankton: Frank Ely anu ,a,re d
of that place. were in the oul ."spd
OF them lighted a match, no
that the building was fun Oh o.
instant the match was strucA
interior was a sheet OF haH
There is an increase OF DeS d
and $500 in the reeelpts 80 NOD
Falls postofice for the 'ni. ne \
ending June so, compared WIN -,
responding period in lsoV' aad
nec,ad there would be a falling
pear as compared with last, wn y,
political state headquarg me 4
Falls, but II now looks as soat
would show an increase WIN
During the month OF june ,ard a
ocouirad At the government lans
In Huron l5.52sl9 acres OF iar sares1
> zoos co aarss were by final no.
proof; 1,160 acres were Uorp By
ure proof; 7s.D acres nv .
sale. and 11,615.10 acres M.rter ed
stead entry. For the qua, sers1
June 80, the total nuilp "a. nj
auired by settlers was s4, the 81
tai number of acres VIM ~ the
district at the beginning , : pOfi
wear was 1855, 900, of which subp4
main only about 10000 as.s Of the
entry under the provisions md tAs1
eminent homestead laws, mOpth
he exhausted within a rev eutrisd
the present rate at which
being made. I'd
sheriff j. II. Laugnnn IA ~
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