Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-22

postmaster at Pitrodie, Clark county
vice w. p. Linscott, resigned
". 1. Walkeri reports the section be-
tween Pierre and Evarts very dry, but
crops splendid north OF Evarts.
Moses II. Surpless of Armour has Sc
cured a pension of SO per month.
During one week nearly $4,000 was
paid farmers in the vicinity of Hitch
cock for milk furnished to the cream
cry.
Ed Walker lost ten acres of wheat in
shock. six miles west Of Elk Point. 1t
is said the fire was started by an en-
CINE.
The old railroad ertesian well at Abb
erGeen has become Permanently cog
ged, and IL is doubtful If it can be re-
opened.
c. X. Dwelly has sold a half interest
IA his hardware and furniture business
at Mellette to F. w. White, formerly
OF Chicago.
B. C. Huddle of Chamberlain, and ].
II. Bcttsem of Faulkner, have been ad-
mit;ed to practice before the interior
department.
Mrs. w. II. Jones of Madison, was
taken before the board Of insanity last
week. and she was sent to the Yapkton
tcspital FOR insane.
George Sinclair shipped the first car
of new wheat from Beresford. 1t was
raised on his farm. and yielded eight
cen bushels of No. 3 per acre.
The t~hreshing machine is telling a
good story of wheat yields in the vicin-
ity of Alpena. From sixteen to twenty
n bushels are the figures given.
In the official report of the state
board Of equalization, Sanborn county
is shown to be the most prosperous of
all the agricultural counties OF the
state.
The following have been appointed
rotaries Public: 7. f. Egge, Webster;
Il. j. Spangler, Mitchell: Ray Barker.
Aipena; Frank NJ. Steere, washington
Springs.
The Armour city school beard. after
standing al a tie for three months on
the selection OF an assistant principal.
finally elected Miss Caroline Hogan OF
Howard.
The implement dealers of Parkston
have sold seventy-ninc binders and
los, 0G0 thousand pounds OF binding
Irvine, in addition TO a large amount Of
other machinery.
II. II, Humphrey, OF the firm of Gran
ger IL Humphrey, Aberdeen, is plan
ming 70 remove to Sisseton, where he
will eneege in the practice of law, In
partnership with Howard Babcock.
The contract for the heating plant OF
the Alex. Mitchell library at Aberdeen,
has been let to +. b. Hart os Aberdeen,
his specifications and figures being con-
sidered the best by h library board.
The contract for furnishing the new
dormitory of the Madison normal
school has been let to the Robert Keith
Furniture company of Kansas City,
Mo-, On their bid of a little over 5000.
Late frosts and the hot weather of
last month have cut the Apple crop on
the fl mous Alderman fruit farm, near
Hurley down to about 5000 bushels.
The farm is now owned by /. w. Pros
ser.
During the month of June the Mil
waukee hauled LOO people into the
country along the Platte line. ad nearly
every one OF them passed through
Yankton m went up town and bought
something.
The McCaull-Webster company is
making arrangements to build a big ell
evator at Meckling. Work oil the build
ing will begin as % as h cGrpen-
tiers finish their work on h new ele-
vator at Westfield.
Hammond Bros. are building a house
2Sx2S feet. two stories high. with an
1894 feet, one story in height.
4. 4 = a. I.zA - thn .Nnn Vnna1flW
burned. 1t will be one of the finest
farm residences in Union county.
Mr.. Higgins, the young man sent to
Huron from La Crosse, Wis, to take a
in the government weather pu-
reau as messenger, has resigned and
returned home. The place is temrora-
rily filed by Sanford Lyon of Huron.
Treasurer Grangaa-d says h scav-
enger tax law for the collection OF real
estate taxes OF 1899 and all years prior
thereto will be enforced In Clay county.
He Is now making an abstract of the
back taxes and will then proceed to
collect them.
w, A. Thomas has finished thresing a
thirty-acre field of Lake county wheat
weighed out g little over thirteen
bushels per acre and graded No. 3. He
is now thresing a field Of No. 2 wheat
that promises seventeen to eighteen
bushels rer acre.
Charles Russell of Vermillion VIII
have nearly 300 bushels of plums this
year. He has been busy the past week
getting ready to handle the trad when
the shipping season commences, n re-
ports that he already has a large mum
Der of dvanc orders TO fill.
Judge Campbell has decided in favor
Of the defendant in The case Of w. I.
Mead VS.. The Town of Mellette. Mead
is a farmer living near Mellette. and he
sought to enjoin the town from allow
ing the waste water from the now ar
tesian well to run over his farm
f. G.. Newell. who was offered the
cashiership OF the Milwaukee station at
Aberdeen and refused the position. viii
become that comp sny's agent at Up
switch, 1t is understood. A. ]. Bird, who
came to Aberseen from Wabasha.
MIMI. TO AXE the place. has decided
not to remain.
The Hudson school board has finally