Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-04-04
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Farmers in Lake county have com
menced seeding.
In Lake county Canadian geese are
plenty; also mallard and cal ducks.
Carey Wiser, a pioneer of Minnehaha
county, is dead. He settled there in
the '70's.
A mar named Jackson is under ar
rest at Belle Fourche on a charge of
horse-stealing in Montana,
w. c. Baxter of Big Stone has been
awarded the contract to supply 400 car
leads of stone for the Minneapolis dam.
The Hanover Copper company, at
Pierre, with a capital of 81. 600, 900; in
corporators, E.. E. Cherry, H. s.. Ander-
son.
The people of Madison have taken
steps to secure a s10,0 900 donation from
Andrew Carnegie for public library
purposes.
During the past ten days horses to-
the value of between $4,000 and $1,000
have been shipped from Clark to East
ern purchasers.
The Alaskan Mining company. at
Pierre, with a capital of 81, 900, 600: in
corporators, T.. f. Cherry, Charles w.
White, H. s. Anderson.
1: is reported that the day passenger
train on the Hastings & Dakota divis-
ion of the Milwaukee road will be put
on not later than April Is.
Residents of Claremont and vicinity
are arranging to start a creamery. The
milk from not less than 400 cows would
be sold to the institution.
The Seward Alaskan company, at
Pierre, with a capital of $1,000, 600; in
corporators, Charles w. White. G.. A.
Simonton, Harry S. Anderson.
A creamery company has been organ
lied at Bijou Hills. The officers are:
President, J. w. Thwing: secretary, l..
G. Troth: treasurer, c. c.. Lowe, c. c..
Lowe.
A sale of Brown county school lands
took place recently. While the attend
arce was not slarge, the bidding was
spirited. and prices ranged from $50 to
s25 per acre.
Philip Lawrence. assistant secretary
of state, has rendered his resignation,
to take effect July /, and e. N. Graves
of Ashton county has been appointed to
fill the position.
After a search prosecuted at intervals
for a number Of weeks, Gus Craven, a
rancher living on White river, In the
Bad Lands, has killed a large mountain
lion and wounded another. The one
killed weighed 12s pounds.
Frank Koftan Of Tyndall walked ten
miles to the Missouri river. where he
opny,iftad c,YioiIn hxy INN nip0 infn tho
stream. Members Of the family traced
him to the river bank and found his cap
and overcoat. Temporary insanity was
the cause,
The jury In the United States court
at Pierre, in the cas- in bankruptcy of
Vanslyke &c Co. VS.. Wilhelmina Fay.
was discharged, having failed to agree.
The case was hard-fought, taking up
the whole week. 1t will go over to the
October term, unless a special term OF
cou car be secured sooner.
The Pierre land office has received
notice to receive filings on two town
ships OF land. on what has been a part
of the Lower Brule reservation, which
has just been opened to settlement.
The tract contains a number of fine
ranch locations. and will be taken up
rapidly.
The cal for bids for 42s cavalry
horses. to be put in at Fort Meade, is
causing quite a stir among horsemen,
and many bids have already been put
In. There are plenty of good cavalry
horses on the Black Hills ranges, and
IL a local man secures the contract 1t
will make things lively i'm Sturgis dur
ing April and May, as most Of the ami
mails will be broken after the bids are
opened.
Arrangements have been made by the
Milwaukee company for a. trail to run
through the Cheyenne reservation, six
miles wide, thus allowing the cattle
from the northwestern part Of the state
to be driven to Evarts for shipment
over the Milwaukee. Indian police will
guard the trail, so that no t~respassing
will be allowed. A toll is to be paid on
every head Of cattle driven over the
trail. this to go to the Indians on the
reservation.
The Indians that will come to the
quadro-centennial, to be held in Dead
wood in July, will be given all the meat
they want to eat by the four large
packing companies, Cudahy, Swift.
and Armour. All four COM
panies have their headquarters in
and retail their products to
other Black Hills cities from there.
The committee on mineral palace for
the carnival has decided to erect h
building on the corner opposite the city
hall. on Main street, on the old found
alton intended for a hotel.
A report from Pierre says: This Sec
ton of the state win feel the effects in
the rise in the prices Of land in the
eastern portion of the state, and, In
fact, has already begun to feel the
Land-seekers are making their
and securing locations.
Most Of them desire tracts OF sufficient
size for stock raising, but all Of them
are figuring OF raising feed for their
stock irstead OF depending On prairie
hay, as in past years. The high prices
In the eastern portion of the state Is
forcing those farther west who have
means, where they can pur-
chase cheaper. and Is also bringing In
vestors. who feel that there is to be a