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

vice w. K. LinScott, esigned
w. I. walkeri reports the section be.
tween Pierre and Evarts very dry, bu
crops splendid north of Evarts.
Moses Fl. Surpless of Armour has Sc
cured a pension of $40 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 CT Elk Point. 1t
is said the fire was started by an en-
CINE.
The old railroad srtesian well at ABB
erGeen has become Permanently cog
ged, and 1t is doubtful if IL can be re-
opened.
c. X. Dwelly has sold a half interest
IN his hardware and furniture business
at Mellette to F. w. White, formerly
of Chicago.
B. c. Huddle of Chamberlain, and j.
II. Bottsem OF Faulkner, have been ad-
mitted 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 Yenkton
Ltspital 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 threshing machine is telling a
good story of wheat yields in the vicln-
ity of Alpena. From sixteen to twenty
nnn H1Shn1G IVA fha HpnrnC ryix+ar ~. .
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 beer appointed
rotaries Public: T. +. Egge, Webster;
r. 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 se~venty-ninc binders and
los, 900 thousand pounds of binding
twine, in addition to a large amount OF
other machinery.
II. II. Humphrey, OF the firm of Gran
ger IL Humphrey, Aberdeen, is plan
ming 10 remove to Sisseton. where he
will engage 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 f. b. Hart oe Aberdeen,
his specifications and figures being con-
sidered the best by the library board.
The contract for furnishing the new
6ormitory 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 fsmous Alderman fruit farm. near
Hurley down to about 5000 bushels.
The farm is now owned by 1. w. Pros
Fer.
During the month of June h Mill
waukee hauled LOO people n the
country along h Platte line, ad nearly
every one of them passed through
Yankton and wen up town and bought
something.
The McCaull- Webster company is
making arrangements to build a big ell
evator at Meckling. Work on the build
ing will begin as soon as the cGrpen-
tiers finish their work on the ncw ele-
vator at Westfield.
Hammond Bros. are building a house
2Sx2S feet, two stories high, with al
addition 1894 feet, one story in height.
to take the place of the one recently
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 tai n
POSITION in the government weather pu-
reau as messenger, has resigned and
returned home. Thu place is tent q
riIy filed by Sanford Lyon of Huron.
Treasurer Grangaard says the scav-
enger tax law for the collection of real
estate taxes of 1899 and all years prior
thereto will be enforced in Cay county
He is now making an abstract OF the
back taxes. and will then proceed to
collect them.
w. A. Thomas has finished thresing q
thirty-acre field of AXE county wheat
THAT weighed out g little over thirteen
bushels per acre and graded No. .. he
Is now thresing q neld OF NO. Z WAeal
that promises seventeen to eighteen
bushels FER acre.
Charles Russell of Vermillion will
have nearly 500 bushels of plums this
year. He has been busy the past week
getting ready To handle the trade When
the shipping season commences, and re-
ports that he already has a large num-
Der of advance orders TO fill.
Judge Campbell has decided in favor
OF the defendant in ;he case of w. i.
Mead VS.. The Town of Mellette. Mead
is a farmer living near Mellatte. and he
sought to enjoin the town from allow
ing the waste water from the new ar
tesian well to run over his farm
F. G.. Newell. who was offered the
cashiership OF the Milwaukee station at
Aberdeen and refused h position, will
become that conn sny's agent at Ip-
switch, It is understood. A. j. Bird, who
came to Aberdeen from Wabasha.
Mimi. to take the place. has decided
not to remain.
The Hudson school board has finally
coix,ad the prOhiern or hiring a new