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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
ORDINANCE No. a..

An ordinance granting &c the Dakota Central
Telephone Lines Qnc.) the right TO erect
poles aud fixtures and TO string wire for the
purpose OF cpe'a 'ipg a long distance tele-
phone system through the city of Webster,
!. ID.
The City Council of the City of Webster do
ordain as follows:
Section l. That there is hereby granted 70
the Dakot Central Telephone Lines tInc.l
their successors and asslgnees. the right and
the privileges TO erect poles and fixtures and
to- string wiye along such streets. alleys and
pu JIG highways within the City of Webster.
). D.. as msy be necessary for the purpose of
establishing. erecting aud maintaining a long
distance telephone system into aud through
aud cry Tor the term OF ten years from tho
date OF the passage and approval Of this ordi.
nance, Tor the purpofe of supplying the citi-
zenS OF Webster, aud the public In general.
facilities to communicate with persons az =
distance from the city of Webster, 4. ID aud
all such rights and privileges TO become oper.
alive and To continue upon conditions herein
named.
Sec. 2. The poles to be located under rho
direction OF the city council on the recon.
mendation OF the standing committee ON
streets and alleys Of said city.
Sec. =. All poles, wires and fixtures are 10
De so placed as not to int rfere with the ordi.
nary travel aud traffic ON the streets in said
city, and not To interfere with the flow az
we ter IN any watermRins, sewers or CUTTERS M
the said city, and the city council reserves the
right 10 adopt such reasonable rules and
regulations OF n police Dature as may he
deemed necessary and for the best interests az
the city, not destructive. however. of the
rights and privileges herein granted.
Sec All wiTeS strung and used under
aud by virtue OF this ordinance shall be placed
at such distance from the ground as the civ
council shall deem necessary and reasonabl,
and at all street crossings not less than
| evenly feer. ~
Sec. >. The rights and privileges berin
granted are not exclusive. aud the city coun.
ell reserves the right to grant the same ar
similar privileges 10 others, the same, how
ever. arr not 10 Interfere with the full and
proper use hereby GRANTEE.
Sec. D. In considerable OF the forepoinp
the ctty Of webster shall have the right To nse
SAID lines Tree ~ charge for business belong.
me strictly 70 the municipality of the city OF
/ Webster, ;. ID. "
See. .. Said Dakota Central Te,epbono 70
shall not he allowed to establish n local tels'
phone exchange nor To connect with any of,ica
or place of business or private residences viii.
~ said city except through the local ex.
change.
sec. :. This ordinance shall he nublishad
according To law and shall take effect only an
Hing IN the office of the City Auditor ~ 500
city within ten DAYS after the publicatinn
thereof. a written acceptance of the terms m
this ordinance hy the Dakota Central Teie.
phone Lines tInc) e
Ordained, passed aud approved this 18th
! day of Feb. 1901. i''"
tSEAL.i p. " syu
CARL MALNBERG. Mayor
City Auditor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
TAe skin and the LungH

THAT the skin Is intimately connect
~ with the lungs is proved by the
Vcact that our minor Ills Of the respira-
-anost always traceable 10 a checking
40 ahe perspiration. so that tie impuri-
ties OF the blood poison us" says Har-
aey Sutherland. In Ainslee's- Every
1body knows the story about the little
1soy that was covered with gold leaf as
n cherub for some Roman pomp and
zhow be died In agony a few hours
a~zfterward. The poisons manufactured
NY his own organisms slew him. to
SAY nothing of his s~uffocation. Burns
6nsolying more than one-third OF the
general surface are fatal because the
S~excretory powers OF the skin are less
~encd beyond the abilities of the other
stcpuratory organs to make up for.
.-varnish an animal and 1t will die
On from six 10 twelve hours. say some
4Nufhorities. This in~controvertibie fact
4s matched BY another equally %incontro-
y~erfible-that nobody ever heard Of
rny case OF tarring and feathering that
akiiled the victim. He might have had
MI kinds of trouble in getting the stuff
~ah. and he might have felt a shock
90 his pride. but he didn't die that any
1bsdy ever heard of. | never assisted
af q ceremony OF this kind At either
end Of the joke. and so | can't speak as
NJ the completeness with which the
aRss&y Is covered with the tar. but from
<ny general knowledge OF the character
~,f the people OF the west and south
@ssrst. where such sports are freely In
sluiged IN. l should say that II would
~nos likely be a thorough and compre-
Ssensiye fermentation. II may be that
fhe man breathes through the quilts
~pf the feathers stuck on. but l doubt IL.
q should think tar would seal up the
~pores OF the skin quite as ~effectually
Ess varnish. and it is a paint warranted
es wear in all weathers and not to
GrAck or scale or"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
OLD DUTCH WE'RE cHoLERIc
IAey Called Each Other "snappert-
Jes," and Even Worse.

They Called Each Other "Snappert-
Jes," and Even Worse.
What q contentious crowd the in
Ahabitants of the village. then known as
Breuckelen. now part OF Brooklyn.
was!
The early records are filed with
seports of inquiries into the cause OF
Tioting and disturbances of the peace.
sThe early court records consist largely
OF actions brought for SANDER and as
ssauit- IL Is recorded that a man was
arrested for calling an official a "snap-
pertje." another vas put in jail. charg-
ed with having called his neighbor a
dick beeste" and still another was
ciapped into Jail for having called a
certain official a ''bloodsucker." Some
OF the old Dutch records make interest
ing reading.
And the court melted out justice in all
these cases with n regard for common
and a disregard for statute law
that one cannot help but admire. One
Instance of curious adjustment OF
penalties may be cited:
The village tavern keeper and a con
tentious woman both appeared before
the court. asking justice. They had
11uarreied. The woman had accused the
fnnkeeper of watering his brandy, and
he in turn had applied an %opprobrious
epithet 90 the woman. The court after
hearing the evidence adjudged both 10
De guilty. With rare discrimination
In making the punishment fit the crime
the man was fined 6 gulden and the
woman, who had impugned the quality
Of the brandy. vas fined 20 gulden.
With hundreds Of times the popula'
tion today. the courts of Brooklyn dc
mot have one-tenth the SANDER or as
Eauit cases that they had some 20C
years ago. and, as for a riot. there has
moi been one Of any magnitude even
threatened In more than a score OF
yearx.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
Gar STALLS on ANT svssosI-
PLAN or ROUND A Z

bridge the studs and get In another
stiffener of boxed stone and grout.
This is for outer end OF your joists or
floor to rest upon.
II you propose to resist a cyclone and
hold ME responsible for results. do your
work well. have all the doors and open
ings closed during the trial. l do not
propose to make a harbor for rats and
mice by ceiling the lower story with
Gull lumber. though II wcnld add
strength. Strength may be added by
bridging the studs. Paper outside OF
studs. Side up with shiplap or drop
siding. Break the joints as TO lengths.
IL the pocketbook holds out and more
warmth is wanted, add paper outside
OF siding and over IL steel or iron sid
ing.
Where the metal siding is used and
lumber is high priced it may be econ
omy TO use strong unplaned Gull lumber
instead of drop siding. covered with
steel siding. Splice studs TO roof. As
this plan is for no silos in the center
central support Of roof must be plan
ned by the carpenter. The purline
plates must have good strong posts at
the ends and centrally. which may be
made of square solid lumber or OF .
inch plank spiked together.
This plan is Oh the presumption that
the roof is to be a ridged one, which
will admit Of a hay carrier in the ridge
extending out over a load OF hay out
side in the gable OF the barn. My car
rier track is n tve-eighths inch rod with
carrier made of metal. durable and
effective. / think il costs less than
other kinds. If my plan has been un.
derstood. it will he seen that the lower
story admits of a drive in Goor cross
wise of the ridge above or n drive in
passage without lumber floor.
The floor above the lower story may
all be of one height or higher above
the drive in passageway. The upper
story may not have any drive in en-.
trance, but filled with hay carrier or in
any other manner you please. Some
may prefer hand pitching ''over TIE
great beam" still wondering why
boys leave the farm
The upper story can be reached by a
bridge from a bank or grade which
will permit of any kind of loading tC
be driven in. which will add to cost
A ridge roof with one-third or more
pitch will hold a large amount, but can
be dispensed with for a round one. Ar
inquirer asks how a ridge roof can bt
put on a round barn. Here is the way:
Nail board on top Of siding un
der the Nail Oh two thicknesses
of inch lumber on inside top of stud.
and bolt through all. putting on nuts
A carpenter suggests to pat on TIVE
purline plates each side of ridge il
the barn is go feet in dlameter-th,
central rafters to be two feet apart
placed on top of stud. The shorter
rafters can be farther apart without re
gard to the studding. A years use OF
this has proved very satisfactory.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
Notice for Publication,

Land office a WATERFOWL, s. D., Feb. 1,
1901.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention
TO make his bomt final proof in support
OF his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Clerk OF the Circuit Court at Web.
ster, 5. D., on April Il. 1901. viz:
JOEL A. BEACHi.
Hid. Entry 2224I. for the south halt Of the
northeast quarter and lots Que and two of
section 3, township l2S, north OF range IS. west
of the 9Th p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz:
Fred Russell and n. A. Dibble of Roslyn 3.
D., and ID. Il. Compton and w. vi. NcCumoer
of Webster, ). ID.
Lee Slower. Register.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
CouIan't II.

After hearing evidence In an assault
sase between man and wife. in which
the wife had had a deal Of provoca-
ton. the magistrate. turning to the hus-
band. remarked:
"Ny good man. ] really cannot do
anything In this case"
"But she has cut a piece of my ear
of. sir"
We'll" said the magistrate, II will
bind her over TO keep the peace"
"You cant" shouted the husband:
''sbe's thrown IL awayr"- Parsons
Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
Send all or ters to REPORTER and FARMER.
Webster, South Dakota.
Sale aud Lease of School and Endowment
Lands.

Notice il hereby given thar on March End
1901. all Unbiased common school and endow
ment lands in Day county will be .hered foI
sgle. at public auction. at the front door o'
the q, urt House. in said county, " the
hours Of 10 o'clock a. IN i. aad 8 o'clock .. m.
and on March BIRD. 1901. all unsold a d un
lea sed common school aud eDsowment lands
public auction between the hours of 10 O'Clock
a. IN. and ) O'Clock y. IN. at the front door Of
said court house.
Dated. Pierre, s.. D.. January 9Th, 1901.
ID. Eastman.
Commissioned of Schools and Public Lands.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
ABOUT ROUND BARNS.
AFFORD s%5NE-THIRD MORE ROOM
THAN RECTANGULAR SHAPE.
Method Of C~snstruction II Simple
and No More Expensive
taons and siding Explained-Suita-
bile For Any Purpose.

Discussing the question OF round
barns in a recent issue Of The National
Stockman, MI. f.. C. Curtis gives the
following information TO those who
contemplate building next season:
Make your foundation OF level ground
such as your latitude requires. Erect
studs . by s, say 90 feet long TO lowest
caves. = feet apart. Cut into on out
side bottom L by 10 inches nail inch
board therein. nail a simil.-r board, or,
better, n 2 inch plank. on inside OF
studs, fill the boxes so formed with
stone and grout Of preferably cement
and sand. making a stone sill. II the
lower story is to make a stable or for
other purpose. make its height what
you please. AZ which point you Will
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
When TO nedace Feed.

A good dairy COW should he giving
the greatest amount OF milk within
three months of calying. After that
begin TO reduce the feed gradually. al.
lowing her to dry up and have a rest OF
two months each year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
The Frs.

Wife-Do you mean to insinuate that
your Judgment is superior to mine?
misunderstanding not. my dear.
Our choice Of life partners proves Il
isn't-Chicago News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
Notice to Creditors.
Feb. 2t-lv.

IN the matter of Tie , state Of
George stewart deceased.
To tile creditors Of said deceased and .u,a.
sons having claims against said estate.
ION ara hereby required Ia exhthit ,o,.
claims against said deceased or Lis
with tue necessary vouchers, Ia Tie und..sam
al. who has been duly appointed admini-,ra,
TOR of said estate. at his Office In the citr .,
Webster, Day county. >. d., os cor before ,bs
2|tl, day Of June. 1901 '"o
Witness my hand this 10th dag o; Februarv
tsUi.
j.. W. TAYLOR.
Administrator Of the estate
Of George Stewart decea sell
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21

al have received 50 much benefit from l., that
always recommend Shiloh's for coughs,
throat, bronchial and lung trouble"
CHAS. YANDERCAR, Wrerford, NY.
Shiloh's Consumption Cure is sold by all
druggists at csc, soc, St.oO a boz ts. A
printed guarantee goes with every bottle.
lfyou are not satisfied go to your druggist
and get your money back.
Write for illustrated book on consumption. Sent
without cost to you. 5. c. Wells q Co., LeB.oy, NY.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21

Consumption
Cure

cures coughs and colds at
ouce. We don't mean ttat it
relieves you for a little while
it cares. 1t has been doing
this for half a century. 1t has
saved hundreds of thousands
of lives. 1t will save yours if
you give it a chance.
The Conservative, 1901-02-07
THE LIMITS OF oUIvERA.

It usually grieves one who hears or
reads a subject discussed upon which
the author shows ignorance.
A few years ago gentleman of
Topeka was appointed upon committee
of which he was chosen chairman. The
business of the committee pertained to
The Conservative, 1901-02-07

w oAo SoVoAAOI VI dhIduoy huu NDulNoTb.
\ So the Indians (those hunting
the cows) went to their houses, which
were at the distance mentioned, and we
also proceeded at our rate of marching
until we reached the settlement"
Thus it will be seen that the Spaniards
marched down the river on the north
side three days, when they met the
Indians, whose village was three or four
days farther away, an idea that Java.
milo repeats when he says their houses
were at the distance mentioned" That
settles the question as to the number Of
days. march from the river crossing to
the village. See page $50, part 1, 18th
Report of the Bureau of Etnnology.
The end of these six or seven days
march or the location of the village was
the beginning of Quivera Now, were
these marches long or short? They
were probably short, like those of the
preceding thirty days, of which Java.
milo says: 1--WE pursued our way y
for more than thirty days march,
although not long marches, not having
to 60 without water on any one of them"
Coronado, in his letter to the king (page
582 of the same report) says: "It was
the Lords pleasure that after having
journeyed across these deserts seventy
seven days (that is from Bernalillo, near
Santa Fe, N. N.Y. arrived at this
,o,ox,;~oo %loxr coll ~;
Del Suceso says page 578, idem, Gin
going by the way we went we travelled
three hundred and thirty leagues and it
is not more than two hundred by that
by which we returned" Two hundred
Spanish leagues or about 900 miles from
Walnut creek village site in Barton
county, explored by j. V. Brewer, is
very accurate distance for the return
journey made by a nearly direct route;
and it taking seventy seven days to go
the three hundred and thirty leagues
was going or marching but thirteen
miles per day for the whole distance,
and the thirty last days of the march for
the reason given by Javamillo doubtless
averaged considerably less. Besides
when the Indians went to their homes
with Coronado's letter, Javamillo says,
"and we also proceeded at our rate of
marching until we reached the settle.
ment." This statement conveys the
idea that Coronado with his horsemen
did not attempt to keep up with the
Indians on foot. but went forward at
the usual slow rate.
Coronado says: II remained twenty
five days in the province of Quivera,"
and Javamillo says 1--WE reached what
they said was the end of Quivera." If,
then, Coronado went forward from
Walnut creek village site for thirteen of
the twenty. five days that Coronado was
in the province, and then got out of the
province in the next twelve days it is
not likely that he could have more than
| 4 l. - l. 90
The Conservative, 1901-02-07


interest of economy. Few, however,
would appreciate without looking fur
ther, how much of money raised by
taxation is thus thrown away.
AS to non.contract mails, United
States vessels are paid 81 go per pound
for letters, and five cents per pound for
other articles, while vessels of foreign
registry receive about A cents per pound
for letters and about four and one. half
cents per pound for other matter so
that every time postoffice official en-
ploys an International steamer to carry
mails, which might be carried more
promptly by a foreign steamer, he not
merely delays the mail, but, in effect,
steals for the International's pocket the
greater part (nearly three. .fourths in the
case of letters) of the total amount
which the government is charged
therefor.
Moreover, the government has lately
been forced, Notwithstanding it's pre-
dilections, to hire carried by the foreign
lines mentioned the greater part of it's
foreign mails. From Mr.. Chamberlain q
report, treating, as it does, only Of the
amount of compensation paid, it might
be supposed that this was merely Incl
dental. Upon looking, however, at the
figures for the trans. Atlantic service at
New York, given at page of the super
intendent's report, we find that, though
the International received two thirds of
all amounts paid for transmission of
mails from New York, in fact it carried
only about one-fifth of the letters and
one third of the other mail.
So far as concerns relative economy of
service, leaving time entirely out of the
questionable figures of it's compensa-
tion in connection with New York
mails, and the amount of service it
rendered therefor, when compared with
those of it's chief rival, were, re.
spectively:
International Nav. Co.. for carrying
letters. Observation-Disclosures. ....72, ,611 900 grams
For carrying prints. ....... .752, ,72S, ,773 grams
1926, $780, 773 grams
Compensation ............ ..... ..$647, ,278.4 40
Cunard for carrying letters. 118,2S7 785 grams
For carrying prints. $50. 7S1 1878 grams
849,6l8113 grams
Compensation ....... .......... .$184, ,721.O4
That is, the Cunard Line alone does
much more of our fast mail service than
does the international, and this for little
over one. fourth of it's compensation, or,
if the greater cost of letter as compared
with print service is considered, at
probably not to exceed one-fifth of the
rate at which our government pays the
International for similar service.
The Conservative, 1901-02-07


"Quivera." This chairman said that he
had made study of the Coronado dis
coveries and that the whole plains were
known as Quivera, and he asked ques-
tions of an actual student on the subject
that indicated ignorance or prejudice.
Quite recently another gentleman read
a paper at an important meeting in
Topeka in which he evidently drew his
conclusions from General Simpsons
"Coronado's March," written more than
thirty years ago, and he brought Coro-
nado to the Missouri river in northeast.
ern Kansas.
Now, I beg leave to state, in The Star,
to the people of Kansas-as bureau of
the general government nearly ten years
ago has shown it to the world, and as
scientists, like Adolph F. Bandelier, F.
w. Hodge and J. V. Brewer, have also
recently shown in published researches,
some of which were dedicated to Kan
sans and to it's institutions-that the
whole plains were not known as Quivera,
and that Coronado could not have
reached the Missouri river.
The bureau of ethnology fourteenth
report, published in 1899 contains
George Parker Winship's and others
translations of the Spanish narratives of
the Coronado expedition, and 300 pages
are devoted to the subject, showing two
long letters or reports by Coronado him
self, and histories Of the expedition by
Captain Javamillo, by Castenado and
others. These translations and the
writings of Mr.. Bandelier and F. w.
Hodge have settled beyond any contro-
versy that Coronado crossed the Arkan.
sas river when the direction of the river
was turning or flowing northeast; and
this fact recognized there is no longer
any good reason for any careful student
to maintain that the whole plains was
Quivera, or that Coronado reached the
Missouri river.
The Spanish accounts almost certainly
fix the western or southwestern limits
of Quivera, and Mr.. Brewer in his books
"Quivera" and "Harahey." determined
with great certainty the eastern boun-
Diary of Quivera, or "the end Of Quivera,"
as the Spaniards called it.
To fix the western end of Quivera I
will quote from Captain Javamillo, one
of the thirty horsemen who accompanied
the expedition to it's end, and the most
careful narrator amongst the historians
of the expedition. He says that after
they crossed the great river (the Arkan.
sas) "We went up" (but he means
DOWN ION the other side of the north,
the direction turning towards the north
east, and after marching three days we
found some Indians who were going