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
w. I. 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 artesian well at ABB
erGeen has become Permanently cog
ged, and IL is doubtful If ii can be re-
opened.
c. x. Dwelly has sold a half interest
IN his hardware and furniture business
at Mellette to +. w. White, formerly
OF Chicago.
b. G.. 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 Yankton
lCspitaI Tor 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 yicIn-
ity of Alpena. From sixteen to twenty
nna Ht,ShalS N w tho fo,trav oiuap ..
In the official report of the state
board of equalization, Sanborn county
is shown to be tEe most prosperous OF
all the agricultural counties of the
state.
The following have been appointed
rotaries public: T. f. Egge, Webster;
r. j. Spangler, Mitchell: Ray Barker,
Aipena; Frank NJ. Steere, washington
Springs.
The Armour city school beard. Gfter
standing at a tie for three months on
the selection OF an assistant principal.
finally elected Miss Caroline Hogan OF
Howard.
The ;mrlement dealers of Parkston
have sold seventy-ninc binders and
1e5, 900 thousand pounds of binding
twine, in addition to a large amount of
other machinery.
H. III. Humphrey, of the firm of Gran
ger ~ Humphrey, Aberdeen, Is plan
ming TO 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 r. b.. Hart % Aberdeen,
his specifications and figures being con
sidered the best by the 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 IL nous Alderman fruit farm, near
Hurley down to about 5000 bushels.
III farm is now owned by 1. w. Pros
ser.
During the month of June the Mill
waukee hauled 1,700 people into the
country along the Platte line. ad nearly
every one OF them passed through
Yankton and went UP town and bought
something.
The Webster company is
making arrangements 10 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 new ele-
vator at westfield.
Hammond Bros. are building a house
2Sx2S feet, two stories high, with an
addition 1894 feet, one story in height.
to take the place of the n recently
burned. 1t will be one of the finest
- e. TTntNn. nn,tYfx
Mr.. Higgins, the young man sent to
Huron from La Crosse, Wis, to take u
position in the government weather ou-
reau as messenger, has resigned end
returned home. Thu place Is temIo ora
rily filled by Sanford Lyon of Huron.
Treasurer Grangaa-d says the scav-
enger tax law for the collection OF real
estate taxes of 1899 n 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
tfat weighed out e 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 FER acre.
Charles Russell Of Vermillion viii
have nearly 800 bushel 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. T..
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 now ar
tesian well to run over his farm
F. c.. Newell. who was offered the
cashiership OF the Milwaukee station at
Aberdeen and refused the position. viii
become that comp aDy's agent at Up
switch, It is understood. A.. j.. Bird. who
came to Aberdeen from Wabasha.
Mimi. TO take the place, has decided