Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-10-17
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South Dakota |
General State News
Photographed.
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he Is making tests.
Three thousand lineal feet Of cement
walk a been laid in Aberdeen his
season. at a cost Of / 1000.
cattle shipments from Pierre are he
ing delayed by the inability Of he
northwestern to furnish cars.
Nine carloads Of cattle and horses
were shipped from Waterfowl via the
northwestern for Chicago Saturday
A postofice has been ordered estab-
lshed at Hyde, Jerrauld COUNTY and
charles IL. Hyde has been appointed
postmaster.
A s~eVen-year-oll son Of Carl Zwier
et Madison, suffered a broken leg nv
getting 1t into a buggy wheel while un-
der Roadway.
Several Of the old-timers of Western
sully county, having disposed Of their
holdings, are preparing to leave for
new locations.
Inc Presbyterian church at Madison
elected as trustees of the church r T.
burnett, j. B. Jones, Mrs. J.. II. Will
hanson, Miss Abbie Beardsley.
Parents of the young couple who
eloped from Groton located the chill
uren IN North Dakota and brought
them home after separating them.
The foundation for the new postofice
building is being laid at BowdIe. and
d n new structure will soon be up in
place OF the n destroyed by fire.
Luther H. Glow of Pierre. S. D. will
be awarded the contract for the water
supply system for the Standing Rock
agricultural school, North Dakota, at
1858.
The Milwaukee Railway compan
has made arrangements to plat an ad-
dition to h town of Hosmer. Nc
Pherson county, the place having over
lowed its original boundaries.
The Grand hotel at Garretson is now
In charge Of Landlord Schultz and wife
OF Yankton, who will conduct it in the
future. The formal opening Of the
hotel will take place on the 18th inst.
Paul Landmann Of Memo. who re-
Gently purchased the interest of Peter
Wahl in the machine business of j. H.
Mettler & Co, at that place, has trans
terred the interest back TO Mr.. VAIL.
William Folken, who resides four
miles north of Lennox, shot a pelican
thar measured eight feet and -four
inches from tip 20 tip of it's wings. The
bird is on exhibition at a Lennox drug
store.
The delinquent tax list for Beadle
county, which is now being prepared,
Is the smallest in the history of the
county, indicating that the people gen
orally are in a good financial condi-
ton.
The Catholic church in Salem was
dedicated recently by Bishop O'Gor-
man, assisted by several priests. The
bishop while in Salem also admins
tered confirmation to a large number
Of children.
NJ. L. Van Slyke has sold his half
section five miles north of Lake Pres
ton, for $3.50 per acre. Land is now
changing hands freely, a great deal of
It being bought by Minnesota and
Iowa farmers.
Four more rural delivery routes have
been started from Yankton. 1t is I'M
derstood that the %postoffice at Lake
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new routes thoroughly cover the u
try tributary to that office.
Father O'Mera Is raising money with
which to erect a Catholic church at
Geddes. The people of that town and
vicinity are subscribing literally, and
II Is probable that work on the build
Ing will begin in the near future.
Salem has a case of smallpox. w. ].
Rickaby, a music teacher, was X Ill
| sunday, and the doctors pronounced
his case to be smallpox Tuesday. he
Is ~ouarantined, amid a strong effort is
being made to prevent the disease from
spreading.
c. z. Granger of Blunt had his store
robbed recently. The party who did
,be lob gives half a dozen different
names. among them Pat Hogan ana
Pat Higgins. He was traced 10 Gel-
tysburg and back to Harold before ne
a caught.
n A. Metcalf Of Correctiorvi!le, Ia,
has purchased the hardware and I'M
nlement business of NJ. c. Pease at
Chamberlain. He will have personal
charge of the business. Mr.. Pease was
one of the pioneer business men or the
Missouri valley.
Mrs. Josie Logan Of Chicago VINO
owns a large amount of property d.
ordway, has engaged an attorney anu
wiIl fight the scavenger tax law. ahe
claims the property was assessed poth
90 acreage and as town lots, ana that
the acreage tax has been paid.
The of Hutchinson county
An things on a large scale. one or mem
Isaac W~alter-has just completed the
tbresbing of 5000 bushels OF wheat
Ha also threshed 5000 bushels OF oatS'
Wis wheat averaged twenty-five DuSn-
/ els to the acre.
Tbera is more water throughout the
state at the present time thar thele
has heen at his season for many yeaiS.
aIouphs and ponds that had <peeh "a
g. same time are now full OF water
IA in some heretofore 'dry lake oeus
where hay had been cut the
are surrounded by water
Trouble over stock running a.
,ras ~resnonsible for Samuel Whlle, .
nroroinent farmer Of Clark county, p
- bound over TO the next term Oh .ne
20 nlrc,,it court the other day Oh =
oharoe of assault with a deaoiy w
NON. Complaint was made py