Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07
South Dakota
c...-o, State News
- Photographed.
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CnarleS GottScnalk OF Aberdeen mas
leased the Mitchell opera house.
The town council of Canistota has
awarded the contract for a new jail at
that place.
DR.. H.. NJ. Ffnnerud has been APP
pointed a pension examining agent ct
WATERFOWL.
The Northwestern railroad Is max
ing extensive improvements in It's
yards at Arlington.
A roller mill at Bookings the other
day received an order from the east for
5000 barrels of flour
State Treasurer Schamber Is back In
the office after several weeks at his
Hutchinson county home.
j. B. Bertrand. real estate dealer at
Yankton, says he has sold $S5, 700 worth
OF land in the past seven years.
A. B. Doughty recently sold his farm
for $50 per acre and expects to leave in
the spring for Washington.
Many land seekers have been looking
over land in BonHomme county. The
price of farms is Increasing rapidly.
J.. T. Coxhead OF Yankton is engaged
Upon a very fine piece OF chancel furni-
ture for st. Martins church, Omaha.
Frank Gruby, a Webster sportsman,
killed a white prairie chicken which Is
now in the hands of a taxidermist for
mounting,
This German Congregational associa-
tion of ministers and churches of South
and North Dakota held a session at
Tyndall last week.
The freight business is increasing so
rapidly at Geddes that 1t is believed the
Milwaukee company will be compelled
TO build more side racks
The firm of Akam & Carr, druggists
at Flandreau, has been dissolved by
mutual consent. George H. Carr will
conduct the business in future.
The citizens of Lake Preston are agi-
tating the matter of erecting a large
new hotel at that place, the present
hotel facilities being too limited.
Under the present favorable weather
t~hreshing operations are progressing
most rapidly, and the greater part OF
Lake county's crop is already cleaned
up.
Phil Eyer has completed the artesian
well he was drilling for the Northern
hospital for insane, and a fine flow Of
water was reached at a depth Of LOGS
feet.
The government has placed a large
number of mountain trout n black
bass in Pease creek, Charles Mix coun-
ty, and in the streams OF Gregory
county.
Clinton Kendall Of Artesian and Miss
Cora Mechanism OF Milbank were mar
ried at the residence of the BRIDE
groom's parents. They win reside in
Artesian.
Now that Sisseton has been provid-
ed with one of the best waterworks
system in the state, the citizens are
talking of establishing an electric light
system.
There are a large number of buns
in Deadwood, the overflow from the
grading camps, men who are not look
ing for work, and would not work if
they found it.
J.. f.. Dillon OF Aberdeen, arrested on
the charge of robbing Otto Tunley at
the Northwestern depot, was held to
the court in 5000 bonds, which he was
unable to furnish.
Parties have beer looking over the
ground with a view to putting in a
CT SNo1Nog AN ~
ing to have it completed in time for
next seasons business.
Mrs. j.. e. Case, wife of a stock buyer
at Oldham, was shot by a stray bullet
while hanging out clothes in the back
yard. The bullet entered her thigh and
has not been extracted.
Bryan & Collins, who last week made
q deal whereby they come into the pos
session OF the Newton wagon and
blacksmith shop In vermilIion took
charge of the same on Monday.
Tiliie Nelson, a handsome young
Swedish pima of Lead, won a breach
Of promise suit against Alex Quarford,
head blacksmith of the Homestake
company. to tie amount of $4,000.
A woman's brass band has been or
ganized at Armour, the only band OF
the kind, 1t is believed, in the state. A
purse of $50 was presented to the mem
bers by the business men OF the town.
A e. Parmenter of Scotland has been
granted a t~wenty-year franchise for an
electric plant by the council of that
place. The council exempts the plant
from taxation for a period of five
years.
r.. E. M~ytinger, late of Mt. Vernon,
Is the new agent of the Milwaukee
Railroad company at Lennox. A. L.
Walker, the retiring agent, believes he
will be transferred to the Plankinton
station.
Pensions granted: Increase, restora-
tion. reissue, etc.-Jason F. Haskell,
Condo, so: original widows, etc
Sarah J. Smedley, Milbank. $50; (Spe-
cial accrued October 5)-Louisa NJ. Ny
rick, Sioux Falls, IS.
The county treasurer OF Lawrence
county has taken up all eight and ten
per cent outstanding bonds, and Is now
ready to start on the five per cents.
He accordingly has issued a cal for
$4,000 of the latter bonds.
The people of Armou are discussing
the advisability of erecting a new school
building or greatly enlarging the pres
ent structure. At present it is necess-
airy to use a church for school purposes,
so crowded is the regular school build
ing.
Rural mail patrons who have been
receiving mail on the Dalesburg route
out of C~enterville, held a meeting and