Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-17
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marion, who located thare about ten
vars ago. coming form Germany. IS
dead. ~
Representative Burke has recon-
mended DR.. George w. Potter as a
member OF the board of pension exam
liners at Reddeld.
On April 26 a number Of neighbofng
ODD Fellow lodges will unite with the
Mltchell lodge in celebrating the eighty
thlrd anniversary of the order.
The collections of the state treasurer
during the month of March were over
s'oo'OOO. This is the largest amount vet
connected In one month by the state.
Supt. Martinda:e. superintendent of
the Yankton schools, has gone to Dead
wood, where he will deliver an address
oefore the Black Hills Teachers associ-
alton.
Work has been commenced on a new
Baptist church building at Elk Point.
which. when completed, will be one of
the finest structures Of its kind In the
state. r. -.
the spring term of the Mitchell uni
Versity opened last week, and viii con-
unue eleven weeks. 'The attendance is
very large, as compared to former
years.
Charles ingalls, OF Canton, a black
smith, dropped dead In his shop recent
ly. Mr.. ingalls, was a pioneer Dakotan,
sixty-eight years Of age. He leaves a
large family.
The state treasury has received a
IRA ~ frF ~ Che nnA.a g.
$3.50, to apply on the Hatch fund for
h maintenance of the state a%gricult-
ural college.
Tho Price-Baker Lumber company
has succeeded to the business Of the old
Hulet & Price company, which has
been in existence at Rapid City for
many years. ..
Fort Meade will hereafter be lighted
by electricity. Wires from the power
house in Sturgis will be strung imme-
diately. The Sturgis plant is one of the
best in the West.
AS a new deal, the Great Northern
will operate a through passenger train
between Watertown and the Twin Cit
les. 1t will leave Watertown at Sis a.
m, returning at $50 p. m.
The supreme court has admitted to
practice Charles II. Warner of DeSmet,
on CT rtifcates from the supreme court
of Minnesota, and G. Z. Smith OF Gus
ter. On a Territorial certificate.
Since the sending out Of lis patents
by the state commissioner of school and
public lands, that officer has received
payments enough TO require the issuing
OF seventy-fiye more patents In q few
days.
e. Sunderlin of Tyndall, was taken to
the hospital at "Yanktoa. Several
weeks ago he was bitten on the leg by
an Infatuated dog. Blood-poisoning set
in and tn abcess gathered behind one
of his ears.
County Treasurer Schaub of Kings
bury county reports that he has been
compelled to return to h state treas
ury the sum of $14, 900 of the permanent
school fund, because he has been un-
able 10 loan 1t.
Among the Sturgis people who have
set out for the Klondike this spring IL
William Mcmillan. He spent part OF
last summer in the region about Ska
quay and Lake Atlin, B. c., and this
spring he intends to go on to Dawson
City.
Adolph Kylius, a n~iue-year-old son If
Eugene Kylius Of Yankton, climbed TO
the top of a high board fence and,
stretching out on a 2x4 around the top
of the fence, fell asleep and fell off, He
struck on his face on a broken bottle
and is In a critical condition.
John Ebbott, a farmer living south Of
Mitchell, was adjudged insane by the
board Of insanity. His craze is of a re-
ligicus nature. Mr.. Ebpott has resided
alone on his farm for eighteen years,
and has brooded so much over his t-ou-
bles that has mind has become affected.
The Odd Fellows Of Beresford are
planning for a grand celebration OF
their anniversary day, April 26. Eff
forts will be made to organize all the
Odd Fellows in that part of the state
in the movement, with Beresford as the
scene of the gathering and celebration.
O.. e.. Jewett, the architect. whose
plans for the Dea5wocd hotel We're ac-
cented, is dead OF pneumonia. He
formerly lived at Chamberlain. Pierre
and Milbank. He has designed some OF
the best buildings in the Hills during
the last four years. His death was
sudden.
The Homestake Mining company has
absorbed the properties of the Dead
wood Terra Mining company, including
he big stamp mill located at Terra
Vile. The capital stock OF the Home
stake has been increased the second
time. making the total capitalization
%, 900, 900 shares.
At a meeting of the lawn tennis en-
thusiasts of Clear Lake an organfza-
tion. TO be known as the Clear Lake
TENNIS club, was formed. Oficere'were
elected as follows: President. J j.
uateberg: vice president, J. e. Wal
seth: secretary, Miss Tetzlof; treasur-
or. Miss Flanders.
i, Rev. Donald McLain, who for some
Years has been pastor OF the
church at White, has rendered his res
,gna ton. having decided to accept a
cali from the Methodist EPISCOPAL
church at Alexandria, MINI. He VIII
assume the duties of pastor at that
place on Sunday, April 10.
II is not probable that the county
commissioners of Codington county win
nonav for an EXHIBIT