Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-09-18

Ut. n. 0. Sanford will erect a veter.
lazy hospital, 44-66, on lots near his
once at Tyndall. 1t will be sunnIied
win all modern conveniences,
The Yankton Association Of Copgre-
5"'lohai churches, about TWENTY-FIVE
~ NUMBER, will meet with the local
'Hurch at Tyndall next month.
Judge Z. G. Smith of Yankton SEN
CEnc9u Nlcholaus Smith of Regier of
SNotiand 10 n year and nine months
sault. 'nAin"l as
M, D. Gardner Of BoDHomme, whose
TouIty EXHIBITS at tie state fair at
l8nNton a V been famous, is collect
lnS another display for this fall which
will be very fine.
Fatrlck Jordan, an old resident of
moody county, and for some wears a
ciIlzen or Egan, but recently of Mer-
TlII, Wis, died at that place last week.
at the age Of sixty-tiye years.
The corn crop in the southern por-
ton of the state promises 70 mature
after all, The light frosts were bene.
Mclai Ihey stopped the growth and
the not weather las fastened matur-
ing, until the crop promises to ripen in
hrst-class shape.
e. military organization at
WhlteWood has been mustered in as
company K of the Second regiment.
Inc offlcerS are: Robert V. Carr. can.
Tain; p. ". BOnniewcll, first lieuten-
ant; Alexander Blundell, second lieu
tenant The muster roll contains for
ty names.
Black Hills contractors refused to
HE DDS for the construction of the
new buildings at the government In
clan school at Rapid City, for the rea,
son that the total appropriation is
only $4,000, and the specifications
called for work that would cost at
least SIS, 1000.
An instrument showing that the
Gleat Northern Railway company has
purchased a 1920 0 tract Of land on
East Eighth street, at Sioux Falls, a
very convenient location for the new
station and freight building, which it
IS said the company will erect to re-
place the ones recently destroyed by
fire.
School opened at Armour with Prof.
W. Addie as principal; Miss Johnson
OF Pierre, assistant principal; and
Mrs. c. T. Kyle, Miss Pearl Ensley,
Miss Ida Derrell and Miss Delta
Lang. The school buildings will not
accommodate all the scholars. and the
beard has arranged for one grade to be
taught in Sherman hall.
The Republicans of Butte county
have placed the following ticket in the
field: Fred NJ. Fuller, sheriff; Walton
Hamilton treasurer; George e. Hair.
auditor; ]. W. Van Buren,, register of
deeds; J. S. Whitney, states attorney:
Elmer Ralston, clerk of courts; Miss
Emma Woods, school superintendent;
John Ingram, coroner; w. r. Classic,
member of the house.
The Republican county convention
of Deuel. county nominated John T.
Newly for the state senate; E. E. Dis
tad, representative; E. N. Flanders,
county auditor; ]. L. Mellon, treas
urer; Herman Schiefelbein, register
of deeds; T. E. Sanborn, clerk; Geo.
l.. Almond, clerk of court; Geo. Inla-
gon, sheriff; T. J. Law, attorney; Gus
tav Burke, superintendent; DR.. Bent
ley, coroner.
AS Extra Freight No. 1,22 was COM
ing from the north, the air brakes re-
fused to work when near the switch of
the main line at Andover, and the To-
connective crashed into a load OF steel
rails on the side track. The lOc0mo~
tive jumped the track and was COM
pletely demolished. Two cars loaded
with wheat were derailed and reduced
to kindling wood. The engineer and
fireman saved their lives by jumping.
Two little girls were burned to
death while playing in a barn at Auro-
ra. Edna, the only child Of G. ID.
Cheatham, and Mary, daughter of Fred
Lilly, both about four years of age.
The alarm was given by Mr.. Lilly's lit
tie boy, who is supposed to have set
the fire. Although. far beyond control
when discovered, the fire was prevent
ed from spreading to other buildings,
and the bodies secured before they
were burned beyond Identification. A
horse in the barn also persisted. .
State Geologist Todd has returned
from g trip to the northwestern por-
ton of the state, where he spent sew
eral weeks investigating Ignite depos-
its. His report does not coincide with
those of residents of that portion OF
the state, many Of whom have mined
the Ignite for their o7n use. His re-
port is only of deposits in veins but a
few feet thick; but in defining the To-
calities in which he worked he does
not mention the Coal Springs deposits,
which are the best known and most ex-
tensivedy worked.
Department Commander 7. Z. Blan-
cbard. of Sioux Falls has secured the
Sioux Falls Drum Corps to accompany
its headquarters train to the national
encampment at Washington. Each
! soldier will carry, as a gun a staff five
feet in length, on the end OF which viii
be a large ear of South Dakota corn,
crop OF 1902. with a bunch of wheat
inst below the corn. The department
commander has appointed the follow
ING aides on his personal staff: j. b.
Fox. Sioux Falls; AL Cooper, Alexan-
dria. C. Dewitt, Dell Rapids; d. II.
Rrown. Mitchell; John S. Perriton,
Ashton: G. NJ. Stormont, lroquois;
Rev. T. NJ. Shanafelt, Huron; Z. w.
England, washington Springs; A. B.
Connor, Hot Springs; Dewitt Bassett.
W~oonsocket; C.. W. Quincy, Yankton;
II M Cool. Salem; A. T. Grove, Brook