Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-10-09
South Dakota
G.n.r,, state News
- Photographed.


p. w. Carr, postmaster IT Elan
dreau, Is dead. He had been declin-
ing in health for the past two years.
Frederick is becoming a great ship
ping point for cattle and sheep, owe
$55, 900 worth having passed through
the stock yards there recently.
Neil Bassett was arrested at St.
Onge and taken to Deadwood, on the
charge of attempting to evade the
liquor license law. He was released
on bonds of $3.50.
Several country schools in Brown
county are closed on account or the
scarcity of teachers. From $50 to sac
per month Is paid for teachers hold.
ing second-grade certificates.
Prairie fires burned over a large
tract of country between PutEay and
Houghton. Large quantities Of hay
destroyed, and at least one barn. The
town Of Houghton vas in danger.
Mrs. Catherine Riley has instituted
suit against the city of Spearfsh, to
recover damages in the sum of $4,000,
alleging that her property has been In.
jured to that extent by the grading OF
Fifth street across an adjoining lot
Expert teachers instruct at the Sioux
Falls Business College. Sioux Falls. S.
d. Enter before Oct. !, and get two
months tuition free. Send for cata
logue.
The firm of Brown, Morse & Co.
which owns stores at White and Elk
ton, has been pronounced bankrupt by
Judge Garland. The liabilities are
scheduled at over $1,000. w. H,
| Dickinson, credit man for Tibbs,
Hutchins & Co. of st. Paul, has been
appointed receiver.
Fifteen hundred pounds OF giant
powder was consumed by fire at the
Wheeler mine, at Rockford. The fire
was started by a lighted candle, The
powder burned slowly and without ex,
| ploding, Notwithstanding that a box OF
| caps exploded and furnished the con.
cussion deemed necessary to set on
the powder.
One of the manifestations east OF
Frederick this year yielded 1000 bush.
els of barley, of a prime grade, which
will bring so cents a busheI, or about
] %GI pGI uNlG. roIhy 1lC VI "IRNhN
heal by yielded twenty-six and three.
ffths bushels per acre, and another
neighbor reports a yield Of sixty bush.
els OF wheat per acre.
John McDougald, engineer Of a
~threshing outfit belonging TO Horace
Wheeler, was perhaps fatally scalded
by the explosion OF the boiler. The
| accident occurred on the farm of n
Stovick, about twenty-five miles north
west of Sioux Falls. Frank Wheeler,
who was in the cab with the engineer,
escaped without serious injury.
The republicans of Bon Homme
I county nominated a legislative and
county ticket. There was a sharp
contest over representatives, Vogel
and Youngman defeating Basking and
Vespers. A. J. Abbott for senator
and r. H. Cotton for auditor we're
nominated by reclamation; Koehn for
assessor and Robinson for superintefi-
dent of schools by ballot.
The Hand county republican con
vention nominated for the legislature
Frank Saltmarsh and r. l.. Smith;
treasurer, Thomas Trythal; sheriff, A.
p. Abbott; register OF deeds, Clint
Hoskins; probate Judge, George q.
Briggs clerk of courts, John Costigan;
auditor, Percy C%oquillette; attorney,
]. H. Cole; superintendent, G.. II.
Grace; coroner, DR.. Wallace.
The greatly-increased volume of
traffic along the Milwaukee road In
the vicinity of Vermillion necessi-
tates the laying of heavier rails west
of that city, and men are at work put
ting them down. The new steel is
fifteen pounds heavier per yard than
the old. 1t will be only a short time
before the company will discard the
tute heavier ones.
Work on the extension at
WATERFOWL, Is progressing slowly
owing to the scarcity Of laborers, The
sum Of 81 a day Is being paid for com.
mon laborers, but at that wage only
a score Of men can be found to dig
bitches, T~hirty-one blocks of sewer
will be built this year. This with the
three miles of sewer built two years
ago will give WATERFOWL as good q
system as any town in the state.
Neither the Democrats nor Popu-
lists will hold a county convention in.
Clay county this year. This was de-
cided at a meeting OF the committees
of both parties some time ago, and
since then speculation has been rife
as to their intentions. Recently a
call for a Citizens" convention was
published. The date is set for Satur-
day, Oct. IL. This is a new deal in the
history OF Clay county politics. The
majority Of the signers are either
Democrats or Populists.
The Republican county convention
of Fall River county nominated the
following For representative, r. L.
PIERCE; treasurer, Charles G. Grippen;
sheriff, c. w. Forney; auditor, Harry
Hallworth; register of deeds, p. j..
Franzen: clerk OF courts, f. G. os-
motherly; states attorney, L. s. Gull;
county Judge. w. H. Wilson; superin-
tendent, Miss May Rich; coroner, r.
C. Cramer; commissioner. First dis.
trict, w. w. Forney; Third district,
James Hallenbeck.
The Milwaukee -ailroad has settled
Al. .IE-n. $3.50 -.AN recpo~nA