Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-09-25

Arucles OF Incorporation have been
nIeu lor the Magnetic Cotton Mill com
ppoadnS' at Pierre, with a capital of $500 :
OuV. Inc Central Black Hills Conner
e. nany at Pierre, with a capital of
S~l,OoV'OoO. The West India Land and
transportation company, at Pierre.
with a capital of 81, 0O0, 900,
Articles of incorporation have baan
nleu lor the d.. E. Hannah Land COM
p eay at Aberdeen, with a capital of
S1VV'oVO; the Mainstay Gold Mining
ana Milling company, at Keystone
WIN a capital of 81, 900, 900; the Tar.
asca Gold Mining company. at Pierre,
Win a capital of 81, 600, 900; the Old
"yahdotCe Remedy company, at HUI
ron with a capital of 81, O00, 600; the
united States Guaranty Home pur-
CHASING company, at Rapid City, with
a capital of 100000
A decree of absolute divorce has
oeeh granted George E. McEarthron
from his wife, Grace S. McEathron,
at huron. The case was settled by an
agreement whereby Mrs. McEathron
rellnquishes the custody of the chill
uren TO her husband and receives $500
IN cash and a like sun in personal
h affair has caused no
n OF gossip since the exciting cpl
sode last June, when it was supposed
MIS-. McEathron had been drowned in
the James river.
Prof. II. j. Davenport handed In his
resignation to the board of regents at
Vermlllion, and has accepted the chair
OF economics at Chicago university.
Wnen the Chicago university re-
quested the services of Prof. Daven-
port, the authorities there suggested a
competent successor to him at the
Nermlllion institution, Prof. Edmund
Il. BToadus, late OF Stetson university,
Florida. He has made a speciality of
English for over five years, and comes
with the very highest credentials from
The Twelfth annual reunion OF the
Black Hills Soldiers and Sailors as
ISOLATION was held at Whitewood,
with a large attendance. Special trains
were run from Northern Black Hills
toWnI and the regular trains on the
main line were loaded both ways. Ad-
dresses were made by ]. w. Fowler
AND Il. G. Bennett of Deadwood: w.
v. Lucas, comnandant of the Soldiers
Home at Hot Springs; J. V. Baker of
Hermosa, and c. B. Gardner of Pied
mont. An athletic tournament was
held.
Sunday night a small riot was start
ed at Salem between some drunken no.
DO threshers from Montrose. One of
them attempted to use a knife; an
other armed himself with rocks. A
pitched battle vas avoided by a by
stander knocking the man with the
knife down. 1t cost him $40 to do so.
Another young man thought he want
ed trouble, and picked a quarrel. 1t
cost him $40. 1t is whispered that he
went to two salOOnkeepers and in
formed them they must pay the fine or
stand trial for selling liquor to minors.
The Kildonen cyanide plant Of the
Horseshoe company at Puma is being
improved. The capacity will be in
creased from 100 to 300 tons a day.
This was originally a chlorination mill,
and was converted to the cyanide proc
ess last spring. A new building is to
be erected, and with the old rooster
and cooler rooms will be used as tank
rooms. The tanks are to be of steel.
A water reservoir with a capacity of
0 1000 gallons of water is being built
at the Puma plant, and the Colorado
Iron works will Install a set Of 8x54
high-speed finishing rooms.
Fred Rogers and L. B. Allen, Of the
Great Northern Railroad company,
have held a conference with the bust
ness men of Sioux Falls relative to a
better grain service south of that city,
but nothing definite resulted. The
business men wanted additional SER
vice, but Mr.. Rogers informed them
that what they asked was impossible.
He expressed the opinion that the
company would change back to the
old service, but that the business did
not warrant the running Of an addi-
tional train at present. He urged the
merchants to be patient, and informed
them that If the present service ulti-
mately proved unsatisfactory and the
increase in business would warrant 1t,
he would guarantee the additional SER
vice.
central committee met and reorgan-
lied. Geo. V. Ayres of Deadwood was
elected to succeed himself as chair.
a and J. G. McLemoreau, of Lead,
secretary. The chairman, vice chair
man and secretary will name the ex-
ecutive committee, and to the COM
mittea, will be left the appointment OF
a treasurer. Candidates for county
offices were assessed 10 per cent of
their first years salary to provide a
! campaign fund, the sheriff's office be-
ing rated at $4,000 a year and county
commissioners $500. Legislative can
didates are assessed $35 each. A reso-
linton was introduced asking President
Roosevelt to reappoint John Baker to
the p~ostoffce at Deadwood, and after
a spirited fight carried. 1t calls upon
Congressman Eben w. Martin TO ex-
ert his influence in Mr.. Bakers behalf.
The Carbonate Silver Extraction
) company is working the tailings at the
old IRON Hill stamp mill in Carbonate
camp AT Deadwood. The company was
o~rga nized by Charles A. Allen and
Prank Allen, who worked on the tall
mos last year with a small cyanide
outfit. Improved facilities have been
MI in for handling the material, and
tbe tanks are enough larger to treat
eftv instead of twenty-five or thirty
IONS q day. Last year the loading was
o~ccomplIshed with a team and scraper.