Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-14

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vast amount Of sand fell upon him.
He was only able to grasp the side of
his wagon, and speaking to his horses,
they started away slowly and steadily,
finally rcscuing him from his perilous
position.
J.. r. withrow of Sioux City, repre-
senting the Sioux City stock yards, has
been visiting the cattle shipping points
Of the Hills and arranging for the
shipment of cattle from this region by
a of Sioux City to Chicago. This Is
for the purpose OF allowing cattle men
to market their cattle in Sioux City TX
satisfactory. otherwise they can be re-
loaded and go on to Chicago.
The success of macaroni wheat grow
ing has led to the discussion of a prop
osition for the turning OF the old desi-
pota factory. in Aberdeen, into a maca
roni factory. II is understood that the
Eastern owners OF the property viii ans
pose of It at a low figure, and there 10
believed to be a fine opening for the
proposed Industry.
The July filings at the land office are
not up to the standard OF earlier
months OF the year, and those for Au-
gust will probably also be light as
harvest will cut down the number oil
land seekers, but September will again
start the movement, n the fall
months are expected to be heavier than
those of last spring. The filings Tor
July number about ITO.
The assessment rolls for Custer couh-
ty for 1902 have been completed anu a"
abstract forwarded to the state aualtor-
The taxable lands and improvements
of the county are valued at $264,Slf, pc
ing 1880 acres: mineral lanos o,os'
acres, valued at $2s, 152; town lots z,Sio'
valued at 1872, 900. The live stock OF the
county is valued at $44S,S9S. rs
The Aberdeen Gas company, which
recently completed numerous extern
sions to its service, has ordered two ana
a half miles more os pipe, and expecl9
to have it all laid this fall, TO connec'
with new residences and institutions re-
curing gas. NJ. r. Heninger of west
mort has become interested in the com
rany. and viii take part in the manage
ment. having removed his family 10
Aberdeen.
There will probably be a strong dele
| CATION in attendance at the 'lnterna-
tional mining congress In Butte from
the Black Hills, and particularly from
Lawrence county. o Rerreld mas
named thirty delegates to represent the
state. The councils of Deadwoo anu
Lead will each send five. 1t Is the puI-
pose to ask that the next annual meet
ing be held in III Black Hills, either In
Deadwoo1 or Lead.
". s.. Bratt, travelling freight and
passenger agent of the Milwaukee road,
has returned from a trip of 100 miles
west OF Chamberlain, on the Sioux res
ervation, looking up cattle shipments.
He says the heavy business will COM
mence about Sept. s. He says thar
| stock is taking on flesh in fine shape,
that grass is In the best possible eondi-
| ton. and that there is ar abundance
of food for the winter.
BY payment of $500 to his divorced
wife William Y. Quigley of Parker,
once the nominee of South DAKOTA
Democrats for congress, prevented
Judge Jones adjudging him in con-
tempt. Quigley and his wife, Anneta
Ouigley, were divorced on Oct. IL, 1893
on the ground OF desertion. She was
granted $500 a year permanent alimony,
payment to be made in January. Quig-
ley had defaulted IN payment.
AS soon as the harvest is over in Iowa
and Illinois there will be a great rush
of farmers from those sections to south
Dakota. Real .stat men all over the
state are besieged with letters for IN
formation. A real estate man or Mitch
ell made a trip through Iowa 10 the
Illinois line, and on the way met ntty
of his agents in the state, and every
man said he had from five TO ten men
ready TO come TO South Dakota just as
soon as the harvest was finished.
A H.. Shoultz OF WATERFOWL, the ar
chitect whose plans have been accepted
for the HAITI block In Aberdeen, states
that the structure will be the largest
business building in South Dakota. y
will be of steel, brick, terra Gotta ana
plate glass, l0Ox142 feet in size and fiVe
stories high. thoroughly modern and
equipped with passenger and freight
elevators. The basement and hrst
second stories will be occupied by a de-
nartment store; the third and fourth
nv offices. and the fifth by a catalogus
house. The basement only viii be COM
pleted this fall.
A is In process OF
at Aberdeen for the drilling of a well,or
hole, to a depth of 1000 feet, In search
Of natural gas, and, possibly, petroIe-
UNI. The discovery Of gas In wells l'oos
feet in depth at Pierre. selby and points
north of Aberdeen, leads TO the nehei
that gas may be struck at the lattct
point. The deepest artesian wells IN
Aberdeen are a little over 1000 feet an
depth, and the idea Is TO 60 low enough
70 ascertain to a certainty what under
lies the artesian basin. II nothing IL
found below the artesian flow, IL Is pc
neyei the water would pay as an IN
vestment for power or other uses.
Sheriff Kerr OF Huron returned from
Mitchell, having in custody Harry Cox
and John Rhodes. arrested by direction
of Beadle county authorities on a
charge of larceny. They were employed
by ]. B. Summers on a farm near VOL
sey, and disappeared. taking with them
articles OF wearing apparel and bicy-
cles. Cox is directly charged with the
theft Of the bicycle, while Rhodes must
answer for the theft OF a buggy n
harness, and also for obtaining money
under false pretenses. Some months
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