Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-24

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eomihr,ted suicide at Desms, n
ing. She had been in ill-ha.g
year. hsalth
Charles Thomas has sold !.
100 acres at White Lake ~ q
son for $1,000. Eight mon, VI
paid $3.50 for this land.
The Western Union Tele...,
pany has completed the extsna
line from Deadwood to Lead
new Elkhorn railroad. Sios2
The rye harvest has cor..
kingsbury county, and ths ~
ises to be heavy. The wso e0
nicely. ps
As the result Of a meettr.
men at Parker. it was decis", a
a street fair and carniyaI M.
a committee Of arrangement
pointed.
The carnival which the s,o,.
Eiks INTENDED holding for a ws.s
ing August has been abanso,.s
to the failure to secure desires . !
tons.
The Butte county fair n
Belle Fourche in October. A So
recently visited the business -
secured s1,4oo in a few hours :.
cleus fund.
The city council of Lead h,,
a franchise to the Dicklnso1' h
company for the operation NJ /
plant, to furnish gas for ~lIsht,,
cooking purposes.
Several members of the Euro,
with their wives. together with \
friends. helped Attorney General \
and wife celebrate their forty]
wedding anniversary recently.
Sol Starr, clerk of courts OF law
county. informs his friends IN n
wood that he has undergone A surl
operation. He is recovering, ana
poets to return home in two weeks
Information has been received "
death. in a hospital at milwaukee
Mrs. ]. b. Young, who was for n
years a resident Of Sioux Falls
had been suffering for some time \
kidney trouble.
Charles w. Cation. mining and
engineer, who has been located Al
City for fifteen years. Is preparri
remove 70 Rapid City. He Is past n
chancellor Of the knights Of PHj
for South Dakota.
The Deadwood council is endssrsl
to decide upon a suitable site tr|
Carnegie library. Mr.. Carnegie hss
mated SO, 900 for the building, reqal
the city to provide the site and guS3
tee 81, 900 per year for maintensnol
The Lake Preston mills are ruHrl
after being shut down for over
months for repairs. The COMPANY
erected a new power house and insJ
a fine 100-horse power engine. III
expended In new Improvements ~
5000.
Smallpox has finally been stsrl
out in Lead, and the yellow aas
been lowered by City Physician "
There are still two or three patsni'
the county pest house, near DeaiE'
but they are expected to be dischsl
In a few days.
The plans for the new Carnegie o9
ing at Yankton have been aeon
Mayor Fanslow has appointed 3 sa
ing committee as follows: + Y
Tassel, Joseph Pier, Hughes East !
lett Trip. Fred Schnauoer, W'ss1
win and p. J. Nyburg.
J. w. Higbie Of Deadwood has !
returned from a trip through V1
and Washington. where ne pofel1
several thousand head Of sheep
range, in the Slim 'Buttes reBVaI
crowded. and he has located :,
on the Cannon Ball river. In NOTu
kota.
F.. L. Rowley sold his farm I
acres In Perry township, near ny.
for $40 per acre. He bought ~
three years ago for $3.50 r.
sold his farm Of 100 acres 70 an I
man for $42 per acre. THESE 81
highest prices eve paid In 'nls
for farm lands.
Aberdeen's new Alexander haA
library has been opened to tns Y,
Andrew Carnegie gave NoVV 4.
structure, which is OF a pufs Z
style of architecture, built O = !.
and pressed brick. 1t Is nnisp' |,
In paneled quarter-sawed oaA. sras
interior and exterior finish VI \.
is the finest in the state. BesU 4
pie book stock room there az .Ass.
reading rooms for adults anu
and a lecture room OF goou 100
furnishings are rich ana 80 NJ
with the new books just au, y, |
list, the library contains a. 4.
volumes. The luarter.blocs d,
the library was donated 10 us
c. HI. Prior of Minneapolis.
The annual encampment O I n
division Of the G. A. X. OF sssms
Ca. ended at Aberdeen with : s ! (
tie between Company L. ,rBl
and a band OF Sisseton siouA ,onsI
The Indians were under tns MI
Of chun-ka, an aged chleL A
warriors were all old men, sshn !
pated as young braves IN n J. n
whites and Chippewas. Las I'D
witnessed the contest usou p
campment will be held at ! NJ
Big stone Lake, at the time q .l.st.i
encampment. The officers arnsa
the ensuing year were: sorlptl
N. I. Lowthian Of Milbank; Vs
commander, j. w. Abooe ..e ri
Junior vice commander, ,nrnsA I
Groton; surgeon. c. L. CnI
bay.
A defect in the election at W. NM
ct, covering the issuance ,.sse J
censes. was argued before $500