Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-02-27
South Dakota
Gepera, State News
~ Photographed.

Point, $12.
The young men of Clear Lake have
r~eorganized the athletic association. sc
popular last year.
On account of an epidemic of small
: poX at Clear Lake, the circuit court has
adjourned from Feb. Is to April /.
The annex to the school for the biind
at Gary Is nearing completion, and will
be ready for occupancy about March i
Frank Bowman. Who recently escaped
from Jail at Elk Point, was captured on
the Winnebago reservation and re-
turned.
The First Matt Jnal Bank of Waubay
has succeeded the First State Bank,
having purchased the assets of the lat
ter bank.
An agitation is on foot TO induce the
voters OF Gregory county to bond the
county for $1,000 to take up outstanding
warrants.
Smallpox has disappeared from Park.
err, but the little ones are passing around
measles, and there are a few cases of
scarlet fever.
A deal has just been completed by
which Aberdeen win, the coming fall.
have a fine new opera house. one fully
equal to any in the state.
The first death of a smallpox patient
has occurred in Lawrence county, Hen
ry Slocum, residing in the lower part OF
Deadwood, being the victim.
A building boom is predicted for Park
er the coming spring, and it is thought
that 1t will be difficult to get carpenters
as readily as might be wished.
The last state fair carnival held at
yankton will net the association over
81, 1000. except to pay all Indebtedness ex-
cept that which is secured by mortgage.
Only a few months ago White Lake
had an Indebtedness of over $4,000. This
has been greatly reduced, until to-day
the entire Indebtedness of the town is
only $500.
The clothing stores of Mitchell have
adopted the early-closing movement.
and for the present the stores will be
closed at s p. m. with the exception OF
Saturday.
The Redfeld council has passed an
ordinance establishing a fire limit. and
hereafter the construction OF wooden
buildings within the fire limits will be
prohibited.
william Darso v has secured a FIVE
year-lease OF the J. S. Olson Palace no.
tel at Madison, and will take possession
March /. It will he named the Com
mercial house.
The rush for homesteads in the Pierre
land district continues, and February
promises to fully equal the record OF
January, regardless of the cold weather
which has prevailed.
The voters of White Lake. at the APP
preaching spring election, will be called
upon to decide whether or not the town
authorities shall permit h sale of in
toxicapts in the future.
Redheld is booming. One o think
ne were in a frontier town in the early
days to hear the sound OF the hammer
and saw and see the piles of building
material in the streets.
Miss Clara Kelley, daughter OF ex-
Congressman Kelley of Flandreau, died
at the home of her father last week.
She had been Ill for the past year, and
her death was not unexpected.
Mrs. j. S. Bartlett, formerly landlady
of the Madison house, in Madison, but
lately OF Salem, died recently at that
place from an Internal cancer, with
which she has suffered for some time.
Gettysburg has been experiencing an
epidemic OF diphtheria. A large number
of children have been afflicted with the
I disease. and IL has been necessary 10
quarantine a number OF houses.
The city council of Madison has de-
cided to submit to the voters, at the
regular spring election, the proposition
TO issue bonds in the sum of $4,000 for
the construction OF a new school build
ing.
Petitions for the appointment of CAL
win K. Neff for postmaster at Groton
haxe been forwarded to Washington.
and he will, in the absence of some un-
usual occurrence, secure the appoint
ment.
Mrs. II. c. Craig. who has had charge
OF the primary department OF the
| B~ridgewater school for the past ten
years, has rendered his resignation to
the school board. and, with her husband.
expects soon to a for Dane county,
Missouri.
The old Commercial hotel building in
Eureka has been bought by Fred Vol
sks of Campbell county, and will be re-
moved to Herrreid. The purchase price
was $500. This will supply hotel facili-
ties to the new town.
Since the sending cut of all the per-
nanent school fund CT hand, calls for
loans from the permanent fund have
not been numerous. The only ones dur
ing the past week were for $4,000 from
Brown county ami $1,000 from Faux
county.
r. A. spofford, James G.. Bigelow. r.
L Brown, George III. Fen. w. A.. Har-
ris md Charles +. Pierce Of Flandreau,
hav, formed a corporation for the pur-
pose of dealing in lands in the western
counties and carrying on a large stock
4 business.
The South Dakota congressional dele
cation Is working hard to secure an APP
preparation for the Improvement Of the
Upper Missouri river in this years river
and harhor bill. Senator Kittridge has
prepared an amendment to the bill,
which he will present. asking for s250,000
for that purpose. TO be exper ded under
the direction OF the war department.
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