Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-10-30
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Charles K. Seward, Of WATERFOWL,
has been admitted to practice before
the interior department.
The supreme court has admitted
Robert D.. Gardner, of Britton, on a
certificate from the courts OF Indiana.
Calls have been made for $4,000 OF
permanent school fund, Roberts coun-
ty taking 81, ZOO and McCook county
| $500.
The supreme court has admitted
! Frank L. Bangs, of Rapid City, n
| Leon G. VanOrman, of Redfield, on ex-
animation.
A handsome Catholic church will
he erected at Lesterville. The Cath
olics and business men are contribut-
ing literally.
The postofice at Starcher, Gregory
county. has been moved FIVE miles
northwest of its present location, with
Lyman Chapman as postmaster.
Fully $4,000 bushels of wheat are
stored in elevators and warehouses a.
Frederick awaiting cars, which are
very scare on this branch OF the Mil
waukee.
Nrbeck & Nicholson, artesian well
! drillers, have completed a 3-inch well
| for the city of Tyndail. The well is
| S68 feet deep and the flow is very sat
i~sfactory.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the Continental National
bank, of Chicago, as a reserve agent
| for the First National bank, OF Yves.
slngton Springs.
A prairie fire near Plankinton
started by . section crew, burned
| about forty tons of hay belonging to
the Boysen brothers and the orchard
Of G. r. Mabbott.
Much uneasiness exists as to the
whereabouts of Henry Lentz, a promi-
net farmer, who disappeared from his
home north of Punished Woman's
lake, neal Henry, about a week ago,
The Abbott & Christie ~threshing en-.
CINE set fire to six wheat stacks being
threshed for Il. Dominy, southeast of
Frederick, and burned the separator
and all but los bushels of the grain.
A proposition has been made to hold
the next meeting of the state dairy
mems association at Aberdeen, pro-
viding a bonus of 500 is guaranteed to
pay the expenses of the meeting.
DR.. G. M. Keeling, Of Springfield,
has resigned his nomination for repre-
sentative on the democratic ticket,
and the committee has substituted the
name of Theodore Berndt in his place.
The body Of the unknown boy found
in the Missouri river at a point about
fifty I41es north of Oacoma has been
identified as that of Elmer Thomas,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Thomas,
Of Pierre.
&c. Sunderlin Of Tyaaall, while help
ing to erect a windmill near Avon,
was hit on the head with a rod which
penetrated his skull, necessitating the
removal of a piece of bone. The wound
is serious.
Mrs. A. z. Carhart, wife of A. e.
Carhart, who was at the head of the
anti-salocn league iii this state for
several years, died at Mitchell, as a re.
suit of nervous prostration and other
complications.
Rev. G. p. Underwood has arrived In
Tyndall to take charge of the M. r.
church. He held his first services on
Sunday. Mr.. Underwood Is successor
to Rev. T. w. Stamp, who recently
went to Wisconsin.
No clue has yet been found to the
robbers who broke into the Summit
bank. The robbery was committed be.
tween the hours of / and 2 a. M. and
the thieves secured $4,000 in cash and
$4,000 worth of notes and papers.
Chicago decorators have secured the
contract for the decorating of the new
opera house at Aberdeen. The con.
tract price is $1,000, and the firm
guaranteed the theater to show the fin.
est decorations In the northwest.
4 young daughter of Mr.. Van Sickle.
residing a mile south of Henry, Cod.
ington county, started a fire with ker.
osene. The stove was blown up and
the house burned. The girl received
horrible burns, and died soon after.
Deadwood is to have an ambulance
to answer injury calls. The mining
companies and business men have un.
dertaken to raise funds by subscrip.
ton with which to purchase it, and the
city authorities agree to maintain it.
The ~fve-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Ben Bailou of WATERFOWL was run over
by a load of hay and instantly killea
his head being crushed. The father
OF the child is sick from paralysis, and
has not been expected to live for some
weeks.
The next meeting Of the grand lodge
Of Odd Fellows for this state will he
held in Watertown in May. The Local
lodge is making great preparations for
the meeting. 1t is expected that he
tween 1000 and 1900 delegates Will be
In attendance.
A hobo took a valuable fur overcoat
from q dummy standing in front of a
clothing store at WATERFOWL and Sc
creted 1t In a vacant barn. His act
was noticed by bystanders, and he was
followed and arrested. He will he
bound over to the circuit court.
A. 0. Ringsrud. of Elk Point. ex-sec,
rotary OF state, is asked To pay Mr.
and Mrs. Shook $4,000 because his
morse bit Mrs. Shook last July. They
were passing in front OF the animal
When 1t suddenly seized Mrs. Shnol