Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-09-25
| South Dakota
General State News
>~- Photographed.

Gov. Herreid has appointed DR.. C. B.
Afford or Huron a member of the state
board of health, to fill a vacancy.
William Courtney, Jr., has oeen ap.
pointed q forest ranger of the thir5
class for the Black Hills foies re.
serve. '....
w. H. Hansberg Of Salem lost his
barn by fire. !. Is supposed the fire
originated from matches lighted by
children.
4 commission has been issued to G..
c. Doherty of Yankton as second lieu.
tenant Of Company NJ, First regiment,
state guard.
The Sioux Falls fire department was
represented at the international gath
ering Of fire chiefs In New York city
by p. w. McKeever, chief of tn fire
department. .
The cattle shipments from Evarts
this year will reach about LOO cars.
r. c. Petersen Of Eyarts has sold his
big store and stock to L. L. Johnson Of
Forest City.
Gcv. Herreid will. in a few days, ap-
point twenty delegates to the meeting
Of the National Irrigation congress, to
Le head ct Colorado Springs from Oct.
s To 9, Inclusive.
The dwelling Of John Duthie, south
west of Miller, burned, with all its
contents. There was no insurance.
Mr.. Duthie and his wife are old, and
narrowly escaped with their lives.
The Hamlin county democratic con-
vention was held at Hazel. A f; i set
Of candidates were nominated except
states attorney. Peter Svarvari of
Modem was nominated for treasurer.
At the family residence In Sioux
Falls occurred the death of Mrs. Min
ME Look, wife of Carl Look, a prom
lnent Sioux Falls business man. Her
ie-th resulted from asthma and heart
trouble,
Expert teachers instruct at the Sioux
Falls Business College, Sioux Falls, s.
ID. Enter before Oct. /, and get two
months tuition free. Send for cata.
logue.
The city officials of Salem have
served notice On saloonkeepers that
hey must close On Sunday OF stand
prosecution. They are making 8 de-
sermined effort to cary their order
INTO execution.
The case Of James d. Hardin against
he Hardin Mining and Manufacturing
company in tho United States court at
0eadwood, has resulted In favor OF the
plaintiff. The jury awarded him 3d.
s99.75. He asked $1,000 for labor
performed fo- the corrany.
Following the example Of Cora Belle
Fellows, Miss Nellie M. Brown, for
Iome time u teacher in the government
indian school at Grow Creek, has just
married Fred Medicine Grow, an Indi-
IN. The bride is g~ood.Iooking and
aighly educated. 1t is said her parents
.eside in Washington.
The growth of the live stock indus.
ry around Aberdeen Is well shown by
he fact that the Milwaukee's ship
nents from various points through
Aberdeen In n day were lie cars.
These were all shIA :"sd from towns
lear there, and were In addition to the
shipments of range cattle.
Prof. L. c. Chilcott, of the Agricult-
:urai college, at Brookings, and Prof.
NJ. a. Carlton, ~cerealist of the ~agf:cr5f-
ara ieps rtment at Washington, were
Ase,lStte to look over the results Of
| AlilCAlIc a. IA tn0 6AOWAh6 Va
nacaroni wheat and other grains at
different varieties of grain were sown.
Mrs. B. M. Keohsel of New York
.ity, daughter OF ex-Judge Moore, of
he New York courts and ex-colonel OF
IN Empire State regiment during the
Civil war, has icstitnted a suit ir
South Dakota for a divorce from her
husband, Conrad Koehsel, on the
ground of incompatibility of temper,
Deputy sheriffs have returned to
Belle Fourche from a trip to the yicin-
ty OF Camp Crook, where they ar
.ested Clement Hanson, a cowboy,
charged with killing Jennings, the
Camp Crook bartender, last week. He
vas released under 81, 00G bonds for
ais appearance at the next session OF
he grand jury.
A peculiar final proof was made at
Edgeley recently. Several years ago
James III. Culley, a young farmer, who
was holding down a homestead. mys-
:eriously disappeared. The supposi-
ion is that he was killed accidentally
or waylaid. His father, Joseph Gully,
aas kept up the improvements and
made final proof on the claim.
! Wv IlCIISld has SEdnICu VI "
Leon st, John, sentenced from Hyde
county for n year for larceny, and to
:. A. Knapp, sentenced from Clark
county for one year for conceaIing
nortgaged property. In both cases, be-
sides general petitions for pardon, the
presiding judges and prosecuting at.
orneys recommended the action.
The Central South Dakota fair open
ID at Huron unSer the most favorable
conditions. The exhibits in every de-
| oartment were greater than expected,
and 1t was found necessary Il put a
gang of men at work building addition
N buildings. The agricultural display
exceeded in quantity and quality any
hing ever before seen In this section,
md the regret is that more space could
aot be provided.
The Democratic senatorial conven-
ion for Douglas, Charles Mix and
Gregory counties will E. SJabiy be held
1t Geddes about Oct. /. This year the
nomination should go TO Charles Mix
county, but ii seems inclined to yield
the f>nor, in which case Homer w.
Johnson will no doubt be renominated.