Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-06-04
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The Old Settlers association has de-
cided to hold a big reception at Selby
on June 16.
The First National bank Of TyndslI
is authorized to begin business with
$4,000 capital.
The Congregational church society
OF Rapid City has extended call to
Rev Stephen Butcher of Ocean Grove.
Fla, and 1t has been accepted.
Mat Haverley. one Of the early set
tiers and best known men OF Sully
county, died of lockjaw. the result of
stepping on rusty nail about week
ago.
James Brown, prominent stock
man about sixty years old, dropped
dead at Miller Just after he had won
a game of seven-up for amusement
with some friends.
A two-year child of John Hemul Of
Tyndall ate the heads of fifty match
ca thinking they were candy. No ply.
stefan was called and the child was
dead in twelve hours.
The three-year-old son Of Senator
and Mrs. A. Royhi died at Arlington
from getting tin whistle in his throat.
A surgical operation was performed,
but 1t was unsuccessful.
John Lotus, late yardmaster OF the
Omaha at Sioux Falls. has been bound
over to answer to the charge of selling
property Of the company and putting
the proceeds in his own pocket
Harry Hird Of sturgis has been rec.
commended for a cadetship In the naval
academy at Annapolis. and is now dill
gently studying UP for his examina-
ton. which will take place next month.
H. L. Ferry has finished taking the
school census at vermillion Tor 1903.
and finds that there are forty-six pupils
less In the district than last year. His
count shows exactly 600 children OF
school age.
Mark Mcnamara was locked up In
the county jail at vermillion as a fit
subject for the insane asylum, but was
afterwards turned loose when 1t was
discovered that ne was suffering from
an attack of tremens.
A son of George vinson of Burbank.
while out hunting gophers. met with
q painful accident The gun which he
carried was accidentally discharged.
tearing of one Of his feet. The lad Is
slowly improving from the shock.
One of the features OF the homestead
movement to this part of the state is
the small number of foreigners who
are coming. The new settlement Is
practically from the states of Iowa.
Nebraska. Illinois and Wisconsin.
The Joint teachers institute OF
Meade, Pennington and Butte counties
will be held at Rapid City from June ?
to 10. The Instructors as named are
Prof. J. N. Davis, Sturgis: Prof. e. M.
Stevens, Rapid City: Miss Alice Cary
williams, Des Moines, Iowa.
The calls from the permanent school
fund have been light for week, Yank-
ton county taking $4,000 and Jerauld
and Hyde s1S2 Applications for cash
On bonds are already In for June and
the FIRST of July, and large amount
will be taken out before the middle OF
the summer
Union memorial services we're held
in the Methodist church at Salem, Rev.
L. Harold Forde preaching the sermon.
In the evening Rev. w. nj. Jennings.
pastor of the Brookings Presbyterian
church, preached the baccalaureate
sermon to the high school graduates.
There are ten I'm the class.
Gesnert Somers Of Dirkstowu has
furnished bonds in the sum OF $500
for his appearance at the next term OF
the state circuit court to answer to a
serious charge. He was arrested on
complaint Of William Humphreys OF
Dirkstown, who charges him with =
statutory offense In which Humphreys
wife was alleged to be implicated.
Miss Ruth Paxson, q member of the
National Y. w. G. A. committee, adj
dressed young ladies' meeting at the
university chapel at vermillicn and
was also In charge OF the union serv-
ices at the Methodist church. Her
visit to North and South Dakota Is to
urge the need of a state secretary for
the Y. w. c. A. organizations.
The new fee law for fling articles
of incorporation goes into effect the
first of July, and the corporations are
acting in rapidly at the old fee. A
total of forty-one domestic corpora
tions, with combined capital OF $42.-
SO 900, were filed last week, the larg-
est amount for any one being of a min
ing corporation with q capital Of s10,-
o00 900.
Chamberlain artesian well borers
discovered small fiow ct sas In the
last well Sunk In that city, and hopes
have been built of supply Of gas for
that city as well as at Pierre. The ar
tesian flow Is reached ut Chamberlain
at less than 1000 feet, while at Pierre
the fiow is. about 1,400 feet, and the
character OF the water is entirely diff
fe-ent. Chamberlain people believe
that well sent to the same depth as
in Pierre would bring them the same