Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-01-08
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South Dakota
cnr.ra, State News
- Photographed,

The residence of Timothy Hohen.
thaner, at Tankton, was destroyed by
fire.
Gov. Herreid has commissioned c.
8. Bundy of Washington commissioner
Of deeds for South Dakota.
The Centerville council has passed
an ordinance prohibiting saloons from
doing business on Main street .
Miss Mary Swanson, teacher of the
intermediate room, seventh and eighth
grades. at Salem, has resigned.
James j. Honey, who had been a res.
ident of Lead for nearly twenty-five
years, Is dead of consumption.
The owner of the opera house at
Dell Rapids is arranging to have the
structure remodeled and enlarged.
Fred Bear and Charles Peterson OF
Fulton have been arrested on the
charge of robbing a saloon at Fulton.
The supreme court has admitted o,
W. Jewett of Sturgis on a Territorial
certificate from the supreme court OF
Wisconsin.
The supreme court has admitted to
practice John Hickman of White
Rock, or a certificate from the su.
preme court of Illinois.
In response to pressure from labor
unions, Deadwood merchants have
agreed to close their stores IN Sun.
days and holidays.
Salem has become q strong poultry
market. w. T. Hutchinson has ship.
ped 100000 pounds of dressed poultry
to Eastern markets.
A new bank will be established at
Woisey about March l, to be known as
the Stock Growers bank. r. ID. Whor.
ton of Huron will be cashier.
Residents of Platte are enjoying so
much prosperity and the town Is i'm.
proving so rapidly that it is proposed
to establish an electric light system.
A movement has been started at
Clear Lake having for 'ts purpose the
construction of an opera house. 1t is
proposed to form a company of local
men.
NJ. d. Gardner exhibited Bon HON.
me county corn at the live stock show
at Chicago, and the Live Stock World
refers to South Dakota as being in the
corn belt.
The Dell Rapids branch OF the
South Dakota Humane society elected
the following officers: President, Mrs.
George l.. Wood; secretary, Rammel
III. Smith.
Pensions granted: Charles H. Rad
ley, ~Iroquois, $12; John d. Schlosser,
Marion, SO. Widows, Minors and De-
pendent Relatives: Jane burlington,
Woonsocket, S..
The state board Of railroad commits
sioners has taken an adjournment to
Jan. Z, when the members will convene
at Pierre for the transaction of unfin-
Lshed business.
The new German Reformed church
building at Chancellor is completed,
! The first service will be held after the
holidays. 1t is believed Rev. G. Her
ken will act as pastor.
The large general merchandise store
of Fitch & Miner, at Hudson, has been
sold to Oscar Olson of Canton. The
consideration is unknown. The trans
fer took place Jan. /.
Adjt. Gen. Conklin has announced
the promotion of Capt. o. L. Coursey
Of Mitchell to be major of the Second
battalion, First regiment, in place of
JOnn holman, resigned.
J.. l.. Lostutter Of Iroquois has sold
a half-interest in the Farmers and
Merchants Bank to j. Baldridge and A.
Fry, and will retire from active partic-
ipation in it's affairs Jan. /.
The Masonic lodges of Canton Joined
In observance of st. Johns Day by
holding an elaborate supper and ball
1t the Rudolph hotel. About seventy
i've people participated.
The Electric Light and Power COM
pany has put in a new Corliss engine
1T Huron. The company is enlarging
Its plant, and Huron is now one Of the
best-lighted cities in the state.
The saloon and dance hall in North
Sturgis belonging to j. f. Henry were
Destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; in
surance, $4,000. Five buildings were
destroyed, all belonging to Henry.
The agitation in favor Of the early
Incorporation of Fulton is bearing
fruit, and it is probable that an cleo
ton will be ordered by the county COM
m~issioners at their next meeting.
The mail route between Rapid City
and Rocker has been extended by or
! oSl VI Tic pOSLJIlCG uCDdl LLlCuJ u
Keystone, and mail will be carried dali
ly hereafter, instead Of three times a
week.
The Marshall county Bank, ~reorgan-
lied as a state bank, has opened at
Britton, with the following officers: II.
L. Stokes, president; John S. Jines,
vice president; George Bingham, CASH
Ter.
An unknown man was found frozen
ten miles south Of South Moreau, by
the roadside. His height was FIVE feet
six inches; weight, lbs pounds; light,
short mustache. There were no maIGs
Of violence.
Jerauld county has not seer such an
amount of snow on the level for six or
seven years as there is now. Al some
places between Alpena and Messing.
ton Springs, the county seat, the roads
are almost impossible.
Isaac Ollie, a Finlander, has been
held to the next grand jury at Terra
vile, on a charge OF c~oncealing two
Finnish women who escaped from the
county pest house a few weeks ago
while infected with smallpox.