Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-08
South Dakota
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the work of organizing a volunteer nre
department has been completed at
Canova. officers were elected as fol-
lows. President, A. I'll. Nohlgren;
vice president, A. r. Clough; secre-
tary, III. II. Schultz; treasurer. j. +.
Haxton.
Uuon complaint of Alb Anderson,
deputy postmaster at Lithia Springs,
L. r.. Bingham was arrested on sus-
picion of robbing the postofice OF
about $40 worth Of stamps. He was
discharged and Anderson found the
stamps the next morning under a pile
of rocks a few rods from the house.
Another fraternal insurance order
has been organized at Salem, with
twenty members, II is the Order OF
Home Guardians, which was founded
at Canton two years ago. The officers
are: w. N. WEIGH, president: Mrs. G.
Horst. first vice president; Mrs. w. H.
WEIGH, secretary; Mrs. H. Wright,
treasurer; w. e. Edgerton, examining
physician.
John Wright, son of Deputy Sheriff
Charles Wright of Yankton, suffered a
d%islocation of his left hip. He was
playing with the high school football
team and was in the act of tackling
the runner when the accident oc-
CURED. Three men were necessary TO
reduce the d~islocation. This is the
first serious football accident in the
state this season.
Threshing is under way in the valley
around Spearfish and grain is yielding
heavily. 1t was feared that the snow
storm damaged the wheat in the shock,
but the grain does not appear to have
sustained any injury at all. c. +.
Hoods entire acreage has averaged
thirty-four and one-third bushels an
acre, and one tract produced fifty
bushels an acre.
Delmore, one OF the trapeze perform
ers engaged to give free street per-
formances during carnival week at
Aberdeen, suffered a fracture of the
right wrist. The high posts from
which the bars were suspended fell to
the ground because Of the breaking Of
guy ropes. Delmore was swinging by
his toes at the time and could not "a
himself, Oyer, the other performer,
escaped injury.
The Hatch brothers, farmers, who
have lived at Centerville since boy
hood. are investing some of their sur
plus money made from farming in the
furniture business, having purchased
the stocks of Finley brothers and s.
l.. Brown OF that place, and also the
furniture stock ct Waconda owned by
O. c. Jensen. The two stores at Cen
terville will be united and S. l.. Brown
will be a member Of the new firm.
The Masonic Benevolent association
held it's annual meeting of stockhold-
ers at Deadwood and the following di-
rectors were elected: Otto p. Tlk
Grant,, George v. Ayers, r. M. Ma
loney, Abe Holmes, b. p. Dague, w. j.
Tbornby, A. w. Coe, N. e. Franklin
and j. w. Freeman. The directors Sc
lected Mr.. Grant, president, Mr.. Ma
loney vice president, MIR. Coe secretary
and Mr.. Ayers treasurer. The associ-
alton owns the Masonic property in
Deadwood.
Pressure is being brought to bear
on Clay county's board of commissions
ers to do something In the way OF Of
fering rewards for the capture of horse
thieves whenever robberies are report
ed. Two or three have occurred al
ready and thus far the robbers have
not been ~apprehended in any instance.
While the sheriff is perfectly willing
to do all In his power to recover tolen
property, there is always a limit to his
expense account in the eyes OF those
who govern the county's disburse-
ments, and he can only go about so
far without running a risk of spending
his w rsnney. The opinion is gen
oral that something must be done at
once to check the law-breaking ele-
ment, and it is believed good rewards
will greatly assist in bringing offend
ers to justice and also put a ban on
thieving.
John Bedding, deputy United States
marshal, has returned TO Deadwood
from Rosebud agency, bringing with
him Arthur Two Heart, charged with
horse stealing. Three witnesses ac-
companied the deputy marshal, but
Two Heart waived examination and
refused to plead. He is being held al
the Lawrence county jail awaiting the
result. Two Heart is charged with the
theft of several head of horses belong
Ing to Ernest w. Thoe, a young stock
man who ranges his horses and cattle
on the Rosebud reservation. 1t is al
legged that the horses were driven
across tbs reservation into Nebraska
and there disposed of. Deputy Mar
shall Bedding has had a warrant for
Two Heart since last June. He was
at one time arrested and brought into
the agency, and Mr.. Bedding made a
trip for him. but before he reached
Rosebud the Indian had escaped from
jail by theu use of a crowbar. which had
evidently been passed In to him by