Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-02


A stock company. has been incor-
porated in Michigan for the purchase
Of the gas plant at Rapid City. The
company is capitalized at $4,000, and
The following are officers: E. NJ. Deane
president, Dwight Smith vice presi-
lent, H. ]. Head secretary. c. B. KEEL
sey, treasurer.
A. L. Ward has ordered plans made
for the addition OF another story to
the Ward hotel at Aberdeen, the
frontage on Main street to be 125 feet
and on First avenue 1870 feet. The
upper floor will be modern in all par
| ticulars, the rooms being among the
Ioest In the state.
| Black Hills towns are keeping a
strict lookout for Maria Sweeney
Hicks Anderson of Misunderstanding
fame. She was in Rapid City last
week. having recently married man
named Anderson. From Rapid City
she went to Sturgis. where she ex-
pected to tlnd her husband, who has
oeen missing for some time.
The James Valley bank stockhold-
| ars held their annual meeting at HUI
ron and declared per cent divi-
lend. and also placed 10 per cent TO
the surplus fund George S. Hutchin-
son was reelected president, C. H..
Bonesteel vice president, Frank j.
sauer cashier, William Waibel, M. T..
robin and John j. Greene directors.
The school population of Mitchell
has just been taken by the clerk of
| the board of education, and it shows
that there are ! 100 children of school
| age there. This is an increase of leo
| during the year BY this increase it
will be necessary to employ another
! teacher in the high school department,
making a total of seventeen members
on the faculty.
| DR. j. p. Foster of Huron, state vet
srinarian, has returned from months
tour of the Pine Ridge agency, where
he went for the United States depart
ment on animal industry. He exam
med about one thousand horses, sixty
| five OF which it was necessary to de-
stroy because of diseases. More than
/ 200 horses have been killed in the
past year by the government.
William Kunneke, the prisoner con-
| fined in the jail at Pierre on the charge
| of numbering Andrew Lemmler in
Stanley county, made an effort to
escape, but was prevented from car
rying out his plan by the watchfulness
of Sheriff Laughlin. AS the time APP
proaches for his trial Kunneke is evil
IDENTIFY becoming desperate and watch
es every move of the jailers for any
possible opening.
The convention OF the Christian de-
nomination closed with a praise serv-
vice at Tyndall and the delegates have
gone To their homes. Rev. Mr.. Whar.
ton, returned missionary from India,
was the speaker Sunday morning. In
| the afternoon the Lords supper was
observed, and in the evening G. G.
Smith Of Cincinnati made the adj
dress. The pulpits of the various
churches were filed Sunday with Wis.
iting clergymen.
The state land department has been
| doing a good business In loans the
past week, having sent out over $50,
| 600 on calls from counties for money
! from the permanent school fund. Law.
renee county alone took 9,S65, which
went into Lead and Deadwood school
bonds Meade county took $4,000 on
refund county bonds, and the rest OF
| the amount was made up In small
| calls from Davidson, Fall River, Rob
erts, Jerauld and Moody counties.
Articles of incorporation have been
drawn up for company composed OF
| local and Eastern capitalists, whose
purpose it is to establish an auto
coach line in Sioux Falls. II the plans
| do not miscarry 1t Is believed this
! unique system of passenger transpor
tation can be placed in operation by
] July is. Those behind the enterprise
say 1t is also purposed to operate o
regular auto-coach line from Sioux
Falls to Canton. Dell Rapids and Other
| towns
Judge Mccoy Of Aberdeen sentenced
Wills III. burt 10 nine years IoE luCcSt
his second trial having resulted in 9
verdict of guilty, as did the first. Bart
has already served about year or
the fist sentence of ten years. The
new trial was granted on the ground
that the evidence of his wife was ad
mitted at the first trial. Immediately
| after passing sentence Judge Mccoy
heard the application Of Anna Burt
| the wife, for divorce, and took it un
der consideration.
The faculty of the Northern normal
| and industrial school has been com
| pleted for the coming year. At the
/, recommendation OF President Koehlel
| S. C. Hartranft, w. E. Johnson, Fred
w. Smith, Elizabeth Clary and Mrs
Lydia Graham have been re-engaged
and s. c. ComstocK, late of Iowa; Nina
M. Nash, Canton; Nellie A Marugg
Dubuque: M. Josephine Donahue
| former matron of De Paw university
Mrs. ". III. Wilson of Minnesota and
\ Npllie Christian appointed Industrial