Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-01-15
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South Dakota
C.n.ra, State News
- Photographed.


William Grass of Memo died of hem
orrhage, aged twenty-one years.
Joseph Turner, an old resident Of
Turner county, died last week.
Members OF the Lutheran churches
at Clark are negotiating for the pur-
chase Of the Baptist church building.
A young man named William Rein
hart was SO badly frozen at Huron
that he will lose one foot and possibly
both.
All the machinery for the new gas
plant at DeSmet has been received and
in the course of a few days will be
placed in operation.
A new engine has been placed In po-
sition at the electric light plant, and
Hartford will be as well lighted as any
town of its size in the state.
The well known firm of Roper &
Morgan of Parker has been Incorporate
ed, and will hereafter be known as the
Roper-Morgan Hardware company.
o. B. Slason Of Springfield and J.. A.
McLouth of Tyndall have bought out
the firm of e. w. Monfore & Co, deal
ers in general merchandise, at Spring
field. Possession will be given Feb. L.
Intelligence has reached Canton
from Montezuma, Iowa, OF the sudden
death of Miss Mary Bradley, one of the
best known teachers in the public
schools Of Lincoln county.
e. G.. Walgren of Yankton organized
a tribe of Red Men at BonesteeL. The
order is known as Mato Luzan (Swift
Bear) Tribe, No. %, and has a charter
membership Of twenty-five.
Prof. j. b. Clendemen, whose term
as county superintendent has just ex-
pired, has been engaged by the, direct
ors of the city schools OF Canton as a
special instructor in penmanship, arith-
metic. ciyics and other branches.
While o. j.. Savit was hauling a load
of logs at Hot Springs, his team ran
away, attaining such Roadway that in
running into a tree seven inches in d.
ameter the tree was broken of square
ly and Mr.. Savit hurled forward with
such force that he sustained a broken
leg and was also injured internally.
He is in a serious condition.
A petition has been circulated In the
neighborhood of "Nigger HILL" In the
extreme western part Of Lawrence
county, asking for the establishment
Of a p~ostofice. and 1t will be taken to-
Washington by Congressman Martin.
The petition names M. II. Lyons as the
first postmaster, and 1t is proposed to
call the Office linton, from the tin
mines in the vicinity, which are be-
! ginning TO attract attention. The peo-
pie are now getting their mail at Vel
come, Wyo.
Norway township, in Lincoln coun-
~, has become a successful lumber
manufacturing district. Several years
ago @. G. Dakken started a steam
gang saw mill to work up the large cot
tonwood, oak, maple and walnut that
were planted OF Norway township
farms In the early days. Experience
has demonstrated that a good quality
Of lumber can be cut from cottonwood
trees at q cost not to exceed $6 per
1000 feet, or about one-third the price
Of ordinary lumber in the local mar
ket. When seasoned this lumber can
be used In the construction OF all kinds
Of farm buildings at q great saving.
The Dakken mill is owned and operat-
ed this winter by Jacob Johnson, who
Ii cutting many thousands OF feet of
lumber from timber planted by MI.
Johnson and his neighbors on their
claims tw~enty-hv eand thirty years
ago. The indications are that the in
dustry will spread into other town.
ships and adjoining counties.
The people Of Clay county are more
interested in the state university than
| n the outcome Of the capital removal
tight. The institution needs q new
gymnasium and military building. Both
departments are greatly handicapped
TOR want OF indoor space. The mill
tary drills, which have always taken a
prominent part at the institution, can
not be carried on very satisfactorily
on stormy days. Physical training ia
necessarily neglected, also, for lack OF
a gymnasium and apparatus. The bulk
Of the work in this line is either done
on the gridiron or in the spring work
TOR track meets. Two important fea-
lures OF a thorough college education
are materially hindered merely for
want of an appropriation of a few
thousand dollars for a new building.
The legislature will be asked for the
appropriation, not because another
building is wanted to beauty the
campus, but for the purpose of adj
Vancement along educational lines.
Thirty applications were filed with
Seth Bullock, supervisor OF the Black
Hills forest reserve, during December
for the purchase OF insect-killed tim
Der on the reserve The timber APP
Piled for will amount, In the aggregate,
to 5000, 900 board feet, for which the
selling price is 80 cents per 1000 feet.
The timber sales Of this reserve are
Increasing rapidly, and the government
Is finding it a prolific source OF reye-
nue.. Under a former regulation 1t
was necessary for the purchaser to
make cord wood out Of the unused por-
tons of the trees cut, but this rule has
been suspended for that part OF the
reserve lying west Of the Spearfish
river. Acting on the suggestion of Su.
pervisor Bullock, the department has
decided that the purchaser of insect
killed timber be required, also, to take
the infected timber adjacent to that
which he purchases. This will be a
great benefit to timber purchasers, as
the infected timber has not begun to
decay. and hence will be more ser.