Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-11-19

horse at Clark and seriously injured.
Enough members have been secured
to organize a lodge Of the A. 9. U. w.
1t Presho.
Mayor Mcdonald OF Deadwood has
appointed Charles McAllister poll tax
collector for the city.
During the past thirty days an ag
gregate OF about 10000 bushels OF
grain has been marketed at Frank
fort.
The farmers elevator at Oldham ~
proving a great ucces Thus far
about 125 carloads Of grain have been
shipped.
The fall term OF the state school for
the blind commenced at Gary with
forty-two pupils, eleven Of whom are
new ones
Richard Yearneau. proprietor of the
Clark telephone system, has sold out
to the Dakota Central Telephone com.
pany OF Aberdeen.
C. F. Huestis OF Bradley has been
appointed county commissioner to take
the place of James Landers, who died
several weeks go.
Steps have been taken to furnish
Clark with a street lighting system
1t is proposed to purchase gasoline
lamps and place them at various cor
ners.
Professor d. II. Bashford believes
that, on the Missouri river bottom. a
and petroleum can be obtained by
sinking wells to a depth of 200 or 500
feet.
The careless throwing of a lighted
match i'm the dry grass caused a prai-
rie fire in the Emanuel Just neighbor
hood near White Lake which destroy
ed about thirty tons OF hay.
Jacob Meyer. a farmer OF Lola was
badly injured by being caught by a
knuckle on a tumbling rod Of his
~threshing machine. Hc was thrown to
the ground with terrible force.
After having a hole shot and drilled
clear through his body above his
stomach, Samuel Estlick of Rapid
City, who was shot by Charles K
Howard, the cattleman, is getting well
Jack Riley, a farm hand employed
near HARRISBURG, was arrested at Edo
ra, Iowa, on the charge OF stealing
money and jewels from a companion.
He will be brought Pack for a hearing.
Sergeant Peter ]. Donahue of
Trop f, Sixth cavalry, has gone to
Fort Bayard. N. NJ. in charge Of q
hospital nurse. He has been suffer
ing with lung trouble for three months
and is in a serious condition.
Several farmers around Wagner
have engaged attorneys and will con
test in the courts tie attempt Of the
managers Of a defunct Insurance com
pany of Waterfowl to force them to
pay for insurance which they allegs
proved to be worthless.
The first move in the case brought
by the Standard Oil company to test
the gravity provisions of the state law
was made by the arrest OF l.. B. Al
bright, the distributor for the company
at Pierre, on a charge Oh Offering for
sale a barrel of oil which was under
the required test.
Mrs. Jacob s. Gantz and children
havc returned TO Rapid City from
Alaska. Mrs. Gantz Is in business at
Nome. w. H. LaBce has been at
Nome, but has returned to Seattle.
lie thinks he has made a rich strike
in the Tanana country and has re-
t,,rna "a ~ tba gtatas Fcr tha n,rrnrn -
organizing a company.
The Lawrence county commissions
ers have deided to sell the new S per
cent bonds of the sum of $50. 900 To-
cally instead OF to Fred J.. Fuller q
Co. of Cleveland, Ohio. Eleven thou
sand dollars of these bonds have been
sold TO local men. and the auditors
md commissioners are reasonably GER
tain they can dispose OF the entire is-
sue at home.
The farmers OF northwestern Iowa
and southeastern Dakota are becom-
ing agiiated owe the horse and cat
tie thieves that have become a pest
Thousands OF dollars worth OF cattle.
hogs and horses have been stolen in
less than q year. Owners realize that
something more vigorous than the or
binary channels OF justice must be
adopted to protect property,
The Black Hills district Degree of
Honor held its regular session at
Deadwood. Mrs. Marty Newell OF
Stlrgis. grand chief OF honor. presid-
ed. There are in this district seven.
tcen lodges. each OF which is entitled
to three representatives at the annual
district meeting. There was almost a
full representation. The asxt annual
meeting win be held at Terry.
Az usual at this season Of the year,
the question Of n open wiater or .
hard one is being discussed. and the
oid-time signs ars carefully examined
and results predicted from them. Be
ps}k4s the roru hnak nuZLr.f ~nd twII