Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-06-25
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Gan.ra, State News
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organized at washington Springs.
s. Anderson of Clark is erecting q
two-story brick building adjoining his
| store.
Mrs. Leon Alliott died suddenly at
her home near Clark. She had been
in poor health for some time.
The state school fund has secured
the late issue of municipal bonds Of
Springfield, amounting to $4,000.
AT the meeting of the county COM
missioners it was agreed to furnish
from the school fund the amount of
money called for by the artesian we'll
bonds of washington Springs.
Relatives in Sioux Falls have been
advised of the death at Faribault,
| MINI, OF Mrs. Julia G. Pheris, who was
a pioneer resident of Sioux Falls.
Death resulted from stroke of par
| alysis.
Unless present plans miscarry, Wau-
bau will celebrate the Fourth. AL
| though late in the season TO begin
| preparations for such an occasion,
great effort will be made to insure Its
| success.
Arrests are soon to be made Of sew
| eral wellknown men in the western
| part of the Hills who have been cut
ting timber from school lands. The
states attorney has been informed Of
| the thefts.
The partnership which has been In
| existence for twelve years between
Nels Arnston and Robert K. vreeland.
clothing and dry goods men of Sioux
| Falls, has been dissolved, Mr.. Vree-
land retiring.
Doctors Wood and Glass have rented
the j. III. Sutphen house on Lawn
ridge in Huron for use as a hospital,
an institution which has been much
needed In that town. The house is SO
located that all the noise Of the street
Is escaped.
The latest new town to spring into
| existence in South Dakota has been
| christened Jamison, and Is situated
near the Nebraska border In the ex-
treme southwestern portion OF that
part of Gregory county which is open
to settlement.
Work on the city artesian we'll at
washington Springs was stopped at q
depth of 1900 feet The supply of wa
| ter is abundant, but there is no pres
sure. The town will erect a standpipe
to be filled with pump from the ar
tesian well, which will furnish abund-
ant water for all purposes.
George S. Maxon Of vermillion says
| that his bride of six months has left
him and he intends to institute divorce
proceedings at once. The woman has
returned to her home In Muskegon,
Mich, vowing that she will never
again answer matrimonial bureau
advertisement. The husband says the
same.
James Arthur, farmer and mason,
| whose postoffice address Is Wolsey,
| has filed a petition in voluntary bank
| ruptcy In the United States court In
Siouss Falls. He places his liabilities
at s22,756.5S and his assets at $343.
The case has been sent to Referee In
Bankruptcy Ramsey of Woonsocket tor
adjudication.
| Horses in the vicinity OF Castlewood
have become badly affected with CLAM
| ders. Two veterinary surgeons have
been at work for a day or two and
have condemned and killed fifteen
head of horses. A farraer named Bo-
It'd had five killed and his son two,
while another farmer named Sibert
/ lost three. The latter las large crop
| In and is very poor, and the loss is
severe one for him.
An interesting case Is before Judge
Rice of the Eighth circuit. A few
days since the board of health OF Dead
wood ordered the school board to COM
pei all children in school to be vacci-
/ mated. The board objected to the or.
der and the case was argued before
/ the court on the ground that the act OF
/ the legislature under which the suit
was brought was unconstitutional.
There is much feeling over the mat
\ ter
While putting down an artesian well
| on the Morgan farm near VermilIion.
| G. X. Weagant encountered a vein or
/ coal Of some depth and OF excellent
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quality. The bed Is not great els.
lance from the surface, and an exani-
| nation will be made to see II the fuel
is in sufficient quantities to warrant
sinking shaft. Other veins have been
passed through by well diggers In
times past, but none gave as much
promise as does this one.
A prank that might have Lad Sc
rious ending is reported from Wakon-
da, Clay county. H. e. Doane gave
three companions whisky which bad
been doped with croton oil, and the
men were made very sick. States At
torney Tilton was called from verniil-
| lion to investigate the affair. There 10
heavy penalty for such jokes. the
extreme sentence by law being ten
years imprisonment. In this case tho
blame is said to rest with some one