Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-11-12
The Howard hotel at Yankton has
changed hands, g, w. Foster Of SPRING

Deld assuming charge.
Nov. is has been determined upon
as the date for the dedication Of the
new Christian church at Oacoma-
Lars Brudvig is at Sacred Heart
hospital at Yankton suffering with .
broken leg. He ia in a runaway &c
cident.
The state treasurer has received q
draft for s3,341.37 from the national
government as aid for the state sd
diers' home.
While Swan Torkelson Of Bagly was
driving down Main street at a rapid
rate his horse ran into a little boy
named Erickson and severely injured
him.
At the annual meeting Of the Tur-
ner Comfy Teachers association the
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, e. ID. EIDE; secretary, Miss Caro-
line Dexter.
A body OF farm land containing
about 100 acres in Liberty township,
and including the Medberry ranch, has
been sold to Iowa men by the Union
Land company of Huron for s2s an
acre.
Chairman Edward Cachelin of the
board of county commissioners Is bad
ly bruised as the result of an accident
with a wild horse at Spearflsh. He was
thrown by the animal. striking on his
head.
Fire at Groton destroyed the barn
and sheds OF T. o. Johnson, together
with eight head OF horses, two steers
and most Of his farming implements
The loss mounts to about $1,000, part
ly covered by insurance.
Another business house will be es-
tablished at Huron in the next two
weeks. Miss Schmock and Mrs. SUIT
phen have arranged to engage in the
cotton and ladies' furnishing business
and are in the East purchasing their
stock.
Another extension of thirty days has
been granted at the Sisseton Milling
company in which TO get the municipal
electric light system In operation at
that place. The delay is due to the
difficulty in securing an engine OF suf-
fcient capacity.
Lead and vicinity were visited re-
Gently by a snowstorm. Although the
snow only fell to a depth Of an inch
or two there, at Preston, Crown Hill
and other higher points 1t lay to the
depth of six inches. 1T Deadwood the
storfa amounted Gniy to a rain shower.
The Erwin Telephone company has
extended rural lines in various direc-
tions, and how the local business
houses are in direct communication
with practically all the farmers who
reside in the territory tributary to
that place.
A se~yen-year-old son of Charles
Brophy of Palmer Gulch. Pennington
county, was killed by falling from q
wagon. The boy, with several others.
was riding on a load of potatoes when
the ago struck an obstruction.
bounding him of. His neck was
broken.
The annual sale OF delinquent taxes
was held at Salem recently and was
the smallest in the history OF the
county. Two townships did not have
a delinquent piece of land. At the time
OF the publication the list was unusual
ly long. but payments have reduced 1t
to a minimum.
The farmers around Whitewood are
having difficulty in obtaining threshing
crews, largely owing to the destruc-
ton by fire two weeks ago Of two OF
the machines operatin 81 nthat vicin-
ity. Theer is a large grain Q or
10th wheat and oats. and only a sman
part of 1t has been threshed.
The drill at the Spring Greek oil
prospect, near Sturgis, has reached a
depth of over 400 feet, and a strong
Gov OF waIer was encountered which
rose In the pipe tn a height OF eighty
feet. The representatives OF the Bear
Butte Oil company are well pleased
with the progress of the work, and
with b favorable indications thus a
developed.
George Morehouse, president Of thc
Bank Of Brookings, died after a long
illness. He was the pioneer banker
of this county, and had a wide ac-
quaintance because of his philanthropy
ic deeds. He was first in every enter
prise to promote the interests Of the
community. He accumulated a good
sized fortune. His wife and n SON
survive him.
l.. N. Grill Of Elk Point has CONSOLE
dated his elevators at Elk Point, Bur.
bank and Aberdeen with those OK the
Sioux Grain company at Jefferson.
Trip, vermillion and Parkston. s. d..
and Chatsworth and Ticonic. Iowa In
the spring the head Office Of the COM
pany win be moved to Sioux City, O.
ID. Whitney having charge OF the Office
and Mr.. Grill attending to the outside
work.