Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-04-16

A new hotel Ii to be built by the
Hidden Fortune Gold Mining company
in the lower part OF Deadwood. The
building Is TO be of frame, two stories
! high. There will also be large lodg.
ing house at the plant.
Mrs. A. B. Mccain died at Rapid
City OF la grippe and old age. being
seyenty-five years old. She left eight
| children. She came to Rapid City in
1883. One son, Prof. l., p. Mccain, is
principal OF the public schools Of
Terry.
Various architects are figuring upon
| the building Improvements to be made
| at the state school Of mines at Rapid
City. The last legislature appropri-
ated $25. 900 for the purpose and 1t is
expected that work will begin early
during the summer.
Yankton college opened its doors
for the spring term of college recently.
| A number of new students are in at
tendance and the term promises to be
an especially busy one, with spring
athletics, the May musical festival,
Nigh SCuOOl uelu meet, cue.
A new banking institution, to be
known as the State Bank of Emery,
| will soon commence business at EN-
! cry. Alexandria capitalists are be-
hind the enterprise. p Driscoll, ex-
register of deeds of Hanson county,
will be cashier and manager of the
new concern. The new bank will have
a capital of $4,000.
The following business was trans
acted from the United States land
| Office at Aberdeen during the month of
| March: Homestead entries 20, cover
| ing 4166 acres; homestead proofs Is,
covering 2,753 acres and one timber
culture proof on 16e acres; isolatcg
tracts and excuses sold to the amount
of 1921 acres.
The board of managers of the Ma
| tional Soldiers homes, at meeting in
New York, formally approved the
| plans for the sanatorium at Hot
| Springs, s. D. Ex.Representative
| Steele Of Indiana, who is a member Of
| the board, said that the buildings
would be pushed tc completion.
The board of trustees at Custer has
granted to r. M. Fuller and Fred
Beardshear a ninety-nine year fran
chise to erect and maintain an electric
lighting, power and heating plant, tele-
| graph and telephone system. The or
| dinance grants one year in which to
commence operations and six months
in which to complete the same.
Final arrangements have been made
for a ball game between Yankton col
| lege and the Sioux Falls Baptist col.
lege, to be played at Sioux Falls on
the. morning of April %. The ball
| team from Yankton will be accompa-
| MED by carload OF rooters who will
stay over and attend the Thomas or
chestra concert in the evening.
The Jewel cave, situated about six
teen miles west from Custer. has
proven, under the investigation of its
discoveries, to be one of the most won
| derful and beautiful of all the grand
subterranean vaults which have as yet
been explored. 1t is rumored that the
government is about to appropriate It
and make another national resort.
A change has been made In superin-
tendents at the Lawrence county poor
farm. Mrs. Carey, who has held the
| position since the death of her hus.
band two years ago, being succeeded
by A. d. Johnston of Spearflsh, who
has moved his family from Spearfsh
| to the farm. Mrs. Carey has taken
the management of the new hotel at
Maitland, S. d.
A valuable carriage horse was stolen
from John Owens at his farm near
Utica. A bride was taken, and with
it the animal was led from the barn
and ridden away. There is no clue
to the thief. A determined effort is
being made to unearth the thief, as
the farmers of that vicinity are get
ting very restless over the repeated
robberies of valuable horses from that
neighhorhood.
/ Roy Hartwick Of Sioux Falls, con.
victed Of the crime Of adultery at the
/ present term of court at Huron, was
released from custody, the $500 fine
being paid by his friends. He went to
/ Sioux Falls Immediately, where he
will enter the employ of Mr.. McKin.
non, a contractor. Riley Hartwick,
convicted Of the same offense, is In fail
| at Huron and will be removed to the
penitentiary unless the fine assessed
against him is paid within few days.
Since the interior department made
ruling requiring all able-bodied Indi-
ans to work for a livelihood and shut.
ting of their rations, many have
sought employment off the reserva.
ton and several have found work on
the Northwestern railroad. Recently
nine of them have been working for
George p. Bennett. register of the
United States land ONCE at Rand
Clay, getting out poles and posts by
piece work
| Ellis T. Pierce OF Hot Springs, who
has become quite famous during the
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