Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-06-18
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The Merchants hotel IT Elkton
burned at loss of $4,000; insurance
S2,T50. No lives were lost.
The shores of Pickerel lake, the new
summer resort near Waubay, will be
thickly dotted with new cottages this
season.
Mintener & onner, extensive lumber
dealers in neighboring states, are put
ting in a lumber and material yard at
Huron.
The first consignment of wool from
the Grand river country arrived at
Sturgis last week. 1t consisted of
about 10000 pounds.
The body found in Boxelder creek,
Meade county was that of Edward B..
Duell. Coroner Sparks says it was a
clear case of suicide.
A special election will be held at
Aurora June % for the purpose Of
voting upon the question OF issuing
bonds to refund the outstanding bonds
of that school district.
Fire in the opera house at Yankton
destroyed the scenery, stage and dress
lngrooms. The loss Is about $4,000,
fully insured. The origin is a mystery.
as there had been no play there for
several days
The $1,000 worth of per cent bonds
voted at the last election at Waubay
for the installation of a municipal wa
terworks system in that place have
been offered for flotation. The work
will be begun in July.
Rev. s. III. Stevens, a prominent
clergyman of Gregory county, has just
received draft from the government
In payment of bill which has been
due him for about forty years. The
amount was only about $50.
At the instance OF the teachers OF
the public schools, the business men
of Elk Point have offered q series of
prizes ranging from SO cents to 81 tor
the best specimens of garden vege-
tables raised by school children.
Patrick Mcdonald of Duluth, who
has the contract for paving the prin-
cipal streets of Lead, has arrived, pre-
pared to begin work on his contract.
Main street and Mill street are to be
laid with paving brick, tho contract
involving approximately $4,000.
Charles Bauer, who has been mine
foreman for the Spearfish Mining COM
pany, died In the county pesthouse at
Cyanide of smallpox His case was
one of the continent type. and his feat
ures were SO distorted he was not rec
ognizable. He was to have been mar
ried at Spearfish this month.
Faulkton for the first time in fifteen
years is experiencing the novelty OF
open saloons among the local business
places, two having been recently
granted licenses and opened for bust
ness in accordance with the result of
the recent annual election, when IL
cense carried by small majority.
At the commencement exercises of
the high school at Canton the attend
ance was SO large that the largest
room In the city could not hold half
the crowd. Several ladies In the au-
dience tainted because Of the immense
crowd. The graduates were: Nellie
Holsey, Pearl Mallory, Blanch Isakson,
Angot Hetlesater and Ruby Durkee.
The schools have been finely organized
under Prof. C. G. Lawrence as princi-
pal.
John Abbott and James Burns, who
were sentenced at Gam Valley to
terms of four years each in the peni-
tertiary, were convicted of attempting
to rob the Bank of Buffalo county at
Gam Valley ON Oct. 20 last. A Min
neapolis safe expert was afterwards
called to open the money chest and
everything was found intact and I'M
harmed. Abbott anu Burns were seer
In the vicinity of Gam Valley two days
previous to the attempted bank rob-
berry. Suspicion Immediately attached
to them and Sheriff Daniels OF Buffalo
county, with posse of men, started in
pursuit. He traced the fugitives to
kinDalI and then to Platte, where they
were found secreted In a water car
which was just ready to pull out oil
the station.
Measuring gauges have been placed
on Rapid creek, Elk creek. Boxelder
creek and the Belle Fourche river by
Raymond r. Walter of the United
States geological survey, for the pur.
pose Of determining the amount Of wa.
ter available in these streams for ir.
rigation under the national plan of ir.
rigation. Two or three more gauges
are to be placed in the streams south
of Rapid City. A public meeting OF
citizens was held at Rapid City for the
purpose of comforting with Mr.. Wal
ter as to be best means to proceed. A
committee consisting OF Zach Holmes,
Henry Behrens and Thomas II. Daley
was appointed and has set from town
In quest Of the most advantageous nat.
ural reservoir sites. The people are
taking a great interest In the national
irrigation scheme. Mr.. Walter has
gone to Denver to meet Chief Newell