Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-02-05

at Rapid City AZ the age Of seventy
four. He was q native Of Ohio and
several children survive him. three Of
whom. Mrs. M. II. Wilson, Mrs. n. D.
Garhart and S~yiyanus Mercia, Jr.. re-
aide at Rapid City.
One Of the banks of Tyndall inciosed
q Chicago draft to a man In Madison.
Wis. The letter was received but the
draft had been removed. 1t is sup
posed some mail clerk was light-in-
gered. The Chicago bank was quickly
notified and payment stopped. The
draft was for $4,000.
Martin Egan, commonly called mig"
Egan, q railroad contractor who
helped to build the r. Il. g IA. ". rail-
road into B9nestee1 last fall, and who
was stabbed almost to death by Rob
ert Cork In q saloon aght during the
summer. fell on a slippery sidewalk
at Bonasteel and broke his leg.
The $4,000 case of MIRA. Chambers
against the Modern Woodmen OF
America wal tried by a jury at Hot
Springs, and after being out fifteen
minutes It returned q verdict for the
plaintiff. Il was contendsd by the de-
fsRdant that Chambers committed sui
eide, thereby nullifying the policy.
Fire In the rear Of the stage I'm
Daum's opera house In Huron came
near resulting In the destruction OF
that pretty little playhouse. A spark
from q pistol discharged in a play Che
previous evening lodged In a box Of
sawdust and smoldered until a blaze
followed. The prompt use OF a small
chemical engine saved ths structure.
Lake Preston made a nice list OF inn
proyements In 1902, breaking all for
mer records. Included in the list are
q new modern brick school house
which cost sic, 900. several business
houses and many fine homes. About
two miles OF cement walks were laid
at a cost Of $4,000. The Improvements
cost about 8 1000.
Judge Mccoy opened a regular term
Of court at Webster. The most I'm
portant criminal case is that of the
state against Peter Davidson and his
son Albert, who are charged with the
murder Of Riel Sandal In a quarrel
arising over the possession OF some
cattle. John w. Arctandsr Of Mime
apolis will assist the prosecution.
The Deer Creek group Of claims
west Of Rapid City are showing UP
well. The property 10 owned by
James keenan, and Maj. NJ. Mcguire
OF Rapid City. The free milling ore
will 90 from SIS to SIS a ton, and is
said to be . very good cyanidlng prop
osition. There Ia q large body OF It
n place showing q width of about
100 feet
Nj. A. Meyendorf. special agent OF
the United States land ONCE, has been
transferred from Rapid City to Seattle
to investigate alleged stone and TIM
Der d~epredations. He Ia one Of tie
oldest special agents in the service. A
Pole by birth, he served severa! years
In exile In Siberia, being pardoned
through the i~ntercession Of President
Lincoln. coming to America immedi-
ataly afterwards.
A company OF thirty or more en-
Joyed an evening at the home Of Capt.
Phil Lawrence ano wife ct Huron. All
present were @. A. r. men or mem
bers of the w. r. c., and they gath
cred to help the gallant captain and
his wife celebrate their sixty-sixth
wedding anniversary. DR.. Shanafelt,
on behalf of the company, presented
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence with q hand
some pair of gold candlesticks,
Tho city council OF Rapid City has
forwarded q resolution to Congress-
man Martin at washington asking
that the sewerage systsm about to be
established ut the government Indian
school be altered so as not to be dis
charged into Rapid river above the
town. The resolution wan passed ON
the representation of the health off,
GERS, who say 1t will deAlo the water
Of the stream, making 1t unfit for do
nncstie use and lmperiIing the health
Of citizens.
The Central South Dakota Fair assoc
citation held a meeting ut Huron and
planned for an exhibition there next
fall. The association Ia in nne finan-
ciaI condition and has the best grounds
and speeding track in the state. The
new officers are Milo Booth, president;
John H. King, vice president; Il. M.
Thomas, secretary; j. w. Campbell,
treasurer; Charles May, general su-
perlntsndent; James Stewart, mar
shall. Plans for several new buildings
are being considered.
Work on the Wheeler Hill property
on Castle creek is being steadily car
ried on. The tunnel is lao feet, and
has cut two or three small yerticals
of ore carrying good values. The veis
for which the tunnel ia being driven
cannot be far distant. and when 1t Is
reached It Ia believed IL will be as
rich, IL not richer, than where opened
in the shaft, and will be tapped at a
depth OF about 400 feet. The vein car
ries free milling ore and the values
are high, free gold specimens being
frequently mot with. The company
has an air compressor plant and Ley.
ner drills ara being used In the worn
OF drilling.
One hundred and nine samples re-
GENTLY taken by the Grants Gold Min
ing company on the Roosevelt group,
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