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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
NOT CU|LTYO Of THE CRIME Of MURDER
Ralph Carr's Self Defense Plea Is Accepted by the
Jury at Deadwood.

A verdict of not guilty has been re-
aorned In the case of the state against
Ralph Carr, Martin Howe and Edward
Davis. charged with the murder OF
Henry Stokes, and the three men &C
cused have been liberated at Dead
wood. Their trial took up the greater
part of q week in circuit court, and
closed with a night session, at which
the arguments were heard by the
court and jury.
Stokes died from injuries inflicted
with q knife by his brother-in-law,
Carr.
Mrs. Stokes, the main witness for
the prosecution, is a sister OF Carr,
and testified that Carr, Howe and
Davis called at the Stokes home Nov.
&c and began a quarrel with Stokes.
The latter, she said, tried to persuade
them to move on, but they drew
knives and made threatening demon
strations. At this, she said, her hus-
band came out with a revolver and
fired into the air to brighten them
away, when Carr made a rush for her
husband with a knife, and overtaking
him threw his arm about his neck
and plunged the knife several times
into his body.
Carr and his co-defendants, Howe
and Davis, testified that Stokes was
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
FIX LAND SALE VALUES.
South Dakota Board Is Out for Profit
This Year.

sh'S Sots
The state board of appraisement
consisting of the state land commits.
sioner, state auditor and county su,
perintendent of schools of the county
in which the appraisement Is to be
sales of land in the counties in which
they are to be offered for the present
year.
Sales will be made only in the coun-
ties of Kingsbury. Beadle, Sphinx and
Brown, and the values fixed are quite
different than in the days several
years age when most of 1t was at the
acre. In Kingsbury county the mini
mi prices run from SIS per acre as
the lowest to $50 per acre as the high
est, more Of it running over $40 per
acre than under that. In Beadle the
prices run from SIS per acre to $50
per acre. In Sphinx from s12 per acre
to $45 per acre. The tracts in Brown
which are fixed at $40 per acre are
very few, most of them running from
SIS to $25 per acre.
The policy of the state board at the
present time is to place the lands al
a figure at which there will be an OBJ.
ject in making sales. The lands are
a better investment for the state to
hold for lease than to let go at a low
price.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
BIG PROFIT IN DAKOTA FARM.
Aurora County Man Has Income OF
Nearly $1,000 a Year.

Charles G~lissendorf, a farmer living
lear White Lake, in Aurora county,
recently finished threshing 1000
bushels of small grain, 5000 bushels
of which was wheat and the remain
der pats and speltz. He has now com.
pleted the work of husking his corn,
and finds that the 225 acres devoted
to this crop yieldsd him an aggre-
gate of 1925 bushels, or an average
of forty-fve bushels to the acre. He
took care Of his crop without paying
out a cent for hired help, being az
sisted only by his sons. That the
members of the Glissendorf family
are workers is shown by the fact that
the head of the family, in addition to
his other duties, found time to milk
twenty COWS. The sale OF milk and
the increase in the value of his 100
head of cattle netted him the sum OF
81 900.
The grain and corr raised by him,
at market prices, is worth 1886.
Thus his income from his last sea
sons work amounted to a total OF ST.
95S.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
MISS PITCHER TELLS HER OWN STORY
Had Nothing to Do With Burglary at MiIler-She
Had Gone to Cemetery to Shoot Herself.

The next evening I started to 60
down town, Int had just about given
up my evil intentions, when l saw a
revolver lying on the table. l statred
to pick it UP, when l happened to
think of papa and mamma and what
they would think If they knew what
l was contemplating doing. / got as
far as my door when the thought OF
all l had lost, and also lost when l
considered as the best friend l had
left. l went back and picked 1t up.
I started to go to the cemetery to
papa and mamma. / got just about
halfway there when / began to realize
l was a fool. l had the revolver in
my muff, and you know l am left
handed. / had the muff resting o.
my chest. Suddenly the revolver went
off and the bullet plowed its way into
my right shoulder. dropped the gun
and started home.
| did not e any one as l went to
my room. went in and shut the door
and stayed all night there. l thought
my friend, Mr.. Romig, was going away
in the morning and l did not want
him to know what had happened.
Such q night as / went through. Nay
arm hurt me SO. The next morning
as Mr. DeHeart passed my |
called to him and told him was hurt.
lie went to Mr.. Romig's room and told
him. | would not tell them how 1t
happened.
nrI,1 rfuhf fWn Nan are SIM
posed to have entered the drug store
and drugged the clerk. One was small
and the other tall, and when they
questioned me ! would not tell. | did
not know why they were acting SO
strange and watching me until Mr..
Pusey came up and told me they
thought / was in the drug store deal.
and hat they were going to arrest
me. They thought l was the short
one. dressed in mems clothes.
Well, they arrested me, and for ten
DAYS tried to make me tell who was
in the drug store, when | did not
know. The trial lasted three days
They did not have any
against me and did not implicate me
in it. even with all the lies they could
tell. and some of them were terrible.
They wanted to bind me over, but'
thank heaven, they did not succeed.
I have told you all. My arm is some
better. but oh, will I ever be able to
live this down? Although | am Juno
cent. | still hate to meet people. Try
and think of me as good as you can.
Liz
Sincerely, fllcher.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
CATTLE LOSSES BIG.
Northwestern Cattlemen Fear that
Cold May Cause More. /.

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Cold May Cause More.
Great apprehension is felt by heavy
cattle owners on the Northwestern
range, owing to the heavy losses sus'
tanned among the herds and the flesh
OF the remaining animals. Conserva.
tive authorities place the loss at this
time at 10 per cent. This must be
greatly increased If March partakes
of any severity.
The loss up to this time has been
confined to the large herds. The own
ers Of small punches of cattle have
escaped and their stock is in condi-
ton 10 endure the remainder or the
winter without any danger. The loss
is attributed chiefly to the arid con
dition of the range during the fall and
first few weeks of winter. There has
been scarcely any snow, and as a mat
ter of fact winter only set in some
three or four weeks ago. The scarcity
of snow was a detriment. Had there
been snow the range animals could
have appeased their thirst, but their
suffering so reduced them in flesh. that
they were poorly prepared for the
cold blast that followed.
During the last week thousands OF
head of cattle have been thrown back
by the cattle outfits onto the range.
from which they had drifted. In one
day 13, 900 were thrown across the
Belle Fourche river. Many OF these
had drifted upward OF a hundred
miles. For them to remain along the
Belle Fourche means almost certain
death from starvation and cold. The
mercury has been below zero several
times during the past two weeks, and
with cutting east winds blowing. many
cattle have frozen stark.
Old cattlemen declare it Is the most
severe winter since that of 1857,
when enormous losses were expert
enced. Where cattle were enabled to
obtain water during the early part OF
the winter they were in good condi-
ton. The principal losses so far have
been among through cattle, brought in
from Texas and other Southern states
last summer.
Generally speaking, the winter has
been favorable for sheep men. The
only losses have been o~ccasioned by
what is termed "piling up" by sheep,
which is always to be guarded against
during excessively cold weather. One
flock recently lost 800 head In this way,
and a number of other locks have had
Persons in from several days ride
across the range report numerous
dead cattle. They are usually depos'
tied along fences and other barriers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
CORPSE THAT WALKED.
Queer Story Of Woman Who Fell Inta
a cataleptic Trance.

cataleptic Trance.
A queer story comes from Portes.
near V~alence. in the department OF
Gers. where an old maiden lady named
Clementine fell into a cataleptic trance
so profound that her neighbors made
preparations for her interment-
Clementine was laid out in her best
dress; candles were lit and placed near
her, and a crucifx and piece of box
wood were placed at the foot OF her
bed. The de Profundis" vas being
intoned by the priests, when suddenly
the dead woman sat up in the bed.
She looked wildly around her. and
then got down and walked round the
room. 1t is difficult to say whether
the deceased or the neighbors were
frightened the more, but Clementine
was so panic-stricken that she leaped
out OF the window and was killed.
On the following day invitations
were issued to another funeral, but
those who had been invited to the frst
excused themselves on the plea that
their nerves were not equal to the oc-
casion.-Paris Correspondence Phila-
delphia Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
WILL THEY IRKicATEi
Details Of the Canal Scheme on the
Belle Eourche.

$500 ~
Raymond f. Walter of the United
States geological survey, is expected
to return to Western South Dakota
within a few weeks to again take up
field work in connection with the
national irrigation scheme along the
Belle Fourche river ard it's ~afluents.
Mr.. Walter spent a great part of last
summer and fall upon this work and
is still gathering data relative to the
amount Of water available and the
area that may be irrigated by govern
ment enterprise. 1t is Appropriated
roughly that 175, 900 acres of arid land
may be reclaimed by this plan. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether or not 1t
= be reclaimed at a price within
reasonable bounds. officials of the
United States land office at Rapid
City after carefully investigating the
situation, believe that 1t may, and
look for a favorable report by the
engineers and the secretary of the in
terror, who has authority to order the
building OF dams and the construction
Of irrigating canals.
This project furnishes a striking ex-
ample of the bounty of the govern.
ment. 1t is understood that IL the
plan is found feasible, if sufficient
water may be conserved for the irri-
CATION of this large tract at a cost of
not to exceed $40 an acre, the recon-
mendation Of the work will be made
by the engineers in the field. 1t is
not understood that any limit is estab-
lished by law, but that $40 is regard
ed as the limit of practicability. This
land will then be sold to homestead
ers at the actual established cost with
:-cidental fees added. Payments may
G made in ten yearly installments.
If $40 per acre is the rate fixed upon,
the payments will amount to 81 an
acre per year, which is really less
than the water rem itself would cost
under private enterprise. At the end
of the ten years the homesteader has
his bround paid for, holds an inter,
est in the ditch and a tract that may
have cost him S $1,000 should be worth
$4,000, as irrigated land is sold at
from $40 to $50 an acre in this state.
The initial payment Is $14, which
covers the cost of filing on the land,
and the h~omesteader is allowed seven
years in which to enter his land for
final proof. He is not required to
make any payments upon the land I'M
til the irrigating system is in opera
ton, when the cost is taxed against
the land at the rate of OQc-tenth of
the total for each year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
FOR ST. LOUIS.
An Extensive Display to Be Sent From
Miller.

w. NJ. Fenton, A. S. Clouse and S.
A. Palmer are arranging quite an ex-
tensive exhibit for the st. Louis expo
sition and have some of it on exhibit
ton at Miller now, the main curiosity
being a petrihed man found some
twelve years ago in the Bad Lands, a
well preserved specimen of the hui
man race, Of adult size. examined and
pronounced by the best medical men
and authorities to be Of proper proper
tions and construction. They also
have a collection of petrifed animals.
such as fish, turtles. snakes and birds.
Among their curiosities are a few live
animals, such as a wildcat. a buffalo
wolf, and a trained and intelligent
badger. Preparations are being made
to have the whole exhibit at the st.
Louis fair.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03

Miss Hattie Pitcher of Miller, who
was released from all connection
with the burglary case at Miller, has
made a full statement Of the case TO
Supt. o. ". Coursey of Mitchell, who
wa her instructor when he was asso-
ciated with the Dakota Central nor
NAL school. Under date OF Feb. IL
she writes as follows:
Prof. D. w. Coursey-Dear Friend:
Your letter received a few days ago,
but 7 could not answer sooner, for
my arn was very lame. I am inno-
cent. I will explain 1t to you as well
as I can. and commence at the be-
ginning of my trouble. Mamma died
Sept. IL. 1901, and my brother in
March, 1902, the latter in Detroit,
Mich. Papa brought the other two
little children back home, II five
years and the other four. On Jan. q,
1903, papa died. You can imagine just
how l felt and how downhearted l
was. All Of them died within eight
cen months. | was almost desperate.
But I had the two children, and that
helped me some. | also had a gentle
man friend and he was very good to
me. IN March l took the children to
an uncle in Detroit. When / came
back my friend came to meet me.
Well. then he was SEN to North Da-
kota to take the charge OF a station as
a telegraph operator.
While he was gone / went with his
chum and did not think he would care,
and l don't think he would if other
people had not told him everything
and more too. He does not dance and
I do. He made me a little mad and
1 went to the New Years ball and l
would not go home when he wanted
me to- Well. that caused trouble, and
he would not listen to me when | told
him l was sorry. On Sunday night he
went to church and left me alone, and
the man he was jealous of came into
the parlor of the hotel and spent the
evening with me. After he left my
friend came in and told me | must
stop. He was vecy mad. aud so was
I, and we parted that night for good.
as I supposed.
I was foolish enough to spend the
night very miserably, and concluded |
did not have much to live for. So l
got a revolver and intended to end
everything then and there. But rs l
came out of the hotel he came out
also and did not leave me until late
in the evening. even taking me to the
door of my room. But he was Just as
mad as ever.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
DOCTORS COFFEE.

And His Daughter Matched Him.
Coffee drinking troubled the family
of a physician of Grafton, w. Va who
describes the situation briefly:
Having suffered quite a while from
vertigo. p%alpitation of the heart and
many other arrangements OF the ner-
vous system and finding no relief
from usual methods OF treatment, I
thought to see how much there was IN
the Postum argument against cof-
fee.
$50 I resorted to Postum. CUTTING
of the coffee, and to my surprise and
satisfaction have found entire relief
from all my suiferings. proving Son
cluslvely the baneful effect OF coffee
and the way to be rid Of il.
81 have found Postum completely
takes the place of coffee in both flavor
and In taste. 1t is becoming more
popular every day with many Of oar
people and Is having great demand
here.
my daughter. Mrs. Long, has been
a sufferer for a long time from at
tacks Of acute indigestion. BY the
dismissal Of coffee and using Postum
In its place she has obtained COM
plete relief.
IL have also heard from many 9th
ers who have used your Postum very
favorable accounts of its good effects.
II prescribe Postum in place of cof-
fee In a great many cases and l be-
iieve that upon its merits Postum win
come into general USE" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Look for the famous little book.
'sThs Road to Wellvills." In each pkg.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03

All reports from the range country
indicate that the winter has been ia
vorable. North of the Cannon Ball
river there has been much snow and
reports say a few cattle are dying. Up
to the first Of the year stock was put
ting on flesh, and Is in good condition
to stand the spring storms. Around
Pedro, s. D., there has not been
enough snow for the cattle, and wa
ter holes have been kept open. Around
Seim there has been just enough snow
for stock.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03

cases cases were disposed Of . short
time ago.
The matter becomes of much inter-
est because the heirs under the law
will be permitted to dispose of the
lands to the highest bidder for cash.
As the minimum allotment Is a quar-
ter section and in many instances a
section. the proceedings will result in
opening up to white settlement in the
reservation not less than 400 farms
In the immediate future. The Indians
will realize a snug sum, as the lands
are among the best in the state.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
SO Suddeni

Impatient Young Man-Nellie, how
is u romance-yours and mine-go-
ing to end?
Nellie Suddenly apprehensive)-
Why, Godfrey, o don't want to skip
to the last chapter yet. do you?-Chi.
cage Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
FOUR HUNDRED FARMS.

tieirs 81 Deceased Indians Can Soon
Cell Holdings to Whites.
Oacoma, the seat OF Lyman county,
Is filled with Indians from the Rose
bud reservation. They are the heirs
of deceased Indians who had been
granted lands in severalty on the
Rasebud, and Judge Argo of Lyman
county Is probating the estates In or
der that the heirs may become pos
sossed of the land. In all $50 estates
WIN be probated. About fifty similar
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
Postofnce Blaze.

A fire in the Chamberlain postoflce
resulted IN the destruction Of 1--WE
paper pouches filed with mail for tho
stage lines south The cause Of the
fire is unknown. The prompt action
Of the hre department subdued the
flames with but trining loss to the
building.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
ponuIlst National convention.

st. Louis, Feb. 20. = The national
committees OF the fusion ard the mid
dle-of.the-road wings Of the Populist
party last night decided to hold a
Joint national convention in Spring.
held. Ill, on July 4.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
Predicts His Own Death.

ST. Louis, March 1.-Arousing him
self from a feverish slumber before
dawn yesterday Rev. Clarence M.
Folsom predicted to his wife hat he
would be dead before 4 o'clock In the
afternoon. He died at 3 :45.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
cun;d lands Elderly Pair.

Escanaba, Mich. Feb. 25~-Sylvester
r. Edwards and Mrs. Harriet Caffey
we're married last night. They are
the Oldest couple to whom a license
has ever been issued in the county
20 and Sc, respectively.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
References REQUIRED.

The Customer-Here, waiter. take
my order, please"
The Waiter-'Scuse me, sab. But an
must just inquiah II yo' reco-nized de
grand Confederated Union OBJ Colored
Gentlemen Help?-Brooklyn Life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03
COL GRiGsBY KILLS STORY.
Says That He 10 Not Trying to Rally
Rough Riders.

Houqn htocrs.
Ever since II was announced in
washington dispatches that Col. Mel
vim Grigsby Of Sioux Falls. who has
been In washington for some time,
intended raising q battalion of rough
riders for service with the Japanese
against the Russians the Office of Col.
Grigsby In Sioux Falls has been food
ed with letters from applicants for
places. Most Of the letters are from
former members of G~rigsby's rough
riders, . regiment which was formed
during the Spanish-American war.
who wish to see active service dur
ing the war in the FAY Hast.
Col. Grigsby has written to the Ell
fecs that the report Is unfounded.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03

the first to assume the aggressive;
that he appeared at the corner of his
cabin with a revolver and immediate
ly opened fire On Carr, who had start
ed to leave the premises, and at the
first shot had started to walk rapidly
away. The other two men were at
some distance from Carr, and at the
third shot they said they. saw Carr
turn and approach Stokes. The
fourth shot from Stokes revolver in
ficted a slight wound in Carr's side.
and they saw him finch. He then
closed with Stokes, grasped and threw
up the weapon with his left hand, hav-
ing in the meantime drawn a knife.
They did not see the stabs inflicted,
as the men we're struggling in close
embrace. Carr soon disengaged him.
self and, approaching the other two.
informed them that he was shot. They
Immediately put out . fire that had
started in his jacket from a flash of
the revolver in Stokes hand. Testi-
mony was introduced by the defense
to show that Stokes was of a quarrel
some and dangerous disposition.
Stokes and Carr were both men OF
families and all four had been in the
employ Of the Homestake Mining
company at the timber camp near the
Homestake pumping station.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03

and has instructed his son, Sioux
Grigsby law Office in Sioux Falls dur
ing the absence Of the colonel in the
national capital, to write each of the
applicants a letter stating that the
report of his intended action Is I'M
founded. that the laws of Japan for
bid the enlistment Of foreigners In
the Japanese army and that no good
citizen will violate the neutrality laws
Of the United States.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-07-26

fore the question was put, Attorney
Riddell made a final statement. He
said the new company would pat in
automatic telephones, so that there
would be no waiting for central to
answer and then say 1.-THE line is
busy" He said there would be no
busy" lines. and every subscriber
would make his own connections. He
pledged a rate much lower than is
now being charged by the Sunset
company, and endeavOPed to show
how competition would regulate the
rates.
When the vote was taken on Coun-
Gilman Reads motion to substitute a
favorable report for Conrad's motion
to postpone indefinitely, Councilman
Roice refused to vote. Councilman
Hoenig, who last week declared him
self in favor of the franchise, went
over to the opposition
Couneilmen Duevel and Belling-
ham were absent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-07-26

will stand by the people of Montana
so long as they will let me-"
Heinze is an orator of peculiar
power and magnetism and his wits
have a keen turn for politics as we'll
as finance. He has a remarkable po-
litical power also, and rarely fails
to have a card up his sleeve to take
his opponents trick
He is of German and Irish eXtrac-
ton and is very handsome and I'M
pressive in appearance. He is a
born fighter, and those who know
him best say that it is the love of bat
tie rather than concern for the peo-
pie of Montana or greed of riches,
that keeps him in Montana pitting
his energies and wits and fortune
against one of the most powerful
trusts in the world Once when he
was urged by friend to sell out and
leave Montana while he still had the
best of the fight, Heinze replied:
IF they can beat me let them do
it. They can never beat me so bad
that | can't pull out with a million
and a million is enough for any
man"