The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-05
WONDERFUL GROWTH.
King Corn in South Dakota Is Making
Unusual Progress and Will Be
Rur,per Grim

/
4 derful growth and is now reported tc
/ be up to its usual size at this time
of the year. In practically the whole
| state there is no fear expressed in re-
! gard to corn maturing, and unless al
signs fail the yield this year will be
far ahead Of that of last year.
Nothing but unusually early frosts
| of a killing character can now prevent
the state raising good corn crop. AS
| far nSs.th as Okoboj, Sully county, corr
has attained a height of six feet and IS
! tasseling out.
The farmers of South Dakota are
now devoting every available moment
| to the work of harvesting their barley
rye and early oats and preparing fol-
wheat harvest, which will be in pro-
gress in many portions of the southern
| part of the state before the close OF
the present week.
| Conditions in general are still re-
! ported to be good. Crops have been in
jured in some localities by lack OF
| moisture earlier in the season. but in
the state at large conditions could not
well be more favorable than at present
All reports agree that the crop, gener-
ally speaking, will be better than that
of last year.
Several localities where last year the
crop was short because the rainfall was
below normal will this year have the
Austin Olson, who for period of
thirty-seven years has been engaged
in farming near Centerville, states that
never but once during that time has he
had better crops than this year. The
other day he was engaged in stacking
barley, cutting oats. moving hay and
blowing corn on the same section Of
land at the same time, which gives
an inkling Of the strenuous times now
being experienced by the farmers of
South Dakota.
The farmers of the state, contrary
to expectations, are having no difficulty
In hiring harvest hands at 81 and $3.50
per day. Earlier in the season it was
feared that wages would rule consider
ably higher than this figure.
South Dakota Grand Jurors.
Sioux Falls, s D., July 27--The grand
and petit juries for the regular Septem-
Der term of United States court at
Deadwood have just been drawn by D.
S. Glidden of this city. United States
jury commissioner, and Oliver S. Pen
dar, clerk of the federal court. The
grand jury will be required to report
at o'clock p. IN. on Tuesday Septem-
Der 6, and the petit jury at 10 O'Clock
on Monday afternoon, September 49,
AS drawn the iuries are as follows:
Grand Jury William r. Clark, North
vile; Joseph B. Binder, Pierre: Man
ley Owen, Dexter; w. c. McMaster
Alexandria, S. H. Addison. WATERFOWL:
A. Cameron. Artesian: C. c. Crary,
Custer; ]. G. Bassett, Aberdeen; Henry
kundert. Yankton; William Person
Yankton Adam Kayser, jr.. Parkston;
]. c. Bryan, Plankinton; M. ]. Jarvis.
Orient; Fred Hollister, Sioux Falls: W.
j. Sibbison. Dell Rapids: ]. II. Hub
bard. DeSmet; James T. Halloran,
Lead: j. H. Williams, Webster; r. l..
Bramble, Watertown; Ole Odlund. Cay
vile; Conrad Eymer, Tyrdall; A. Bev-
eridge, Sioux Falls; I. M. Donaldson,
Custer.
Alternate Grand Jurors-Pat Walsh,
Henry; Herbert e. Mckee, Bonesteel;
Fl. A. Babcock, WATERFOWL: Fl. O. Be-
sancon, Blunt; Paul McClelland, Her.
mosa.
Petit Jurors-Charles H. Roberts
Madison; James Dacy, Whitewood; j.
f. Sophy. Garretsop; Chris Jensen, Hot
Springs; +. 2: Clemens. ordway: j..
p. Happock, Mt. Vermont George j,
Lampert, keystone; e. A. Scott, Fair
burn George A. Knott, Sioux Falls;
Il. II. Topper, Eureka; Robert Cowan,
Alcester; Charles Nicholson, Brookings;
J. Ct. Hall, Iroquois; Dean Fishback,
Utica; G.. NJ. Sheppard, Clear Lake; o.
Carrigan, Custer; w. ]. Wolf, Armour;
Ferdinand Meisch, Alexandria; Henry
Hunter, Sioux Falls: G. e. Kennedy,
John Kruger, Groton; Rush Brown,
Sioux Falls: John Mckee, Sioux Falls;
j. T. Bigelow, Flandreau; Charles
Hackett, Parker; Nelson Van Tassell,
Alexandria; H. III. Yost, Leola: John
King, Bradley; Henry j. Frank, Sioux
Falls. James Bond, Andover; Roger
Wood, Winifred; C. j. Cox. Elk Point;
IC,,,,, n, Irt,
Lead; William Abbott, Tyndall.
Horse Thieves at Huron.
Huron. S. D., July 27.-Horse thieves
are getting in their ork in this local
fty. A night or two since Il valuable
driving team was taken from the j. P.
Cooper barn in washington, and other
parties claim to have evidence that q
gang of horse thieves are rendezvous
ing in that part of the county.
Funeral services of William Neistadt
killed in a wreck on the Chicago and
Northwestern railway, near Iroquois,
Thursday night, took place from the
family residence Sunday afternoon, and
was largely attended. Sermon by Rev.
III. D. Wizard. The order of railway
trainmen was present in body.
Milo Booth, a prominent merchant
and citizen of this place, suffered a
P..t aAs VIZ sliohe oll saturday, the leII
side being affected. He Is recovering
and physicians believe he will soon be
fully restored.
The Volga cornet band was here Mon
day morning, returning home from
Pierre. where they accompanied the
baseball team on Saturday. The band
met a large delegation of Volga peo-
pie here Monday going to Pierre to wit
ness another game between their home
team and the Pierre team.
Another accident occurred Sunday
night on the Chicago and Northwest
ern near Brookings. resulting in the Sc
rious injuring of Roy Cooley, brake
man, of this city, and son of Conductor
Cooley Of Hawarden. Besides the loss
OF foot, young Cooley sustained In
jurfeS that may prove fatal,