Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
Inventor Wins a Fortune.

BY inventing so simple a thing as a
device by which the contents of a bottle
cannot be adulterated or the bottle
used a second time, Krauth H. Cress-
man, a South Dakotan, has won for
himself q fortune. The lucky inventor
is a government employee and is in
charge of what is known as the Ponca
district on the Rosebud reservation.
The invention consists of a glass disc,
made inside the bottle, having a wire
attached to the disc so that the two
ends of the wire may he brought up
through the cork, drawing the disc up
to the neck of the bottle when the cork
is in place. The ends of the wire are
then twisted together in such a manner
as to keep both the disc aud cork in
place. and the surplus wire is then cut
off. In order to remove the. cork from
the bottle the wire must be broken,
when the disc fails to the bottom of the
bottle. Gresham has been granted
patents in United States and Canada,
and has applied for patents in several
foreign countries. He has received a
bona fide offer of S25, 900 for his rights
In the United States.
South Dakota Wins.
The eighth annual oratorical contest
OF the interstate league was held in
Mitchell on the evening of June 3, and
vas won by James Crowther, OF the
City of Mitchell, representing the
Dakota University, his marking being
ten. His subject was "Oliver Crom-
we'll" Second place was awarded to
Miss Neva Stevens, representing the
state agricultural college, of Fargo, her
subject being 1.-THE Lincoln-D Douglas
Debates" Her marking was thirteen.
j. Z. Totten, of the North Dakota uni
versity, was third with a marking of
eighteen. His subject was True
Patriotism" Miss Floyd Treadway, of
Yankton, s. D., representing the Con-
gregational college, was fourth. Her
marking was nineteen and her subject
was "Joan of Arc" In the eight CON
tests which have been held Mitchell
orators have won first place four times.
Miss Treadway was second in the South
Dakota preliminaries and Mr.. Totten
was second in the North Dakota on
test.
Incendiary i'm N~iahtaown.
Mrs. Patsy Carr, wife of a prominent
of Deadwood, is under a $4,000
bond for attempting to burn the build
ing owned by Ayres & Company, hard
ware merchants. Since the death of
her daughter Mrs. Carr has had a mania
for setting fire to places. 1t is believed
now that several fires Of incendiary
origin were started by her. She was
caught in the act in the last instance
and was found in her night robes and
taken to the Jail. The incident has
created considerable comment in Dead
wood.
Two Verdicts for Aberdeen.
In the suit of ]. H. Hauser for $5, 900
damages against the City of Aberdeen
for the breaking of his ankle by a fall
on the sidewalk alleged to be defective,
Judge Mccoy directed a verdict for the
city. In the case of Henry @. Butcher
the City of Aberdeen for %, 500
damages for injuries alleged to have
been received from a fall on a cement
walk, the judge threw the case out of
court.
To Play Tennis.
The members of the Sioux Falls Ten
mis- association are making active prep
a~rations for the entertainment of the
players throughout the state who will
attend the second annual state tennis
tournament, which is to be held in
Sioux Falls for a period Of n week,
July 10.
South Dakota Farmer browns.
Guy Shoudy, q farmer near Spring
Creek, was drowned near Sturgis last
Sunday afternoon. He attempted to
cross Bare-Butte creek on horseback.