The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-22
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
Shot a buffalo.

Shot a Buffalo.
The party of four buffalo hunters,
consisting of Coy. Herreid, II. L. Phil
lips of Pierre, .Scotty' Philip and r.
III. Kellogg have returned with one
trophy of their work.
At the subagency at Leslie, Agent
E. j. Warner, DR.. Tilden, Ed. Jones
and a couple of Indians for guides,
Joined the party which started for
the Fox Ridge country, about one
hundred miles northwest of this city,
reaching the location where they eX-
pected to find their game Tuesday
night. No game was sighted Wednes-
day, but Thursday afternoon a band
of four of the outlaw b~uffaloes were
sighted, but no shots were secured
until the end of a chase lasting I'M
til 3 O'clock in the afternoon, when
the herd was located over a range
OF hills, and the party by crawling
over the hill came within about 200
yards of the game.
The particular buffalo wanted was
picked upon, and Gov. Herreid fired
the first shot, which was Immediately
followed by a second shot by Phil
lips. The whole herd dashed away,
but after following them about two
miles the animal fired at was found
lying dead, and on being dressed it
was found that both balls had passed
near the heart, but were not enough
to bring him down at once.
n Mystery.
Did a woman masquerading in
mems clothes shoot Hattie Pitcher in
the Henshaw hotel at Miller, and was
this the same person that chloro-
formed the clerk at Collins drug
store and robbed that place the same
evening?
This Il the question that is puz-
zling the Miller officers. No clue has
been secured in either case, but Hat
tie Pitchers story and the circum-
stances surrounding both occurrences
lead to a confirmation of the grow
ing belief that a woman in male at
tire and with the nerve of the coolest
masculine desperate committed both
crimes.
Hattie Pitcher, who is a pretty
teacher in the town school, was cali
ed to the door of her room at the
Henshaw hotel last night, and when
she opened the door a revolver shot
was fired so quickly that she does
not even know whether it was a man
or a at the door. She fell
and instantly was pushed inside the
door and chloroformed. The wound
was not dangerous. She was left
unconscious, and the assailant got
out of the house before his identity
or purpose was discovered.
Land Sales.
The state lands board, composed of
the governor, state auditor and com
missioner Of school and public lands,
met at the capital and decided upon
for the coming year.
All the lands which will be offered
for sale this year r in the counties
of Beadle, Kingsbury, Sphinx and
Brown, where a few tracts will be
offered and disposed Of in case they
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After considering the matter of
leases, it was decided to make no
change in lease prices west of the
Missouri river and to lease only for
five-year terms in that section. In
the Missouri valley counties east of
the river, but little change was made,
the list remaining practically the
same as last year. In the northeast
ern portion of the state, slight adj
yances were made on lease prices,
while in the southeastern portion a
decided advance was decided upon.
Food Report.
The third annual report of State
Food and Dairy Commissioner Sher-
wood is devoted largely to his inves-
legations of food authorizations. In
his report on the butter making in
dustry he shows that the number of
creameries was reduced from 153 last
year to $50 the present year, but he
does not consider that there is any
thing alarming in this condition, at
tributing the decrease to lack of milk
because last winter was severe on
stock and the cows were in poor con-
dition in the spring, and he believes
that next year will see an increase,
as there is no lack of interest among
farmers.
News Notes.
A rural free delivery route will
start from De Smet Feb. /.
Stems will ha tan-an coon fo rarnoda1
the opera house at yermillion.
George Winker, Z a farmer living
scath Of De S1net, was killed instant
|ly by the explosion of a dynamite
cartridge. He had been warming it
by the fire.
Several recent attempts of fire bugs
to burn some OF the best buildings
at Garretson have aroused citizens to
action and $1,000 has been raised as
q fund. for apprehension and prose
cution.
The officials at Lesterville have be-