Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-08-04
WONDERFUL GROWTH
King Corn in South Dakota IL Making
Unusual Progress and Will BE
Bumper Crop.

King Corn in South Dakota 10 Making
Unusual Progress and Will Be
Bumper Crop.
Sioux Falls. s. D.. July 81 The corn
crop throughout South Dakota. under
Ing the past ten days. has made q won-
derful growth and is now reported to
be up to its usual size at this time
of the year. In practically h whole
state there is no ear expressed in re-
gard to corn maturing. n unless all
signs fail the yield this year will be
far ahead Of that Of last year
Nothing but unusually early frosts
OF q killing character can now prevent
the state raising q good corn crop. AS
far north as Okoboji, Sully county. corn
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 for
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.
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
largest yields for many years.
Austin Olson, who for a period of
In farming lear Centerville, states that
never but once during hat 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 he same section of
an inkling of the strenuous times now
being experienced by h farmers Of
South Dakota.
The farmers of the state, contrary
to expectations. are having no difficulty
In hiring harvest hands at So and $3.50
per day. Earlier in the season 1t 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 2 o'clock p. m. oil Tuesday Septem-
Der 6. and the petit Jury at 10 o'clock
on Monday afternoon. September II.
AS drawn he juries are rs follows:
Grand Jury-William r. Clark. North
ley Owen. Dexter: W. c. McMaster.
Alexandria; s. H. Addison. Watertown;
A. Cameron, Artesian: c. c. Crazy.
Custer: j. c. Bassett. Aberdeen; Henry
Kundert, Yankton; William Pierson,
Yankton: Adam Kayser. jr., Parkston;
J. c.. Bryan. Plankinton: M. ]. Jarvis,
Orient: Fred HOLSTER. Sioux Falls: w.
J. Stbbison. Dell Rapids; ]. H. Hub
bard, DeSmet: James T. Halloran,
Lead; ]. H. Williams. Webster: F. L.
Bramble, WATERFOWL: Ole Odlund, Gay
Vile; Conrad Eymer. Tyndall: A. Bev-
Sioux Falls: I. NJ. Donaldson,
Alternate Grand Jurors-Pat Walsh.
Henry: Herbert E. Mckee. Bonesteel;
II. A. Babcock, Watertown: H. o. Be-
sancon, Blunt: Paul McClelland. Her
Petit Jurors-Charles H. Roberts,
Madison; James Dacy. Whftewood: ].
F. Sophy.. Garretson: Chris Jensen. Hot
s 8 HsnIoa =; Il H.. Clemens verens. o rscrs. !.
Lampert. Keystone: e. A. Scott. Fair
burn; George A. Knott. Sioux Falls:
+. H. Topper, Eureka: Robert Cowan,
Alcester; Charles Nicholson. Brookings;
j. G. Hall. Iroquois: Dean Fishback,
Utica; G. NJ. Sheppard, Clear Lake: o.
Carrisan. Custer: w. J. Wolf, Armour;
Meisch. Alexandria,; Henry
Hunter. Sioux Falls: c.. E. Kennedy.
Madison; John 8. Williams. Bonesteel:
Kruger, Groton; Rush Brown.
Sioux Falls; John Mckee. Sioux Falls;
J. T. Bigelow. Flandreau; Charles
Hackett. Parker; Nelson Van Tassell.
H. HI. Yost. Leola: John
Falls: James Bond. Andover: Roger
Wood. Winifred: c. J. Cox. Elk Point;
Frank Shoe. Yankton: John j. hurry,
Lead: william Abbott. Tyndall.
Horse Thieves 1t Huron.
Huron. 8. D.. July 27.-Horse thieves
getting in their .-Ork in his local.
ity. A night OF two since a valuable
driving team was taken from the J. p.
Cooper barn In washington. and other
parties claim to have evidence that a
gang Of horse thieves are rendezvous
ing In that part Of the count
Funeral services of William Neistadt.
killed In a wreck OF the Chicago and
railway. near Iroquois.
family residence Sunday afternoon. and
was largely attended. Sermon by Rev.
H. D. Wizard. The order Of railway
tralnmen was present in Q body.
Milo Booth. q prominent merchant
citizen Of this place. suffered q
paralytic stroke on Saturday, the left
side being affected. He 10 recovering
and physicians believe he win soon b
fully restored.
The Volga cornet band wAs here Nom
DAY morning. returning home from
f1erre. where they accompanied the