Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-17
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South Dakota
General State News
- Photographed.

oduuel tucker n pioneer resident
OF Minnehaha county, is dead at his
home in Wellington township.
George M. Single, one of the old
time settlers Of Deadwood, who went
there in 1876. died at Leavenworth,
Kan.
Several valuable bird dogs and
bounds were poisoned at Miller. Own
ers will offer $500 reward for the con.
~viction of the prisoners.
A new mail route has been opened
between Englewood and Hanna. and
mail will be carried by John McNabb.
who will make six round trips a week.
The recent heavy snowstorm has
added greatly to the range losses. and
hundreds of carcasses of animals are
seen within a few miles of Belle
Fourche.
The license question will be voted
upon at Blunt at the election the last
of this month. There is a strong pro-
hibition element and il will make a
fight to shut out licensed saloons.
j. A. Svarstad, one of the first
among the settlers of Brown county,
died very suddenly, the aus having
been a hemoi rhage of the brain. He
was n of the wealthy farmers of the
county.
At the meeting of the Pierre fire de-
partment, N. l.. Howard was elected
chief, to succeed himself; Frank Hin
sey. first assistant; Mason Semco,
second assistant; Guy Kelly, secre-
tary; r. Brandhuber, treasurer.
The estimate Of state taxes for the
1904 collections. which has just been
made by the state auditors Office, calls
for $948, 1885,. OF this. $421, 317 is for
the general fund. the same amount for
the deficiency fund, and $l05, 1929 in
the bond and interest fund.
August Thope is being sought by
United States and county officers,
charged with robbing the postofice
and store at Puma. He took a large
quantity of cigars. candy, gum, pen
ellis, bag and plug tobacco, and from
the p~ostofice side of the store 81 in
stamps and some change.
Gov. Herreid has appointed as fish
and game wardens the following:
Roberts county. Frank C. Decidedly of
Sisseton; Kingsbury, Horace Perry of
De Smet; Pennington, Otto p. Bear
ancke of Rapid City; Charles Mix.
C. M. Lokken, Lake Andrews; Union,
James Halliday. Elk Point.
C. c. Bras, who has charge of the
collection of the state educational
exhibit, says an extension IF time has
been granted by State Supt Nash for
the collection of the material for the
worlds fair at st. Louis. The various
counties Of the state will have until
March rs TO send their exhibits to
Mitchell.
The semi-annual election of officers
held by Deadwood Mine and Mill
mems Union No. IA, Western Fedora
ton of Miners, resulted in the choice
of i. II. Davis, president; A. E. Dahl,
vice president; Marion Cammack, sec.
rotary and treasurer; w. Halle, direc-
tor; Frank C~levinger, warden; Robert
Moore, trustee.
A camp of the Society of the Army
of the Philippines has been organized
at Aberdeen under the name of Noah
p. Rahskopf camp, with twenty-eight
members and the following officers:
President, Col. Charles A. Howard;
vice president. Lieut.. William w. Rea.
man; secretary, Capt. w. A. Hazel;
treasurer, l.. t. Van Slyke.
Discharges from bankruptcy have
been granted by Judge Garland at
Sioux Falls in the cases of the follow
ing John Tesa, Webster; William l..
Lansing. Sioux Falls; Henry G. C.
Rose, M%ilybank; Henry M. Truesdaie,
Sturgis; Wesley j. Smell, Sioux Falls;
John r. Kent. Dexter, Codington coun-
ty. The discharge of John Kogel of
Jerauld county is being opposed by
some of his creditors.
The ]. B. Moore Furniture COM
pany, which sustained a heavy loss by
fire at Aberdeen recently, illustrated
the Aberdeen way" by opening for
business in new quarters before noon
the next day. The company kept a
Aat6O uAPtuod6O Va otO(h IN iLo WdiC-
houses, and this WIZ drawn on and a
new store opened, the damaged furni-
ture in the old place being left undis-
turbed pending adjustment of the in
surance Of S. 1000. which 1t is believed
will not nearly cover the loss.
A petition has been filed in the
United States court at Sioux Falls,
asking that the bill OF complaint be
dismissed In the case of Charles 8,
Castle. as trustee, VS.. the Grown Hill
Mining company. Hartford N. Gates as
receiver of Crown Hill Mining com.
pany. James r. Smith, John d. An.
drews, Frank M. Cox. Albert Ledoux
as receiver OF the Harvey Peak Tin
Mining, Milling and Manufacturing
company. Johnson Rule. William w
Olds. the Crown Hill Consolidated
Mining company. the county of Custer
8. D.; Charles w. Pitcher and Hiram
n w}n p1orI uilIc ~;u{uu cfocL