Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-19


Bert Clouse and Art Palmer OF Mil.
err started overland for st. Louis with
their exhibit of wild animals.
T:
Ernest Perth committed suicide at
Deadwood by shooting himself. He
haa been gambling and drinking heav.
lily.
The new cooperative creamery at
F~1andreau has begun operations with
o. M. Peterson of Minneapolis In
charge.
The Sixth judicial circuit convention
to nominate a successor to Judge
Gaffey has been called for June 2 at
Highmore.
The new Catholic church building al
Fairfax is rapidly nearing completion.
When completed Fairfax will have five
church edifces.
Mrs. s.. G.. Thornton, the wife Of q
well-known merchant OF Elk Point. is
1 dCuu vi pei tOhiti NJ liz ooO Va -
She leaves five grown children.
Huron college will be represented at
the national Y. M. G. A. convention in
Buffalo by Edward Van Ruschen.
Charles Miller goes as n Of the state
delegates.
A convention of teachers from the
northern part of South Dakota was in
session at Redield for two days. In
teresting addresses were made by
prominent educators.
An attempt was made to burn the
Salvation Army barracks at Mitchell.
Two men saw flames and IN investiga-
ton 1t was ascertained that a carpet
on the stage and some flags were sat
urated with coal oil.
Andover is having something of q
building boom this spring. Two new
residences are almost completed and
e~xcavating is being done for two morei
The creamery Is increasing its BUSH
ness to such an extent that it is neces-
sary TO employ more help. G. c. Ge-
hon of Parsons, Kan, is now assisting
his brother in this institution.
The Faulkton school board has en-
gagged the following teachers: Prin-
cipal, Clyde H. King Of vermillion; as
s~istant, Miss Efie Putney of Redfeld;
grammar, Miss Gertrude Simpson; in
~termediate. Miss Ruth Sisson; pri-
mary, Miss Maud Thomas. Miss Put
ney has been promoted from the inter-
mediate department to assistant prin-
cipal.
The Scotland school board has en-
gagged the following teachers: F. r..
Sherwood, principal; Miss Alice X.
Thurston, assistant; Mrs. f. Wash
burn, grammar department.; Miss Inga
Grundland, fifth and sixth grades:
Miss Katherine Muehmel, fourth; Miss
Anna Chrystal. third; Miss Lola Camp
bell, primary; Miss Z. G. Searles. sec
ond primary; Miss Nina Campbell,
third.
In one day recently an aggregate Of
eleven carloads OF fat cattle we're ship
ped from Geddes to Eastern markets.
On another day ~thirty-nine more car
loads left. These were the first ship
ments of the many hundreds of cattle
which will be shipped from this imme-
date vicinity during the next ninety
days. The two shipments will net the
farmers who raised the cattle an ag-
gregate of about $4,000.
August Marquardt, a boy OF IA, Nv
Ing five miles west of Groton, died from
injuries received In a runaway. His
horses, drawing a disk harrow, became
un~manageable, and as they started to
run he was thrown forward, striking
his head on one OF the discs, cutting
through the skull from between the
eyes, to the top Of his head, penetrat-
ing the brain. A similar accident oc-
Cured to a son of John Bonner. near
Pierpont, this boy getting his foot
caught in one of the disc braces and
being dragged. He died from the ef-
fects of his injuries. A telephone
message from Bath stated that Fred
WILDER had been badly hurt in a run
away.
Through the efforts of Col. N. I. Lo-
THAN of Humphrey post No. AZ Of Mil
bank, enough money has been collect.
ed TO erect a soldiers monument. The
contract has been let and it is expect,
ed the dedication will take place Me-
mortal day. The monument vii cost
81, 100. II will be Of st. Cloud granite
and be twenty feet high, and surmount,
ed by a soldier in bronze eight and
one-half feet high. On the four sides
Of the base will be the words Shiloh,
Vicksburg, Gettysburg and Appomat
tox. On the column will be the G. A
r. badge and the inscription, "In mem.
DRY of Union soldiers of the war OF
1S61-1S65." The monument will be at
Fourth avenu and Main street, one
of the most commanding locations In
the city. Many prominent men will