Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

II is not saying too much to say tina
81. Mary's church has the best choir il
the City of Webster. At the morning
service the seating capacity of thu
church was taxed to the utmost. Al
the o hour service, which was tina
of baptism, three We're baptised. In
the evening the cability of the choir
was again demonstrated, and the over
flowing congregation was filed with
the spirit of worship in music.
a fragrant case of malicious mischief
occurred in this city last Friday evening
when some evil designing person took
the loose wires on the fence in front OF
the vacant lot between the homes of l.
III Woodwork and Mrs. Norton and
tied them across the sidewalk and tc
the trees about a foot from the ground
1t vas done very late in the evening
and as Father Mensing was returning
from the train from the west that night
he tripped OH one of the wires and
CIV a. NiiN Stbttt lhi Ioitu
nately he only received a slight bruise
upon his nose and broke the skin on one
of his legs. 1t is a wonder that SO
heavy a man as Father Mensing, falling
the way he did, did not receive a worse
injury. Any person who will stretch
a wire in the manner these two wires
We're streatched is certainly a fit person
to pay a heavy fine,
At the adjourned term of the circuit
court this week the first case that was
called was the case of Ruth A. Night VS.
Canadian Mortgage company. This
Minnesota corporation for a New York
corporation, after the loan became due
the New York corporation attempted to
collect twelve per cent interest and the
plaintiff sued to have all interest set
aside on the grounds that twelve per
cent was us ury. This case was settled
out of court. The second case was
Arlene. Canning VS. Charles j.. Canning
IN application for divorce. The find
ings of the court were that the decree
be granted and the plaintiff be awarded
the homestead and one cow. The last
case was Henry Van Brunt VS. Margaret
Hixon, ct al. In this case the question
was for the distribution of an estate.
Part of the heirs mortgaged the prop
erty and the mortgage was afterwards
foreclosed. The judge took the case
under advisement after hearing the
evidence and the arguments.
1t Is just three years today since the
writer purchased The Argus. Time has
flown rapidly, and soon the editor and
his people will have been here long
enough to be classed as "sold residents
New friendships have been formed,
and Walla Walla is now almost
much ''home' as Webster was,
although the old friends back there
have by no means been forgotten. In
matters, each year has brought
a large amount of new trade, and the
has slowly grown into the con-
of those solid and substantial
citizens whom a great many new
corners call ''clannish'' and unfriendly.
The truth is that these older residents
by their friends. and 90 not trans
fer their patronage to new concerns as
as they are established. This is
eminently proper, and when the new
get to be old timers, they, too,
will appreciate the ties that bind. The
had no job trade three years ago,
but now. out of six printing establish
ments, it ranks third on the list in the
volume of job printing turned ont. The
next two years will bring a still more
rapid progress. The editor appreciates
every favor, small and large, which has
been dropped in his way. Walla Walla
is all right, and life back in the severe
climate of Wisconsin and the Dakotas
is simply unthinkabls. The writer
wishes to thank every one of his Walla
Walla valley friends for their many
social and business favors, and he hopes
to be equally loyal to them in RETURN
H. H. Slovenian in Walla Walla,
Wash, Argus.