Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-29
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
Slower Resigns.


brandt has been recommended for
appointment by the South Dakota con-
gressional delegation.
Private Phone Company Organized.
A private company. headed by G. G.
Haas q wealthy farmer residing near
Whitewood, ia about 10 be organized to
build a telephone line from the Belle
Fourchs river to wildwood. Mr..
Haas has already built two miles. The
line will pass through q we'll settled
districts and will be the only ~indepen-
dent country line in the FILLS.
Good Showing.
The annual report Of the post Office
department gives the receipts Of the
seven largest cities in the state during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1904.
Sioux Falls leads with receipts amount
ing to ISL 1876. 10; Aberdeen oomes next
with e25, 1857. 10; Mitchell, el7,2l7.s8
Deadwood, sic. 1884. IS; Huron. 318. 1857.
IS; WATERFOWL. els,607.o 7; Yankton,
I'll, 9o7. n2. The receipts Of q post
Office are a pretty good indication Of q
business, hence the relative size
and business done by the states leading
cities can be judged by these figures.
Registered Cattle Burned.
Fire broke out in the sheds at the
fair grounds ut Parker at two o'clock
Monday morning consuming twenty
six head Of thoroughbred cattle. The
stock was Of a herd of forty-six Scotch
topped short horns owned by @. 8.
Kelsey & Sons, Of Springfield, s. D.,
and all registered. The herd was
brought to that place a few days before
and temporarily placed in the sheds at
the fair grounds, awaiting the auction
sale to be held this week. The loss is
at nearly 5000. 1t is
thought the fire was Of incendiary
origin.
will Look After Needs of State.
The Black Hills members of the
house and senate are planning to go
together in a body and as many as
possible will stop off on the way to
Pierre one day at the Hot Springs and
another at Lincoln, Neb., for the pur-
pose OF getting some information. At
Hot Springs the soldiers home will be
looked over for the purpose of getting
idea of it's needs for the coming w
years. At Lincoln an inspection will
be made of the state penitentiary and
insane asylum. The Black Hills mem
bers elected will go to Pierre with a
thorough idea of the needs of the state
and Black Hills.
Stock Growers Meet Dec. %.
The executive committee of the
Western South Dakota Stock Growers
association will meet at Rapid City
December 80 for the purpose Of settling
the accounts of the association for the
past twelve months. The committee
consists OF the officers Of the association.
The reports Of the inspectors will be
handed in and money received from stray
cattle shipped to the eastern markets
will be distributed among the rightful
owners. Inspectors are maintained by
this association at all the principal
eastern merkets during the shipping
season for the purpose of looking up the
stray and stolen cattle.
Bachelor Farmer is Cremated.
Carl Matteson, q bachelor living
north Of DeSmet, was burned in his
home on his farm Sunday night. The
house was seen by neighbors to be in
flames, and help was voc at hand, but
the building was found to be a Of
flames and entrance was impossible,
The door wal forced and the bed OF
Matteson was discovered but 70 envel-
oped in flames as to be ont Of reach.
The contents Of the room had seemingly
been saturated with kerosene or some
other combustible material; and it is
buppobCu tildt tilc Luon INV koNhOo bnO
door and then set the building on fire
cremating himself within. The deceased
leaves no relatives in this country.
Governor Herreid Presents Pardons,
Governor Herreid sent as Christmas
gifts pardons to two of the prisoners
now serving sentence in the peniten-
tiary, the action following favorable
recommendation on the part OF the
state board or pardons. Michael Con-
nelly, who was sentenced from Dead
wood, charged with arson, and who has
served three years and nine months,
was one. The petition for pardon was
signed by the judge who sentenced him
the prosecuting attorney and many
prominent residents Of the Black Hills.
The other pardon was for A. @. Nelson,
sentenced from Turner county on q
forgery charge. he having served two
years and ten months. In this case az
In the other, the petition was signed by
the trial judge, the prosecuting attor-