Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15

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member of Humphrey post, G. A. r. OF
Milbank, died suddenly of heart trouble
at his home in Corona, Monday even
ing.
Secretary Berg Improving.
A statement sent out from Aberdeen
that State Secretar Berg was so seri
ously i'll that his e, was despaired of il
a report which has grown with distance
He has been confined TO his home foi
several days, but is again able to go e
his Office occasionally and is improving
in health.
King Looked On.
Albert L. Pierson, an Aberdeen boy
who recently sailed for Spain in the
interest of the International Harvester
company of America, set up a harvester
on the royal estate, Alphonso XIII
watching operations with great interest,
Mr.. Pierson has just sailed from Spain
TO Buenos Ayres. and will represent the
company in Argentina.
Fixing State Boundry.
Work has been commenced by +. S.
Peck, of Deadwood, oil his portion of
the survey work on the boundry line
between this state aud Wyoming. 1t
will take until cold weather to complete
the work. He will place 103 monu-
ments, each of which will weigh S25
pounds They are made of solid granite
and will come from the stone company
at Sioux Falls. The government has
made an appropriation of $4,000 for
the survey work.
Switch Was Thrown.
An open switch caused an extra
freight to run into a heavily loaded coal
car at Mellette, on the Milwaukee road.
| When the section foreman looked over
the track at 6 o'clock the switch was
closed. 1t was opened by some person
unknown between 6 and 7:45, when the
accident occurred. The trainmen on the
freight jumped and the damage to the
engine was slight. The fact that the
accident occurred about the time the
passenger train from the south is due
a: Mellette leads to the suspicion that
the switch was opened m~aliciously. The
passenger was several hours late, or a
serious wreck might have occurred.
A Flower Show.
The flower show held by A. w. Voed.
isch and the Improvement league OF
Aberdeen held last month was a great
success. There were over thirty con-
testants for prizes in three classes, and
the following awards were made: Class
l for the incest arrangement of flowers,
Mrs. S, H, Jumper first prize, Mrs. G.
4. Edwards second, Mrs. N. G. johnson
third, Miss Clark fourth. Second class
prizewinners for greatest variety OF
flowers exhibited We're Mr.. Qnigley first
Miss Kruger second. Third class win.
ners for best arrangement Of exhibits,
were Mrs. S. w. Narregang first, Mrs,
j. II. Mccoy second, Mrs. A. H. Olwin
third. The show will be held again
next year, and Mrs. A. E. Boyd has
offered a prize of a $25 hand painted
vase for the best exhibit at that time.
Irrigation Under Government Control
Acting Secretary Ryan Of the inter.
Tor department Sept. s. approved the
form of contract and deed of the Belle
1 a. rahA MAJ. ITaA o,AN..,n.
which gives the government control Of
the land to be irrigated from the Belle
Fourche river i'm the Black Hills. The
association will now be required tC
secure enough signatures of the owne.s
of private lands within the limits of the
project to insure the payment of expen'
ditures made by the government. Many
owners have already signed contracts.
Meanwhile the reclamation service will
continue its investigation and prepare
tion of its plans, and it is said these vii.
be far enough advanced to let the con,
tracts for the work by the time the
Water Users association has secured
the signatures of all the owners to the
agreement.
Brakeman Killed.
Monday morning a fatal accident
occurred in the yards of the Milwaukee
railroad at Dell Rapids. About mid.
night an extra freight train arrived
from the south and was engaged in
switching when one of the brakemen
Jas O. Harmon, met his death by fall,
ing under the wheels of the cars. The
terrible accident happened about five or
six rods east Of the Orleans street cross.
ing. Just how Mr.. Harmon came to his
death is not known as none of the crew
happened to see him fall. He wai
catching the cars as they were being
switched in on the main line and evi.
IDENTIFY had went IN top to set the brake
on the bunch Of cars dropped in tc
couple on the train. 1t is thought he
missed mis- footing in stepping from one
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