Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-16
CONDENSED, NEWS ITEMS. OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Items of Interest Gathered From Different
Parts of the State and Condensed
for our Readers.
warden Ball Arre.ts Fi.hermen.


illegal fishing. At this season Of the
year the fish swarm in great numbers
to the outlet Of the lake where they are
caught by cutting large holes in the ice.
They are so numerous they can be taken
out Of the lake most any old way, by
pitchforks, shovels. ect. They were
taken into justice court and assessed q
fine Of t2.25 apiece. A number OF the
invaders chose to fight the fine and
were given trial in the court by jury.
The jury was unable to agree. The
warden brought snit against them col
lectively whereby they were only fned
> small amount. The largest fine that
can be made to pay in this state 10 e25
a fish.
Dead Man Leaves Q Message.
A man with buggy and team forced
me to drink. There 10 800 In the Cor
man bank FOR my dear wife" This
was the message left BY Frank Ritter, .
Bon Homme county farmer, whose
mysterious death . few days ego has
resulted In the arrest Of stranger
named H. Casey on charge of having
murdered him. Ritter was found dead
in bed ~ his home BY His wife, who
had just returned from the deash.bed
Of her mother In northern Nebraska.
Ritter last was seen alive two days
before this, when he visited the town
Of Avon, where he sold quantity Of
wheat On the morning his body was
found. his team, with the harness still
on. was found in the barn. He had
recently sold Q number Of hogs, in addi-
ton TO the wheat, and il is supposed
that his murderer learned Of this and
attempted TO drug him, with the object
Of securing possession Of the money
while Ritter was in an unconscious con-
dition. Casey and another man, who
we're travling through the country SELL
ing feed cookers, admit having been at
Ritters home prior to the finding of his
dead body. One of the strangers left
for Iowa the next morning, but Casey
In the state, and was ut Ged-
les when Sheriff Garner of Bon Homme
,ounty wired to City Marshal Joslyn to
arrest him. Casey is now in the county
Jail at Tyndall where he win BE- kept
until his trial at the next term of state
,ircuit court IN Bon Homme county. |
Big Draiuage Project.
One Of the most extensive drainage |
,rojects 20 be undertaken In South |
Dakota this year is being promoted by
9. Hnsett and Edward Knutson. prom
nent farmers residing in Roberts
county, in the extreme northeastern |
,ortion Of the state. II their plans
more than 1000 acres Of val
,sble farm land will be added to the
area OF culhvated land during |
he coming season. The two men have
the work Of outlining . hugs |
irsinage system BY which an immense
Tough which divides Harmon and Bry-
mt townships Roberts county. into two
,arts. will be drained and sdded TO the
illable land Of the county. A mann
moth ditch win b the principal means |
u draining the slough. A survey OF
he proposed ditch has demonstrated |
he practioability of the project. II
shown that by draining Of this slough |
over 1000 sores ; Of land will be |
The Land is now covered
With wster and rushes, and IL practi- |
,ally worthless. II Ia planned to ask the
,ounty commissioners 10 authorize the
Of the canal and tax up
the costs TO the lands 70 be reclaimed,
Petitions with this object in view, and |
which viii bear the signatures Of practi-
cally every resident Of the two town.
ships, viii Be presented 70 the county
commissioners at their regular quar-
terly meeting in April. for the neoes-
sary action II Is thought the cost Of
the tract win run from
- 900 to 5000. When reclaimed the
land. at the most conservative estimate,
will be worth fully $4,000 and will
add more than j 900 acres 10 the taxable
property Of the county. The proposed
ditch viii be about ten miles in length
The deepest cut necessary to carry the
water from the slough into Lake TRAY
erse will be 4 10 feet. but for the most
part the canal will be much shallower.
commited suicide.
Tony Thompson committed suicide
at the Wisconson House at Aberdeen.
Saturday morning BY drinking carbolic
acid mixed with whiskey. AT just
what hour the deed was done is not
known. but when his lifeless body was
found about . O'Clock II was still warm,
which denotes that he had not been
dead long. Coroner Countryman was
called and pronounced IL case o. sui-
eide, No autopsy was held and the
body was removed TO the undertaking