Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-10-26

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this week.
The authorities have closed all gam
bling places in Britton and given orders
that they remain closed.
Thomas Hurley died in Aberdeen las {
week of typhoid. He had been resi-
dent of the state for number of years
and of Aberdeen for ten years.
w. ID. Swain, has purchased the Bur-
ton ranch on the James river, near
| Aberdeen. 1t includes 1920 acres and
the purchase price was $4,000
Warren, the four-year- old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Osborn, of Yankton, was
seriously burned about the head by a
kerosene explosion. There is danger of
the child losing his eyesight
The ten-year-old son of Representa-
tive l. ID. Tower, of Rondell township,
is in st. Luke's hospital at Aberdeen,
suffering from fractured skull. The
boy was hitching up team when one
of the horses kicked him. Physicians
fear he cannot recover.
The secretary of state has received
notification from the award committee
of the st. Louis fair, that South Dakota
has been granted silver medal for but
ter production, and that the medal will
be forwarded as soon as it can be pre-
pared.
Lon Johnson, of Canova, q years old
was accidently shot and killed Tuesday
while returning from a hunting trip.
He was riding in a buggy with
| Winchester repeating shotgun resting
between his knees, when it was dis
charged in some unknown manner, the
charge entering his body just below the
heart.
| Martin Limmer, engineer of thresh-
ing machine, which is operating in
Lake county, was seriously injured as
the result of an accident. His escape
from death was mariculous. Limmer's
clothing at point over his chest was
caught on the key in the end of the
whirling shaft and in an instant the
man was being whirled at speed
which made the Mortified spectators
fully believe that he would be dashed
to death before their very eyes. Only
the tearing from his body of every
shred of his clothing freed him from
the grasp of the shaft. When released
the velocity at which he was being
whirled around the shaft caused him to
be thrown a number of feet from the
engine: AN examination disclosed that
one of his arms was broken, knee dis
located and rib loosened from the
breast bone.
The state board of agriculture, in ses-
sion at Huron the past three days,
closed its meeting Friday night. The
board canvassed matters pertaining to
the state fairfield at Huron in Septem-
Der, which proved such success,
claims were adjusted and matters gen.
orally closed up. The final report to
the governor was made, and Secretary
McEathron was directed to issue war;
rants fors all unpaid premiums The
workings of the board have been
entirely harmonious, and all matters
with exhibitors, superintendents and
committees of various departments
were satisfactory. Plans for next sea-
SOILS fair were outlined, and initiatory
steps taken with view of making it q
greater success than that of 1905. The
board is planning early in order to secure
exhibits that could not be made at the
recent fair because of lack of time il
preparation.
The hearing at Cheyenne agency foi
the investigation of Indian complaints
as TO affairs on the reservation is yet
under way, and all manner of grievan
ces are being given an airing. Some OF
them appear to have enough foundation
to require remedying, and manv Others
are mere suspicious of complaint as &c
existing conditions. One change which
has been made through the conference
Is an order requiring the government
tagents to accompany the roundup ont
ats IN the leased pastures to see to the
proper branding of Indian cattle
Nearly every Indian who testified tolc
Of a decrease in his herd since the leas
ing proposition has been in force, anC
they give numerous reasons for thi.
loss, most of them attributing it to thu
fact that the large herds of the lease
holders are keeping the Indian cattle
away from water, and are destroying
their hay lands. On the other hand il
is alleged on the part of the lesees tha
the Indians are fencing larger tractl
than they are entitled to under theil
allotments and are keeping the cattle il
the. pastures away from the water holes
Black Body was about the only Indial
called who expressed himself as salts
fed with the present conditions. While