Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-02

"a.
War ON Gambling.
Mayor Landmann, OF Scotland, has
declared war on gambling OF all kinds.
The chief of police has instructions to
prohibit games of chance in all club
rooms and other places, and business
men have been notified that they mus
not permit slop machines to operate in
their places of business under penalty
Of being prosecuted to the full extent Of
the law.
Must Secure Papers.
Frank Kennedy, who was arrested at
Yankton, persisted in his refusal to
accompany Detective Follis to Sioux
City for a hearing and he awaits in Jail
pending the getting ont of Che necessary
requisition papers. Kennedy was
arrested with Frank Powers on a charge
of offering stolen pants for sale, and q
gun was taken from him at that time.
The gun is supposed to have figured in
a Sioux City murder.
Robbery at L~esterviIie.
The general merchandise store of
John Il. Janda, at Le~sterville, was
broken into and robbed Saturday night
by two men who fed by the handcar
route toward Yankton. The police here
were notified, and Frank Powers and
William Kerr were arrested on descrip-
ton of the burglars given by witnesses
from Lesterville. A fur coat and other
clothing of value was taken from the
store.
Droppers Resigns.
President Garrett Droppers has
rendered his resignation as president of
Of the state university to take effect at
the close of the present school year.
1t is the general belief HAT the board of
regents demanded his resignation
though President Droppers will neither
affirm nor deny. Under his administra-
ton the university has prospered and
there never was a time when faculty
members more united. He came to
vermillion six years ago.
stockmen Deny Stories.
Cattlemen from the range country
west of Aberdeen deny stories that
have been circulated concerning losses
due to lack of feed and water and TO
exposure to the cold. They state that
the summer and fall eason was SC
favorable that the cattle was in excel
lent condition when the winter began
There has been sufficient snow to pro-
vide an abundance of water for the
stock, but at no time has 1t been to
heavy to prevent the cattle from getting
TO the cured grass. Up to the past
week the cold has not been excessive
and on the whole cattle are in better
condition than usual.
Father and Sons Arrested.
Officers arrived at Miller Saturday
night from Washington Springs with J.
w. Young and his sons, Gerney and
John, who are under arrest charged
with the murderer of George Todd on q
farm northeast of Miller last October.
The Todd murder has been a mystic rous
affair. The victim was a well to do
farmer and suddenly disappeared from
his ranch. After being missed for
some months his body was found under
a brush heap. Another farmer in the
neighborhood also was missing, and his
body was recently found. The officers
do not disclose the evidence they have
against the prisoners.
Police in Trouble.
Chief Of Police Mack Husban, of
Sisseton, was held in Justice Prinder-
ville's court on Thursday last on a
charge Of neglect of official duty. He
was bound over to ~theFebruary term of
circuit court for trial. The state
~endeavored 10 show that he had know
ingly permitted gambling to be carried
ON, producing a witness who took oAth,
that on a certain occasion he saw sssfen,
dant in a company where gam. olsng was
being openly carried on a1na chat he
extended no protest and un the other
hand the defence c.AIled witnesses who
swore that or this certain occasion
referred to efat no game of chance was
being ccndncted. The matter will be
settled in the circuit court.
To Incorporate Miller.
A petition was recently filed with thu
Town council asking that the Question
81 incorporating Miller as a city nnder
the state laws be submitted to ~
voters at the annual spring elecrion for
approval or rejection. Miller was
Incorporated in the early eighties under
an inadequate territorial law wh;,h