Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-07-20

as superintendent of the poor farm to
succeed Frank Long, who resigned at
the last meeting of the county board.
The appointment is good one. Mr..
| Wright is one OF our most respected
citizens.
+. w. Zufelt, large reatil imple-
ment dealer of Andover, S. d., has been
looking this locality over with view
of trading his business in the south
state for North Dakota land. Mr..
Zufelt is the only dealer In his town
doing fine business, but says he is q
farmer by inclination and desire and
wants to return to his first love. He
has acquaintauces near Sawyer and will
spend several days in seeing the country
l-Velva, ~ d., Journal.
Judge J. H. Mccoy and Court Stenog-
rapher F E. Granger have returned
from Webster where the judge had
| been holding regular term of court
for Day county. There were no jury
cases, all of the cases that were heard
being court cases. The judge adjourned
the session until next September, being
called home by the illness of his wife.
Today the judge began an adjourned
session of court for Brown county at
the court house Aberdeen News.
Thos. H. Brown and j. M. Brown, of
Sioux Falls, and l.. B. Grant, of Water.
town, came up from the latter city in
an auto. Thos. II. is well known
throughout the state i'll railroad circles
as he has been actively engaged in field
work for different companies for more
than thirty years, and is now in the
employ of the Rock Island system. The
party left for the north this morning
accompanied by L. Gross, of this city.
Mr.. Brown informs Us that this trip is
tour of general inspection. Mr.. Brown
is interested in the stock industry as
well as railroads, being president of
the Sioux Falls Packing Co.
Charles Peterson, oldest son ofAndrew
Peterson who is confined in the Yank-
ton asylum, and his cousin P. Peterson,
who is the son of Charles Peterson, Of
Waubay, were drowned while in bath
ing in the Sioux river last Sunday.
| From the position in which the bodies
were found it looked as if one of the
boys was drowning and the other went
to his assistance as both were locked in
boys were about Is years of age and
the case is very sad one, especially so
in the case of the first named as he was
the oldest of family of several child
rem and the only support the mother
had since her husband went insane.
1t will be of interest to all who carry
life insurance to know that the insur-
ance department of New York has
recently filed with the state legislature
report of its examination of the New
York Life Insurance company. This
examination, made at the request of the
company, was most complete and
exhaustive, twenty-five people being
occupied for seven months. Every
phase of the company's business was
gone into, including the appraising and
valueing of all securities and invest
ments, examining the titles and
abstracts of all real estate and scruti-
nizing the company's expense account.
This report shows the company to be
in splendid condition, ably managed
and as sound as rock. A copy of the
report may be seen at the office of K. A
| Wearne.
| Yesterday morning j. @. Garrick
went down to the Jungle" the place
where the hoboes gather to make their
stews, etc., to see if they had not been
stealing some of the slabs belonging to
the firm for fire wood and while on his
way saw bunch of hoboes making a
''plant'' of some overalls He watched
them very carefully and then went and
tore the tags off one pair and brought
them mp town and found that they had
been taken from Chilson & Haugen's
store. Sheriff Gross and Chief of Police
Martin were at once notified and they
began systematic search for the gang.
After watching and spotting for several
hours they located several 'plants" and
identified large number of persons
connected. In the afternoon they
arrested Frank Glenn, Ed. Foster, Ben
Moore, Lew Nelson, Pat Conner, Fred
Lawrence, Charles Garety j .O'Donnell,
Frank Marley, Fred Germs, George
Burns, and James Carry. Besides
Chilson & Haugen's store it was found
that box car had been broken into.
The officers yesterday and last night
succeeded in finding about $3.50 worth
TO property which they are now hold
ing The men are all charged with
burg larry and will have their hearing