Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

of a postotfice at White Willow, stan
ley county, with +. a Livermore as
postmaster
Reports from an a~rtesian we'll IN
HYDE county say that at a depth of
loo feet natural gas enough escapes
with the water TO furnish light and
heat for the farm On account of the
discovery there is talk Of sinking dep
wells at Highmore for gas Artesian
wells here furnish some gas, and in the
past there was talk OF developing it,
but nothing was done
That the farmer has displaced the
picturesque cattle mar in Lyman county
through which the Chicago Milwaukee
& St. Paul railroad is extending its line
from Chamberlain to the Black Hills, is
indicated by the fact that .1has afstv
load of hogs ever sent 10 market from
Lyman county has peel shipped from
Oacoma, the county seat. The ship
ment was made by I. b Strong, a
pioneer resident of the county.
Two men entered the store of kalda
Brothers at Lesterville early Friday
morning and stole a quantity OF goods,
including a lady's gold watch, W
revolvers, two suits OF clothes, fur coat
shoes and other articles. The men
hen went to the Chladek elevator,
where they put on the two suits, leav-
ing their old clothes They blew the
safe in the elevator but got nothing.
The men then escaped in a rig which
was traced for two miles out of town
by the large hoofs of the unshod horses.
All clues have been lost.
The press of the state generally
appears to be taking up the matter of
stone for the state capitol on the basis
that the trip of its commission TO he
Indiana quarries was to secure Stone
from that section. In this they are mis-
taken. Not only was there no selection
but there can be none till the fund is
sufficient to allow such action. The
commission is working for the best
interests of the state, and i'll case native
stone can be used at a price within the
appropriation and can be supplied in
sufficient quantity, IL will certainly
have a preference when it comes to the
time or selection. The commission
will probably visit other quarries Of the
country before any action is taken, and
any such trip will not mean that the
stone of that particular quarry will be
used any more han the recent trip did.
But when the time comes TO make a
selection the commission by such action
will be in a position to know what the
structure of the different classes of
stone will cost and be able TO net
lntelligible in the matter.
State Land Commissioner Bach has
returned to Pierre from MCPHERSON
county, where he held a second Offering
of state building lands. He disposed of
700 acres, all to residents of the county,
who took the land at the minimum
price Of so an acre, bringing to the
fund another 81 600. This sale, with
the former one held, has brought the
fund from that county alone to more
than $25, 900. Besides these sales the
department is disposing of tracts at
private sale on the same terms as the
offerings at the auction sale. In the
last week 240 acres has been disposed of
in Edmunds county, where there was
not a bid at the time Of the auction.
Commissioners Bach is we'll pleased with
the out look and thinks there will be no
trouble in disposing of the required
amount Of land to proceed with the
work on the capitol building early next
spring. AS soon as the spring land
opens there probably will be another
Offering at auction in all the counties
east of the river where such lands are
located.
Caleb Cummins, ST., who died
recently al the home of his son, George
Cummins, near Bijou Hills enjoyed the
distinction of being the first white set
tier to cross The Sioux river and take
up a home in what Is now South
Dakota. Mr.. Cummins was born in
Pennsylvania in 1913 and therefore was
ninty-three years of age at the time Of
his death, being the Oldest man in
Brule county. Being of advanced
years and feeble he fell while walking
on the morning of the day OF his death,
but arose unassisted and walked to his
home. After entering he again fell
and wal prevailed upon to take to. his
bed. He passed away that evening
without having admitted that he
suffered any pain. After spending
nearly fifty years in the eastern and
southern states he moved 10 what is
now South Dakota in 1860, and, as
stated, was the first white settler to