Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
Want Stock Sale Building.

want STOCK sale BUILDING.
AT the meeting of the South Dakota
Live Stock association Friday at Nit
chell a resolution unanimously vas
adopted appointing committee or
twenty FIVE stockmen to go to Pierre 10
urge the Legislature to grant an appr0-
priation Of 1900 for the erection ofa
building which will be suitable for hold
| ing che winter meetings for show and
sale purposes. This afternoon, with
the thermometer 10 below zero, I'VE
hundred men attended the sale of eighty
head Of cattle In the corn palace and
the bidding was spirited. J. W. Reedy's
bull, Eqnerry Pride, topped the prices
ut $500. Tomorrow afternoon Will
occur the sale Of the sheep and horses,
and the convention then will adjourn.
Was the Victim of a Trap Gun.
Last week we gave q report of the
killing of Adam Barth which at that
time was supposed to have been purely
an accident on his part but since then
later evidence has been secured which
goes to show that the young man WINS
the victim of trap gun. Carl Liech
the owner of the place where the acbi-
dent took place has confessed in court
that there was trap gun set in
the grainery and that he and the unfort-
innate fellow who was killed set 1t tor
thieves whom he claimed had b@n
stealing his oats. Mr.. Liech was boutd
over to appear at the next term OF
circuit court under $1,000 bonds. tt
would appear 70 the ordinary individual
that such practice was bad one aid
good paddock would pave been safer
and more humane way Of defending
the grainery from supposed thieves.
L Twin brooke Saloon Robbed.
| Considerable excitement was caused
Mt Twin Brooks when il was discovered
Sunday morning that Gus Pauls saloon
had been entered the night before anda
quantity of bottled goods and cigars TO
the amount of about 500 taken and tho
cash register broken into and robbed Of
nearly $40 In cash Upon investigation
liz was found that the robbers had
entered by breaking open q basement
window on the south side, and forcing
mp the trap door leading TO che celler,
which had been nailed down. A little
detective work was done by several
parties ON Sunday and as a result sew.
oral warrants were sworn ont on Mon
day morning Cor Dan Mcpherson add
Art Fsssenden OF this place and Ed Van
walkenburg, man who il travelling
with Burlings Entertaining Company,
which stopped here for several days-
After securing the services Of Ed Marry
OF Milbank who came down ON the
morning train and arrested the three.
men mentioned above, the trial uas
held at eight o'clock on Monday
evening before Justice Filbert, L. II.
Bentley appearing for the state. After
the witnesses were examin ed the inst
ice deemed the evidence produced WIS
insufficient to warrent him binding
them over to the March term of court,
80 dismissed all three. N
Three New Ore Bodies
The Horseshoe Mining company Of
the Black Hills has discovered three
new ore bodies ON the quartize level i'm
some old workings at the bottom OF the
Horseshoe shaft. This old shaft has
just been cleaned up and new hosting
plant has been installed. Ore is being
taken from two Of these chutes and 1t
is said to RIM as high as the best in the
mine. Another chute was discovered
fifty feet from the shaft bottom in the
shales. The company has ordered n
complete system of underground tele-
phones which will be installed imme6i-
ately. Some ore is being shipped to
Denver for treatment in the smeIter-
Another chute of ore has been opened
by the Deer Lick Mining company ON
Iron creek. Several Of the principal
stockholders of the company trom
kirksvilie, Mo. have been TO see the
property. A cyanide plant win be
built this spring. Sinking has been
resumed in the Uncle Sam mime ON Elk
Creek. The water has at last been put
under control and work will be pushed
TO zee what will be found in the lower
levels. Work has been started on the
property Of the Big Leaf Mining COM
pany north Of the Uncle Sam mine.
There are two large. veins Of quartz ore
being 100 feet wide and the other leo
feet wide, ruDning parallel to the prop
erty. This lisa new company Differed
by local and Denver men, A steam
hoistiing plant is to be installed Boston
stockholders Of the Lexington Hill Min
ing company are in the city for the
purpose Of deciding whether or not TO
increase the capacity Of the companys
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