Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-23
department Of History

the unopend portion Of the Rosebud
reservation was swept by an immense
prairie Ere, which threatens to extend
to the newly opened reservation on to
portions of Boyd county. Nebraska. II
spread to an AGRA of 200 miles. and the
vast range has been devastated, many
cattle having rerished.
The business men Of Deadwood are
determined to secure the Nebraska
foundry, which is bout to be moved to
some place in the Hills. A sight will
be furnished free and some bonus
money given, and it is believed it will
be located either in Deadwood OIL
between that place and Lead. 1t will
employ 200 men and will cost $4,000.
The question Of laborers is about as
troublesome as any other one in the
state around Pierre. The railroad COM
pany is Offering 50 a day for men and
is only securing them by bringing them
in from different northwestern cities.
Farmers are offering $50 n month and
board for men to assist them in their
threshing and corn gathering. They
cannot get half the workers they need
Many laboring men, who are really
willing TO work, can secure paying
jobs in that part of the state at any
time.
The filings at the land Office in
Pierre keep up for this month almost as
we'll as they did for October. For the
first half of the month there were 135
homestead; and 30 declatcry entries,
making a total of 1866 sections, taking
mp over a township of land. The
demand for land is causing a great deal
of contest business for the Office, and
the man who is not living OF his claim
pretty well in accordance with the law
is likely to find himself called upon at
any time to defend his right to the tract
on which he has filed.
Sheep are a pretty good paying prop
o~sition. A year ago last summer Gus
Rodee, Of Sanborn county, bought a
flock of $50 S~hropshires The wool and
the lambs sc.d from the flock in less
than a year paid the first cost $3.50.
Last week Mr.. Rodee shipped the ewes
and spring lambs to Chicago. They
Melted him about one thousand dollars,
in other words he got a thousand dol
lars clear as pay for the care Of $50
sheep a year four months. The Rodees
now have a flock of $500 Ramboulettes
on their ranch aud so decided to dis
pose of the ~Shropshires.
Mr.. Reed, an old settler of Marshall
co unity, residing northeast of Langford
about twelve miles, is having q serious
time with his leg as the result of neg
lecting what seemed to be a trifing
matter at the outset. He scratched
his leg several weeks ago with a wild
oat and the sore gradually grew worse,
and before he summoned a physician
blood poison had set in. DIR. Cook, Of
Langford, called DR.. Geib, of Groton,
in consultation Monday and they think
that amputation will not be necessary.
Mr.. Reed has been teken to Langford
that he may receive the best of atten-
ton.
The towns of Frederick aud West
port barely succeeded in DETECTING the
spared of the flames around those places
and 80 far no buildings are known to
been burned. but the Milwaukee sent
a special train loaded with men north
Of Aberdeen to fight the flames, and
sparks from the engine Of the train
started a new prairie fire just beyond
the outskirts of that city. Railroad
graders at Forbes turned ont $50 strong
and fought fire all night. The Dakota
Central Telephone company sent u
eighteen men and they were undoubt-
eddy the means of saving Aberdeen
from heavy losses. They plowed a fire.
break four miles long north Of the town
and her backfred from it. This
checked the fire heal Aberdeen. Loss
is estimated at 100000.
News Of terrible tradgy with acety-
line gas comes from Armour. The best
esidence in the town, owned by Mr..
James Carbon, was blown up. Mrs.
Carbon. the only person in the building,
died from the effects Of injuries
received. The explosion occurred in
the basement, but was of sufficient
force to throw the roof seventy feet into
the air, and the wreckage was at once q
mass of flames. The concusslon was
sufficient to shake the whole town, and
windows were broken in neal by build
ings. A house on adjoining lot was
burned, and a barn owned by A. d.
Mather (brother of E. J. and r. A. Of
Groton) was charred by the flames. but
was saved. A number Of ~acetyline
are owned in the town, but
this tradgey they are being torn
ont. Mr.. Carlon had been having