Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-30
The Hermosa Hustler is the name of
the new publication started at Hermosa
by III N. Perkins and w. r. Reinard.

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the new publication started at Hermosa
by H N. Perkins and w. f. Reinard
Sheriff Cook, Of Dawson county
placed two prisoners in the peniten
tiary Thursday One is @. G Baker
and the other is George Nicefeld.
Both pleaded guilty to the charge OF
burglary and will serve two years and
six months each.
Judge Garland, of the United States
court, has imposed a fine of $50 aud
costs in the case of Charles Stacy, of
Viborg, who was arrested by a deputy
United States marshal a few days ago
on the charge of selling liquor without
having first procured the necessary
government license.
j. p. Croal. editor Of the Sisseton
Courant, was arrested Thursday by
former superintendent Randolf for
libel, the plaintiff placing his damages
at $500. Croal furnished bonds in
the same amount to answer in circnit
court. The suit grows out of a bitter
political fight a year ago
One Of the most successful farmers
and largest property holder in Yankton
county, Mr.. Peter Huber, dropped dead
at his home in Yankton, It the age of
sixty-eight years. He was a pioneer,
coming here from Clayton county,
Iowa, in 1869. He is survived by a
widow and nine children.
At the November term Of circuit
court, in session at Redfield, Mason
Staffer was convicted of the charge Of
assault with intent to do great bodily
harm and sentenced to Jail for six
months James Conway, convicted on
the same charge, was sentenced to
three years in the penitentary.
A farmer named Smith, residing
near Hazel, is entiteled to the honor of
being known as the potato king of that
part of the state. He has completed
the work of harvesting his potato crop,
to which an acre of forty, seven acres
was devoted. Frsm the forty seven
acres he harvested over 5000 bushels.
He expects to receive All average price
Of $l.per bushel fol- the entire crop, as
the 4, tatoes are of the variety which is
used in the south for seed. Smith will
realize a profit of not less than 81 800
from the forty-seven acres.
Special Agent Downs has completed
his investigation aud has gone to Fort
Berthold. It is said that ne is strongly
in favor of the Indians being paid at
the several stations of the reservation
instead of at the Standing Rock agency F,
as is done at present, but as to what
recommendations he made in his report
nothing is known. 1t is worth Ice
acers Of land for any child with Indian
blood enrolled ON the Standing Rock
reservation TO have been born on or
before September 26, All children born
after that date are not entitled to any
allotments of land.
After a lull of over a year horse
thieves have resumed their ope rations
in Brown county. Anton Volk a
farmer living six miles from Aberdeen,
reports a pair of valuable horses miss
tnrx A. frrk Ln Lal,axr.s fh..er had
simply wandered away and would
return. When he discovered they had
been stolen 50 much time had elapsed
that the authorities are not sanguiIe
of catching the thieves. Two men
who have net been seen since the day
the horses were first missed are sus-
pected.
The criminal trial arousing the
greatest interest at Redield last Week
was that Of Charles Binger on the
charge Of grand larceny for taking q
sum Of money from the cash drawer of
the county treasurer's Office while
visiting the party in charge Of the
Office. Mr.. Binger is a prominent
farmer in Sphinx county and his pre-
vious reputation had been excellent.
He was convicted at the May term, but
a new trial was obtained and a verdict
Of acquittai was returned on the second
trial. All the evidence was circum-
stantial.
August D. Fisher, local suprinten-
dent Of the Ideal Mining company, was
killed and Arnold Spencer, of Indian
apolls, was Injured by q blast at the
company's mine at Custer. Wednesday
night. There were two shots lighted
and one exploded another. supposing
the other missed. Fisher went into the
shaft about eight feet deep and gave
warning Il Spencer, who turned. A
large stone struck him in the back.
When Spencer recovered consciousness
he made his companion as comfortable
- possible and'ran two miles over the
rnountain TO the camp and announced