Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-24

New York aud Chicago bankers are
advertising corporation bonds for sale
in South Dakota. The eastern finan-
ciers are not slow to see an opening and
their expectation of finding money
among South Dakota farmers and
business men TO invest In bonds, speaks
eloquently of the continually augment
ed prosperity in tins state. 1t is the
usual thing for South Dakota bonds to
seek an eastern market and few years
ago this reversal of conditions would
occa stoned more comment than it Will
now.
The difficulty between Mayor RAM
sey and the Members OF the city council
at Woonsocket, which cause that enter
prising and progressive town to be with
out peace officer tor several months,
much to the delight of the rough
element, has finally been adjusted and
a new marshal who is satisfactory to
both mayor and council has been
appointed and confirmed. The former
marshal, over whom the difficulty
arose, continued to serve for q time
after the council refused to confirm his
appointment. He finally presented a
bill for $l75 for his services. This the
council refused to pay but finally made
satisfactorily settler ent for 500 Now
the dove of peace peace hover over
the municipal government of that town.
A peculiar case of arsenical poisoning
resulted in the death of j. s. Bradner,
Of Hecla, recently. Bradner had been
working in large galvanized iron tank
which he was soldering. A large
amount of arsenic, relatively, is used
in the process of galvanizing iron and
when the galvanized product is heated
sufficiently it frees large portion OF
the arsenic. The arsenic is given off in
the form of a gas and is, OF course,
deadly poison. Mr.. Bradner inhaled
this gas while working inside the tank
and it made him deathly sick but he
blamed the nausea to other causes and
thought nothing of the possibilities Of
poisoning from galvanized iron. He
returned to the work again after a
couple of weeks and was again made
deathly sick. Death resulted in few
days.
Byron Abbott, of Britton, has recently
returned from Minneapolis, where he
with other incorporators, succeeded in
interesting Minneapolis financiers in
the veblen Northwestern railroad suffi-
GENTLY to have them sign contract to
build the road. The Veblen North
western will extend east from veblen
and will tap the Fargo Southern two
miles and half north of Wheaton,
Mimi. The road will be an indepen-
dent one, according to Mr.. Abbott, who
says that the project has been fought
by the large railroad corporations. The
line will be about thirty-eight miles
long and will cost about $250,OO0. The
farmers OF Marshall and Roberts coun-
ties are heavily interested in the road
and are subscribing to the stock i'm
large amounts and work will commence
this fall.
The farmers of Mcpherson, Campbell
aud Walworth counties whose crops
were destroyed by hail just as they
were ready to harvest have the SYM
pathy of the rest of the northern part
of the state in their misfortune Truly,
the wheat raiser is never sure Of crop
until it is in the granary, and the loss
is especially discouraging when 1t is
considered that the prospects were for
the best wheat crop In that section OF
the state. Bat the farmers who are,
sufferers from the visitation of hail are.
made mp of the sturdy material charac-
teristic OF South Dakota, and their dis
couragement will be but temporary.
They will trust to Providence for better
fortune next year Although the loss
is great, it will not permanently retard
the development of that section, as
such Affections are liable TO overtake
any community.