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


Sturgis, to the presidency of the national
association of railroad commissioners is
gratifying to the many friends of"Doc"
iu this part of the state. II there are
any more national associations looking
for capable and popular presidents,
South Dakota can furnish them.
Before the floods in the spring carried
away most of the dams in the streams
west of the river they were beginning
to be we'll stocked with fish but when
the dams went out the fish went into
the river Now they are restocking
these streams. a consignment of black
bass was received this week.
Deputy Sheriff Urquhart, of Valley
Springs, arrived in Sioux Falls Satur-
day having in custody George Wallace
who was arrested on complaint of Miss
Goldie Barnes, also of Valley Springs,
who charges the defendant with being
responsible for her condition. Wallace
was taken before Judge Wheelock and
as the result of his preliminary hearing
was held for appearance at the next
term of the state circuit court. His
bond was fixed at $500 The defendant
was remanded to the custody of the
sheriff pending the furnishing of the
bond.
The man Frank CAVITY, who was
injured at the government building last
week in Pierre, is up against run of
hard luck. Coming here with the
Campbell circus, he had his knee
smashed by kick from a horse, and
put in eleven weeks in the hospital. On
getting out he went to work on the
government building, and had been
working but few days, when he fell,
breaking his hip; crushing his elbow,
and receiving severe scalp wound,
besides internal injuries. His home is
some where in Massachusetts,, bat no
one here knows the location.
| A firm alarm, turned in from the
News plant about 1880 o'clock Sunday
evening, made that place the center of
attraction to Aberdeenites for a short
time. The fire was not serious one
and was put out in short order by the
fire department The blaze was started
while the linotype operator on the night
shift was lighting the gasoline engine
which furnishes power for his machine.
Some of the gasoline dripped to the
floor and the blaze followed II down
and set fire to q bundle of rags the
operator had previously used to wipe
the engine. No damage was done.
A dozen Santee Indians from the
agency across the river from Spring
field have been arrested and bound over
to the federal grand jury at Omaha for
introducing liquor on an Indian reser
walton. The Indians were celebrating
old chief day with gathering and with
dances and Indians who hold land in
severalty and who therefore had the
right under the recent decision to buy
firewater, broke over the law and
brought it onto the reservation. A
wild orgie followed and the arrests
resulted. This is the first trouble
which has resulted at Santee agency
from the recent decision The authori-
ties fear that they are likely to exper-
fence more trouble but are doing all
they can to keep liquor off the reserva-
| ton.
A movement is on foot by which a
large wholesale agency for Swift g. Co.
is to be established in Aberdeen. The
movement is acknowledged to be the
result Of II. j. Lockington's decision TO
erect his independent packing house
here. Hurley q Boardman will have
charge of the agency and they say that
all arrangements have been perfected
| for beginning business, except securing
the building They have options on
two buildings already and they assert
that one Of them will be secured in
short time. A large cooler sufficient to
hold two carloads of fresh beef will be
built 1t will be about 30x35 feet in
dimensions. Fresh meat of all kinds,
ham, bacon, lard, sausages and canned
goods of all sorts will be carried. The
goods will be shippe5 here from South
ST. Paul.
II all county auditors were so con-
scientious in giving full details Of the
meetings Of the county commissioners
as the auditor of Meade county is said
to be. the commissioners proceedings
would be the first thing read in the
newspapers of the state. A number of
South Dakota papers are quoting an
extract from recent report of the pro-
ceedings of the Meade county commits
sioners as follows: &c. G. Polk
appeared and make application that
the personal property assessed to the
Western Bank and Trust company for
the year 1901 be removed from the