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

| much more than he has made. Look
out for an advance in the price of
refined and a decrease in crude oil.
The woman who is said to have
brought scandal in the department
of agriculture reports that civil ser
vice in all Of the departments is
only a pretense. The remark, con.
sidered in connection with known
facts, looks like one worth an investi-
cation.
The last report Of Public Exam-
ner +. L. Bramble shows that from
June 1904 to June 1905 the deposits
in the banks Of South Dakota other
than national have increased by
2,2Sl ,S9772. This is a prosperity
item which should not be overlooked
in making up complete story on
South Dakota.
A farmer near Fort Smelling,
Mimi, has shown that he was it,
He refused to give more than half
the road to an approaching auto and
in spite of its fierce alarm drove
right into the machine and took a
wheel off from it and created other
damage to the amount of $500. A
few such farmers would make a
whole lot of more decent autoists.
The Great Northern railroad COM
pany has just made sweeping
reduction in the grain rates on all
its lines throughout the northwest.
Now if the other roads will follow
suit the farmers all through the
great northwest will have another
thing to be thankful for ON the day
set apart in November They are
too busy now to stop to thank any
body.
A Pittsburg man has invented a
machine that manufacturers more
pies in minute than could be made
in an hour by hand. However the
old fashioned kind which "melt in
your mouth" cover, delicious film
Of hand made mince meat, and an
under crust which is 'just right"
will continue to grow in public favor.
Machinemade pies will not leap into
the public confidence at bound.
A yellow fever scare in the South
will have tendency to kill off the
otherwise promising large demand
for Southern lands the coming year,
and home seekers will transfer their
energies to the west, and from South
Dakota to the Pacific. For the
present the demand seems to be for
the cheaper lands. South Dakota
$40 to $50 land is scarcely moving,
but North Dakota is selling lot of
So to SO land, and the trains are
loaded with North Dakota land
hunters.
The shirt waist man and the net
waist girl 60 hand in hand today,
and the people year after year go on
throwing their clothes away. The
coat and vest are laid to rest and
where is the feecy shawl? And the
clothes get fewer and thinner what
will be the end Of it ailY Oh, what
will the shirt-waist man take next
from the things he has to wear
And what vii! the net-waist girl
throw of her shoulders now half
bares The shirt-waist man and the
net-waist girl go rollicking down
the way. Have we started trend
that's going to end in the old fig
leaf some days-Doon Press.
A government report comparing
the differences between the CONNER
cial values of railroads and the per-
centage Of that value at which they
are assessed by the different states
shows that South Dakota assesses
| the roads in this state at higher
rate than any surrounding state
does. The South Dakota railroads
are assessed at % per cent Of their
estimated commercial valuation. In
Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and
North Dakota the percentage Of
assessed valuation runs from 7 tolls