Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
NEwsY STATE NOTES.
Java has organized business com
mercial league.

Ninety-two filings were made at the
Pierre land Office during the month of
April.
Twenty eight outfits are at work in
this state at present drilling artesian
wells.
An effort is being made to have a
government land office established at
Bonesteel.
Eight chicken thieves were caught In
the act at Vermillion and given thirty
days in Jail.
The Groton Driving Park association
will hold its first matinee for this sea-
son May 10.
There were 4O2 filings made at the
Chamberlain land Office during the
month of April.
Walter Trumbell, of Minnehaha
county, had horse valued at$l50 killed
by lightning last week.
Hotel Harvey, of Rapid City, one Of
the most popular hotels in the Black
Hills, has changed hands.
Thomas Thompson, a well known
Pierre young man, died Monday from
an over dose of morphine.
vermillion citizens have petitioned
the government for 5000 black bass to
stock the Vermillion river
The Great Eastern Telephone COM
pany has been incorporated at Pierre
with capital of 100000 600.
Several counties in the state are
offering rewards of 800 for the arrest
and conviction of horse thieves.
Doane Robinson has been elected as
one of the seven vice presidents of the
United States Historical society.
The United States government will
make extensive improvements at its
fish hatchery at Spearfish this summer.
Casper HAITI, who was to build a five
story bnilding in Aberdeen, has decided
to make the structure but three stories.
w. H. Lyon, of Sioux Falls, set out
$4,000 trees last year and has just COM
pleted putting out 10000 more this
year.
The Thirty First Annual meeting of
the South Dakota Sunday School Assoc
citation is being held III Mitchell this
week.
uJohn Il. BRENNAN, United States
Indian agent at Standing Rock agency,
has 500 Ogalala Indians looking for
work
ST Thomas Catholic church will be
consecrated at Madison June 2, Bishop
.O'Gorman and eighty priests will be
present
Chamberlain will held special cleo
ton May l6 for the purpose of voting
on bond issue of $4,000 to build a
city hall.
Miss Ethel Walker, of Clark, has
accepted the position of stenographer
for Governor Elrod, Miss Dice having
resigned.
The post office at Viberg was looted
Thursday and about 5000 in money and
stamps taken. The robbers did not
leave cards.
The new roller skating rink was
opened in Lead last week. 1t is the
largest in the state, the floor covering
10, 600 square feet.
Charles Zirole, a Codington county
farmer, caught one of the fingers of his
left hand in the evener on pillow last
week and had it cut off.
Ninety seven bridges are needed for
the new line of railroad from Rapid
City to Mystic which is being built by
the Northwestern company.
Land Commissioner Bach last week
arranged for the leasing of 5000 acres OF
state lands in Mcpherson county for
five years at $500 annual rental.
The Dakota Central telephone COM
pany has decided to extend its lines
across the Missouri river at Wheeler to
connect with the Bonesteel lines.
A large barn belonging to Carl A.
Limbo, who lives near Bradley, wal
struck by lightning last week and
burned to the ground. Loss $1,000.
The health officers of Sioux Falli
have figured out that the death ra to IL
that city for the past year was but n Inc
to one thousand. Quite healty place
The contract has been let to McIntosh
Brothers, Of Milwaukee, for the grad
| ing Of the first eighty miles Of the extern
sion Of the Chicago, Milwaukee q ST
Paul west from Chamberlain.