Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-04-13
NEWsY STATE NOTES. :

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April 49,
The city of Mitchell will this sum-
mer build new opera house at cost
of $25, 900.
The business men of Huron have
formed an organization to promote the
interests of that city.
The Chicago & Northwestern railway
company has presented the town OF
Gray with fine grove for park pur.
poses.
The hosting plant of the Clara Bell
mining company near Hill City, was
burned Friday night 1t will be
rebuilt
The Aberdeen commercial club has
established reciprocal relations with
like clubs in Duluth, Kansas City, and
Sioux City.
Governor Elrod has received the bond
of Nicholas Treweek, ST., of Lead City,
who entered upon his duties as mine
inspector April LIST.
The long heralded and long delayed
Mitchell Daily Star has finally made its
appearance. 1t is edited by E. A. Fry,
formerly of Niobrara, Neb
Gen. Conklin, formerly head of the
militia of this state, and his wife will
move to Clark this week where they
will make their future home.
-. r. w. Farrar, an old time Pierre
printer, has been selected by United
States Senator McCumber, of North
Dakota for his private secretary.
Work has commenced on the new
court house in Faux county. An
artesian well is being bored on the
grounds to furnish water supply.
A tub containing five gallons of gaso-
line caught fire in Aberdeen Thursday
The fire department confined the flames
TO the tub and little damage was done.
Through an oversight on the part of
the liquor men several towns in Deuel.
county will be "dry" after July LIST
because of failure to vote on license.
The entire bonded debt of the state is
$237 900 and there is over $500, 900 cash
in the sinking fund to pay it. 1t is now
up to the bondholders to cash inf
they will.
Every South Dakota exchange that
comes to our table chronicles the arrival
of one or more Iowa families who have
come to take possession of South
Dakota farm.
H. r. Tarbell, of Blunt, has been
chosen as clerk of courts of Hughes
county to succeed @. K. Besancon, who
was forced to resign by the county
commissioners.
The state superintendent office
reports that the teachers examination
manuscripts have been received from
all but one county, Roberts county is
still unrepresented.
The faculty of the agricultural col
lege at Brookings has forbidden dane
ing theee. Two hundred fifty students
asked that this order be rescinded, but
the faculty remained firm.
Thomas A. Quinn was found dead in
his barn at Vermillion Monday by his
wife He had been drayman there for
twenty years. He carried life insur-
ance to the amount of 5000.
James Yarosh, who finished his labors
AS county auditor of Brule county. has
left for parts unknown. 1t has been
discovered by his successor that Yarosh
was $1,000 short in his accounts.
There was quite mad dog scare on
Main street in Britton last week. The
dog bit several others and horse which
was tied on the street before it was
finally killed by Harry Mounton.
The debaters from Huron college to
meet those from Yankton college in
that city on the 28th are George Star
ring and Monte Apple. r. b. Frisbie
and 8. D. Thornton will speak for
Yankton.
The thirty-i first annual convention of
the state Sunday School association
will be held in Mitchell Tuesday, MAY
8, and continue for three days. Over
100 delegates from throughout the state
will be present.
John j. Gordon while working in the
International Harvester company Is
warerooms in Aberdeen Thursday, had
the index finger on his right hand SC
badly crushed that amputation was
found necessary.
Miss Vida Turner, formerly of West
port, has been chosen as one of the
representatives of the state university
of North Dakota at the ninth annual
oratorical contest of the intercollegiate
league Of that state.
Miss Nellie Hodgkins, aged 81, sister
of M. A. Hodgkins, of Yankton, was