Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09
NEWSY STATE OTES.

State Land Commissioners Bach has
decided to meet the requests of McPher-
son county farmers for another sale at
a later date and will offer lands in that
county about December 16.
A prairie fire, driven by a terrific
wind from the northwest, ragged Satur-
day in Trip county. An area of over
fifty miles has been burned and a great
deal of hay aud stock has been des-
troyed.
The Yankton high school football
team, which has held the state cham
pionship for several years, has chal-
lenged all high school teams in the state
to meet her on the gridiron and battle
for the championship of 1905.
Hon. VIM. Brown, prominent in
state politics, aud representative from
Lincoln county in the last legislature,
and a pioneer of Lincoln county. Died
at his old home East Orange City, N. J.
where he was visiting, Friday, Oct. 25.
Work will be resumsd at the old Key
stone Holy Terror mine the next six
weeks. A deal has been made by which
enough money has been raised to put
the mine on a good, sound financial
working basis.
A. G. Anderson on his mining tract
near Chance, in the Black Hills, has a
ledge of coal which, so far as uncovered
shows a solid deposit of probab four
teen feet, and in its horizontal limits
reaches far and wide. The coal is said
to be of good quality and especially
that taken from the lowest eight feet of
the vein.
Roy Schafner, of Sanborn, a brake
man on the mixed train between San
born and Canton was killed in the lat
ter place by being run over by the train
the cause of the accident is unknown n,
but it is supposed the victim backed off
the top of the car. When the remains
were found life was extinct, seven cars
and the engine having passed over the
body. One arm and one leg were
severed entirely from the trunk, and the
body itself was badly crushed by the
engines pilot and ash box.
Bert Tilley. who acted as guide ON a
hunting expedition, while Kermit
Roosevelt was the guest of Captain
Seth Bullock, supervisor of the forest
reserve, has received from the president
a gift which he prizes more highly than
all his trophies. 1t is a handsome hunt
ing axe, with sheath and belt attached.
On the polished blade, which is of the
finest marble make, are engraved the
name of the guide and the date of
kermit's trip, two months ago.
The oath anniversary of the organi-
cation of James River lodge No. 81, I.
.. 0. +. at Huron was celebrated Sat-
urday night. An interesting historical
sketch of the lodge was given by HI. J.
Rice, dancing, music and refreshments
contributed TO an evening of much
enjoyment. -Four of the chapter mem
bers were present, VIM. Ritschlag. HI.
j. Rice, Harry Rowe and Judson Willis,
and but few of the early members are
now here.
A party consisting of Clyde A. Mann,
of Chicago; Professor J. Il. Todd, of
Vermillion and Fred G.. Huntington,
of Aberdeen; have returned home by
the way of Pierre, after a months tour
of the western part of the state, start
ing from Evarts and returning by way
Pierre, going through the Black Hills
section and back by way of Dakota
City ,gGIindstone and Hayes. The tour
was one of investigation and the party
came back loaded with information in
regard to the western part of the state
that would not fit with the capital
campaign stories of a year ago. The
members expressed themselves enthusi-
astically in regard to the conditions
and predict that in ten years the popn-
lation west of the Missouri will be equal
to the portion of the state east of the
river.
Recently a number of citizens of
Sioux Falls attempted to have sub
mitted to the referendum, a proposition
for the city 10 enter into a contract
with a private corporation for the fur
nishing of power to supply the city's
municipal lighting system. The Sioux
Falls Electrical Heat and power COM
pany, the corporation which was to fur
nish the power, secured a writ of certi-
orari before Judge Jones, VINO held that
the question was not one to be sub
mitted to the referendum. Now the
persons who sought to have the ques-
ton submitted, are circulating a petit
ton which they will present to the city
council at its next meeting asking the
council to appeal the case to the state
supreme court. AS the council voted
unanimously in favor Of the contract
with the company, it is not probable
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