Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-01-05

OF the waiting room by a company of
ladies who presented him with a beauti-
full masonic gold charm, for kindnesses
bestowed on the ladies on their trips
over the branch of which Mr.. Thron is
the conductor. Mrs. Amphlet made the
presentation speech.
May be Trick of Bond Givers.
Last August u Harry Meier was
bound y to the circuit at Redfield
on the charge with assault with intent
TO kill. Meier was attempting to steal
a ride IN the north bound Milwaukee
and ON being elected irons the train
attempted &c shoot conductor K. II.
Fargo. Meier's bond was fixed at
$1,000 and his relatives deposited that
amount in cash. On the opening day
of the November term he failed to
appear aud the bond was ordered for.
feited aud the money turned into the
treasury OF Sphinx county. The claim is
now made that Meier died on the 10th
day OF November and consequently
could not respond when his name was
called by the sheriff, They have
demanded the return of the $1,000.
This will be refused aud suit will
undoubtedly be instituted against the
county. Meier lived at Waco, Texas.
County officials are convinced that this
is a bold front to bunco the county. and
are resolved 10 spend n large sum in
searching for the missing man rather
than concede that he is dead at such ali
opportune time. n Il.
Lend OAices Discontinued.
The announcement is made at the
interior department that within the
next few months fourteen land offices
scattered through North aud South
Dakota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas
and Nebraska will be abandonded
because the public land remaining in
districts. has become 30 limited in area
that there 10 no longer necessity TO
maintain Offices in them. The general
statute provide that when the available
public land in a territory has been
reduced to less than 0 5000 acres
through filings of homesteads, or the
business of a land Office shall decrease
TO such an extent that it costs a third
of it's revenues to maintain it, it either
shall be abandoned or consolidated with
some other Office. Such action was
taken in Minnesota during the last year
The Land Office at watertown will be
discontinued within the next six months,
or as soon as filings now pendiig there
have been approved.
Pure Seed.
Under the above caption the Aber.
deem American has the following to
offer; The Importance of the move
ment to secure pure seed for the farmers
of the state n m be estimated.
The cost will be considerable but the
increased yield promised makes it a
matter of small consideration. A. @.
johnson general agent for this state of
the Northwestern, has devoted no little
time to this effort to provide pure seed.
q movement which originated in the
agricultural college at. Brookings,
Much credit is dne him for bringing
the matter before the people. The pro-
fessors Of scientific investigators of the
agricultural college are doing q great
work and it will be years before the
value of it is fully appreciated. IL is
estimated that the work OF one scien.
tist alone, in Iowa last spring resulted
in increase in corn production worth
over Is ,0o0, 900 to the farmers of that
state who observed his directions IN
regard to seed,
Mail Pouch Cut and cash Taken.
The United States authorities oil
South Dakota are greatly puzzled oveI
the mysterious Disappearance Of a regis,
tered letter containing $1,000 in cash,
ON Saturday, The registered letter wal
sent by the First National bank. Of
Madison. and consigned to the Bank 81
Ramona. AT Ramona the mail sact
containing the letter was delivered by
Agent Northrop to the Ramona carrier
aud placed on a dray preparatory to b.
taken to the postofRce. The mail sach
containing the registered letter
remained on the dray between five and
ten minutes before the carrier took
charge and. conveyed it to the postofice
The robbery must have been committed
during this time. Upon opening the
mail sack and distributing the mail
the postmaster found the official letter
Of advice, but the package was missing,
The next morning be discovered that
the mail sack had been y open, the
slit evidently made by . sharp knife,
being about fourteen inches In length.
The United States authorities were
Immediately notified and an investiga-
ton begun without delay. Between
two warehouses near the depot the