Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-09-27
NEWSY A r

the use of state land JanliSon Is stu
ated on the Nebraska side of the state
line, and Muensch went on an adjoin.
opened up his busin' SIS. The depart
ent was notified. and an agent went
down to look the matter up As soon
as Muepsch learned of this he secured a
lease of the tract through the county
auditor of Gregory county, and the lease
was sent TO the department. for approval
Ibis approval has been refused, and
Mutnsch has been notified thar unless
his saloon Is ar nee removed from thr
tract ne Viii be prosecuted c~rlminally
lie la paid License u Gr-gors county
for a ve,r
Eddie Van Wall. a nine S~ear.ald Pot
ter county boy, h enjoys the distiuc
ZION OF being the ,cnrp-st farmer in
the state, had . remarkable escape from
instant death While ,ngaged III making
hay. He Mas CT VII 9 a MOVING mach
inc while close behind him Fred Don.
ovan, on whose farm they We're at work
was driving n mower with +, kc attached
70 which, e hail three l,orses hirched
Doucvan's horses became frightened
and ran into ttle mower and team driven
by thc boy. \ frightful miNup resulted
The .ov fell under the frantic hors, $
ieer ard was In the thick OF the mlxup
- i, .. u,,,I M. nltn.x Stra,a,ra RI = a
he was not seriously injured, receiving
only a slight cut across the stomach
One of the horses was killed instantly
while another had TO be shot
John Carlson, a well known farmer
nvlng in the northeast part of Mime
haha county. committed suicide by
swallowing a quantity of s~trychnine.
Facts brought out by the inquest proved
that Carlson had been drinking heavily.
His financial affairs were not in good
condition, and the act was committed
while respondent over this and the fact
that his appetite for Intoxicating liquor
had, TO some extent, the best of him
Carlson is survived by a widow and four
children, two grown up sons and two
daughters who are nearly grown. The
man took the poison while under a
a clump of trees near his home.
The final roundup of the assessment
figures presented to the state board this
year shows that the total increase in
| the ualpafiapc nuar tho nrooaIinn vaar
amounted to Lac per cent, equal to g.
IT'S, 1875. All classes of property showed
an increase except personal, which
decreased 2.24 per cent, or 81, LA 1897.
Telephones showed the heaviest increase
with 43.12 per cent; railroads 1.60 per
cent; telegraphs, 2 SO per cent; lands,
Ala per cent, and town lots, 2.64 per
cent.
Salem has been obliged because of
excessive rain, to postpone the county
fair, which was to have been held
Thursday and Friday of last week. Tie
fair will be held Oct. IL and IL. 1t is
the intention to make the county fair a
regular feature each year, a half mile
track having been built and other pre-
parations made.
Senator Ben r Till lectured at
the Augustana college in Canton on
Saturday evening, September % This
was the opening number of a course Of
lectures TO be given under the auspices
1 nf tliS ppl1ano Sanotnr Tillnlantc sinh.
ject was, "A Plea for the People"
A subcommittee which is in charge of
arrangements for the construction, in
Sioux Falls, of a new Congregational
church building to cost about $4,000
has accepted the plans of the proposed
new building and is about ready to
advertise for bids
Fire at the National smel'er at Rapid
City destroyed the railroad trestle lead
ing to the works and the GOAL bins. The
damage is placed at $1,000. This is the
second time within thirty days that the
coal bins have been destroyed by fire.
The reilroad well at Sanford has been
completed at a depth of O feet, and it
has an exceptionally strong fow-ffty
gallons per minute. The drillers are
nov at work on a couple of wells near
Andover.
Pierre Congregationalists are about
to sell their church property for a bust
ness site, it having become more valu-
able for that. and move to a location in
the residence portion of the city
Insurance Commissioner Perkins has
resigned to engage in the life insurance
business. Gov. Elrod appointed Len V.
Doty, of Doland, as Perkins successor.
Dell Rapids is to have an indepen-
dent creamery. 1t is believed to be
a sure paying investment.
Aberdeen is to have an ice manufac-
turing plant in the neal future.