Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-29
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near Aberdeen, received q broken arm
Friday evening while at work in his
fathers barn by being squeezed against
the wall by one Of his fathers horses.
Charles II. Buell., who entered the
field as Il republican candidate for the
lower house of congress three weeks
ago, has just withdrawn from the race.
This leaves the Black Hills solid for
Eben Martin for United States senator.
Miss Leona Fulton, a teacher in the
Aberdeen public schools, severely
burned her hands while cleaning a pair
of gloves with gasoline. There was not
a bit of fire in the house but the gaso-
line was set on fire by friction caused
by rubuing the gloves together. The
gloves were entirely ruined and her
hands painfully burned.
While the location of the permanent
Milwaukee railroad bridge across the
Missouri river for the coast extension
of the Chicago Milwaukee s. st. Paul
railroad has not been announced in
official circles, it is known to be abso-
lutely certain that il will be near the
mouth of the Grand River and probably
Just a little north of it.
North Dakota led all the states last
year in railway building with 532
miles of new line completed, but this
year she will have to take a back seat
to her sister state, South Dakota. In
the latter there are 725 miles of which
are being built by the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul, the Chicago &
Northwestern and the Minneapolis e.
st. Louis. ~
The 9-year-old son of Olaf Algren, of
Milbank, was badly injured by a Mil
waukee engine Thursday morning. The
boy was crossing the track at the main
crossing as a freight engine vas taking
water at the tank. The escaping steam
from the engine and the noise confused
the boy SO that he failed to notice
another engine which was backing
down the yard and stepped directly in
its way. The boy was carried a con-
siderable distance by the locomotive
and was badly bruised, n leg being SO
badly crushed thai amputation was
necessary. 4l.
For the first time in history South
Dakota will be represented by one of
her distinguished educators on the
general program of the National Edu-
cational Association, which convenes
in San Francisco next summer. The
person to whom this honor is awarded
is President George w. Nash of the
Northern Normal and Industrial school
who has been assigned a conspicuous
place on the N. e. A. program. He
will be one of the three to present pap
ers on the theme, "The Conversation Of
the Teacher" and will discuss compen-
sations other than financial. The edu-
Gators of national standing who are
associated with him are President z.
X Snyder, of Colorado, and City Sup
e~rintendent E. G. Cooley, of Chicago.
The report of the director of the mint
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905,
has just been received and contains
some very interesting figures. The
United States assay Office in Deadwood
which opened for business April IL,
1897, ranks fourth in the list of offices.
The government has eight United
States assay offices. The Deadwood
office received during the yea gold bull
lion to the value of 81, 042 ,S23.51 and
silver bullion valued at 500, 1902 max
ing a total of the bullion receipts for
the year of $1,000, 544. AZ. All of this
gold came from the Black Hills, none
being brought in from outside states,
although ore has been sent to this office
from all over the country for assaying
purposes. The Office showed an increase
In bullion received wei that of the
proceeding year of sos, 735. 81.
Even the farmer boys of South Dakota
are sharing in the general prosperity.
One of them, Fred Preston, who resides
with his parents on a farm in the south
ern part of Faulk county, is becoming
quite a sheep owner as the result of
giving some of his attention to this
industry, About five years ago his
parents started him in the sheep bust
ness, more as an experiment than other
wise, and gave him a lame eve. Since
that time the boy has at different times
purchased a sheep or two, but for the
most part he raised his own stock, with
the result that he is now the owner of
a flock of one hundred and fifteen sheep
for which he recently refused an offer
OF 1915, or IS each. Last year the wool
from the flock brought him the sum of
$ll4l5, and the flock has kept the
family in mutton besides. Recently q
pair of W lambs were taken from the
flock and weighed, and they tipped the
scales at 155 and l75 pounds. The flock