Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

neal, having recently put IN q miii LOT
1<inding bones. Bone meal is the best
food known for poultry. especially lay
ing hens. If your chickens are not
doing we'll, or hens not laying, come
and get some bone meal and try it, you
viii find it is just what they need.
Martin Wist,
The supreme court last week decided
the case of Archie Flanders VS.. M. r.
French, which was a suit for wages and
while Flanders won in the lower court,
was decided in favor of French. The
case was really Baskerville, of Water
town, as defendant or intervenor who
held a mortgage on the threshing
machine on which Flanders did the
work. The case of the Sioux Falls
Brewing company VS.. j. ID. Wood was
decided at the same time by the supreme
court and in favor of j. ID. Wood.
A large number of the business men
met in the store of Chilson 81 Haugen
last Friday evening for the purpose OF
talking over matters of mutual interest
The meeting was organized by the
selection of S NJ. Bronson as chairman
and Charles Long as secretary. After
some discussion it was decided that an
association of all the merchants of the
county would be the best for all con-
cerned therefore a meeting was called
to meet in this city January Oath and
q general invitation was issued to all
the merchants of Day county.
The county commissioners at a recent
session ordered the sheriff to commence
collecting all delinquent personal taxes
and to use any and all means allowed
by law. There was nothing left for
Sheriff Gross to do but comply, accord
ingly he got notices printed and is mott
fying all deEnquents and the way they
are marching into the treasurers office
and putting down their money and
Receiving his receipt is surprising. We
want to say right here that Sheriff
Gross is making a good record that he
and his friends can be proud of. There
has never been a duty he has shrinked
and he has collected more delinquent
personal taxes for Day county than any
other sheriff.
When Conrad Kohlhase was coming
to this city last Saturday he was
headed toward the mill with a load of
wheat. Coming down the hill he
became engaged in a horse deal con-
versation with another gentleman and
before he knew it had crossed the main
track of the railroad. He Immediately
turned his team around and started to
drive back. A freight train-which he
had not seem was backing up and
before he could TURF them had struck
his horses. The train was backing
slowly and the lead team made a quick
limp to the other side and very fortu-
nately escaped with but a few scratches.
The only other damage was a broken
wagon tongue. 1t will be well to look
on all tracks, both east and west before
attempting the crossing.
A new feature of the farmers
in the court house is the library.
While the number of volumes at pres
emit are small yet all arrangements
have been made through Senator
Kittredge and Congressman Burke to
have all of the government reports
relating to matters of interest to farm
ers-the diseases of horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs, the treatment of grains for
seed, the best grains and grasses to sow
in the different localities of the country
to meet the climatic conditions, etc.
will be sent direct from Washington
to Clerk of Courts Smith a"9 will be
by him Immediately put in The Library
where the farmers can have easy
axoess to them. From a small begin
ming this will grow to be a matter of
vast importance to Day county farmers.