Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-01
NEWsY STATE NOTES.

that locality. A farmer living within
a short distance of Bristol, while get
ting a load of straw from II stack near
his home uncovered the dead bodies OF
two men, whom an investigation indl-
Gated had been murdered and covered
up with straw. One of the men had
his throa. cut and the other had been
shot three times in the head. The VIC
Tins had from appearance been dead
a week or more. One of them had
about $50 hidden in the lining Of his
clothes. Ii is believed the crime was
committed by hoboes. No clue to the
murderer has yet been found.
Adjutant General Englesby has
about completed his plans for the
enlargement OF the state camp grounds
at Kampeska so as 10 give the state
guard a rife range of 1000 yards. He
recently purchased forty acres Of land
adjoining the ground on the southwest
corner, and now has an option on
another forty adjoining ii on the south
west corner. He has made . requisi-
ton on the secretary OF war for the
none TO buy the last named ground
and when the deal is complete the
grounds will contain a total of ll3 acres
Two fiat cars loaded with steel rails
got away from the siding at Crandall
last Saturday aud ran TO Condo at a
lively speed, crashing into IN engine
and water tank that was standing west
OF the depot, the rails puncturing the
tank and throwing the water in all
dirt ctions. An engine tried to q
take the runaway cars but the engineer
was a little cautious about running SO
fast over a new track, aud didn't catch
them until they had stopped, although
his signals warned other crews of their
approach.
Paul Miller, miner, was crushed to
death Friday morning under falling
rock in tn" Homestake mine. He aud
his partner were working on the 1,l0O
foot level aud were tearing down some
rock. As Miller attempted to walk
under the o~verhanging mass a large
part of the rock gave way burying him
beneath it. He was Immediately disin
tered, but had been killed instantly aud
Was crushed almost beyond recognition.
He was a Russian, about thirty years
old and IA single man.
Valid Robinson, who live1 on a ranch
about two miles from Custer. wa killed
by the accidental discharge of a rifle
Friday evening. Bert Heuman, a
neighbor, who was returning from a
hunt stopped at Mr.. Robinson's home
and the two engaged in a friendly scuf.
fe in which Heuman's rife was dis
charged. the bullet passing through
Robinson's hip. Before a surgeon could
reach the place he had bled to death.
Ed Riordon. cook at Huefner's res.
-tanrant in Aberdeen, grabbed a can Fri.
day morning, supposing 1t to be kero-
sene. He poured some ON the fire to aid
the blaze along. Things happened then
and Mr.. Riordon's face aud hands are
now in blisters. The can happened to
contain gasoline He Is very painfully
burned, but it is not thought that the
burns will result seriously. except that
his beauty may be somewhat damaged.
Major Robert Dollard, Of Scotland,
who was the states attorney general,
aud for many years one of the most
prominent and most useful citizens has
disposed of his property here and will
soon make his home in California.
Before leaving Maj. Dollard will pub
lish and distribute to his friends a LITTLE
volume giving his ~recollectious of his
army life aud his residence in Dakota.
The county commissioners of Lyman
county are being criticized for their
alleged action in granting saloon licenses
at points in that county where no tote
has been taken. The circuit court had
raled in the case of Ken-ebeck that
such licenses cannot be legally granted.
Since that time, it is alleged. licenses
have beeu granted az Murdo, Draper
and Vivian in Lyman county.
Madison has been doing her level best
to secure an artesian well but has been
obliged at last to give il up as a bad job
The drillers have been working on the
well for the past three months aud have
secured an unlimited supply OF good
soft water but no artesian flow. They
went down 1876 feet aud Lake county
has 70 put mp "a sos for the hole.
The semi-arid regions west of the
Missouri can no longer be called BY that
name. In the country west Of Pierre
che precipitation 80 far this year has
been twenty inches aud before the end
OF the year will undoubtedly be nearly
twenty- Ave. This 10 abundant moisture
10 raise any crop indigenous to the
uorthwest.
One 81 the public schools at Water.
Town Vas closed Monday in order to
40 IL the bud : possible scarlet fever
epidsnio. Six cases OF a mild fever
have been reported on tho north side
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