Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-22

oetWeen a ana Cheyene rivers on the
south. They will levy five cents a head
on all stock in that section, and with
this fund will pay bounties of sl2.a 20 OF
Old wolves and s. on pups, all young
ones to be classed as pups until after
the 10Th of July. These gray wolves
have been doing a great Zeal of damage
especially to young stock in that Sec
ton, William Hayes and Dan Bier
wagon have been appointed inspectors
to see that lone but scalps of gray
wolves are paid .or from the bounty
fund.
Governor Elrod has granted a par
don TO Frubie Howard, who on account
of escaping from the penitentiary
failed TO earn good time, and is par
doned to restore citizenship. Howard,
on June 1 1904, was sentenced TO one
year in the penitentiary, aud after
being In that Institution for a short
time made his escape. Later he
returned voluntarily TO complete his
sentence, and is now in confinement,
the sentence ending i'll a few days.
Under the law any prisoner who has
earned good conduct time has rights of
citizenship restored to him by that
record but on account of the escape
this privilege is denied Howard, aud
the only way citizenship can be restored
is by pardon.
The local school officials of Walworth
county have been sending out To the
parents of school age a notice covering
the requirements of the state school
law, requiring not less than fourteen
weeks Attendance at school in the school
year, One resident of that county
appeals to Governor Elrod saying that
he is sending his children to a German
denominational school, and thinks that
ought to be enough. He believes that
he prefers TO have his children taught in
German rather than English, and feels
that he is being imposed on by the
board. While he is probably giving the
required time at school, the law requires
instruction IN English and it is a ques-
ton whether he is not liable regardless
of the attendance of his children.
Because of a peculiar mixup in the
dates for the annual meeting at Sioux
Falls of South Dakota Swine Breeders
association, several breeders arrived
there the last day or two to attend the
meeting, which will not be held until
February 81 and %. Some of those
who arrived under the belief that the
meeting was being held last week
brought with them stock which they
intended to exhibit, and thus were put
to considerable expense. Early in Jan.
uary notices were sent to some of the
breeders that the meeting would be
held in Sioux Falls on February Ia, Is
and is, and close with a sale of stock
on February II. These dates afterward
were changed to February 81 and %,
and the stock sale to take place on
March 2.
Fire which started in r. B. Mathie-
sons saloon on Deadwood street in Fort
Pierre at $50 o'clock Thursday morning
swept half a block of business houses
and destroyed thousands of dollars
wsrth of property, including the Math-
ieson building and contents, DR.. @. S.
Vincent's office building, the Gas Belt
Land company's office Robert Barkley's
harness shop, the Fort Pierre restaurant
Thayer & Coffing's grocery and the
Newman bar Der shop. By heroic
efforts, the Pierre fire department and
volunteers saved the halls, the saloon
building, the hotel and f. l.. Brown &
Sons livery. The loss is estimated at
$40, 900. Owners already express the
determination to replace the burned
stru ctures with substantial brick and
concrete buildings.
Captain Seth Bullock, the new
United Stated marshal for South
Dakota, has taken his first prisoner to
Jail since assuming the duties of mar
shall. The prisoner was James-Runs-
Cl~ose-to-the- Village, a Sioux warrior,
who is charged with assulting his wife,
with intent to kill her. The Indian
belongs to the Rosebud reservation.
The Indian, it is charged, first attacked
his wife with a club, knocking her
senseless and then kicking her in the
side with heavy boots. He then threw
his wife and baby out Of doors An
Indian named Leading Cloud rescued
them. The baby died. AS the result
Of his preliminary hearing he was held
for appearance before a federal grand
jury. In default of bonds he has been
lodged in the Lawrence county Jail.
Word has reached Deadwood from
Polo Greek of an unusual happening
| at a dixie on the southern