Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-08

The annual report of Mine Inspector
Nicholas Treweek has been filed with
Governor Elrod, showing that the pro-
duction of gold bullion for South
Dakota for last year was 81 1871 534, of
which the Homestake mine produced
So, 0SO, 600.
Edward G. Kennedy, for eight years
United States marshall for South
Dakota, Thursday retired from office,
and Seth Bullock. of the Black Hills,
took the oath of office and assumed its
duties. The retiring marshall has
made an excellent record.
Circuit court opened with prayer at
Faulkton last week. 1t was the first
session in Faux county's new court
house, and after Sheriff Metz called it
to order, Judge L e Gaffy asked Rev.
p. II McBnth, pastor of the NJ. e
church, who was present to invoke a
bl ssing. The courtroom was well
filled with officers, attorneys, jurymen
and spectators, and the scene was an
impressive one.
Perhaps the most progressive of the
several Mennonite (Russian) colonies
in southern South Dakota, is what is
known as the Rosedale colony. in Han
son county. The members of the
colony already have provided them
selves with many modern improve
ments, and have now made preparations
for the erection of a new mill, with
which to grind the -four for the coll
onists. The new mill was erected by
R. b Flennikeu, of O%sterdock, Iowa.
Gus Exc, n of the foremen on the Red
water ditch, was fatally injured Tues
day by the falling of a five ton piece OF
gypsum rock which slipped from the
derrick and crushed him beneath its
weight. Not realizing the extent of
his injuries, the cry upon his lips was:
81 am crippled for life; it is to bad |
was not killed" He lived Just 80
minutes after the accident. He was
AZ years of age and unmarried and had
made his home in the Black Hills for
the past ii years.
Another man is supposed TO have
gone under the ice on the river at
Pierre. He was an employee in the
railroad yards west of the river, and
was known to have left the Pierre side
of the river at night to go to the camp,
being intoxicated at the time. He
never reached camp, and his effects
remain unclaimed in his bunk. No one
appears to have known his name or
where he came from. He is simply
missing from a camp of several hun
dred men gathered from all over the
country, and probably nothing more
wifi ever be known of him.
At the meeting of the South Dakota
Live Stock association at Mitchell Jan
uary 81, business was hurried one day
ahead, and the officers for the ensuing
year were elected The same officers
were retained as follows: President,
j. Nj. Erion, of Mitchell; secretary and
treasurer, j. w. Wilson, of Brookings
vicepresident of various departments of
cattle, Albert Hill, Alexandria,; horses,
j. M. Dunmire, Scotland; hogs P. w.
Peterson, Vermillion; sheep, J. @. Hall,
Ordway; poultry, George @. Tuck,
Watertown. The membership of the
association numbers now about 200.
John Akre, a business man of Sisse-
ton, was set upon by two Sioux Indians
of this reservation late last week and
narrowly escaped being scalped. They
beat him into insensibility and then to
all appearances started to take his
scalp, but after girdling his head half
way around with a sharp instrument,
were for some reason dissuaded from
their purpose and made their escape to
the westward. A sheriff's posse was
quickly organized aud after an hours
chase the assailants were captured and
and are now languashing in the county
Jail. The Indians were under the
OF liquor when they COM
mitted the outrage. Their names are Asa
and Joshua Johnson, brothers. The
injured nan is in a p~recarious condi-
ton, but will GOV
That it pays to raise blooded stock is
best illustrated by the sale which was
conducted at the meeting held by the
South Dakota Improved Live Stock
association at Mitchell last week which
is reported as follows; Colonel f. M
Wood, of Lincon, Nebraska, conducted
the sale. Forty-two head of short
horns, cow and bulls, brought an
aggregate of $3.50, an average of sl10;
twenty -oue head of Herefords sold for
an aggregate of $2.255, an average Of
$l07; twelve head of Aberdeen-Angus
sold for $500, and three head Of Red
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