Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
NEWSY STATE NOTES.

Week uleu or blood poisoning.
An automobile passenger and express
company Is to be established TO run
between Deadwood aud other Black
Hills towns.
The Federal authorities at Sioux Falls
have been Instructed TO institute suit
against number OF parties who have
failed to pay Sisseton and Wahpeton
Indians rentals Oh leased lands.
Marcus L. Fisher, farmer living
near Warner, died at his home Oh Sat
urday night at the age OF AZ years he
Was born III Michigan, but has lived in
this state for the past twenty five years.
Educators III session at Mitchell
recently requested Governor Elrod 10
appoint commission of three county
superintendent, one city superinten-
dent anu one attorney TO revise the
school laws OF the state.
Alex J.hnson, of Alexandria, has
been committed TO the insane hospital
at 1ankton. lie had mania for Iall-
lug III love with girls above his walk III
HE and spent MS time broodIng over
ms Imagined disappolntments.
Burglars robbed the Fred Scheel
clothing establishment OF Yankton OF
500 worth OF merchandise last week.
Entrance was secured by removing a
pane OF glass III rear window of the
store buIidlng which faces the police
station.
Frank Lyon, manager of the Water.
town Cadet Band, has just closed nego.
tlaJlons with Adjutant General Wyck-
off Of the Grand Army department. OF
Michigan, whereby the Watertown
Cadet Band is to represent that state
during the Grand Army encampment
at the Twin Cities ON Aug 18th to 18th
The treasurer of the Pythian relief
fund has issued his report of the funds
collected for the San Francisco fire and
earthquake sufferers up to June 30th.
The Aberdeen lodge donated 500 as did
also the Webster lodge. The lodges of
South Dakota donsted $706. 80 to the
general fund which amounted to $83 ,O76.
The following are the state officers of
the Redmen: Great Sachem, .. +.
Froberg, Aberdeen; great senior saga
more, j. L. Boub, Redfield; great junior
sycamore, Joseph Swift, Mitchell great
prophet, j G. Knapp, Sisseton; great
chief of records, f. w. Coolidge, Red
field; great keeper of wampum, L. j.
Dyke, Webster.
The receipts from the state from all
sources, for the fiscal year ending July
LIST, were 81 ,457, 1851; with disburse-
ments for that time of 81, 404 ,5S3 36,
leaving net balance cash on hand at
the beginning of the new fiscal year of
$53, OH "a. This means an expenditure
of nearly million and a half dollars a
year for the state.
@. j. Bach, commissioner of school
and public lands, accompanied by State
Auditor Halliday, last week appraised
a fractional school section within the
corporate limits of Chamberlain, it is
plated on the river front and said to be
some of the most valuable proerty in
the city. The tract will be offered at
auction September Both, one lot at
time, until the whole sixty acres are
sold
The secretary of state has received
medals from the management of the
st. Louis exposition for the state and
different individuals. Those to the state
direct are for the exhibits of fruit,
cheese, relief maps and public schools,
with one for the exhibit of geological
maps drawn by II. ID. barton. There
have been received medals for Johr Ball |
of Springfield, and Ii Lund, of Vermil |
lion, for corn, and B. II. Bundy, of /
Ipswich, for wheat.
The passing of the town of Evarts is
foreshadowed by the filing with the !
state land department, which their own |
line will cross in the cutoff from Glen
ham to Duroc, their new town on the |
river at the crossing point. After that
line is completed and the new town
springs into existence, there will prob
ably be little left of Evarts in short
time, the company will probably tear
up that part of its line extending down
the river to the old town.
Mr.. Jacobs, of Blunt, was in Pierre
this week seeking assistance from the
state officials in securing his son who is
in Russia The boy started for this
country, after physical examination
in Russia, such as is required by the
immigration laws and was passed
When he reached Hamburg he was
examined again, and failed to meet the
required test and was turned back. The
father wanted a statement over the seal
of the state that he is financially able to
care for the son. and that If allowed to
land in this country the son will not
become public charge, but will be
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