Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01
NEWSY STATE NOTES.

DlII dutnorlIl1S an OF Tune
for completing the railroad bridge
across the Missouri at Yankton.
During 1905 South Dakota produced
more corn than all the New England
states combined, 100000 bushels more
than Minnesota, and more than Mich
igan.
The state capital commission has
decided to make a thorough investiga-
ton of the Black Hills sand stone with
a view TO using 1t IN the new state
house.
The board of county commissioners
of Marshal county has decided to hold
a special election April Ind for the
purpose of voting $4,000 bonds for the
erecting OF a new cour house.
Fraternal insurance orders operating
in South Dakota have %, 772 members,
carrying $45, S74, 300 in life insurance
at an annual cost of 1898, POI and last
year they received in losses paid, $751;
500.
The Congregrational'sts at Sioux
Falls ar, beginning the erection of a
new church this spring to cost fifty
thousands dollars. 1t will be one of
the most costly and best appointed
church ediices in the west.
Jens Jensen, employed as baggage
man at the North Western depot, was
accidently shot in the jaw at noon by
his fourteen year-old son, who was
playing with a revolver which he did
not know was loaded, The wound is
serious.
Joe Roter, the baggage a at the
Huron depot, had the misfortune of los
ing the little finger on the left hand
last week while handling some trunks
One of the trunks slipped and caught
his hand next to some iron, thus cut
ting about an inch OF the finger off.
Articles of incorporation were filed
with the secretary of the state last
week for the Dakota Bank and Trust
company of Aberdeen, with a capital
of So, 900; incorporates, j. II. Holmes,
G. ] Heel E. P. keenan,, ], w.
Clary, q. J.. Mason, L. I. Van Slyke
and j Il. Kelly, all of Aberdeen.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
last week to murder Con Green, fore
man at the Homestake mine, by blow
ing him up with dynamite. The bomb
wrecked the front Of his house and
how the family escaped from death was
miraculous. No arrests have been
made and the reason for the outrage is
not stated.
Among the cases to ONE mp at the
present term Of the Roberts county
circuit court that is of particular inter-
est to the people of Slsseton is the
Woodman damage case III which the
city of Sisseton Is sued for the sum of
S., 800 for damages alleged to have
been received by Mrs. Woodmau by a
fall zeal the corner of the Carlberg
hardware store.
The appraisement values placed on
state school lands in Hand county for
the sales this year are from so to $50
an acre, with an average price of about
$40. For Deuel. county the appraise-
ment prices range from SIS to S37, with
an average OF So. The prices at
which state school lands are being sold
are constantly on the increase, aud
prices are far different from a few
years z when practically all the lands
IN the southern part of the state were
sold for SO an acre.
Governor Elrod selected as delegates
to a drainage convention to be held at
Grand Forks, on February ~; f. Nj.
Bennett, Sisseton; s. +. Oscarson, r. III.
Dudley, White Rock John O. Nelson.
Strand; W.B. Sanders, Milbank. This
convention was held by the states of
of South Dakota, North Dakota, Mime
sofa and Manitoba. Canada, the pur-
pose being to discuss. matters in rela-
ton to the drainage of the valley of the
Red river.
County superintendent O'Reilly of
Walworth county and some OF his
school officers have begun a vigorous
war against parents who do not send
their children to school. Last week a
party from south of Bangor was
brought before Justice Rose, pleading
guilty to the charge, his fine and costs
amounting to $50. This week a party
was brought in from Adams township
with the same result. These arrests
have started about sixty children to
school.
John Ihli, a farmer residing near
Fielder postofice in the northwestern
corner of Hughs county, reports finding
a quantity of coal which was brought
to the surface by a spring ON his land.
He gathered a quantity Of it n says
it makes good fuel. The location of
the Ihli farm, about twenty miles from