Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-18
NEWSY A r

ably be called upon to decide an cleo
ton bet made between two Sioux Falls
citizens. Colonel r j.. Woods, immed-
lately prior to the the September eau
cuses, offered to bet George Nj Root
that the stalwart republicans would
carry at least -four of the six wards IN
Sioux Falls. Mr. Root is an insurgent
republican and accepted the bet The
sum of 500 was placed by each man in
the hands of Alfred Jones, one of the
proprietors of the Cataract hotel. 1t
developed that when the ballots were
counted the stalwarts had carried three
wards solldly, but that in one of the
remaining wards the stalwarts had
elected fourteen of the seventeen dele
gates, had tied on two delegates aud
that O.. K Holmes, one of the insurgent
delegates had been elected. 1t was
claimed by Mr.. Woods that he had won
the bet, but Mr.. Root notified the stake
holder not to pay over the money. 1t
is contended by Mr.. Root that as the
stalwarts did not elect every delegate in
the ward in dispute, they did not carry
the ward, Mr.. Root finally claimed the
right to pull down his share of the stake
money but Mr.. Woods put in a claim
for the entire $500, and there the mat
ter stands.
Buffalo Bill" otherwise Col. Will
liam Cody, will leave his home at Cody,
Wyo., on Oct. Is for a four weeks
camping trip, on which he will be
accompanied by his friend, Mike Rus
sci, of Deadwood. They will go into the
wilds of Wyoming and into the famous
Hole-in-the- Wall country, which for so
many years was the refuge of the great
army of the lawless that congregated in
that state. 1t is said that the country
is full of game, that elk, deer, bear and
mountain sheep abound in its rocky
passes, and are wild enough to furnish
genuine sport for the most daring sports
The guide and general utility
man will be Chief Iron Tail, one of the
few remaining old-time, imperious, sill
emit Sioux chiefs. He is now more than
sixty years old, although he is as 1.-the
and active as most young men of thirty.
Buffalo Bill is authority for the state
ment hat he has but rarely seen a
hunter Of any nation or color who was
the equal of Iron Tail in natural cum
ming and in the lore of the woods.
James G. McRae, of Sioux Falls, met
with a peculiar accident which will cor
fine him to his bed for some time. The
McRaes have been troubled by the raw
ages of mice, and Mrs. McRae wished
to get a cat. McRae, however, had an
antipathy for cats and refused to give
his consent to the idea McRae is
employed at night, generally reaching
home about 3 o'clock in the morning
When he got home Sunday morning
McRae went TO his room on the second
floor and retired. He was aroused, how
ever by the yowling of a cat and got OPP
to investigate. He followed the sound
along a back hallway, which was dark
and unlighted, and finally located the
animal by the CLINT of it's eyes. Getting
within striking distance, McRae drew
back his foot to give the cat a kick, but
just at the critical moment the animal
moved aud McRae was thrown off his
balance and fell down a back stairway
fr~acturing his leg and otherwise injur.
ing himself.
Mrs. Joseph d. Norm, a prominent
resident of Terry, a little mining town
in Lawrence county, had a narrow
escape from death as the result of using
for one ailment medicine intended for
another. She had been kept awake all
night by an aching tooth, and CHANGED
to think of an eye lotion which she had.
This was composed of cocaine and afro
phine. In an effort to relieve the pain
from the tooth she made use of the
lotion. Discovering that the few drops
which she administered as an expert
ment had the effect of relieving the
pain, she repeated tine treatment at
intervals. 1t was not long before her
condition became alarming as the result
of the free use of the eye lotion, and
finally it was necessary to summon a
physician. The physician summoned
had to work hard for several hours
before he was able to counterfeit the
effects of the poison and place her out
of danger.
In the write up of the Illinois state
fair at Springfield, the Illinois State
Register has the following reference to
the South Dakota exhibit: I'm passing
through the dome building, admiring
the display Of farm products from the
different states. we were agreeably sur
prised at the South Dakota booth
Their vegetables, apples, gram, timothy,
clover, blue grass and alfalfa are among
the best. Their corn display. to say the
least, was fine. The state is fast gain
ing reputation as a corn producing state,
as the exhibits will show. We would
advise all to 20 and look at the wonder
full resources of this young and grow