Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-03
NEWSY STATE NEWS.

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Friday John Mcclure and Howard A
Binford were arraigned before Judge
Garland and pleaded not guilty to an
indictment charging them with engag-
ing in conspiracy TO defraud the
government out of tracts of public land
in South Dakota Mcclure and Bin.
ford are jointly indicted with Thomas
ii Ayers, John l. Newell aud Carl
Pefan. Petan pleaded guilty and was
year in the Hughes county Jail atPerre
and was fined 81 900 The other cases
have been continued until the October
term.
Lars j Hauge has ended fifty years
of life as Baptist missionary among
the Northwestern Indians by going to
the Soldiers Home at Hot Springs to
remain for the rest of his life Fifty
years ago he begun mission work
among the Indians of Minnesota and
has kept ahead of the boundries of
civilization ever since that time, his
last work being at the Indian settle
ment on Bad river in the vicinity of
Bovine. During his work among the
Indians he has collected large assort-
ment of Indian relics and curios, which
he has donated to the State Historical
society, and they will be displayed in a
case
While sitting in their parents rig in
front of department. store at Water
town, Clarence and George Graen. sons
of Louis Graen, had a narrow esca pc
from death by runaway team crash
ing into their buggy and smashing it 10
pieces. Both boys were thrown out,
George, the younger, falling beneath
the wheels Of the vehicle which had
run into them. He was in danger of
being crushed to death, when young
man named Johnson, at a great per-
sonal risk, succeeded in dragging him
from his perilous position. Neither boy
was seriously hurt The parents pre-
sented Nh. Johnson with gold watch
in recognition of his bravery in saving
the life of their son.
L. E Blanchard, formerly deputy
state commissioner of school and public
lands, writes from Santa Cruz, Cali
fornia, where he and his family now
live. He says the earthquake shock
there was slight and no one was killed
or seriously injured, though many
chimneys toppled over, some of which
went through the roofs The court
house was quite badly shaken and some
of the business houses Mr.. Blanchard
says. however, that he would rather go
through his recent experience than
face Dakota blizzard. Mr. Blanchard
says there has been no earthquake shock
at Santa Cruz for thirty eight years
before. Not even a pane of glass was
broken in the Blanchard home and the
family is well and enjoying strawberries
Ol tleiT own ThlslHg,
The following sentences were imposed
by Judge Garland at the recent term of
the United States court in Sioux Falls
Herman Winterchaser, Indian, intro.
ducing liquor on lower Brule reserva-
ton, four months in the Lawrence
county Jail and 800. Frank Meter,
Indian, introducing liquor on Cheyenne
reservation, six months in the Brown
county Jail and $780, James Runs
Close to.Village, Indian, assault with
intent to kill his wife, three years in
the state penitentiary. Philip Hawk
Track, Indian, introducing liquor on
the Rosebud reservation, four months
in Lawrence county jail. Long Grow,
Indian, introducing liquor on the Rose
but reservation, SIX months. in the
Lawrence county jail Peter Tucker,
Indian, larceny, and Brown TAX es-the-
Gun, Indian, larceny, two years in the
penitentiary.