Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
NEwsY STATE NOTES.


John Allen and William Hoos, work.
ers in sewer ditch at Pierre were
buried by cave.in Thursday afternoon
Hoos was only partly covered and sue
ceeded in summoning help, and a
rescue party began digging for Allen as
soon as possible. luckily locating his
face aud getting him breathing space,
bur it took half an hour TO release him,
during which time he directed the
work most of the time. This is the
fifth time Allan has been caught in
bitches
Fort Pierre people believe that they
have something almost equal TO gold
mine in their gumbo hills, as test brick
made from them in Chicago and Omaha
are reported to be- equal to the best
brick made anywhere. A Chicago firm
which made the test is putting in a
plant at Fort Pierre 10 manufacture
the despised gumbo into building
material On the strength of what the
tests show the people of that town feel
that they are to become the great brick
making center of the northwest.
The annual meeting of the board of
directors of the Anti.Saloon league of
South Dakota was held in Mitchell last
week. Rev. H. p. Carson, president of
the league, presided. The officers
elected we're: Superintendent, Rev. w.
M Grafton, of Mitchell; h, adquarters
committee: president. Rev. H. p, Oar
son, Huron; vice president, 1. w. Sea-
man. Mitchell; secretary, Rev. John X.
Booth, De Smet; treasurer, J. I. Nor
row, Mitchell; Rev. O. K. Huger,
Mitchell; Rev. 40 McCauley, Bridge
water; Rev. #. w. Long. Huron.
The city council of Watertown has
refused 30 pass an ordinances prohibiting
the hitching Of horses in front of retail
stores, The ordinance called forth such
a storm OF protests from the wives of
aldermen and farmers that the city
fathers remembered that they never
intended to pass It, The measure was
backed by the autoists OF the city, who
find II almost impossible to get through
the business part OF town In the fall, so
congested are the streets with teams
that resent tie approach of their
machines.
Two more big deals in ranch land
near Rapid City are just announced and
others are pending. Anthony Thoma
has sold TO Edward Hunt, of Stuart.
Neb., his ranch west of Rapid City for
ei4,s40 Az IL contains 410 ,acres Of
improved land well irrigated. the price
per acre vas $3.50 The second deal
is the sale by Spencer II. Raymond, OF
Rapid Valley Of his big ranch fifteen
miles east OF Rapid City to Farrar q
Jepsen. Of Rapid City. The consider.
alton was $l6,447 for l,i6o acres Of land
The charred trunk and limbs OF
Steve Dominic. miner for the Reliance
Gold Mining company, was all that
could be found when Dominic's partner
returned to the cabin above Portland
late at night. Dominic had gone home
feeling i'll IL Is supposed to lay down
on the bed, and after smoking awhile
fell asleep with the pipe in his mouth
The cabin was blazing mass when the
partner returned, and Dominic's body
lay near the door. where he evidently
had crawled when overcome He was
an Austrian who had been there but
few mouths.
BY most unusual method Selby
Reed, the young son Of John Reed, a
rancher, living at Wasta, one of the
new towns on the Pierre division of the
Northwestern, committed suicide near
his home. Reed took horse and rid
ing to nearby gulch, stood on the
animals back under large tree, and
after fastening rope around his neck
and tying IL short t. . limb overhead.
he kicked his horse and dropped three
feet 70 his death. Although he had
been despondent the day before no one
missed him for over "a hours, AZ he had
declared he was Eoing to Rapid City.
The riderless horse with . saddle,
appearing at the ranch led 70 an inves-
tigation and the finding Of the body.
Reed was 70 years Of age and had sew
eral brothers and sisters. No motive is
known