Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-06-06


Lamb arrived home III Sioux Falls
from Yankton, where he had arralgned
before United States Commissioner
White. one John SelwIn, an Indian,
who is charged with introducing liquor
on an Indian reservation. Selwin was
bound over in the sum of $500 ~ the
u, xt term of federal court aud not nav
ing the necessary long green with
which to settle he will board with
Sheriff Hickey at Sioux Falls until the
Pierre term of court.
The great fire in the Homestake mine
has been quenched, after weeks of
flooding, aud now the work of pump
ing and repairing is under way. They
do things on such large scale at the
Homestake that it is hard TO realize
what is going on there. A large part
of the water of Spearfish river which
was piped over the mountain several
years ago, was turned into the big hole
in the ground TO put out the fire, and
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food will occupy weeks of time.
Leonard Hedlin was arrested at Yer
million Thursday for stealing mail
from the postoffice box of @. w.
Richardson. Richardson lost his key
three weeks ago and ever since then
has missed mail from his box Friday
Hedlin was caught in the act Of takiu z
out mail by Marshal Braokett, Chief
Inspector Fosnes, of st. Paul, has been
notified. Hedlin is sixteen years old
aud has served time in the reform
school for pilfering seven years ago.
The Belle Fourclfe river is recedIng
and the worst of the flood is over. One
OF the wagon brid: res went out early in
the food, and the people living on the
lowlands near Belle Fourche deserted
their homes at the first approach OF
high water The river was three,
quarters of mile wide at the lower
end of town, and reports from the big
) dam at the government irrigation
works on Owl creek indicated that
there was great danger of damage
there
Dependent because he could not find
work, Soren Rasmussen, better known
as Goal Oil Johnny" shot himself
through the head at Deadwood Thurs
day while lying OH his bed, dying
instantly. He was about fifty years
old, native of Norway and worked
for time in Elgin, ILL.,, before coming
10 the Black Hills. He was of morose
disposition, and though he had not
been drinking of late, he was given 10
prolonged periods of dissipation His
,, only known relative is brother in tile
United States army. Rasmussen was a
TO secure work.
Last week when going to Miller for
August Schafers and two daughters
miraculously escaped drowning in Wolf
creek eight miles north OF Miller, the
team floundering as they neared the
middle of the swollen stream, and the
occupants of the vehicle becoming
tangled in the blankets and harness
BY the use of his pocketknife, Mr..
Schafeis cut himself ont and by seem.
ingly superhuman energy aud foresight
took his daughters to shore. The
horses also managed TO ger out, but all
else was lost. 1t was severe shock TO
the sick daughter who had TO be taken
several miles to find warmth and be
restored.
While the bridge company at Pierre
keeps in constant touch with the con-
dition mp river to prepare for any
movement of the "June rise," the
sudden rise of last week came without
notice until it began tearing out chunks
and sections of the pile bridge used in
carrying material TO the piers under
construction. More than 500 feet of
the bridge went out. About hundred
feet were destroyed between the shore
aud the work still in progress, and the
caisson on the last pier OF the work has
been tipped ont OF true. This means
delay and additional expense in the
work. The rise was solely due to heavy
local rains over the western and north
ern part of the state The water il
Preceding almost as rapidly as it came
| up, and in building the last pier will
give the constructors an opportunity
for another attempt to beat out the
June rise.
i Ed Davis, the man who escaped from
the penitentlary last week was the man
sentenced from Fort Pierre ten years
ago on a charge of murder, being given
a life sentence. Davis got into Fort
Pierre with a bunch of horses and dis
posed Of part of them, starting east with
the rest. selling them along the road.
While at Fort Pierre Davis talked too
much, and after he had left there some
of his talk was repeated, resulted in his
arrest at Miller He was taken back to
Fort Pierre, and after little investiga-
tion il was learned that Davis left Rapid
City as an employe of Nels Carlson, a
Wyoming man, driving bunch OF
horses belonging to Carlson. Davis was
at first strong and denied any knowl-
edge Of Carlson, but afterward, admit,