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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Notice of Mortgage Sale


Default having been made in the con.
ditions of a certain mortgage made exc
cuted and delivered by Edna May Skiff
and Cyrus X. Skiff, her husband, mort.
Bank of Webster, which mortgage is
dated October LIST, 1905, and was duly
recorded in the office of the register OF
deeds in and for Day county, South
o'clock a. m. in Book 81 of Mortgages on
page sos conveying and mortgaging the
following described lands situated. lying
and being i'm the County of Day and State
OF South Dakota, to-wit: The north halt
of the south west quarter and the south
west quarter OF the south west quarter oil
Section thirteen (l3) and the north half oil
the north west quarter and Lot four a. OF
Section twenty-four CD all in Township
one hundred twenty-five (122) of Range
tifty-tve t55) and whereas there is claimed
to be due at the date Of this notice the
SUM of SIU6.25 and no action having been
instituted TO collect the said debt secured
by said mortgage, when the same became
due or at all
Now, Therefore. notice is hereby given
that by virtue of the power of sale in said
mortgage contained and of the statutes
in such case made and provided. said
mortgage will be foreclosed and the above
described premises will be sold at public
auction by the sheriff of Day county al
the front door of the court house in the
City of Webster in the County of Day and
State of South Dakota on the 18th day oh
August, "A. ID. 1907, at two O'clock in the
afternoon of said day TO pay said mort
gage debt and interest and taxes, with
$1,000 attorneys fees and other disburse.
ments allowed by law.
Dated at Webster, Day county, South
Dakota this End day of July, 1907.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank
Sears & Potter, :, Mrotgagee.
Attorneys for Mortgages,
Webster, South Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

The man eating fish par excellence Is
the great white shark. II is otherwise
known by the name Of man eater Oc'
casionally specimens are seen on both
coasts Of the United States. though its
more customary habitat is In tropical
waters This fri-htful creature attain&
a length OF nearly forty feet, and it l.
able to swallow 4 man whole. This
fact Is proved by an experiment which
sailors are fond Of making when such
a shark is captured. The skull beln"
preserved. they amuse themselves by
crawling one after another through the
distended Jaws 1t would be unsafe to
do this. however, when the head has
been freshly cut off. because under such
conditions the jaws will snap together
fiercely for some time afterward II
anything is placed between them. The
skull of a big shark, by the way, IS al
ways salable owing to the demand by
museums and curiosity hunters. a
young sea lion weighing a hundred
pounds has been found in the stomach
Of a white shark.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Antinuitx Of Tea smokinn.

"With your tea cigarettes said the
antiquary sternly, you young ladies'
think yourselves very modern and de-
cadent. But look here"
He took from portfolio a French
print of the seventeenth century that
portrayed two men, with cumbrous
pipes, charging the same from a box
Of China tea.
This shows YOU" the old man said,
"the antiquity of tea smoking 1t was
a common thing In France 200 years
ago. Blegnt mentions 1t, and Grand
d'Aussay In his Historic de la Vie
Privee des Francois describes 1t In de.
tail. An old vice, dead vice-for the
French found that tea smoking racked
the nerves-how very. very foolish you
girls are to have revived it."-New Or
leans Times Democrat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

Climbing plants have two opposing
methods OF describing spiral growth.
The plants that turn to the right in
the northern hemisphere reverse this
trend In the southern hemisphere, and
therefore, for the sake Of consistency,
1t may be preferable to describe the
two kinds OF spiral tendency as re-
spectively ''clockwise" and counter
clockwise," which latter can be short
ened to "counterwlse." The honey
suckle and the hop turn ''clockwise,"
while the coBv0ivuius and the scarlet
runner bean Irvine "counterwise." Ex-
periments made by growing scarlet run
ner beans in opaque cylinders, to dis
cover whether the deviation OF the
twist was innate or merely from the
direction OF the light, disclosed the
fact that the plant possesses an inclina-
ton resembling the instinct OF animals,
of proceeding In given direction, and
resents any attempt to force II other
wise
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
croeodiIes Of Old.

The galaxy OF lies about crocodiles
found in old books dazzles the under
standing even of the experienced read
er OF medieval natural history. He is
great worm. He is afraid of saffron
He eats honey. The crocodile runneth
away from a man If he wink with his
left eye and look steadfastly upon him
with his right eye. He carries water
in his mouth to make the roads slip
perry and so catches people alive. There
is an amity and natural concord be-
tween swine and crocodiles and much
more OF the same kind. Herodotus' lit
tie plover. which walks into the croco
dies mouth and picks off the leeches,
is changed by Bartholomew into fish,
with crests like saws, and a fowl and a
serpent, all OF which walk about inside
the crocodile's stomach as II it were II
parlor and find him right mesh and
full tender. London Spectator.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Orphans.

Two of the young friends of Bishop
Wllberforce Of Oxford gave the au-
thorities of the university so much
trouble that they won the nicknames
of Hophni and Phinehas.
One day. says T. III. s. Escott in $50
ciety In the Country House." they
were lounging about the hall at Cud-
desdon palace. singing the Lutheran
refrain, The devil is Dead" when the
bishop suddenly appeared.
He walked very gently up to them
and in his most caressing manner,
placing one hand on each head. said in
a consolatory tone:
ALAS, poor orphansr'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Witeheraft In the Nineteenth Century

Most people believe that witchcraft
among civilized people ended when the
Salem witch mania" ran its course
and died out in the year 1892. 1t did
as far as America is concerned, except
among savages, but in other countries
the belief in the superstition did not
die until q much later date, even If II
can be truly said to be dead now. In
France an old beggar was tortured TO
death as late az 1907 on the charge of
being one who "communed with evil
spirits" and in Spain witch was
burned In 1908 In 1850 in France a
man and his wife tortured a suspected
witch TO death, and nothing at all was
done with them by the criminal courts
on account of the lingering belief in
sOrcery. Four years later a witch was
drowned In England, and in 1860 one
was burned In Mexico. In 1874, 1879,
1880 and again in 1889 witches We're
publicly burned in Russia, and even
as late as 1890 regular judicial trials
Of witches were had in Prussia, Po-
land and Austria-Hungary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
A Large Order.

The proprietor of a certain restau-
rant leased the reverse side of his
bill OF fare to carriage manufacturer,
who prints advertisements thereon.
The other day customer, in great
hurry, ran into the restaurant, sat at a
table and was handed bin wrong
side up by the furried waiter. The
customer put on his pince-nez, curled
his mustache with his left hand and
shouted in voice of thunder: Bring
me fly, landau. two victorias and a
dogcart. Got any funeral carsT The
waiter fied.--London Graphic.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

In the spring Of 1895 the distin-
guished Dutch novelist known by the
pen name OF Maarten Martens was
elected an honorary member of the
Authors club Of New York, says the
Bookman. When the name Joost Ma
rims NJ. Van der Poorten-Schwartz
came to the attention Of the member
ship committee there was gasp OF
establishment. Finally the late Bill
Nye came to the rescue with the sug-
gestion that the FIRST half of the name
should be acted on at once, but that
the last half should be held over until
the autumn. when the weather would
b cool.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
A Court EooI,s Ioka.

Scogan, the famous court jester of
Edward w.. dearly loved practical
joke. Once he borrowed money OF the
king and when the day for payment
came was unable to make good his
word. He feared the kings anger and
decided to appease him by a Joke.
Feigning death, he had his friends car
ry his body before Edward. The king
fell a ready victim to the deception
and In his lamentations oven the sup
posed dead fool said he freely forgave
the debt Scogan Immediately sprang
to his feet. exclaiming, The news is
so revivifying that 1t has called me
back to life."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Notice of Bids for Sewer Contract.


Notice l. hereby given that sealed bids
will be received by the city council of the
City of Webster, South Dakota, at the
office of the City Auditor of said city, up
TO the 2gth day of July, 1907. at o'clock y.
M, for the construction Of a system of
sewerage in the City of Webster
Bids will be received on both glazed
sewer pipe and concrete sewer pipe where
the size of such pipe il Is inches or over
and ON glazed sewer pipe OF all sizes
under Is inches, il accordance with the
plans and specifications, OF the city
| auditor of said city and in the office ot ID,
{. WashbuTn, city engineer, at Aberdeen
south Dakota, as changed, altered and
modified by the city council; said sewer
to be constructed on the following streets:
The outlet o! said sewer to be at point
about 1850 feet east of the intersection of
Seventh street and Third avenue, thence
west on Third avenue to Fourth street,
thence south on Fourth street to Railroad
avenue, thence southwest ON Railroad
avenue to Main street, thence north on
Main street to Washington street, and
from point on Main street where il il
| intersected by First avenue west, on First
avenue TO First street thence north on
First street to Third avenue, thence west
ora Third avenue from First street to "a
point south of the southwest corner of
Gruby's addition; from First street at the
intersection of Second avenue, west on
Second avenue to Mable street
All bids shall be for the price per lineal
foot for each size sewer pipe and for each
man hole and catch basin, according to
the plans and specifications as changed,
altered and amended, and must be
accompanied by certified check in the
sum of 81, 10000 to guarantee that the bid
der will enter into a contract and furnish
p bond for the fultllment thereof, in case
his bid is accepted.
That the bidder whose bid is accepted
agrees at the option of the said City of
Webster to accept at their face value
| special assessments certificates. Said
city council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
By order of the city council.
Carl Malmberg,
(SeaD Auditor,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Execution Sale.
July W.

Notice Is hereby given that by virtue of
an execution to me directed and delivered.
duly issued on a judgment docketed in
the circuit court in and for the County Of
Day and State of South Dakota, in an
action wherein w. +. Murphy is plaintiff
levied upon the following personal prop
erty of the said defendant, to-wit:
One Story d Clark piano, one piano
and engine tender, one water tank and
one engine head light. And that I will
sell the same. at public auction at the
front door of the court house at Webster.
IN the County of Day and State of South
Dakota, on Saturday. the 10th day of JuIy.
l&I, at the hour of o'clock in the afternoon
OF that day, to satisfy said execution with
interest and costs
Dated this 9th day of June. 1907.
Phillip A. Gross,
Sheriff of Day County, South Dakota,
aforesaid
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Notice to Creditors.

In county court, Day county, South
Dakota.
In the matter of the estate of Carrie 5.
Steffen, deceased.
Notice il hereby given by the under
signed executor of the estate of Carrie ;.
Steffen, deceased, to the creditors of, and
all persons having claims against the said
deceased. to exhibit them, with the neces-
sarv vouchers, within six months after
the first publication of this notice. to the
said executor at the Office of Wells *
Walton, in the City of Webster, Day
county, South Dakota.
Dated at Webster, South Dakota, this
10th day of July, 1907.
Ruthford Burchard Steffeu,
Executor of the estate of Carrie ;.
Sterten, deceased
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Two Hundred Species Of Roses.

There are 200 species OF roses in ex-
lstence, though perhaps not more than
fifty clearly defined families. or these
families only two are Of American
birth. There are thousands OF varie-
ties, however. and OF these our enter
prising rose growers have contributed
by far the largest proportion. The
eagerly sought black rose is still I'M
produced, though New York florist
has a dark red one which In some
lights has the appearance OF black vel
vet.-Kansas City Journal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Notice for Bids.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
Department at the Office of the secretary
up to and including July L, 1907, at :
o'clock y. M. for the construction of a fire
hall according TO the plans and specitica.
tons now on file al the Office of the seCre.
tary. Said bids 20 lie accompanied by a
certified check for $500 % a. evidence of
good faith by the bidder. The privilege
10 reject any and all bids is reserved by
the Webster Fire Department.
Chas. II. Long,
Secretary Webster Fire Department.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Judument Reversed.

Schoolteacher--I am sorry to COM
plain, but Johnnie Jones has been very
impertinent. Principal-You must be
more patient, Miss Howard. Teach the
children to respect You as they do me,
and we shall have fewer complaints.
What did he say? Schoolteacher-He
said you were the skinniest old maid
Life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Mads Him Hop.

Hiram Hardapple - What made
0randpap Wheatly jump ten feet and
forget his rheumatics when the circus
parade passedi Was be afraid Of the
elcphantsf
FAKE Crawfoot-No. He Eoxrd tie
steam cailiope and thought It was cue
Of those automobiles with the new
tangled whistles. Chicago News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Mortgage Sale.

Whereas. default has been made in the
payment OF the principal sum and inter
est on the debt secured by mortga re
dated 2srd day of February. A. ID. iS0S,
executed by Ole 7. Amundson, a single
man Of the County of Day and State OF
and Merchants Bank Of Webster. az the
County of Day and State of South Dacota.
mortgage; which said mortgage was
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Notice to Creditors.

June % va
state of south Dakota,
County of Day,
Ia county court.
In the matter of the estate of Paul Pischke
deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the und err
signed, executrix of the estate of Paul
PisChle, deceased, to the creditors of. and
all persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within six months
after the first publication of this
notice to the said executrix at her home
in Rusk township in the County of Day,
South Dakota.
Dated at Webster. South Dakota, this
18th day of June, 1907.
Anna Pischke,
ExeCutrix.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

The Disadvantages Of Schools.
why have you taken your son out
Of school without asking perrnlssionr'
Father "a grocer = But they were
running him. I wish to bring him mp to
carry on my business. and they were
teaching him that there are sixteen
ounces In a pound. Pm Ridere.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

why are guests 20 habitually dis
eontsnted r. asked the landlord.
They're not really disseminated. an
swersd the clerk. They merely want
70 convey favorable impression about
What they are used to at home
Washington Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

It 10 said Of champion mean man
that the only present he ever made to
bin wife was ON the twenty-fifth ami
versary Of their wedding. when he
gave her four yards Of cotton cloth
with which to make him q shirt.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

A young man who was to be mar
ried In church to Miss Way. after a
courtship Of four years, privately re-
| Quepted the choir not to open the serv-
Ice by singing. This y the Way long
havs pought.-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

~By The way" asked the waiter.
now would you like TO have your
Gtoakr'
~very much. indeed" replied the
mild man. who had been patiently
waiting Cor twenty minutes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

Teacher-what happens when per.
sons temperature goes down as far an
It can got Tommy-Then he has cold
feet
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

The world knows nothing Of tn
greatest men.-van Artevelde.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

1t = not possible for man TO ~ per.
1Dclly blesssd and hspDy. except few,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-03
WILL be in The NEXT WORLD

St Paul, Mimi, April 2.A special
to the Pioneer Press from st. Peter,
Mimi, says: On the eve Of his trial
on a charge OF Incorporating the
funds Of the county, G. A. Blomberg,
II, former clerk Of court Of Nicollet.
county, shot himself in the head here
today. He is still alive but cannot re-
cover. Blomberg held the Office Of
clerk of courts for thirteen years prior
to 1904. when he was DEBATED for re-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-03
PEOPLE WHO COME and GO.

Mr.. and Mrs. David Richards, form
erly OF Mckenzie, now of Tenino,
Wash, are rejoicing over the arrival
Of ten and one-half pound daughter
who arrived March %. Mother and
daughter doing well ...s35
g. Miller. a former hotel man Of
Kuhn, passed through the city yester-
day enroute to Linton, where he will
probably engage in the hotel business.
DR.. FsslR. Smyth went to the, Hunter:
Hot Springs yesterday to recuperate
and get in trim for his career as chief
executive Of the city.
Chairman John Ecklund of the board
of county commissioners, is in the.
city to- attend the meetings Of that
board. J. ,.s
Mrs. Elizabeth Magin Of Mime.
apolis. mother of Rev. Magin, is ex-
pected today for a months visit with
her, son. -..
At Northwest: Thos. Al. Golfer,
|. Minot, Hans Boehenson, Steele, N.
T.. Redenan, Fargo, w. j.. Mayor,
Steele, H. G. Mann, Fargo, G. w.
Anderson, Napoleon, Ebert Smith,
Steele, o. A. Webster, Grand Forks,
r. W. Bayer, Fargo, "A. 3. Mckay,
Fargo. DR.. T. W. Conyers, Cando, E..
II. O'Neill, Fargo, Alma Jarecke and
Amanda An Jarecke, Wilton, and C. s..
Deisem, LaMoure.
AT Grand Pacific: e. Mauier and
John Haugen, Turtle Lake, E. "A.
Lamb, Washburn, w. J. Mayer,
Steele, W.. :. Chamley, Hartford, G..
Sulyte, G.. Sulyte and G. Leer, Lin
coin; II. a. Wallin, Washburn, Selma
Gustafson, Wilton, Mr.. and Mrs.
hughes and Chas. Mcdonald, Man
dan, p. p. Logge and wife, Lehr, P.
p. Bliss, Mckenzie, H. T. Anderson
and Mrs. C. A. patterson, Linton, and
A. w. Wright, Ellis.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-03
King CHARLES
DISCOVERS A PLOT TO ROB HIM
. e, OF HIS CROWN AND ARRESTS
@!7y FOLLOW e~ ~

Berlin, April "A dispatch to the
Tageblatt from Czernowitz, Austria
Hungary, not far from the Roumanian
frontier, says that intelligence has
been received from Bucharest to the
effect that plot has been discovered
at the. Roumanian capital against
King Charles and his government
The city of Bucharest, it is added, is
in a state of great excitement. Peas
ants are now permitted to enter the
capital and q number of arrests have
been made.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-03
TIL CIT
COMING EVENTS

April 4.
Forgive Minutes From Broad
way
April 8 and 8.
DR.. John r. ID. John lecture at Meth
odist Church.
April 9. Is
Social of Ladies Of Episcopal
church at Mrs. Atkinson's.
8 April Is.
\. New city officers take office.
April %.
THE Missouri Girl"
April e.
The Tenderfoot.''
April 80.
.'ole Olson.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-03
The Markets
LIVE STOCK.

Chicago. April 2.-Cattle- receipts
about $500; market steady but dull:
common to prime steers $4@7; cows
$325@5; heifers $685.; bulls $3.4O
I@46O; calves s275@7.5o; stockers
and feeders $3@490. 1., -,
Hogs-receipts about 1000; market
steady; choice heavy shippers s6.77h
@6.so; light butchers $e.77K $3.50;
choice light se75@6.SO; packing $500
@675; bulk of sales .$6.70@6.s0. 80
Sheep receipts about 10000;
market sheady; lambs weak and dull;
sheep s4.25@6.5O; /. .yearlings $3.50
7.25; lambs s6@8.10. n
St.; Paul, April 2.--Cattle-receipts
700; strong and steady; quotations I'M
changed.
Hogs-receipts 5000; steady; range
$6.40@6.55; bulk $50.
sheep-receipts none; steady; quo
tations unchanged :, t41
Omaha, April 2e--Cattle
5000; market steady to easier; native
steers s4@5.75; cows and heifers
I$2.50@45O; western steers $3.50
5.25; Texas steers ss@4.25; stockers
and feeders $685.; calves ss@6.50.%.
Hogs receipts 1890; market shade
to 5 cents lower; bulk Of sales ss.42h
@6;45. =, &C.. 5ss ! ': :<'l>;a.
Sheep - receipts $780,. market,
steady to strong; lambs s7@s; sheep
$5@6.75,
GRAIN.
Minneapolis, April 2. Close wheat,
Nal 7Ss4i July sO1z;sNo. hard SIZE
@s2; No. 1 northern sOA@ s1; No.
northern 7sA @7s; No. northern rs
OFT.
BE Duluth, April Z. Close wheat, No.
hard on track 50; to arrive No. i
northern SO; NO 2 northern 1917 on,
track No. northern 50; No. north
Tern 7sss; May SEX July SIN; Sept.
S014
Durum--o On track No. | Il; No. q ST..
Flax TO arrive $1.1s; ON track
s11,1S May 11sh July $1.2ol1s; Oct
$1.1711s.
Chicago. April mo grain market
on account Of election.
Money.
i New York, April Money on call
easy. 21s to 81 per cent, ruling rate
81 closing bid 3, offered at 2l1sa time
loans dull ana easy, so days and 30
days and six months 5 Is per cent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-03
sHAR I Il RoUGHT a LOT.

New York April FL. III. Hartman
has bought for ss5o.0Oo plot with a
frontage Of so feet on Fifth avenue
and 100 feet In Fifty-second street
He will build house for his own oc-
cupancy on the plot The site was for
'fnerly part Of the Hotel Langham
property Opposite the cite are the
Vanderbilt homes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-03

Belgrade. Seryia, April lit is re
ported here that band Of Bulgarians
have attacked the old seryian towns
Of Rudnic and Topolcha, burning
thirty houses. killing seven men and
.maltreating q number Of women and
children.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-03

Senator Taylor Of Grand Forks is 7
being highly commended for his con-
current resolution. for the purpose of
promoting and perpetuating the love
of home and country. s5