Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-03
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The boast of South Dakota that her
people create more new wealth per
capita each wear than 10 those of any
ether state of the union is upheld by
the bank deposits, which show mp well
for a state with but little over a half
million population The state banks
appear to lead in popularity carrying
by far the largest amount of deposits,
but they are located in the smaller
towns, and are far more numerous than
are the National banks, showing 1868
banks under state c@onrrole. ana but 70
uuder federal supervision. The depos-
its i'm all Classes of banks are "a little
over fifty million dollars, or about 800
per capita, and Of tins ove eleven mil
hon has been deposited within the past
gear The state hanks make a showing
of $3I. or ,427.44, an increase of almost
three million dollars since the Septem-
Der call, aud Of 1924 1851 in the
past year, Public Examiner Bramble
feels commendable pride in the fact
that within the past three years which
he has had charge of state banking
affairs there has not been a failure of a
state bank in which the depOsitors have
lost anything. In that time several
banks have been in his hands, and were
l~iquidated, but without loss to the
depositOrs.
Mike McCabe, a farm laborer near
Fault ton, dropped dead while feeding
stock. An inquest was held and a ver-
dict returned that he died of rheuma-
tism and alcoholism.
1t is reported that Prot. Garrett
Droppers, late president of the Univ T.
sity of South Dakota at Vermillion has
been rendered the chair of political
economy in Chicago univ ersity.
J. A. Gheen, manager at Sioux City,
Iowa, for the Standard Oil company
and we'll known in South Dakota, has
been promoted to the position of mau
ager at indianapolis with a handsome
increase in salary.
Frank Kelley, alias Billy Miles, was
taken to Elk Poiut from Aberdeen Sat-
urday by Sh srif Z. +. Sherman and
Deputy Sheriff L. T. Rust, of Union
county. He is wanted there for appro-
priating the proceeds of a load of grain
which it is alleged he sold.
Superintendent Clifford, of the Indian
insane asylum, accompanied by Sheriff
Opsal, has returned from Oklahoma
with an Indian that escaped from the
asylum several weeks ago The fellow
was cunning enough to make his way
back to Oklahoma and conceal himself
from officers who were looking for him.
While hunting for j~ackrabbits lear
Mitchell, Leonard Woodman, was SER
iously wounded in the leg by the acct
dental discharge Of a shotgun in the
hands of Blaine Scriven. Scriven fell,
striking the hammer of the gun on the
frozen ground. The load tore away the
calf of Wooaman's leg.
George Popp was found dead at the
door Of Pat Fitzgerald's residence in
Delaware county and the %coroner's jury
found that he had died from alcoholism
and exposure. Fitzgerald took the man
home with him the night before from
Centerville and put him to bed. Popp
must have arisen in the night and
wandered outside.
More miles of railroad were con-
structed in the United States during the
last year than have ever been built dur
ing any year since 1888, according TO
the Railway Age. Since January / last
6,067 miles of track have been laid on
1888 lines in forty-four states and terri
tories, making the countries total mile
age 223, 139. The largest mount of
railway building during the year was
done in Texas where 70l miles of track
were laid. Louisiana and South Dakota