Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-03-28

thought he coald not recover Mr.. Bor
lands wife had a stroke of paralysi.
several days ago, aud his anxiety, los,
Of sleep and excitement prompted the
act. He regaiGed consciousness and
asked what had happened. He knew
regret that he should do anything o.
the kind. He says he is bound TO gel
we'll
Stanley county IL TO have a new court
house, Fort Pierre having voted bonds
to the amount of $40 900 to assist in the
work. The vote OF the town on bond.
ing themselves 10 that amount was lOt
to |
A fine distinction came to George w.
Norvell and Dakota Wesleyan university
lass week when the young man received
the appointment to a scholarship in
Oxford university of England and
known as the Rhodes scholarship.
Fire Thursday evening did damage to
the amoun of 5000 at Midland, burn
ing the hardware store of Schrader &
Kohl, aud several small buildings. The
town has no fire protection, and a num-
Der of small buildings were tore down
to prevent spreading the fire.
AS Il result of an election upon the
liquor license question at the village of
Condo five citizens of Sphinx county are
under arrest charged with illegal voting.
The proposition TO license the saloons
was carried by a majority of four and
the Prohibitionists claim that voters
were imported from from outside dis
tricts to carry the day. The State Anti.
Saloon league is pushing the prosecu-
ton
Several months ago three young men,
Kenneth V. Brown, of Sioux Falls, son
of the pastor of the Methodist church;
Matthew A. Brown, of Chamberlain,
and a student of Yankton college, and
George w. Norvell, son of Rev. Nor.
veil, pastor of the Methodist church at
Ashton, took the examination for the
Rhodes honor and all three passed the
required the mental examination, which
was given under the direction of DIR.
Nicholson. president of Dakota Wes-
leyan university.
Fischer Bros. of Fort Pierre lost a
wagon load of freight in the Missouri
river Thursday morning and narrowly
escaped losing the team and wagon, as
well as the life of Frank Murphy, the
driver. Murphy drove into the river to
water the horses and a crust OF ice
which had been covered with dirt so
that 1t resembled the bank, caved off
from under the horses, pitching all into
the river. Murphy had a narrow escape
from drowning and was in the water for
some minutes. The team and wagon
were saved after hard work.
On ccoun of the early freeze and
snow last fall a large amount of corn
over the state fails to stand the test
of termination when tried practically.
As a result, n Hughes county farmer
will pick up a nice bunch of money this
spring. He sent samples of the corn ne
gathered last fall to the Agricultural
college for a test and has received a
report that every kernel he furnished
terminated The college wants all of
the corn he can supply it and will pay
~ a bushel for it. While a great deal
Of the corn raised in the state looks all
right, it will not stand the test, and the
man who can supply good seed is strictly
to the front this year.
One of the worst prairie fires that Sec
ton of the state has ever known ragged
all day Thursday west Of Bonesteel,
driven by a high wind. Mrs. @. B..
Yocum and her daughter were caught
by the raging flames and burned to
death. Many farm houses in the path
of the confiagration have been destroyed;
the occupants barely escaping with their
lives. Besides the loss of these homes,
barns and granaries, hundreds of tons of
hay have been destroyed and many cat
tie were lost. For q time the town of
Herrick was threatened with destruc.
ton.
The artesian we'll recently completed
on an elevation In the western part Of
Presho 10 the freak well of its class In
the state. It was necessary to drill to a
depth of 1,490 feet in order to strike q
good flow of water. The casing is four
and one-half inches in diameter, and
the well has q pressure Of sixty pounds
to the square inch. But the remarkable
thing about the well IL the warmth Of
the water which flows from IL. Tests
just made by experts prove that the
water has q temperature Of 99.3 degrees.
No other artesian well In South Dakota
flows water having so great a tempera-
ture.
Col. A. B. Frost, formerly of South
Dakota. but now chief Of police of
Evanston. and . candidate for the may
orality 10 the subject Of an interesting
article In the Chicago Tribune which
says that Col. Frost's real name 10
Daisell. Col. Frost admits that he
changed his name when he enlisted in
the regular army, and gives ~ his reason
that his people were very much opposed
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