Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-04-25
EWSY A NOTES.

scores are erecting new buildings.
For the first time in years a grand
jury has been called in Hughes county
for the May term of court. The jury is
called by request and just what will be
taken before them is not being given
out.
The latest South Dakota town to
organize a Commercial club is Plankin-
ton where a largely attended mass
meeting of the citizens has just been
held for the purpose of pe~rfecting such
an organization,
In the preliminary oratorical contest
between students of Yankton college
Howard H. Warren won first prize ana
will represent Yankton college in the
state intercollegiate contest to be held
in May at Mitchell. Mr.. Warren's sub
Ject was 1.-The New Orient" Miss
Laura Kirley won second place.
The convention OF the Northern South
Dakota Educational Association, just
closed, has decided TO come back TO
Aberdeen next year for its fifth annual
meeting. The new officers of the asso-
citation are: Fred b. Purdy, of Big
Stone, president; +. Ii. deneau, of Aber-
deem, secretary; John w. McClinton, of
Redfield, treasurer.
Because all the bids submitted were
beyond the estimate secured by the
board of directors of the orphans home,
which was established at Beresford
some years ago by the Lutheran Society
of South Dakota, the board of directors
of the home has not yet awarded the
contract for the construction of a new
school building which it is proposed to
erect at the home this year.
Underwood, a stranger who made
Sioux Falls his domicile for a short
time, was sharp enough to defraud the
Sioux Falls Savings bank out of $3.50,
bat he was not shrewd enough to evsde
the sleuths of the law, and will not only
have to face the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses, but will
have to face several other charges,
among them being that of bigamy.
Secretary of State Wipf was in Yank-
ton Monday, on his way back from the
Black Hills, where he had been with
the other members of the state capitol
commission, examining the Hot Springs
quarries in pink and white sandstone.
The Sioux Falls quarries are now being
looked at and the commissioners, while
refraining from giving any hint as to
their decision, stated that South Dakota
products would receive every considera.
ton.
The bridge company has again about
completed the temporary bridge to the
site of the caisson at Pierre, they yet
must sink before the last pier of the
permanent bridge can be put in. They
had just reached that pointwhen the ice
took out 400 feet of the temporary bridge
and it all had to be done over again.
The work on the permanent structure
will not be delayed by this, as the next
is the draw span, fer which the piers
are all ready in place.
So extensive has the fire become in
the workings of the Homestake mine
that it was decided to food the work
ings. Wood creek and part of the
waters from the Spearfish river are
being turned into the mine from the
300-' level. 1t is expected that it
' Ike at least 30 days to flood the
.. e to the 300-foot level and from 60
tc so days to pump it out During the
greater part of that time the entire
workings will be idle. The loss so far
to the company has amounted to over
one million dollars.
Colonel Ward, of the United States
army, is in Sisseton investigating the
recent scandalous occurrence in CON-
~nection with Company l. On the night
of the militia ball two officers were
arrested by the night Waterman who
found them in company with two girls
Of the town, all of them drunk and the
girls in a nude condition. One of the
girls is scarcely Is years of age. There
was a disposition on the part of the
authorities to cover up the affair, but il
was reported by n Of the local min.
listers, hence the present investigation.
Lawrence Rache was re-arrigned
before the city justice at Milbank las,
Saturday charged with murder, the
previous charge having to be changed
on account of the death Of John E.
Kane, last Friday. He waived exami-
nation and was bound over to the mex
term of circuit court which convenes
May ID. When Sheriff Murray informed
Roche last Saturday that Kane was
dead, he remarked "that he didn't
know as it made any difference to him
whether he was dead or not" He doei
not seem q be concerned over the affair
but believes he had a perfect right t.
shoot.