Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-25

Second Lieutenant Robert Arthur,
of Webster, just graduated from West
Point, arrived at Camp Roosevelt
Friday morning. Lieutenant Arthur
will serve a year in the artillery corps,
aud then will go permanently into the
ordnance department. He is military
looking Young man of pleasing address
In speaking of the rife range at Camp
Roosevelt the lieutenant said that il
was better range than the one at West
Point. This seems like pretty big
statement, but he YOU ches for its truth
WATERFOWL Public Opinion
Miss Florence Small, of Webster, who
has been the guest of Miss Leilah
Mccoy and Hiss Cora Strauss, will
leave for her home this evening
Thomas Strachan will move with his
family this week TO Webster where he
is now employed in the Webster mill.
Miss Leilah Mccoy this noon gave a
very dainty luncheon in honor of her
guests, Miss Ida johnson, of White
Rock and Miss Florence Small, of Web
ster Quite number of young women
were guests and the affair proved very
charming. Aberdeen News, Tuesday.
Charles Phelps has been having quite
a wait for his automobile. A little over
a week ago while on trip to the lake
with party, severe storm came up
and he was compelled to put into the
Enemy Swim for shelter for an hour,
when he got ready TO move along the
roads were in such shape that it was
necessary for him to 60 out on the grass
and in so doing he struck rock which
was hidden by the grass, and the
machine was gong at high rate Of
speed and was very badly damaged.
Fortunately no one was hurt His
repairs arrived this morningand he will
be in operation again in few days.
The Webster schools are getting quite
an enviable reputation. During the
past week we heard a travelling man in
conversation with one of the members
of the school board and he said that his
territory was in South Dakota and that
he was the father of a family and had
given the question great deal of atten.
ton aud that from his visits he has
decided that the Webster schools are
the best in his territory and just to
prove that he was not bluffing he told
the member of the school board to get
him suitable house and to get it at
once as he wanted to have his family
located here before school commences
this fall.
Frank Lesnek and wife, who live
north of Waubay about twelve miles,
drove to town Saturday of last week
and while they were gone the niuet en-.
year-old son hitched team onto the
mower to cut some grass. Ii was neces-
sary to drive the machine out from
under the clothes line and he had his
eleven year-old sister hold up the line
For some reason the team got frightened
and whirled the mower around and the
sickle caught the girl, who was bare
footed, about the ankles completely
severing one foot and taking the other
one nearly off. Expert Medical assis.
lance was at once Summoned and
the injured child is getting along as
well as could be hoped for.
There were three very tired young
ladies in Webster last Sunday evening.
In the afternoon they decided that they
must see the Webster ball team in their
contest with the st. Paul Gophers on
the diamond at Holmquist. A freight
train going west came along at the
opportune time and the young ladies at
once got aboard and were soon at
Holmquist where they saw one Of the
fastest games of the season. During
the trip and game the excitement ran
so high that they never once gave a
thought as to how they were to reach
home, but after the game was over this
thought occurred to them. There was
one of two things to do. One was to
wait until the train came along about
ten oclock--if ii was on time. The
other was to walk. The young ladies
all having engagements in Webster
during the evening had no alternative
to use the hobo expression-hit the
ties and walk. They were soon on the
way. 1t Is said that none of them had
ever before Sunday realized what a
long trip 1t was from here to Holm
quist. Oar reporter did not learn all
the particulars but if the reader is very
much interested he can get them by
consulting either Miss Mamie McCor.
mick, Miss Cora Wilcox or Miss
Emma Chapman. These girls know all
about the trip.