Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-17
NEWSY A NOTES.


future the now famous Travelling Sill
yer Trowel." AS soon as the Sioux
Falls Masons learned that the noted
emblem had reached Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, on-its long journey they set the
wheels in motion TO bring il there. " 1t
can only visit one city or lodge in a
jurisdiction. An invitation signed by
the officers of the two Blue lodges II
Sioux Falls was at once dispatched,
together with private letters from infiu
entail Masons Their efforts have been
crowned with success, and the beauti-
ful mystic emblem is coming. A large
delegation of Masons will convey il
there from Ceder Rapids. 1t will be
received and escorted to the Masonic
Temple with fitting ceremonies. A
banquet will be given, speeches will be
made and the Master sMason's degree
will be conferred. Gov. Crawford has
accepted an invitation to be present aud
deliver an address. Prominent speak
ers from the craft will be called upon.
This means one of the greatest
Masonic gatherings ever held in South
Dakota. The idea of a travelling trowel,
which is on its way around the world
symbolical of the ~admonition to spread
the cement of brotherly love ON every
possible occasion, came to G. Fred
Crosby, Justice lodge No. 753, New
York state. some two years ago. He
proposed to his lodge the plan of send
ing out a silver trowel to travel among
the Masonic lodges throughout the
world, spreading the fraternal teaching
and bringing them together in a closer
bond of acquaintance.
Major Edward B. Kelley, govern
ment agent in charge at the Rosebud
reservation in South Dakota, has begun
a war to the death against halfbreed
horsethieyes, who, working in "chain
to another, have driven off thousands
Of head of horses and sold them to
dealers in northern Nebraska. He will
not rest until every member of the gang
has been sen to the penitentary Or
driven from the Rosebud country.
Captain Jack" Foster, special detec-
tive on Major Kelley's staff, told of the
efforts of the authorities to break up
the gang. He is still on the trail of
two "squaw men" who were the accom-
plices of Tom Ferron in the theft of
forty head of horses from Harry Fremo,
a ranchman in the Rosebud. Ferron
is now in Jail in Sioux Falls "The
~rerervation has been full of horse
thieves" said Captain Foster, "and
there is a gang up there composed of as
tough a lot of men as ] ever saw.
Major Kelley has been in charge of the
reservation only about a year and
already he has done more toward COR
railing the bad ones than was ever done
before. He has begun a campaign
against the use of liquor by the Indians,
and against every form of vice and
petty crime. His greatest task, though
will be to rid the country of the horse
thieves.
The fourth annual convention of the
South Dakota Telephone association at
Sioux Falls last week was a very sue
cessful one The attendance was the
largest in the history of the association
and the interest was keen throughout.
AT the closing business sessions the
following officers were reelected.
President, G. b. Kennedy, Canton; vice
president, j. A. Steniger, Parker; sec
retary-treasurer, L. h. Buck, Hudson.
The following were reelected members
Of the executive committee to serve the
ensuing year. George w. Burnside,
Sioux Falls: II. p. Hartwell. Irene; Nj.
B.. Ryan, Beresford: p. r. Crothers,
Brookings. Mitchell was selected as
the place for holding the next annual
convention, which, according to the
provisions of the constitution, will
commence the second Wednesday in
January 1908. On motion it was decided
to change the name of the organization
TO the South Dakota Independent Tele-
phone association. 1t was decided that
the proper officers should make appli-
cation for the admission of the associ-
alton to membership in the national
association.
Friday afternoon George Bishop, the
Aberdeen youth who confessed to
burglarizing Louis Hanicker's store
went before Judge Mccoy to receive
his sentence. The judge questioned
the youth carefully after States Attor-
ney l.. t. Van Slyke had opened the
case. The lad answered the questions
of the judge in a straight forward man.
ner and without the least hesitancy |
The judge drew from the youth that he
had been born Of poor and apparently
Irresponsible p~arentage in Chicago and
had been thrust upon the world with
ont any conception Of right or wrong,
At the close of his examination the
judge said: / hate to send you to the
~penitentiary, young fellow, as you are