Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-23

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barn at Plankinton last Friday, des
troyed the barn and nearly all its con
tents, lumber yard and three stores.
The total loss is about Sl2 COO with
insurance of only $1,000
a well known Lincoln county farme-
named John Anderson was seriously
injured. While Anderson and Peter
Ring were engaged in the work of
Tightening the wires of barbed wire
fence, when Anderson was caught
under the chin by one of the wires
which was Icing frightened by Ring
The force of the blow was sufficient 10
lift Anderson violently from the ground
Before he could release himself his face
and neck had been horribly mangled by
the sharp barbs.
Peter Gross, bartender of Lebanon,
Friday shot Tim Shaft, of Gettysburg,
in the arm. Gross was arrested and
taken to Gettysburg Those who wit
messed the shooting say that Shaft was
creating disturbance in the saloon
and ATTEMPTED to climb over the bar to
get to 1.-THE man behind" Gross shot
three times, one ball passing through
Shafts arm and one through his hat
The third went estray 1t is believed
that Gross did not shoot to kill but
simply to intimidate Shaft. The affair
caused considerable excitement.
The bug infested timber which is
being sold in the Black Hills by the
forestry officials is going rapidly. Last
months sales We're approximately TO-
600. 600 feet, the majority of the timber
sold being in Pennington and Custer
counties 1t will be used chiefly for
railroad ties and rough timber. 1t is
expected that the sales this month will
be even greater than for the preceding
month. This timber is being disposed
of in al effort to combat the inroads
being made by the bark beetle upon
the forests of that section.
The seasons record for big loads of
wheat was broken by Geo. Cure one
day last week, when he hitched his
powerful threshing engine to 10 wagons
and hauled them from his place near
Putney to Groton As he came into
town with his valuable burden he pre-
sented the appearance of veritable
train of cars. Mr. Cure disposed of the
wheat to Geo. Hargrow, manager of
the Eagle Roller Milling Co., and the
ten loads aggregated over ], 600 bushels,
little better than 100 bushels to each
wagon. 1t brought 50 cents per bushel,
which was a good premium over card
prices the day it was sold. Mr.. Cure
finds this method of marketing grain
to be much more expeditions and eco.
nomical than with teams, and will con-
tinue to use it.
At the meeting of the Pierre board of
trade held Friday evening, after full
discussion, it was decided at once to
begin arrangements for gas belt festi-
val to be held at Pierre this fall at
some date which will not conflict with
other fall entertainments in the state.
The plan is for general exhibit of
grains and agricultural products of that
section of the state, and coupled with it
general carnival which will be
arranged for the entertainment of all
visitors to the city. Another feature
will be exhibits of gas-propelled
machinery and devices of all kinds, for
which space will be provided. Com
mittees will be appointed at once to
begin necessary preliminary work, and
the first festival will be made as sue
cessful as possible, that it may help the
following years along
Occasionally a man gets tired of
South Dakota. The milk is too yellow
or the honey too sweet, and he doesn't
like to have them flow over his land.
Anyway he parts with his farm, sells
his live stock and other things too
numerous to mention, and moves out
west. Then he takes his good South
Dakota money and buys farm that ia
today and Tomorrow is not. or he
tries Colorado and slushes around In
the mud irrigating strip SO narrow
that COW couldn't jump into field
because she jumps over 1t. Then he
hears of Arizona and goes down tc
hunt the bag of gold at the end of the
| rainbow. In the day time he scratches
sandburs ont of his flesh and nc night
!, the tarantulas nibble his feet and thu
ceatipedes crawl over his face. Wher
his money is all gone he feels like HI
did the first night he stayed sway yrcs.
home. He yearns for good old Soutl
Dakota, and the yearn sticks in hi
throat and chokes him until the tear
come to his eyes. He would give ,
months work to see the old cows stand
ing at the bars on his South Dakotl
farm and hear the horn blow for supper