Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-12-19


flew from the hands of an employee of
the Hub City grocery, at Aberdeen,
about o'clock Saturday night, con-
nected with piece of floor saturated
with kerosene, the fire spread to tank
of gasoline holding about 100 gallons of
that liquid, this blew mp and the whole
thing resulted in loss of about 50, 900.
The state land department. has
received from the general government
clear list for 2l,798 acres of land
which has been selected in the Pierre
land district to take the place of Indian
allotments on state lands. Another
clear list was received for $50 acres
selected in the Rapid City district in
lieu of lands selected by the govern
ment to create the Wind Cave govern
ment reserve in the Black Hills.
AT reception rendered at Pierre
Thursday evening to Evangelist r. e.
Johnson and his co-workers before they
left for Alexandria, movement was
under way for the opening of a new Y.
NJ. G A. reading room in Pierre and
within ten minutes $1,000 had been
| pledged to begin the work A further
canvas will increase this fund and it is
expected TO get the movement under
way at as early date as possible.
| @ E. Sanders, OF Chicago, represent
| ing, the National Plow Manufacturers
association at WATERFOWL last week,
declared that in another year the retail
implement dealers will have to buy
upon ninety days time with discount
of per cent per month, the manufac-
turers will insist upon settlement upon
receipt of invoice and the jobbers will
do the same with the retailers, and the
trade will be forced to sell on the same
terms exacted for hardware, furniture
and dry goods.
Just as he had suffered the MASKING
of his right hand in piece of machin-
cry on which he was working, Horace
Scott, a young baker of Deadwood, who
has attained some fame on the baseball
field, received flattering offer to go to
| Butte, Montana, next summer as a
member of the Butte team for the
season of 1908 Scott, who formerly
resided in ST. Louis, won fame there as
pitcher, but the accident he has just
met with sffectually will cripple him,
and his baseball drys are over
A damage suit has grown out of the
recent sudden death of Mrs. Gertrude
Nicolson Brown, Canadian member
OF the Sioux Falls divorce colony. The
plaintiff in the suit is Charles HI. Bart
cit, local attorney who had been
engaged by Mrs Brown to conduct her
suit for divorce. The defendant is l..
ID. Miller, also of that city, coroner of
Minnehaha county. Bartlett seeks to
recover damages from Miller in the sum
of $1,000 for alleged slanderous state.
ments made by Miller in reference to
him
The federation council of the
Churches of Christ in South Dakota has
closed its annual meeting in Sioux Falls
after two days. successful convention.
1t was voted to hold the next annual
meeting in the city of Mitchell on
December 10 and IL, 1908 The follow
ing officers were elected President
w. III. Thrall, Huron; vice president,
@. B. Hogan, Huron; secretary, h. b.
Hudson, Huron; treasurer, J. b. Booth,
De Smet; executive committee, B.
Rifenback, Huron, H. p. Carson,
Huron, L. V. Stevens, Yarkton.
Herman Felson, who has been dish
washer at the Elk cafe in Pierre, Friday
evening develoDed insanity, and half
clad, jumped from his room in the
second story of the Phoenix hotel. He
fell into cellar way. He scrambled
out, and, running to an engine in the
railway yards, he asked the fireman for
a revolver with which to defend him.
self. He was taken into custody, and
on being searched more than $500 in
cash was found in his clothing The
insanity commission declared him to be
insane. He will be returned to Yank-
ton county.
i During the winter season Mitchell
will be busy entertaining the various
conventions which will assemble before
the opening OF spring. The first con-
vention scheduled for the months is the
South Dakota Corn Show and Breeders
association, which will be held COM
mencing on Tuesday of this week, last
ing three days. This is held under the
direction of expert corn growers. Large
cash premiums have been offered to
bring out the exhibits. Following this
meeting will come the South Dakota
Telephone association, which is sched
uled for two days. meeting, beginning
January 8. Following the telephone
men will come the Improved Live Stock
Breeders association for the latter part
of January and continuing over one day
in February. When the stockmen
assemble in Mitchell for the next meet
ing they will be greeted by an enlarged
building, which was built last spring.
During the week Of the stock show the