Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-04
NgwsY STATE NOTES.

ROAD tTdCks anu upon lhc va VI u
creek. where ne was found unconscious,
entirely stripped OF his clothing, nd
seriously burned and bruised He wi II
recover.
Active preparations for attending the
annual tournament OF the South Dat ota
Tennis association, which win COM
mence al Madison on July 8, are being
made by the tennis players OF Sioux
Falls. II has been determined that the
Sioux Falls Tennis club will send at
least three teams TO, compete in the
doubles at the tournament will be
accompanied by number of vi.ito RS
from Sioux Falls.
The till of private, poker joint at
Watertown was robbed OF $50, and
Bert Foster was arrested the next day
An empty money sack was found in hi s
room at the hotel. He is said to be with
bill poster crew for Barnum s. Bailey.
A burglar also entered the home of NJ.
r Baskerville, former mayor. The
men accidently met on stairway aud
Baskerville was covered with gun,
until the thief escaped
Prominent steam threshermen Of
Beadle county have issued call for a
meeting of owners and operators of
threshing rigs of this state, to be held at
the looms of the Huron Oommerc al
club Tuesday afternoon, July l6, for
the purpose of organizing a state associ :
alton Each community is requested to
send one or more delegates The pur-
pose of the organization is to promote
the interests of threshermen and TO
adopt uniform rules as TO the manage :
ment of their business Preparatio ms
are being made for large attendance
| from all over the state.
O. K. Ely, of De Smet, who was
arrested on the charge of selling intox-
icatIng liquor without license, waived
his preliminary examination and fur.
nished bonds for his appearance in cir
cult court The liquor which Ely is
charged with having SOLIDS beverag 9
known as "Gold Foam" The state
takes the ground that the liquor w as
brewed, and therefore .came within tn
statute, regardless.of whether there was
enough alcohol to intoxicate The
question to be determined by the ju ry
will be as to whether it is AMI intoxi Ca :
ting liquor within thetmeaning....of the
law regulating the traffic.
A shooting affray in Gorman's saloo n
at Britton last week nearly resulted in
the death of Daniel Mulvenna, of Wav-
erly township. The shootingiwas done
by Ed Naddy, of Kidder, who fired three
shots from revolver. One shot glance d
across the bar and was imbedded in tn e
wall after crashing through bottle on
the back-bar; another found a sresting
place in the floor and the third hit the
wall. In firing the first shot Naddy
shot through his own left hand. The
bullets came so close to Mulvenna that
several buttons werel clipped off his
clothing. There was quite crowd in
the saloon at the time aud it was m ir-
acle that no one was hit aNaddy was
arrested
Because some of his friends had
chaffsd him about an investment he
made Terry Gilbertson, of Colum bia,
twenty.one years old, committed suicide
by shooting. Gilbertson was the owner
of store building inf Columbia and
recently rented it to druggist. 1t was
reported that Gilbertson had an interest
in the drug business, and. as ithe. town
already had one drug store some of the
young mans friends jokinglyl told him
that he had displayed poor, Abusiness
sense. GiIbertson appears to have been
annoyed over this and yesterday morn
ing went to the cellar of the store where
he was employed Sand shot himself
through the head with small calibre
rifle.
Two strangers while snroute through
the country from Rapid City, stole q
boat tied in the Bad river at Ft. Pierre
which belonged to Mr.. Swarthaus, and
tried to make getaway down the
Missouri river. The loss was soon dis
covered and one Of the gasoline: Launches
was sent in pursuit. About eighteen
miles down the river. opposite Manuel
Sylvia's. the thieves took note of their
pursueas aud tried to make their escape
by going to the bank and racing away
But the marshall was soon in possession
of the fugitives and brought them back
to Fort Pierre where thew will work
ont fine imposed OF twenty five dollars
and costs.
Starting with capital of only S38,
and in . few years accommodating e75, 00C
Is the record made by j. s. Hamilton,
formerly resident OF Lead. but now :
ranchman near Stacy, Mont. Owing
= III health, Hamilton, who il car
penter BY trade, left the Hills some
yeArs ago and went TO Montana. When
he arrived - his destination he had
only SO In cash. He was fortunate
enough TO b able to Ole on : l0o-aors
tract near Stacy. and q odd hours
| worked n town e HE trade. with No
money thus earned be improved HE
ranch and from Zine % dine purchssed
| : feW heado f cafflo IA aoon raoowspnd