Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-08-08

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the circus into custody and they will be
isolated to prevent further spread. The
circus was detained for fumigation just
below Rapid City and is now on its way
east
| To give HIM fortune of cent, which
was willed him by a wealthy brother,
relatives in Chicago are trying to ascer.
tain the whereabouts of Michael Cor
coran Letters have been received by
coran be traced, not on account OF the
munificens Of his brothers will, but TO
settle up the estate. In the letters it Is
said that Corcoran is believed TO have
gone TO Deadwood in 1853, but at that
time coyotes and jack rabbits would
have been his sole companions had he
gone then. So far no one has been
found who knows where Mr. Corcoran
is aud the cent may 20 begging.
II. j. Rice, of Huron, grand secretary
South Dakota, l. .. o f, gives notice
| that sealed proposals for securing the
location Of the Odd Fellows home, TO be
erected the coming year Will be received
by him in Huron until noon Of January
10. 1908 The conditions required are:
healthfulness; schools and educational
facilities; church and Sunday school
opportunities; moral conditions; agri-
cultural advantages and railway fach-
ties. A committee has been named by
the local lodge to represent Huron's
interest in the location of this home and
other lodges in rhe state are taking sim.
liar action
Gov johnson, of Minnesota, probably
would be in line for strong vote in
this state if he were presidential can
didate if all his namesakes would stand
stand by him. The last census shows
that the Johnsons lead them all in the
state with 5,940 The Andersons do
not lag far behind, showing 5, 10. The
Olsons are next with 1850, and the
Smiths get IN ahead of the other Scan
dinavians with 1880, against 3,150 Mel
sons, Petersons with 3,079 and Hansons
with 1880, and these are ahead Of the
Jones and Browns, thd former number
ing 1895 and the latter $40 The vii
liams family comes next with $50
Frank A. Craft, the state fire marshal.
is now making for trip through the
Black Hills country to make an inspec-
ton of the conditions with reference 10
the prevention of fires in the business
district. He has been performing his
duties only one month, but Mr.. Craft
states that he finds there is much work
in store for him in every town that he
visits. There is much careiessness in
the slowing away of waste paper, and
he finds many defective fiues. 1t is his
business to look after these matters and
notify the owners of property to have
them corrected at once. In this city he
has already accomplished good work.
Mr.. Craft will spend three weeks in the
Hills country.
South Dakota divorces, of world wide
fame, may be the subject of a special
Investigation by the United States gov
eminent. For several days past j.
Swinburn, of Washington, connected
with the pureau of statistics, has been
working on the Lawrence county rec
ords, securing statistics on divorce. Mr..
Swinburn volunteered the information
that he has been instructed to obtain
the number of divorces granted in this
county from 1887 TO date, twenty years,
as well as the cause named, the time the
couple were married, whether there was
alimony granted, a contest made, and
similar data Thus far he has found
that mp to 1905 there were $40 divorces
granted in that county, a remarkably
low figure. After obtaining his inform
alton here Mr.. Swinburn will work the
other prominent counties Of the state
where divorce data will be Of service to
the government. Further information
on his mission Mr.. Swinburn will not
divulge.
An Aberdeen dispatch of last Friday
says of Thursday nights storm: "Sev-
eral farmers face ruin or mortgages
which will tie them down for some
time to come as result of hailstorm
that swept through this section of the
state. First reports did not exaggerate
this disaster, which is the worst of the
kind ever known in this region. One
farmer reports $40 acres devastated;
another 1,l20 acres of crop wiped out
Many who banked on big harvest find
themselves not only minus crops but
with useless ground, injured cattle
damaged buildings and homes. The
area Of the storm was more than sixth
miles in length and seven miles II
width. A particularly sad case i
reported from west of this city of ,
farmer who ordered machinery thre
weeks ago. Since then he has burie'
his son aud his daughter and now tn
wife and only child are in the hospital
and his entire crop wiped out
Immense sheets of solid ice still AT
seen on low ground The strom starte
northwest Of Aberdeen and passed du
south through Warner, Rudolph, Ror
all - A .hk<. .,d Mallo$fa an Cv,;v,