Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-06-27

AS suSSccueu LII capturing tIle ldrSesl
fish which has been taken in either
OF the lakes this season with hook a nd
line. 1t was pickerel and weighed
eighteen pounds
r. Nj. Fiksdal and family departed
Tuesday for their new home IN Butte
county, where MIR. Fiksdal has taken
mp a claim, Their postoffice address
will be Chance. We are sorry to lose
the family and hope they will 10 well
in their new home.
Albert A. johnson, formerly of Lib.
erty township, Day county, and mem.
Der of the First South Dakota regimen,
during the Philippine war, has recently
graduated, with high honors, from the
University of Wisconsin, in the college
Of agriculture department.
Little Esther Paulson, the nine year.
old daughter of Deputy County Treas.
urer Paulson, gave q birthday Darty at
her parents home Monday afternoon
A large number of little folk were pre-.
sent and all had just one of those happy
times that only children can have.
Are you looking for home or invest.
ment? We have land in Colorado,
North Dakota, Gulf Coast and Pan
Handle Of Texas and Minnesota lands
Call and see rs
w. B. Taylor & Co.,
4th door north of postoffice.
George l.. and John l.. Isles, of Sioux
Falls, came up last Friday night and
Saturday went out to Enemy Swim
lake where they spent the time
until Monday night gathering in a
large number of fine fish which they
took with them to their home that eve.
ming.
Sergeant George Dohman, who has
served three years in the heavy artill.
cry coast service for Uncle Sam, has
finished his three year term of enlist.
ment and returned to visit his relatives
and friends in Day county. He has
not yet decided whether he will reenlist
or not,
Sometimes it pays TO be late. A
party of three drove to Summit Wed.
nesday morning to take the the Cannon
Ball for Webster aud missed 1t by three
minutes They were properly grateful
a little later IN the day when they drove
past the heap of wreckage. -Ortley
Optic.
G. w. Austin, president of the Bank
of Bruce, S. d., was in this city yester.
day looking after some real estate
investments which the concern owns in
this county. He reports crop as fan
advanced in South Dakota as they are
in Illinois, and feels sure of a splendid
harvest.
W. II. Chard, manager of the Will.
liams Brothers Lumber company, OF
this city, accompanied his wife and
children to Belle Plain, Mimi, last
Thursday where Mrs. Chard and the
children will visit for some weeks. Mr.
Chard arrived home Tuesday morning
of this week.
Joseph Wankey, father of Mrs. ID. B
Compton, arrived Monday night from
Oregon for a visit of several days with
the family of his daughter in this city
The gentleman was formerly resident
of Kidder township in this county and
has many friends who are very glad tc
meet him again.
Marriage licenses have been issued by
Clerk of Courts Smith during the past
week TO Joseph j. Meyer, of Crandall
aud Alsina G. Hulse, of Oak Gulch
Frank CT. Ewert, of Anamose, N. d.,
and Pauline Drager, of Webster; Alfred
Julius Moxness, of Bristol and Lena
Serena Aadland, of Lynn.
H. o. Frank, formerly of this city but
now located at Minneapolis, was in
Webster over Sunday and Monday look
ing after his interests in the Miller
and other properties and visit.
ing friends. He informed us that his
daughter would make Webster friends
a visit in the near future.
Jens Peterson's little son, Peter, was
playing with a pants buckle Friday
and stuck it in his mouth. In some
manner the buckle pierced through his
tongue and caused the little fellow a
great deal of pain. Jens happened to
come home just at the right time and
took the buckle from the little fellow &
mouth.
John Ray started with party and
the automobile for the lake last week
John got a good start The party
walked the remainder of the way and
John slept in the machine all night and
until some time the next day when a
gentleman came along who was wiser
than he on automobileology and got the
machine going again.
DIR. and Mrs. Schenecker came over
from Bristol Friday morning, the
doctor having returned the night before
rom his trip to Rochester. MINI. The
doctor is having hard work to find 9
residence in Webster into which t6
move his family, but believes he hal
secured one now and will make hit
home here after July 1.
Owing TO the fact that the time is uI