Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-24
REPORTER AND FARMER.
NEWSY TAT NOTES.

state lands since the frat OF December,
and l5S Of them were issued since the
first of the present month, 50 Of them
being called for on January T. The
applications come from practically
every county in the state where land
sales have meen made, but most of
them from the southern part Of the
state. Clay county taking "a, Mime
haha 90, Hutchinson 81 and other coun-
ties large numbers.
No state school or endowment lands
will be offered for sale this year, that
decision having been reached by the
state lands board. This puts the leas-
ing dates all Oh March 10. The mini
mum lease price was given an upward
trend, ranging from 7 cents an acre
west of the Missoari river, 10 cents in
the counties along the east bauk of that
stream, and from that on mp TO 81 an
acre in Uuion county.
The high school of Lead city heads
the list of ali the high schools in the
state, having enrolled 40 pupils. Sioux
Falls is second in the list with $50.
These figures have been taken from the
new high school directory, which shows
Aberdeen TO b. the third town in
Importance, having 293 pupils in the
high school and u instructors, The
first two have Ia aud lG respectively in
their high schools,
Gerhard j Sanders, a veteran Of the
cival war and a pioneer Of this city, was
burned as he slept ia his home in Yank-
ton Friday. His body was in plain
sight, but could not be reached. as il
Was balanced on a heavy floor joist in
the enter of the fire. He lived alone
and leaves three adult daughters and
one sou. An overturned lamp is the
supposed cause of the tragedy.
Two more producing companies in
the Black Hills have closed down, being
unable 10 meet the eight-hour demand
OF the unions. The Giltedge Maid, in
the Galena district, paid off its men
and the Golden Crest, in the same dis
the suspended operations last week.
Both were operating cyanide plants,
nj 60 and one l5o-tons capacity
AT the annual meeting of the State
Historical society held in Pierre last
.ura.E ekn ALL In.wl .nn, r1.nlnaA,l
consisting OF g. T.. De Land, B. A.
Cummins, joan Hays and Chaplain
DAILY The officers selected were; II
r. Kerr, president; Or. DeLorme W.
Robinson, vice president; Doane Robin
son, secretary.
February ) doubtless will Re the date
W hrn the famous silver trowel, which
early ia December 1905. was started
osf by a Masonic lodge, of New York
20 make a our Of the Masonic
lodges OF the world, will reach Sioux
Falls from Ceder Rapids, Iowa, where
A. has been for several weeks.
That he has found a gold mine on his
farm IL the confident belief of Lars p.
Olson. a farmer living northwest of
Sioux Falls He has nj samples of
his quartz to the assayers in New York
TO be- tested. To make sure that no one
else gets the niue, Olson has filed a
mineral claim on the tract.
The coolest weather known in sew
eral years struck Deadwood Thursday
This week the thermometer dropped as
low as % below zero For the first
in the history of Deadwood some suf-
fering Is reported among the poorer
classes, owing TO the lack of coal aud
other necessities
J. II. j. Black, grand chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias for South
Dakota, who has travelled for years for
different type boundaries, has decided
TO give up the road and has opened a
job printing Office in Sioux Falls. He
announces that it will be q union Office.
Gov. Crawford has appointed as del
egates to the convention for national
extension OF foreign IN at wash
ington: p. +. Sherman, Sioux Falls;
Kirg J. Phillips. Deadwood: Horace
Fishback, Bookings; H. p. Packard,
Redield; John Martin, WATERFOWL.
The school board Of Armour has let
the contract for the erection Of the new
building to w. G.. Merten, of Emerson,
Neb. The contract price is $23, $40, not
including heating and plumbing. The
bnilding will be 74x9a feet, ten rooms,
solid brick.
The courts have decided that a tie vote
on she license question at Willow
Lakes last spring means no saloons and
che two which were granted license
Las spring by the town counsel who
took the other view have closed their
doors.
The following patents have recently
been issued By the United States patent
.ofice 70 South Dakotans: Wnfred
Baker, Aberdeen, steam valve; Paul B.
rfoughtor, Carpenter. exhaust nozzel
Frank Mart. Wsconda, shock dealer.
The wstsrtown city council stood
soos 20 four on the proposition to pro
hlhat sunday theatres in Watertowr
"a ths mayor gave she casting vote
n ths snlxmstive and the Sunday thea
! MR. of the pat.