Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-08-15


up all the available mica grounds in the
southern hills and is fast acquiring
large acreage. The latest purchase is
the King group of four claims, SIX miles
northeast of Custer. The consideration
was S., 900 and the company will at once
put men and machinery at work.
The feature of the state convention of
Baptists, which will be held in Dead
wood early in October, will be the pres
ence of Governor Charles + Hughes, of
New York. Governor Hughes is
prominent member of the church and
has promised to take this opportunity
10 see something of the Black Hills
He will be the principal speaker at the
convention.
Because they were refused service at
the ice cream tables of drug store,
several colorod persons of Deadwood
are up in arms and threaten legal action
against the proprietor of the store
Several men and women entered the
drug store and asked for ice cream and
were told that only white trade was
catered to. The husbands of the women
declare they will take the matter into
the courts.
Peter Heyn, son of Mr.. and Mrs Emil
Heyn, of Watertown, was murdered a
few days ago at j mestown, the motive
being robbery. Young Heyn was in
the employ of street car company in
the exposition city. On the evening of
pay day he was attacked by two soldiers
and robbed. In the encounter he
received injuries from the effects of
which he died. His identity was dis
closeh through letter found on his
person from brother, George Heyn, of
Goodwin, 5. ID.
Since it is shown the black bass will
not remain in Lake Kampeska, near
WATERFOWL, owing to the fact, it is pre-
sumed, that the lake bed is too free
from vegetable growth, it is proposed by
General @. II. Englesby that the federal
government put million pike in the
lake to replenish the somewhat depleted
stock Conceal Englesby has already
forwarded TO the proper officials
request for the restocking of the lake
with fish, and particularly with pike.
A controversy has arisen over the
spelling of the new town of Wasta, on
the Northwestern extension 70 the
Black Hills. The word is pronounced
Washta and means good but the adopted
spelling is Wasta, the $50 having the
ssh" sound, due to the fact that the
French alphabet was used in reducing
the Sioux language to writing. The
old frontiersmen, however, who for a
quarter of century have quenched
their thirst at the good springs stand
for Washta and will not be satisfied
with anything else.
Foreman r. ID. Empey is experience
ing considerable trouble in getting a
crew of men to work on the construc-
ton OF new tracks, ETC., in the yards in
Milbank. A large number of men have
been shipped from the cities but only a
small per cent arrive at Milbank. They
get off on the way and go to harvesting
as the wages are better at that work
At present he has eighteen men where
he ought to have at least fifty. How
ever, he expects the company will raise
the wages from 81. IS to 81 which will
help to increase his force.
Fire Thursday in a group of frame
business houses and other buildings on
the lower end of Tenth street, near the
Rock Island railroad depot, Sioux Falls,
caused a loss of several thousand dol
lars The fire originated in the rear of
the Sioux Falls Dye works. In few
minutes several buildings were in a
mass of flames. For time the Bur-
lington hotel seemed in danger, but the
flames were controlled by the fire
department before they had been CON-
municated to the hotel to any alarming
degree. A small livery barn and several
horses were consumed.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Harry p. Cool
idge, of Lead City, last Thursday, cele-
brated the golden wedding anniversy
their friends are pointing to the unusual
feature of the event twenty-five
years ago in Columbus, Neb, Mr.. and
Mrs. Coolidge held their silver ami
versary, when the members of their
immedirte family subscribed their
names in the family album. Exactly
the same names were again written in
the album by their respective owners,
and the history shows that there has
been no death in the family in over
thirty years. The last family reunion
consisted of five sons and their wives
and fifteen grandchildren. The Cool
idges were married in Glenwood, Iowa,
in 1857, Mr.. Coolidge being then but
twenty-five and his bride, Miss Theda
NJ, Wheeler, only sixteen. Mr. Cool
idge's mother is still hale and hearty
at her Iowa nome at the age of ninety
two years. Three of the sons reside in
Lead, Joseph w. Coolidge in Omaha,
and William K. Coolidge in Rosalie,
Neb.