Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-18


river just below the falls Thursday.
She was playing with some other child
rem and they were wading in the shall.
low water on the rocks.
Albert Johnson aged 20, living seven
miles from Garretson became violently
insane. He went to Garretson and
sought the arrest of his brother, claim
ing the latter tried TO kill him, but ii
developed that he had himself attacked
farm hand. He was taken to Sioux
Falls, and sent TO the insane asylum at
Yankton.
Congressman Philo Hall has returned
to Brookings from northern Minnesota,
where he spent few weeks in the
woods for the benefit of his health.
He had been suffering from nervous
collapse, the result of overwork and
grief at the death Of his favorite son,
but returns completely restored to old
time vigor.
The Roberts county commissioners
turned down the two applications for
liquor licenses from Peever and the
town will have to go without liquid
refreshments of an Intoxicating nature
for at least month, until a more
acceptable application has been pre-.
sented and published the required
length of time.
Without any special ceremony the
last spike in the connecting line of the
Northwestern road between the eastern
and western parts of the state was
driven at $40 last Wednesday evening
about four miles from Philip, ninety
miles west of Pierre. 1t is not likely
that passenger service will be started
before the first of August.
Lawrence county has received $25, 600
liquor license fees, which represent
$500 each for 81 retail licenses and $500
each for four wholesale licenses that
were taken out in the county for this
this year. Under the new state law
the county retains all OF the money. BY
the former law the state got two-fifths
of all the license money collected by
the county.
Because the Northwestern railroad
refused to make an excursion rate OF
20 cents for the volunteer firemen's
picnic the firemen have declared boy
colt on railroad property. At a meet
ing they voted 10 refuse to protect rail-
road property or to render any assis-
lance in case of fire. The railroad is
given until July % to make the con-
cession of 10 cent rate.
Rev. S. +. Very, of Sioux Falls, who
was in Vermillion for week in the
interest of the state Sunday School
union, reports that during the past year
the union established 100 Sunday schools
in South Dakota with membership of
,525; 734 bibles were distributed, 9.274
pastoral calls were made and 1852 ser.
mons were delivered Two churches
have been organized and two reopened.
Thirty-seven stations were opened for
pastors.
Governors day at the state encamp-
ment at Watertown proved to be dis
appointment, both to the troops and to
the citizens, who expected to meet the
the governor. Governor Crawford was
summoned to st Paul, Mimi, by the
South Dakota board of railroad com.
missioners, who have under consider
alton the fixing OF the physical value of
the railroads in the state, and the ST.
Paul meetipg last Saturday was in fur
therance of this work The governor
and his wife were present Monday.
That the business of the state land
department is growing all the time, and
that Commissioner Dokken has larger
financial department to look after than
any of his predecessors, is shown by the
fact that the fund to be handled by that
department at the end of the fiscal year
was S5,24l ,08 IL, this including the
permanent school, endowment and cap
ital land funds. This fund will grow
with every year, and it will take wise
management to keep it all earning
money for the purpose for which it is
intended.
A large number of towns in the west
ern part of the state have suddenly
found themselves to be under practi-
cally state prohibition law. The state
liquor law provides that no liquor
license shall be granted in any COM
munity unless vote favorable thereto
shall have been given at the last proceed
ing regular election. The new settle
ments had no election last spring, there
being no people there to hold one. The
next regular election will not take place
until next April, and the earliest date
upon which saloons can be opened
under the law will be July l, 1908. In
a number Of instances the county COM
missioners Of the various counties have
granted licenses, but these are now
being questioned, and warnings have
been issued regarding further granting
permits. 1t is likely that good many
of the border towns will continue dry
till next summer.