Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-02
NEWsY STATE NOTES.

OeluS uudue lOT tDe ueulCdtlOu OF the
new Methodist church at Mitchell on
January 26 Rev. Joseph Powell will
be the principal speaker.
The next meeting of the South Dakota
state board of pharmacy for the trans
action of regular business and the exam
ination of candidates for registration
will be held at Canton on January s.
City officials of Deadwood have
started a housekeeping among the
tough element of the city and have
commenced by raiding several of the
notorious "dope" resorts.
The state permanent school fund has
received from the general government
a draft for $l9,012 %, which is five per
cent from the sales of government
lands within the stats for the year
ending June 30
The Northwestern railroad has just
installed on its interurban trains
between Lead and Deadwood cash
register system that will do away with
the present method of giving passen-
gers receipts for all cash fares.
The Portland hotel, erected at cost
of $4,000 at Yankton was formerly
opened to the public New Years day
with dinner, followed by reception
and ball. @. X. Brock, formerly of
the Brunswick, is the new landlord
William Jarman, a wealthy farmer
who lived eight miles southwest of
Wilmot, committed suicide bv hanging
himself Saturday night He was found
Sunday in vacant house, hanging to
the rafters. Family trouble Is said to
have caused the suicide
Charging that John Dayton, a
neighbor, had taken three deliberate
shots at HIM, Hiram Burch, a prospec-
tor living at Nahat, had the former
arrested. DAYTON denied the accusation
and as there were no witnesses to the
affair, he was released.
The state capitol commission will
meet at Pierre on the third of January
to clear up the business of the year,
and the settlement for construction
work already completed; aud TO con
slider general business in relation to
further extension of the construction.
A room at the federal building in
Pierre is being fitted up for the perma-
nent occupancy of postal inspector
who will be located with headquarters
at the capital Inspector Mullen, who
has been operating from Sioux Falls,
will soon be there to make headquar-
tiers
AS he stepped from the doors of the
Sioux Falls Penitentiary, John III. Will
son, alias Fox, was rearrested by an
officer from Illinois. 1t is alleged that
Wilson, as he is better known here, was
paroled prisoner from the penitentiary
at Joliet at the time he got into trouble
in South Dakota
Governor Crawford Ia s selected dele
gates to the meeting of the Trans Mis-
souri, Dry Farming Congress at Salt
Lake City, Jan % to 20 They are
James Philip, O. l.. Millet, J D Carr,
Fort Pierre; Henry Hudson, Dan Bier
wagon, Leslie; @. V. Gardner, Pied
mont; j. d. Saddler, Tama.
The reports filed by the insurance
companies doing business in this state
for 1906 show that they incurred $425,-
05S GO in fire losses While there is no
way to learn what their loses were for
1907 until they make their annual
reports, il is likely that the figures will
be about the seme as for 1906
petition in voluntary bankruptcy
has been flied in the United States court
in Sioux Falls by Merritt NJ Graves, a
farmer residing Day county. He sehed-
ules his liabilities at 81 $40 20, with
assets of $l05. The case will be adju-
dicated by Referee in Bankruptcy
Charles N. Harris, of Aberdeen.
Miss May McAlmon, of Minneapolis,
until recently teacher in the Holland
school has been appointed critic teacher
at the South Dakota Normal school, at
Madison, s. ID. DIR. Jordon speaks
highly of Miss McAlmon's qualifica-
tons. Former teachers from the Min
neapolis public schools are now teach
ing in seventeen normal schools.
A new species of crank is operating at
Valley Springs. The unknown crank
appears to have a mania for shooting
into the building of the town at night.
Fortunately no one has been injured
thus far, but several miraculous escapes
are reported The latest escapade of
the crank was to fire bullet through a
window in the home of Mrs. Mellen.
Now the town board has decided that
extreme measures are necessary to put
an end to the antics of the crank, and
accordingly has offered reward for
information which will warrant an
arrest being made. 1t is expected the
guilty party will be arrested In the near
future, and when this is accomplished
he will be vigorously prosecuted.