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

Robert ROuval miner. made a mis-
step as he was standing on timber
over an abandoned shaft, on the 400
foot level, aud plunged head long down
ward 100 feet to his death. He leaves
wife and two children
The limited school facilities of
Mitchell, made so by the greatly
increased POPULATION in the past five
years, has claimed the attention of the
board of education to the extent that at
the meeting resolution was adopted
requesting the mayor Is call special
election Immediately to vote on the
issuance of S69, 900 in bonds for the pur-
pose of erecting new high school
building.
Senator Kittredge is spending the
holidays with his aged parents in the
old home in New Hampshire. The
senator's parents have been married
fifty years, and during the holidays the
golden wedding Will be celebrated. 1t
is understood that Senator Kittredge
will return to South Dakota about the
first of February to give personal atten-
ton to his campaign for reelection to
the senate.
Possessing fine artesian well, spout
ing up hundreds of barrels of water
each day, the citizens of Presho have
organized for establishing large lake
near the town. Eight acres of ground
will be devoted to the project, and they
have received the assurances from the
superintendent OF the Milwaukee CON-
pany that it will assist in the making of
Presho one of the most picturesque
spots along the western extension of
the road
| Brooding for years over the suit of
relative who tried to collect COM
mission for securing her husband, is
believed to unhinged the reason of Mrs.
Ida Staley. Several yeats ago Mrs.
Staler purchased ranch on Chicken
creek, near Spearfish, but found it too
lonely She promised a cousin $500 if
he would bring about her marriage.
This was accomplished, but Mrs. Staley
neglected to pay the debt and the
cousin brought suit.
In the midst of their Christmas mer-
riment, sorrow stalked into the home
of John b. Roth, a Homestake miner
at Lead, when word was brought to
the house that the father had been
killed in the mine by fall of rock.
The family were enjoying reunion.
the elder children. who live away from
home, having returned, when the acct
dent occurred. Roth was blockholding
when huge slab of rock slipped and
crushed out his life. He leaves widow
and six young children.
Christmas shoppers at Rapid City
were treated To the unusual spectacle
of buying bv candle light as in the
early days. For some time past repairs
have been going on at the electric light
1
large 100 foot stack when it tumbled
over and resulted in bursting the boiler
connections and putting the plant tenn
porarily out of business. The old stack
which was being used, was badly
crushed and knocked off the roof of the
building By the fall of the new one.
Another good berth was secured by a
Rapid City man when DR. A NJ Grit.
! fin was notified that he had been named
by the Northwestern railroad as the
new district surgeon for the road in the
Black Hills in addition to his duties as
local surgeon at Rapid City. This
district covers the railroads route
between Deadwood and the new town
of Phillip $50 miles in length, and all
local surgeons for the company in the
Hills Will be under DR. Gri fins super.
vision
If the plans of John w. DeKay, for
merly well known resident of White.
wood, materialize, he is likely to
mcguire both fame and fortune. Word
has just been received that DeKay has
become successful promoter and is
now In Mexico. where he will shortly
open the Mexican Packing company's
new plant DeKay was an exception
ally bright newspaper man at Dead
wood He has secured not only the
support but the financial aid of Presi-
dent Diaz. who is one or the principal
stockholders in the packing company.
The Letcher Chronicle, the Oldest
established paper in Letcher has been
sold to L. o. Larson, better known as
the elliott Correspondent" Rev. @.
f. DeGroff. the retiring editor went to
Letcher in 1896 as pastor of the Letcher
Congregational church. In 1902 he pur.
chased the Letcher Chronicle and for a
year edited the paper and spoke from
the pulpit. A year later he resigned
the postorate of the church and has
remained until the present time editor
of the paper. Mr.. DeGraff will return
again to the ministry and goes to Wan
bay. s. d., as pastor Of the Con grega-
! tional church of that place.