Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-02
Thursday, July 2, 1908.
NEwsy STATE NOTES.


lished on August L With view to
having the boundaries follow out town.
ship section lines, the new district Is
taken from the Dickinson and Bismarck
districts in North Dakota and the Rapid
City in South Dakota.
Three men giving their names as
Kanavaugh, Sheideman and Burns are
held at Pierre to be taken TO Phillip for
hearing before United States Com
missioner Glow on a charge Of possess
ing counterfeit coins They were
arrested at Wolsey on burglary charge
and when searched, the bad money was
found upon them and the government
took charge of the men.
What was believed at Lead to have
been the suicide of Ell Mastrovich by
shooting first with revolver and then
with shotgun, now is thought to have
been murder The coroner's jury
brought In verdict putting the matter
in the hands of the sheriff. New evil
ience indicated that Mastrovich could
not have shot himself in the manner he
met his death No arrests have been
made vet.
While the returns are not all In from
the different counties on the teachers
examinations OF this month, those
which are reporting do not show that
any great number OF applicants were
out. State Superintendent Ustrud says
the Indications are that the shortage Of
teachers will be more severely felt in
the state this year than it was last year
when many of the country schools were
not opened until late in the fall on
account of the lack in teaching force.
A fire of unknown origin threatened
to wipe the little city OF Central off the
map. The confagration began in the
residence of Miner Phillips at 10 a. M,
and spread to the adjoining building.
When it was found that the Phillips
residence and the one directly adjoining
were beyond control, the firemen bent
their efforts to saving six other struc.
lures IN the row, and succeeded. The
two residences were destroyed at loss
of about four thousand dollars. The
fire is believed by many to have been
the work of firebug.
Homesteaders in Lyman county
claim that some of the cattlemen
refuse TO pay any attention to the herd
law which was voted in that county at
a special election in May, and when
complaint is made to them of the
depredations of their stock, they say
the law does not go into effect until
two years after the vote Is taken. The
cattle interests will Only suffer by such
action, as the law Is in effect, and some
homesteader with sufficient nerve will
some day gather in good bunch Of
stray steers and collect damages enough
to pay herder several months.
The officers of the corn palace at
Mitchell who have charge of the
amusement end Of the enterprise, were
in Chicago last week making their con-
tracts for the big fail festival. They
expect to secure the services of some
prominent band and string of vaude-
vile artists for the interior OF tho corn
palace and for the free street attrac-
tions. IL will be the aim of the palace
management this year to make greater
display OF the agriculture features Of
the state. II has always been good, but
IL will be made better than ever this
year. The dates OF the palace ae from
September 2S to October 3.
The various committees in charge Of
arrangements are rapidly completing
preparations for the twenty-second
annual encampment Of the Lake Madi-
son Veterans association, which will
be held on July I, 2, 3 and A. at Dell
Rapids. north Of Sioux Falls. Among
tho prominent outside speakers who
will be- present and make addresses
during the encampment will be Ex-Gov-
Van SAINT, Of Minnesota, and Chaplain
Jessie Cole, Of Marshalltown, La. Music
for the encampment will be furnished
BY the Dell Rapids band and the Sioux
Falls drum corps. A special progrcm
has been prepared for the closing day,
july 4, one Of the features OF which
will bo the grand display Of fireworks
in the evening.
In an opinion by justice Corson the
supreme court. June %. sustained the
lower court OF Dawson county in giving
! Judgment Of $4,000 70 Carrie B.
Palmer against Conrad SEIZURE. .
soloonkesper II Ethan, and the West.
ern Surety company. his bondsmen'
Palmer, the husband Of the plaintiff
committed suicide after : prolonged
sproe In which Il was alleged h
eeoured the liquor at the saloon d
eohurs, who continued . cell 20 him
aftsr il was IN an intoxicated condition
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rIen o. new evidences, whioh Wonl;
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