Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-08-20
NEwsY STATE NOTES.

a prominent farmer near Miller, caught
his foot in stirrup while riding u
horse and was dragged to death.
An effort is being made to have the
name of the town of Hot Springs
changed to Minnekahta on eccount of
the difficulty in advertising this city TO
any advantage and not accrue TO the
benefit of Hot springs, Ark
Summit was visited by burglars three
times last week. Burdlne's store being
the first on Sunday evening when they
helped themselves to pipes and tobacco.
Moray evening Brustuen's place was
visited but nothing missed The third
was Saturday night at Hanson's store
wher several dollars in money was
taken.
The owners of mineral lands in the
Black Hills section of the state think
they have been assessed too high by the
assessment board, and this week r. E.
Grimshaw, of Deadwood, the assessor
for Lawrence county, appeared to ask
for a reduction. AS several of the board
were away no action was taken. The
matter will be taken up ut later date.
The first case for violation of the
prohibition law in Mitchell was that OF
Mrs. L. M. Holbrook, arrested OH the
charge of having sold intoxicating
liquors in her drug store without a
license. The Holbrook drug store was
opened few weeks after prohibition
went into effect and as there were four
drug stores alres dy this one was looked
upon with suspicion
The state superinten6snt's depart
ment is receiving reports from several
counties in regard 90 a largely increas, d
number Of applicants for teachers Ger.
tificates at the August examination and
the indications are for the largest num-
Der of papers than for any examination
ever held in the state. 1t is hoped that
out of this number enough will pass 70
fill the demand for teachers.
The Milwaukee road has closed deal
for three quarter sections of land three
miles east tsf Groton where a division
point will be established. Certain men
who claim they have been given the
inside of the deal, say that while the
coast extension is going on and the
rA hro 0H 81 L. A
necessary to have more yard room and
this ground was secured for tlaat pur-
pose.
Miss Lydia Mueller, living on her
fathers farm near Kuhn, was dragged
quarter of q mile by the teeth of q
hay rake which she was driviag. The
rake struck rock and she was thrown
from her seat falling in front Of the
teeth, the team at the team at the same
time starting to run. Her clothes were
torn from her person and she was badly
bruised bat 1t ia thought she will
recover.
United States Marshall Seth Bullock
took George Horras, the yoaag Hot
Springs banker who was charged with
wrecking his bank by the embeGzle-
nent of $4,000, to Sioux Falls where
he plead guilty before Judge Garland.
His wealthy father in Iowa did all he
and money could do to save the son but
restitution of the funds could not save
him. Five years imprisonment in the
federal penitentiary at Lesvenworth,
Kan, was the sentence pronounced
The authorities of Scotland are being
urged TO obtain non-detachable root
for the town Jail. This agitation began
few DAYS ago when a prisoner named
Bissen almost escaped by the simple
process of lifting the roof The town
marshall saw the roof moving and
pinched himself to make sure he was
not dreaming. 1t was up distance of
eight inches when Bissen was stopped
and bandcuffs placed on him. He had
been arrested for trying TO pass n check
signed by q man unknown there.
DIR. T. H. Hicks, OF Milbank, state
veterinarian, and Federal Inspector
Smith, of M.tohell, are both on the
anthrax, cases In Yankton and Clay
counties which have been placed under
quarantine for thirty days pending the
out come for the fight against the
disease. or the 81 farms visited by DR..
Smith the loss has been ITO Of which 40
were horses. Az DR.. Smith has visited
only one-tenth Of the affected farms. it
will be seen that the ravages Of the
disease are more serious than at first
supposed. The impression 10 gaining
ground that the vaccine 10 partly 70
blame for the spread Of the disease, =
inspection seems to support this theory.
At any rsse the railroads have been
notified not 70 accept any horses. cattle,
hogs or sheep until the quarantine is
lifted and no stock will be allowed TO |
leave the two counties.