Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-27


the Dakota Wesleyan university at
some point in the Black Hills country
seems now TO be assured, and il is the
hope of the members of the committee
having it in charge to get it in running
order by September 20 or the first of the
year at the latest
AT meeting held at Summit 70 con-
slider the a1visability OF bonding the
town for the construction of water.
works system and electric lights, the
citizens favored the waterworks system
while there was some doubt regarding
the lighting plant. Estimates will be
submitted TO the town board, aud the
questions will be voted on at the next
election
While attempting TO descend TO the
lower floor 20 lunch counter in one of
the local saloons at Deadwood, Richard
Pinkerton slipped aud fell, resulting in
his death. AT the top of the steps he
lost his balance and pitched heavily
downward, his head striking the edge
of the doorway in sucn way as 10
break his neck. He was twenty-nine
years old
The supreme court last week refused
to grant release on habeas corpos asked
for in the application of Henry NJ
Hawley, of Sioux Falls, in case
brought to test the nursery stock law
The court holds that bond cannot be
required but that the provisions of the
law requiring fee for doing business,
and inspection Of stock, is good, and
must be complied with.
Believing that he had an important
business engagement with President
Roosevelt at Washington, Walter
White, Ell route from Madison, s. d.,
was taken from a Pennsylvania railroad
train at Harrisburg, Pa, last week aud
committed to prison. White claims he
met party of friends in Chicago and
they ''doped" him to prevent him from
getting to Washington to see the pres
ident.
The supreme court handed down a
decision upholding in its essential feat
ures the nursery law passed by the last
legislature. The law requires all nur-
sery stock to be inspected and accom-
panied by proper certificates of inspec-
r ..on on being shipped into this state,
and also requires nursery comranies
selling goods in this state to file a bond
in the sum of $1,000 to protect anyone
buying nursery stock from them
against any loss occasioned by diseased
or fraudulent stock.
Superintendent Robinson, of the vital
statistical department, has been making
table of the months in which we'd
dings appear to be the most popular in
, South Dakota, and finds that the June
bride is the one which is in the majority
with the Christmas bride second in the
list The figures by months for 1907
show January 32i, February 311, March
1888, April 344, May 1888, Jane 455, July
292, August psi, September 1893 October
406, November 410 December, 435. July
and August appear to be the low months
and the winter months are we'll up in
the list with December next to June.
Rev. Finley B. Sapp, pastor of the
Aberdeen, s. ID. Christian church, will
resign on April to become general sup
erintendent of the Christian church
missions for the state of North Dakota,
with headquarters at Fargo, N. d.
Mr.. Sapp, besides being pastor of a
church, also holds the position of secre-
. tary for the South Dakota Christian
Missionary society and he still will con-
tinue TO fill that Office until the conven.
ton next June. Since going to Aber.
deem two years ago, Mr.. Sapp has taken
a leading place among the clergy of
South Dakota. As a clergyman he has
been successful, demonstrating himself
TO be preacher of more than ordinary
ability and a pastor of good social
attainments AS a public man he has
shown himself to be fearless for what
he considered right and fair in his deal.
ings with all classes. He is graduate
of Bethany college with the b. A.
degree.
! Whether petroleum exists in paying
quantities in the northern portion of
Codington county Will soon be deter
mined by three different companies of
oil prospectors. Drilling to penetrate
the layer Of shale which underlies this
region will be commenced early in the
spring; in fact Messrs. O. w. Gilmore,
Of Pipestone, Mimi. and Lyman Afford,
of Robinson, ILL.,, already have a COM
plete outfit en- route and work will be
begun as soon as the spring weather
will permit men to operate in the open
air These gentlemen have leased 1000
acres of land in the vicinity of Punished
Woman's lake near South Shore, I'll
lage OIL the Great Northern railroad
twenty miles northeast of WATERFOWL.
Some months ago man named Dor
meus, whose home Is in Illinois, pur-
chased quarter section of land in the
vicinity named. The peculiar scum
forming on the stagnant pools during .
period Of high water caused him 70