Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-10-29
NEWsY STATE NOTES.

Pierre October % for the Dakota South.
ern Railway company, with headquart-
ers at Lennon, S. D, and Dickinson,
N. d. 1t is organized by local men,
who propose to construct line from
Rapid City to Williston, N D., by way
of Lennon, and is capitalized at $780,
100000.
Seventy dollars an acre is the price
brought by an entire field of potatoes
raised by Fred Brown, of Arlington.
The crop averaged l40 bushels to the
acre. From 100 to 100 bushels per acre
is the average crop in this section the
present year, and potatoes promise to
become one of the staple productions of
this part of the state.
The banker is getting into position to
meet his clients as they make their
selections of Trip county lands which
are given them by lot in the late draw
ing at Dallas Articles were filed today
FOR the Farmers State bank, of Lamro,
the ole town in existence ahead If set
Element in that county,. The new insti-
tuition is capitalized at 5000
The board of education of Mitchell
has taken an advanced step against the
use of tobacco by the boys attending
the city school. A ruling has been
adopted restraining the boys from car
rying pipes aud tobacco on tt school
grounds or on their way to and from
the school grounds. Three arrests
have already been made in tina, city of
dealers who have sold cigarettes and
tobacco to boys under age
TheCity of Yank ton will hold next year
"home coming week" in honor of the
fiftieth anniversary of the first perma-
nent settlement in the Dakotas The
Yankton Indians signed treaty that
coded their lands here April 10,
1858. but the treaty was not ratified
by the United States senate until the
following year, when settlers were
legally able to come here to reside. 1t
is proposed to make the week the
biggest event of its kind ever held in
the northwest
Secretary Whitaker. of the Mitchell,
Y M. O. A., has interested 100 boys in
acquiring knowledge in the conduct of
political matters, having orga nized
them into republican and demo cratic
parties. Candidates were selected for
state offices by each party and regular
campaign is being carried on. The
primary election has been held and the
regular election is scheduled TO be held
next week. City Attorney Miller
delivered an address to the boys on the
subject of good citizenship and made
some suggestions IN their political
work.
Art VOORHEES, and Clinton Bader were
arrested on the charge of breaking into
jail at Mitchell, October 26 What the
young men were after was some liq or
which had been stored there by the
sheriff, which he secured in pulling a
blind pig joint The evidence of their
crime was given by several prisoners in
the Jail, who stated that Voorhees, aud
Bader agreed to let them ont of Jail If
they would not inform on them. The
prisoners refused to accept their chance
for liberty and gave forth the evidence
on the booze purloiners,
Mr., and Mrs. Hans Hanson, who
reside on highly cultivated farm in
Norway township, Lincoln county,
have just celebrated their fiftieth we'd
ding anniversary. The occasion was
marked by the presence CT their three
daughters and five sons and their fam.
lilies, together with many relatives and
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson were
born in Hadeland, Norway, in 1882 and
1887 respectively. He emigrated to
this country in 1854 and she came three
years later. In October, 1858 they
were married at Winona, Mimi. where
they lived until they took up the trail
of the pioneer movement of 1872 and
moved to eastern Dakota territory, and
located on the farm which they today
occupy.
One of the features October 25th of
the Methodist conference of South
Dakota, which has been in session In
Sioux Falls since Monday last, was a
memorial service In honor OF deceased
members of the conference. These SER
vices were held in the city auditorium.
and in addition to members of the con-
ference were attended by the people Of
Sioux Falls in general. At business
session of the conference held late on
Saturday the conference statistican
made the following report in reference
to the Methodist forces in South Dakota;
Members Of the church, 14,681; an in
crease of 1879 for the year Number of
baptisms, 1913; an increase Of $50
Number of schools, 242. Number of
scholars, 1924; an increase for the
year of s.025. Number Of churches, 194;
increase of 8. Value of churches. $780,