Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-02

Rev. A A. Roberts stopped off here
Monday OH mis- return trip from Aber-
deem TO his home in Baraboo, Wlscon-
sin, for fe~ days visit with his former
Wisconsin acquaintance, Mr., and Mrt.
S K Bronson and family.
w. +. Kading handles the "Whipple'
humane horse collar, which is the most
modern and easiest horse collar ever
made, sold on trial of fifteen days and
il they don't prove themselves. take
them back and get your money.
p. l.. Irwin is having part Of his
store building removed and will, as
soon as the weather will permit, erect a
brick building duplicate of his pre-
sent Office builuing, on the space
between his drug store and the brick
building.
Mrs. NJ. J. Mangan and child and
Miss Jessie Chard, Belle PLANE, Mimi.
are visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Chard in this city. They
are on their way to Coos Bay, Org
where they expect to remain for
some time visiting
The Egeland Land agency excursion
to eastern Montana has been postponed
until April Excursions the first and
third Tuesdays of every month there
after. Write us for descriptive litera-
ture Egeland Land Agency, Egeland
& Harris, local managers
Frank Sler, who served a term in the
county Jail for petit larceny, and
another term for attempted Jail break
ing is again in the tolls of the law hav-
ing been picked up by the st. Paul
police and returned to Winona to
answer charge of burglary.
A. l.. Preston. an expert accountant
Of Minneapolis, who is assisting j. L
Wingfeld, of Mitchell. deputy public
examiner, who is checking the Office of
the clerk of the courts, accompanied
the latter gentleman to Aberdeen Sat-
urday night where they spent Sunday.
The Marshall County Journal says
"Judge Mccoy has decided that the
petition for a vote on the license ques-
ton in Langford was not signed by the
required number of free.holders and
therefore no vote on that question was
had at the election in thai town this
spring. According to recent decisions
of the supreme court the town will be
dry the coming year
On Wednesday of last week the farm
residence of John ]. Block, who lives
near Wist was burned to the ground.
How the fire started is not known hut
a neighbor saw the flames and assisted
Mrs Block and children out of the
burning building, one child had very
narrow escape from being caught in the
flames. Not one thing in the way of
furniture was saved.
The local democrats held meeting
Monday night for the purpose of COM
plotting an organization for the coming
campaign. Rooms have been engaged
over the Irwin Pharmacy, a banner
ordered to be strung across the street,
committees appointed for preliminary
work and preparations made for an
aggressive campaign. Another meet
ing will be held on Friday night
An item appeared In last weeks paper
to the effect that there would be a
saloon started at Pickerel lake this
spring. To this w. G. Warner takes
exceptions and says he still holds the
lease of the summer resort site at the
south end of the lake and expects to
build hotel there, commencing oper-
ations just as soon as the weather will
permit and there will be no saloon on
or near his premises, that a license
could not be obtained to open a saloon
as the township failed to vote OH the
license proposition at the spring cleo
ton.