Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-06-18
NEWsY STATE NOTES.

Bert Hepner, aged ten years fell from
a wagon at Howard June IL, on his way
to dinner and broke his neck The lad
was driving team for his father, who
has the contract for digging a number
of large cellars.
Beginning Thursday, June IS, and
continuing three days, will occur in
Rapid City the annual meeting of the
general association of Congregational
churches of South Dakota. This will
be the thirty eighth annual gathering
Of this association.
1t is reported the board of regents Of
education propose to reorganize the
Springfield normal and undertake a
vigorous policy of extension work there.
With the opening of Gregory and Trip
county region Springfield will have a
wide territory and ought to be able to
build up strong school.
The police at WATERFOWL after hard
wrestle with drunken man the other
day succeeded in landing him in the
cooler where upon search they found
more than five pounds of dynamite in
his clothes. When the revelation was
made there were some white faced
policemen in the Kampeskan city.
AT meeting of the board of trustees
of Dakota Wesleyan university this
week the matter of selecting a presi-
dent to succeed DIR. Nicholson will be
taken up Among the gentlemen who
have been mentioned as candidates are
DR.. Jordan and DIR. Mills of Mime
apolis, and Rev. DR.. Taylor of Aber-
deem.
The recent high water in the Big
Sioux river is subsiding, and gradually
the water is leaving the bottom land
along the river. 1t is estimated that
about 100000 acres of valuable farm
land in the valley of the Big Sioux was
flooded as the result of the excessive
rains of the fore part of June and latter
part of May,
The supreme court last week reversed
the decision of the lower court in the
Gregory county seat contest. The sup
RENE court holds that the vote of 1898
which located the county seat at Fair
fax was only for temporary location and
not for permanent location. This opens
the way for Gregory TO make a fight for
the county seat of government this fall
The Groton independent says: cat
the brick yard Mr.. Phillips found
steadily improving body of brick clay
to the depth of fourteen feet, where he
found good supply of pure well water
Just above the water he found body
of clay which he believes will make a
good quality of building tile or hollow
brick AS he has machine for making
the hollow brick, this clay will be util-
lied"
The hunt which has been going on
for some time in the bluffs in the south
ern part Of Charles Mix county along
the Missouri river for the cache of
gold said to have been hidden there
some time in the middle sixties" by
the James boys, is reported to have
borne fruit j. O. McGarven is the
lucky discoverer of the place of conceal.
ment and is the richer by several thous-
and dollars of filthy tainted lucre.
Two pioneer residents of the southern
part of the state died last week at an
advanced age. They are Gabriel Gale
a brother of Artemus Gale one of the
founders of Sioux Falls, and Paul H.
Brede, who had been resident of
county for period of nearly
forty years. The latter is survived by |
a widow and six children. Mr.. Gale |
was "a years old at the time of his death |
and had been a resident of Sioux Falls
since 1881.
A very severe hailstorm visited Sec
ion of farming country about six miles |
northwest of Mitchell June ID, that |
caused great deal of damage to corn |
md other growing crops. Corn that |
TODD foot high was shredded and cut |
Town to the ground A dozen farmers
IN the strip of country three miles wide
lad 70 per cent of the crop ruined. The
hail stones were as large as On egg and
hey took about all of the window glass
n the country. Animals in pastures
we're severely beaten by the hail stones
md one or two in such condition that
hey had to be killed.
A peculiar feature developed in the
ace for superintendent of schools of
lawrence county at the recent primary
lection. Five women were entered
nd none received the necessary 30 per
ent, so that the nomination will have
o be decided by convention. Miss
Helen Maleta, an Austaian, received
he highest vote. AS there are approx
nately 1000 foreign votes in the county
Unless Miss Maleta receives the nomi.
lation from the delegates, the Slavo-
'ians in Lead City and the other
oreigners who supported her in the
are likely to vote the demo
ratio ticket in November.