Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-09

days, departed this morning for Madi
SOL and Sioux Falls, at each of which
places he will visit for few days
before going to his home at Jackson,
Mimi. He made many friends here
who will be glad to have him call again.
Mr.. and Mrs G. A Young brought
their son, Harold, to Webster We'd
nesday morning for an operation for
hernia. The operation was performed
at the Peabody hospital yesterday by
Doctors Peabody, of this city, and DIR
Adams, of Bristol, and was successful.
Mr.. and Mrs Young are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. A. G. Paulson during their
stay in this city.
VIM. Carpenter and George Debilzan,
of Andover, Albert Lundeen aud Ole
Syverson, of Bristol, Albert Holmquist,
of Holmquist, Frank Smith and Guy
Mettler, of Waubay, some of the prom
inent implement dealers of Day county
were visitors in Webster Thursday
night and were entertained by the
Webster implement men at the Com
mercial club in social intercourse and at
banquet at the Commercial hotel.
They had very pleasant evening and
departed promising to come again
The business men of the city, that Is
the vast majority of them, have adopted
the right system for the winter months
and are now closing their stores shortly
8 after six o'clock. This is just as il
should be There are very few farmers
looking to trade after supper and city
folk should all be able to get their
order in before dark The clerks for
the most OF the wear manage TO get III
about twelve to fourteen hours day
and it is indeed a pleasure for us to
record the fact that they do not now
have to work after supper.
Pickpockets are again becoming
y active about the local depots. Yester-
day afternoon Nj. Bjerke, of Webster
S. D., waiting for train at the M. &
st L. depot, was robbed of wallet
containing 5000. Mr. Bjerke telephoned
the police as soon as he discovered his
loss but was unable to furnish any
information regarding the identity OF
the pickpocket. He took his train for
Webster. The theft placed Bjerke in a
very embarrassing position as the
money IN the wallet was all he had
with which to make the trip.-Minne-
apolis Journal Wednesday.
The county commissioners in their
estimate for expenses for the coming
year made 81 600 estimate of the cost
of keeping the cess pool in repair and
the cleaning of the same for the coming
year. A committee from the city
council appeared before the board and
"A offered for the 81 900 TO connect the
court house sewer with the new city
sewer and keep it in repair for the year.
This seems an eminently fair PROPOSE
ton N the part of the council and after
living in the fumes of the cess POLL as
they did last year when the best OF
precautions were made to keep it clean,
we do not see how the commissioners
can see their way to pass mp the propo-
sition.
An enjoyable evening was spent at
Kading's hall on Friday evening on the
occasion of the installation of the Off
GERS of Webster Lodge No 10, |. 0. O..
f. Deputy Grand Master II A. Pa
body officiated as installing officer
assisted by p n G J. w. Arthur as
marshall The installation was fol-
lowed by musical program to which
the Misses Ruth Nelson, Ida Kruger,
Emma Flagstad, Florence and Grace
Brass, Esther and Sophronia Koplitz
and Ed Rickmo contributed pleasing
selections. An address on the origin
and history of Odd Fellowship by
Noble Grand Frank Sears wac followed
. by basket supper and a season of
social converse. The officers installed
were noble grand, Frank Sears; vice
grand, Swan Nelson; secretary, Steve
Plerson; treasurer, Geo. @. Dunton /;
financial secretary, w. r. Bates The
appointive officers will be installed at
the next meeting.
1t is with sincere sympathy that we
report the death of the only daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs JAS McFadden at her
home in North Webster. Lilly, as she
was Familiarity called, was born in Day
county July s, 1889, and has lived here
all her life; she was OF happy, cheer
full disposition and her friends were
numbered by her acquaintance. To
know her was to love her For the
past two years she has been attending
high school in this city and at the
beginning of the vacation had what
appeared to be an ordinary cold and OF
Monday was taken with a chill and
grew rapidly worse until Thursday
morning at 500 o'clock she passed into
the great beyond, leaving message for
all her friends, inject me in Heaven. /"
Her young life seemed like beautiful
less, n, and remembering the ills OF this
life, while we miss her let us think,
Il ss,rbat b;ch IL oi,r loss in her victory "