Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-21
NEWSY STATE NOTES.


to Charles Maynard, Of Burbank, when
he sold his farm near that town for ell7
per acre. Henry Kempker, of Nebraska,
is the pun chaser and he takes possession
March /.
Registration has been the occasion Of
the elimination of q number OF
romances,a as the clerk of court OF Brown
comfy, at Aberdeen, has issued no less
than eight licenses since registration
begun to young men and women from
widely separated parts Of the country
South Dakota will be one Of the
largely represented states at the Fourth
Dry Farming Congress, Billings, Mont,
October 2e.28. Gov. r. 8. Vessey has
appointed 80 delegates, selecting repre-
sentative men from all parts of the
state. In.additIon to these there will
be delegates from several of the more
important cities and agricultural coun-
ties
AS the result of an investigation made
by +. A. Craft, state fire marshal OF
South Dakota, j. H. Hillard. until
recently engaged in the restaurant bust
ness at Howard, S. D., was arrested as
he was about to depart from Sioux Falls
on the charge of arson. He has been
taken back to Howard pending trial on
the serious charge against him.
Harry w. Marshall, of Fl. Ransom,
N. D., was taken to st. Luke's hospital
in Aberdeen at 1880 Friday morning.
his chest, back, left arm and hands
badly burned. While intoxicated, he
went in the rear of the new Citizens
bank building and trie d to light cigar.
The match fell out of his hands and set
his clothes afire. In an instant he was
mass Of flames.
The report Of the controller of the
currency. showing the condition OF
national banks in this state indicates an
increase of $478.500 In the individual
deposits in that class of '-s-uks in South
Dakota, from the previous call on June
%. The total individual deposits Sep.
tember / being s26 B55 .245. Individual
deposits in banks Of all classes in South
Dakota total not far from sec, 000, 900.
The preliminary figures of the state
census department on the yield Of oats
and barley for this year are ready.
They show yield of A, 342, 600 bushels
of oats, gain of 10. 900, 900 bushels over
last years yield. due largely to increased
acreage. The barley crop is 1864, 900
bushels. "a loss of a $50, 900, on slightly
increased acreage, the yield to the acre
this year being but POT bushels against
rs 2 last year.
| Among recent arrivals at the Sioux
Falls penitentiary was man named
Charles Louerse, who at a recent term
of state circuit court IN Lake county
was convicted of stealing a COW. For
the offense he was sentenced to a term
OF one year in the penitentiary.
| Another contribution to the penitentiary
from Lake count, is George Spila, who
will serve term of five years for
forgery.
A prairie fire, which it is stated will
rank with the worst tor years, is raging
in the country between Bowdle aud the
M q st. L. line, forty or more miles to
the south. The fire started Thursday
afternoon just east of Bowdle, from
spaks from Milwaukee engine.
Famed by a big wind the flames swept
southeast, eating over hay lands and
fields, destroying everything in its path.
Josephine Burke, daughter Of Con-
gresham Charles H. Burke, Of Pierre,
and Jeanette Hedger, daughter Of s. O.
HedRer, of Aberdeen, have been chosen
by Judge Witten to draw the names OF
the winners from the receptacle at the
opening Of the drawing for the reservs-
tion lands. The little girls are each .
years old. They will draw the first fifty
names taken from she receptacle on the
first day.
The authorities of McCook county
have placed under arrest Frank Sulli'
van, . saloon man of Salem, on the
charge of having sold liquor to o man
who had been placed upon the black
list. AS the result of the preliminary
examination Sullivan was held for
appearances at the next term of state
circuit court in MoCook county. In
default of bonds he has been placed In
the Dawson county Jail for safe keeping.
j From present indications, the winner
of lucky number in the Cheyenne
River and Standing Rock reservations
will have about one chance in seven TO
draw q homestead. This 10 the lowest
proposition since the lottery system OF
giving away public lands was devised
AT the Spokane drawing, nearly 100000