Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-08-05
NEWSY STATE NOTES.

ting In one or the fields at Freeman
Heart failure caused his death. He ID
survived by his wife and seven children
Held up by five masked men and
marched away from resort he con.
ducts south of WATERFOWL, jerome
Hart was robbed of his diamond and
several hundred dollars in cash.
Sheriff Gunderson seized ten cases Of
beer at Sioux Park, in Union county
opposite Sioux City. The land and the
refreshment stand where the beer wal
found belong to Joseph Shay, ST., bu,
he has no license to sell liquor.
Andrew Z. Lee, former governor O,
South Dakota, obtained q warrent In
Chicago Friday for the arrest CT E
Niles, said to be broker. The former
governor charges that he was swindled
by means of confidence game. The
amount involved is said to be $4,000.
A special election held at Carthage
resulted in the town board being auth.
orized to issue bends in the sum of g..
600 for the extension and improvement,
of the municipal waterworks and
sewerage system at that place. Only
two votes were cast against the propo.
sition.
Bishop Thomas O'Gorman, who
recently purchased from the govern
ment the Indian school buildings near
Chamberlain, has gone to that place to
inspect the buildings and ascertain just
what work will be necessary to put the
buildings in shape for the opening of
school this fall.
The annual convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of South Dakota will be held at Brook
ings Sept 8. 10, IL and II, beginning
the morning of the 9th and closing the
evening of the 18th, Sept. 9Th will be
devoted TO meetings of the general
officers, executive committee and board
OF supeIlnlenuents,
The board of county commissioners
of Minnehaha county has completed
the work of auditing the accounts
against the county growing out of the
second trial OF Mrs. Kaufman last
month. The bills growing out of the
second trial, as allowed by the board,
aggregate S6,036, which represents the
cost of the trial.
The 12year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph Pobunda, ST.. of Tabor,
rescued 4. year. old girl from drown
ing. The girl with some playmates had
been playing on the bank of creek,
when she lost her balance and fell. The
Pobunda girl plunged into the stream
and succeeded in bringing her safely to
shore
Parties who are now engaged in
building railroad from Sioux Falls to
Brookings, s. d., are planning to build
a branch line from Bushnell, to Dram.
men, Mimi, and the sesidents Of tina,
vicinity have been asked to subscribe
$60, 600 of the bonds to insure the branch
road. Eighteen miles of the Sioux
Falls Brookings line has been built, and
it is proposed to begin the branch line
shortly.
According to the annual report of the
United States assay Office at Deadwood,
the fiscal year ending June 30, was the
heaviest in the history of the Office as
to the amount of gold bullion shipped
aut The figures must come from
Washington, the local Office not being
permitted to reveal them, but they are
said to exceed by nearly million dol.
lars those of 1908.
The Sioux City Journal of Thursday
said Chas. Dodson, well known
character in Sioux City, who claims the
the distinction of having been the first
white child born in Sioux City, left
Tuesday evening for Sturgis in answer
to a message announcing the death by
suicide of his brother, Jack Dodson, OF
that place. Mr.. Dodson stated before
leaving that he had not seen his
brother for twenty years.
A Plankinton dispatch in the Mime
opolis Journal of Saturday said: The
first threshing in this part of the state
was done on the farm of the state
reform school at this place. Early oats
yielded forty -four bushels to the acre
and barley thirty-one and one-hali
bushels an acre. 1t is believed this
good average will be maintained
throughout this entire section.
A terrific wind and hail storm visited
the vicinity of Armour at 4:30 Friday
afternoon, completely devastating the
strip of country covered. Hail a. large
as hens eggs fell. A delnge Of rain
followed the hail 1t is estimated that
not less than sl0O. Oc0 damages was Gone
in the county alone. Small grain uncut
was leveled to the earth. while corn
was stripped entirely. Barns and out