Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-08-26
NewsY STATE NOTES.

The intense heat of last week reaped
q heavy harvest in Armour. The two
year old son of w. Will and the infant
SON of Ruel E. Dana, late editor of the
Armour Herald and grand master of
Il the South Dakota o o. f., have died
& from heat The Dana child was one of
twin boys, 2 years old. Burnt Ander-
son, recent arrival from Finland, was
overcome by the intense heat Monday
while working with threshing crew.
Medical aid was procured, but it was of
no avail He died Tuesday night with
out regaining consciousness.
Action for damages in the sum Of
81 1893 has been instituted in the circuit
court by Agnes Thompson, widow of
Edgar Thompson, deceased, who came
to his death accidentally last June by
being run over by a Milwaukee freight
train in Bridgewater. Following the
accidental killing a passenger train
attempted to pass over the corpse. fur
Their mutilating same, which last act on
the part of the company has given rise
to the present action. The case will
come before the circuit court at Salem
next November, and the outcome will
be watched with interest
All arrangements have been COM
pleted for the big celebration to be held
in Vermillion by the pioneers of Clay
county, and also for the exercises incl
dent to the unwilling of the monument
erected on the site of the first log school
house in South Dakota. The celebra.
ton occurred on Wednesday August %
Among the prominent men present for
addresses were United States Senator
Robert J. Gamble, of Yaukton, State
Historian Doane Robinson, of Pierre, e.
@. Ericsson, of Elk Point, president of
the board of regents, and State Senator
@. II. Dillon, of Yankton.
The state land department has just
completed filings on $4,000 acres of
lands for the state as indemnity for
state school lands lost in the Lower
Brule and Grow Greek Indian reserva-
tions, and in the national forest reserve
in Harding county. Most of the filings
were made in the Belle Fourche land
district, with few in Lennon and
Rapid City districts. These selections
with the state lands already selected in
Harding cou nty along with the govern
ment forest reserve, take many thou
sands of acres of land out of the tax
able list for that county. and the tax
payers are not just as happy as baby
with plenty of candy over the situation.
The reported discovery recently of a
number of valuable pearls in clam
shells found in the Big Sioux river at a
point near Flandreau, has caused scores
of boys and young men to devote all
their spare time to searching for pearls.
Il would not be surprising if the excite
ment would extend to other points on
the river, and thus pearl fishing may
become one of the important industries
of this part of the state One of the
young Indian boys who is student at
the government Indian school at Elan.
dreau was the finder OF the most valu-
able pearl yet taken from the river.
He found pearl that is estimated to be
worth $40 Melvin Knutson found one
which is said TO be worth $40 Other
pearls of smaller value also have been
found by others.
While at work on farm eight miles
southeast of Melette the boiler of q
threshing engine exploded Saturday
killing one man, perhaps fatally injur-
ing another and slightly wounding
three others. Roy Lang, fireman, was
instantly killed in the explosion. VIM.
Wackerow, owner of the threshing rig
badly injured, his body having been
crushed under the water tank which
was thrown onto him. Three harvest
hands, names unknown, were more OF
less injured by hot water, steam and
flying debris. 1t is said the explosion
was caused by defective fiue in the
boiler. The separator was destroyed
in the fire which started from the
explosion and Is total loss. The rie
was owned by Mr.. Wackerow and the
engine had been used four years. The
lbody of the dead uan was taken te
Vermillion, where his parents, four
sisters and two brothers surviving live