Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-14

| Malarky, "A well known resident OF the
Blooming valley district OF Grant
county, on the charge OF using threaten
ing language toward Edward Larson,
"A neighbor. A maiden with two rival
suitors, marriage, a KIDNAPPING, q
divorce and the marriage Of the divorced
wife to the rejected sutton were among
the interesting incidents of the com.
mencement Of the fued. After hearing
the evidence, the justice before whom
Malarky was taken decided that 10 was
not necessary for the law to step in at
present. Further developments In the
case are expected.
The few drunkards who inflict the
town OF Kimball with their presence
are being induced TO reform by aid OF .
live rattiesnake, estimated to be ten
years of age, which occupies place in
a large glass jar. The jar and snake
have position of honor in the Sobek
saloon. When q customer appears at
the bar who already has INDUCED in
more liquor than is good for him, and
exhibits symptoms Of intoxication, the
bartenders quietly push to position at
his elbow the Jar and its reptile occu.
pant. When the tipsy customer catches
sight Of the writing reptile one look
usually 10 sufficient and, thinking she's
got 'em, for sure" he loses no time in
Fastening from the place. The snake
was captured by farmer living north
Of Kimball, and was presented to the
saloon people for exhibition purposes,
but the saloon men decided to make it
serve a more useful end
Saturday night at midnight the first
week of the land opening registration
will have come to au end. It is prob.
able the total registration for the
six different towns where applicants
may file, when the notarles close their
booths at midnight for their Sunday
rest, after keeping open continuously
for 144 hours, will be In the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000. II may run little over
this figure, quite likely IL will be q
little less. There were twelve more
registration days after Saturday. 1t ID
no: unlikely that Judge Witten's first
estimate, that the total registration
would be in the reiShborhood OF loo, 00C
was approximately correct. He guessed
too low. however,in putting Aberdeen,s
total at half that number. From pre-.
sent indications Aberdeen's total regis.
tration will be at least 10000. or three.
ffths Of the total. The present regis.
tration is about Is, 900
Three men thought to be the bank
robbers who blew the safe at the
Peever state bank Friday morning at 2
o'clock were arrested at Ortley Saturday
morning by the marshall at that place.
The men were eating breakfast in the
restaurant at that place and were taken
into custody on the description from
the sheriff at Sisseton. The latter off,
cial went to Ortley to get the men and
they are now in Jail at Sisseton. A
resident of Peever met the men about
IL o'clock Thursday night pushing a
handcar along the track near Peever.
The men told him TO get along home as
it was too late for him TO be out. The
man went home and in the morning
hearing OF the robbery decided the
three men he met must be the ones who
hailed him the night before. When
taken into custody at Ortley ii is stated
the men told the marshal il was no use
to resist, and they knew what they
were wanted for. No mony TO speak
of was found on them and it is thought
they have their booty planted.
II members of the cornet baud at
Bonesteel chance to visit St. Charles, q
snail town near Bonesteel, they will be
lucky ii they are not iynched The
GOODNESS of the ST Charles people toward
the members of the band was caused by
an incident of unique character. The
grievance Of the st. Charlesites toward
the bandsmen 10 due to . visit recently
made by them to Bonesteel to attend
the Gregory county fair at that place.
When they dismounted from the train
they were greeted by the strains Of
"Nearer, Ny God, 70 Thee" played by
the Bonesteei band This shey consider
mortal insult in view Of the fact that
other delegations Of visitors from sur
rounding towns were greeted by what
they term grand selections. meaning
doubtless. such tunes as They'll Be a
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"
and similar ragtime music. In the
effort TO right the wrong" q Bonesteel
paper states that If there were more
grand selections of that sort and less
ragtime the world would be better of,
and that the people Of St Charles should
feel specially honored rather than
insulted.
AT the first business session of the
Methodist conference for Sonth Dakota
in Huron last week, the following
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