Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-11
NEWSY STATE NOTES.

A nre IN the German Lutheran churcn
at Milbank, Sunday, caused consider
able damage to the church property.
IL is very probable that the South
Dakota state band will attend the
inaugural of president-elect Taft on
March T.
/ A large number of citizens of Sanborn
county have organized a club which
will have for Its purpose the boosting of
hat county aud the state.
The recent cold weather caused a
heavy loss 10 cattle owners west of the
river Reports from there say the conn
try is we'll covered with dead cattle and
horses in some sections.
| Two men were placed in the Brown
county Jail this week for petty larceny
for the second time. This time they
come from Mobridge where they were
sentenced to 30 days each but taken to
Brown county as there is no place to
safely keep prisoners at Mobridge
A cooperative elevator stock COM
pany, with capital of 81 900. has been
organized at Naples for a farmers ele-
vator, the work of construction to COM
mence as soon as the weather will per.
nit A farmers elevator is now under
course of construction at Beresford,
with capacity of 10000 bushels.
The people of Lennon last week
began suit before Judge Rice at Dead.
wood TO contest the result of the late
county seat election in Perkins county,
in which Bison won the location by
small majority. This is a repetition of
the history of the organization of the
new counties east of the Missouri quar-
ter of a century ago.
A new industry for the west river
country has recently been developed and
will produce what will be known as
chalk building blocks This stone is
found in large quantities in the bluffs
and is of rather soft substance when
first taken from the ground but exposure
hardens it so that it is claimed to be
very suitable for building purposes.
A suit brought by G.. W. Kuhn
against Charles Root, at Watertown, to
recover money lost at poker, the plain
tiff recovering the sum (s25) which it
was SHOWN had actually been paid to
Root through check, has created some
stir within the circle of men who
indulge in the great American pastime.
The twelfth annual convention of the
south Dakota State Retail dealers at
Yankton closed February after three
day session, marking one of the best
conventions ever held, in results gained
and in attendance. The convention
elected officers as follows: ID. III
LOTUS, DeSmet, president; o. H. Car.
ney, Yankton, vice president; NJ S.
Taylor. Sioux Falls, secretary; H. O.
Rine, Dell Rapids, treasurer Yankton
was unanimously chosen for next years
convention.
Ransom Skillings, night operator for
the Dakota Central Telephone company,
came near meeting death at Geddes last
week. He has been in the habit of
sleeping most of the night, having sn
apparatus fer awakening him when calls
were sent in. A large amount of gas
escaped from hard coal stove in the
office, and when the day operator came
to work in the morning young Skillings
was in very serious condition. A
physician was Immediately called and
he was taken to his home. and at pres
ent is reported as recovering.
Beginning last week, all candidates
for the track team of the university at
Vermiliion were required t. put in three
afternoons each week in the gymnasium.
The new material this year is the best
in point of numbers and quality that the
university has had for some time, and
a strong track squad should be the
result. Baseball prospects are very
good. Nebraska and Minnesota have
offered games, the Sioux City Western
league team win be in vermillion for
one game, and the collegians win play
one game with the leagursrs in Sioux
City. Four games will be played with
Morning Side college. and at least two
with Yankton collera.