Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-09-09
NEWSY STATE NOTES.

son mas been appolntsd TO succeed him.
Jno. Scanlan and Frank Dudley pur-
chased the stock of the Crandall State
Bank on August "a. AT a meeting held
in the Farmers State Bank of Croker
August 81. John Scanlau was elected
president, Frank Dudley vice president
and cashier and Yves Mcmillan assist
ant cashier. Both are experienced
bankers and the bank will be on a
sound financial footing. After Janu.
airy lst the capital stock will be
increased to $4,000.
The annual Black Hills mission of
the Methodist Episcopal church last
week concluded successful and well
attended session. r. H. Dolliver, the
presiding elder, was appointed super.
intendent of the Black Hills mission
and also of the Deadwood district of
that mission, while Rev. Q. d. Royse,
of Rapid City, was appointed district
superintendent of the Rapid City dis
trict Bishop Warren was in attend
ance and presided ovet the meetings.
The postoffice department is arranging
to greatly increase Aberdeen's import.
ance as postal center by the addition
of chief clerk, who will have charge
of the work of all mail clerks in the
state except those on the Aberdeen-St.
Paul run. as we'll as those in part of
North Dakota and Montana. The chief
clerks offices will be established in the
third floor of the local government
building. The nearest cities now pos
sessing chief clerks are Sioux City and
Forge, n. ID,
Tired of languishing in the Penning-
ton county Jail, for not paying the fine
which the United States government
demanded of him for publishing an
alleged obscene article in his magazine,
the Deadwood Lantern, Knowles capt.
tulated, thus ending what has been a
stiff legal battle for over year.
Knowles tried to secure his freedom by
taking the poor debtors oath. He lost
out in that and was remanded to Jail.
His friends offered TO pay his fine and
the m to do this.
The 10 year old son of Robert Fischer
of Harold, met his death last week
under the wheels of traction engine.
So far as can be learned young Fischer
was riding on the engine platform with
the engineer, when from some cause
steam pipe burst or was broken off,
allowing the steam to escape upon the
platform. The man and boy both
jumped, the engineer clearing the
wheels of the machine, but the boy fell
under the wheels, one of the drive
wheels passing over his head, crushing
it into q pulp, and causing instant
death.
The mandamus case of r. A. Parks,
former saloon man of Platte, against
the county commissioners of Charles
Mix county was tried last week before
the circuit court. At the July meeting
of the board they rejected the appli-
cation and bonds of Parks sought to
compel the board to again convene and
approve his bond by mandamus pro-
ceedings. The case was hard fought.
After the evidence was all in the court
practically ruled that the plaintiff was
not entitled to a final order compelling
the commissioners to again meet and
pass on plaintiffs bond and dismissed
the case.
Mrs. Eunice A. Warner, who for the
past nine years has been connected with
st. Johns school at Fort Bennett, N.
D.. has been transferred TO st. Eliza
beth's school on the Stanging Rock
agency at Wakpala, S ID. Mrs. War
ner has had years of experience among
the Indians under the direction of the
government and as missionary for the
Episcopol church, and she is regarded
as one of the most helpful educators
who has worked among the red men in
the Dakotas. She is thoroughly devoted
to her work and exceptional success has
always attached to her efforts.
A very disastrous fire has just been
subdued near Pedro after days Of fight
ing. 1t started at point about two
miles east of Marcus near the Red Owl
store. About 200 men were engaged in
combating the blaze. Two beeves
were killed and made into drags, as
this seemed the only way to get the
confagration under control. The
burned strip of country is from three to
five miles in width and twelve miles
long, which might have been much
larger, but for the work of the volun.
teers, who we're severally handicapped
by the high wind. The origin of the
fire has not been learned. but 1t 10 the
general opinion that it started in the
vicinity Of some hay camp. Many
homesteaders lost all their feed and