Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-04


that city, where he is now connected
with the International Harvester com
pany. He was formerly manager oil
the Acme Harvester company In this
city. -Aberdeen News, Thursday.
Levi jacobson, farmer from Grant
county was in the city Saturday 10
retain Frank Sears, of the firm OF Sears
e. Potter. to defend his son, Oscar, VINO
was arrested in Sturgis on charge OF
murder The case will be tried In
April Ms. Sears is getting a state
wide reputation as a criminal lawyer.
A letter from j. w. Arthur informs
us that his son, Robert, and bride spent
a few days at Waukesha, Wis, two
DAYS in Philadelphia, two days in New
York and West Point visiting relatives
and friends, then to Ft. Hamilton, NY.
to join his command, leaving on the
transport Fitzpatrick, February 10,
arriving at Manila about April 1.
Anton Karpen, local agent for the
Travellers Insurance Co, last week
received from his company draft for
$53 IA, the full amount OF the claim OF
Eunice Dahoot, "Joe the Turk" who
was hurt while employed by Tanner
Bros. on the sewerage system i'll this
city last fall. Here is one accident
insurance company which paws its
claims promptly.
Lois Chapter No 3, o. E. S, held a
most pleasant and interesting meeting
at the Masonic temple Wednesday evs H.
ing Committees were appointed and
arrangements made to make each meet
ing a social event, provide literary and
musical programs and to judge by the
meeting Wednesday night they cannot
fail to be both enjoyable, interesting
and instructive. Mrs. Anderson, the
new matron, deserves the thanks and
hearty cooperation of all the members
of the order in her effort to make the
Chapter the prominent social organiza-
ton Of the city.
A message to Agent Richardson in
this city received this morning announces
the fact that Judge John f. Garland, in
the United States district court, today
granted restraining order proven ting
the two-cent passenger rate law, signed
by the governor today, from going into
effect pending hearing before him
March l, for temporary injunc ton.
The order was granted at the insta nee
of the various railroad lines in South
Dakota. The bill was finally passed by
the legislature yesterday and contained
an emergency clause making it effective
Immediately.
The Aberdeen high school basket ball
giIls met defeat here at the hands of
the local high school girls which they
will likely remember for some time.
The game was played in the opera house
Friday evening and resulted in a score
of "a to l. The visiting team were out.
classed at every turn in the game.
Webster having the ball most of the
time and it seemed as though they made
basket any time they wanted to. On
account of the storm delayed trains the
team had to stay over until Saturday
evening, and that afternoon the Web
ster girls entertained the visiting team
at the Woodwork home.
The Webster Hardware Co. this week
purchased the hardware stock and Ak
lures of Lars Fiksdal who will not
handle hardware in the future. This
looks to us like move in the right
direction. We think il would be good
thing for all parties concerned if the
stores handling lines not regularly
belonging to their business, but merely
as side lines, would close them out and
contine the business to legitimate chan
nels, it would be more satisfactory all
around. Under such a condition each
business house could carry larger and
better assortment, turn the stock
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oftener and sell at less profit on
account of the increased volume Of bus.
mess. Get together, gentlemen, boost
and you can make Webster one of the
best places to trade in in the northwest
Webster is good town now, bu, let nj
make 1t better.
Thursday afternoon and evening saw
o change in the weather in this section
that was no trouble. For q time l
seemed that genuine blizzard was du'
and the only reason that 1t did no
materialize was the fact that not enough
snow was falling. As 1t IL was a yer.
good Imitation of the old fashione'
kind was presented to this section o
the country. Belated travellers, Thurs
day evening had considerable difficult,
in getting home and several were mimi
head gear when they did reach shelter
Il was pretty fierce but on reading tn
newspapers, which, by the way, "
didn't get until several days later. "
are convinced that Day county
still in the banana belt. There was n
trouble in moving trains In Sout
Dakota but just a. soon as they got int
some sister state they promptly got los
| in the drifts. Ii seems that the socalle
Dakota blizzard Is moving east dii
couragsd by the sunny South Dakot
climate.