The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-01
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Hayes Homestead.

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A Sioux Falls dispatch states
that Howard Shoup and j d Nc
Clarren, prominent Stanley coun-
ty ranchmen plead guilty to in
dictments charging them with hav-
ing defrauded the government in
connection with the making of
homestead entries. Judge Garland
imposed fine of $1,000 each,
which was paid and the men re-
leased.
Mcpherson Bros. are going into
the truck gardening business more
extensively this year than last.
They had great success in raising
everything they planted last year,
without any irrigation. and they
are confident that they can make
their ground produce equal to any
in the state. They have a nice lot
of young fruit trees started, with
good prospects for some fruit this
year. Stock Growers News.
The first of the week it was
learned that there were three cases
of diphtheria in the city, and
Wednesday morning Winnie, the
ten year old daughter of Mr.. and
and Ms. Herman Ostendorf, and
Helen, the eight year old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Turner.
died from the effects Of the disease.
A strict quarantine has been es-
tablished by the Board Of Health
and all places of public gatherings
have been ordered closed until fur
ther notice. The bereaved fami-
lies have the heartfelt sympathy
of the community, and no effort
will be spared to prevent the
spread of the disease. Stock
Growers News.
Scotty Philip will break hun
dred acres Of sod on the fiat be-
tween the gravel pit and the
Missouri river this spring. He
intends to cultivate more ground
each year, as he has been making
good money on his farming opera
tions. Stock Growers News.
Philip is again working on the
organization of a cooperative
creamery and they desire to estab-
lish a sub station at Milesville.
We believe that this would be a
good move as we would now be
unable to have a creamery in this
locality before winter as no pre-
paration for ice has been made. A
station here would determine
what support q creamery would
have, the quality of the milch COWS
in the country, would give mar
ket for the dairy products, and
would give time for our farmers
to buy more COWS and better ones
before the establishment of local
plant. Philip has an expert work
ing on the proposition and there is
no doubt that one will be estab-
lished there soon. Milesville Citi-
zen.
Ernest Dixon's new steam
breaking outfit arrived here Thurs
day, and as soon as it is unloaded
and set up he expects to COM
mence breaking. The start will
probably be made at Clarence
Bliss farm north of town, he hav-
ing contracted for 200 acres. The
engine is % horse power and the
gang will consist of six Is inch
plows, which ought to turn over
sod at q rapid rate.-Quinn Cour-
ant.
Our average annual rainfall is
seventeen inches. If you had to
carry the water that falls on each
square rod in a year, do you have
an idea how much it would bel
Just about forty barrels the size OF
these big 50-gallon kerosene
barrels. Some people have an
idea that a great part of this rain.
fall is carried off by the streams,
but they do not carry of a hun.
dredth part. About ninety pei
cent of this water stops in the sol
a0 near khA snrfaco that II. is talon