Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04

w r Kading has just unpacked and
has on display fine line of the latest
and most up-to date automobile robes
and shawls. The wool shaws are a
new thing and are especially popular.
Made in sizes up to Sc by 81 inches.
Call and see them.
The Sophmores spent pleasant eve.
ming Saturday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. O. Efnor. The girls were all
in costumes appropriate to halloween
and when the yonng men joined the
party there was merry time playing
halloween pranks.
Will Becker came up from Crandall
Saturday. He reports that his father,
J. p. Becker, lost his threshing rig q
short time ago by fire and that the
insurance company which had the risk
is now trying to avoid the payment of
the loss on technicality.
The Mobiles Concert company through
unavoidable circumstances were obliged
to change the date for their Webster
engagement from November to Thurs.
day, November IL. This company, as
most of our citizens know, is first. class
and deserves good patronage.
H. o. Wickre, who has been spend
ing most of the time lately at the Home
Farm, in independence township, get
ting bunch of cattle ami hogs ready
for exhibition at the st Paul shows Of
live stock, came in the first of the week
to spend few days at home.
G. d. Fletcher and family. who have
have visited with Day county relatives
the greater part of the present summer
returned to their home at Sioux Falls
Sunday morning. They made many
friends here during their stay who will
be very glad to meet them again.
A. HOLSTER. Fred H. Partridge and
w. H. Donovan, of Chicago Heights,
Illinois, who had spent a week at the
Chapman ranch, shooting, came down
and departed for home Saturday night
They had goodly number of birds and
reported most enjoyable outing.
The Woman's Thursday Club was
most delightfully."- entertained at the
home of Mrs Chas. Hyde last Thurs
day afternoon at dutch dinner. The
table was artistically decorated with
wind mills. The menu was composed
| entirely of Dutch and German dishes
Charles H. Long and Charles Brak-
hage departed Sunday morning in the
big Overland machine for the new
country west of the Missouri river to
look over the land. Both boys drew
Iumbers away down in the cream of
the list and are on tour of inspection
| E. H. Hoyt, who has been visiting
with the Reporter and Farmer force
for couple of weeks, departed Tuesday
morning for Clark for business trip of
few days. He will return to Webster
and remain until the northern ducks
come down before going to his home in
Iowa.
We start to move this Thursday
afternoon into our new building to
avoid the Friday hoo doc. Now, if you
know that you are indebted to us, it
would be one of the most appropriate
times to come in and settle. for we need
the money to meet our building
accounts.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Buechler and
Miss Mabel Smith arrived in this city o
Sunday morning and spent the day
with the parents Of the ladies, Mr.. and
Mrs w. e. Smith. They were on the
return trip to Aberdeen from q visit at
Mr.. Buechler's former home in Brown.
ton, Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Maher, of Gen.
ter, N. D., arrived in this city Sunday
night to look after the case Of Leo
Jones, the young man who was acci-
dentially shot in Waubaya few weeks
ago and is now confined in the city
hospital Mrs. Maher is a sister of
Mrs. G. H. Compton.
State Game Warden Bancroft, of
Watertown. spent few days in this
vicinity last week. He had heard many
reports Of muskrats and mink being
killed in and around Waubay and Ort-
ley and that no effort was made to
apprehend the offenders against the
law. In company with Game Warden
jenkins, Of this county, he went out
and searched several places but found
no evidence to warrant arrests.