Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-03-11
NEwsY STATE NOTES.

Inc faclnc elevator AZ Wetonkh
burned Thursday afternoon. Cause of
the fire unknown.
The Fillmore sanitarium at Redfeld
was burned last week but all patients
managed TO fee in safety.
Henry K. Oberlin committed suicide
in Aberdeen Friday by turning on the
gas in his room at the Workman Hotel.
Sam Blaine is in jail in Sioux City on
. serious charge and Rea Yelle, young
girl of Forestburg, 8. d., is in custody
Of the police matron. 80
Two Lead saloon men, Messrs. Kos
taro and Lehto. paid $l00 fine last week
In proving a test case as to whether
they could keep their places open on
Sunday.
Because his sweetheart refused his
oRer Of marriage r. T. Reed, of Water
town 10 now dead by his own hand.
when the girl refused him he turned
from her and in an instant put q bullet
through his brain.
The Aberdeen News tells Of q visit
from one of the officials Of the wireless
telegraphy company and claims that
there 10 movement on foot to make
that city station for the wireless IN
their circuit to the Pacific coast.
The state supreme court on March 8,
dismissed ali the cases brought in that
court under the two cent fare law with
the exception Of those against the Great
Northern railroad and the South
Dakota Central roads which lines were
nes joined In the suit in the United
States court. These cases are set for
hearing at the October term of the
supreme court.
The fourth annual session of the
South Dakota Retail Hardware Dealers
association which closed last Friday in
Huron, was the best attended meeting
ever held in the state. The next meet
ing will be held in Yankton. The
following officers were elected: #. l.
Pixley, Montrose. president; George V.
Ayres, Deadwood, first wee president;
III. e. johnson, Redfeld, secretary; B.
@. Watson, Chamberlain, treasurer.
The two cent rate cases begun in the
state supreme court the day the act was
passed in the race for jurisdiction in
the law. were called in the supreme
court and while Attorney General Clark
followed the orders of Judge Garland
of the United States court and moved
to dismiss the cases. the supreme court
has not granted the motion and will
not take action until the judges have
given consideration to the cases.
The matter of getting twenty-five
freebolders to petition for bringing the
license question to vote often causes a
confusion. Up at veblen they secured
the necessary number of signatures
Afterward IL was found by one of the
signers that the real estate which he
supposed made him freeholder was in
his wife's name. Another man made
AfIidavit that he and another man
bought lot together in order to make
themselves freeholders. This action
has been held In previous cases to be
fraudulent. So the Advance rejoices
that the town will be dry another year,
and that without having . vote on the
question.
A Sioux Falls dispatch in the Minne-
apolis Journal Of Friday says: The
cass recently instituted In the United
States court in this city requiring
Charles Lindquist, sheriff OF Day county
and David B. Compton. Of Webster. to
show cause why they should not be
panished for contempt Of court. has
BEEN continued until March 10 TO give
the defendants an opportunity to purge
themselves. The alleged contempt grew
out Of the removal under replevin pro-
oesdings Of . quantity Of grain from an
ELEVATOR ~ Webster after IL had passed
into the possession Of Charles e. Mo
Kinney. receiver Of the business Of
Arthur }. Rieger, an elevator man who
was forced into bankruptcy by credit
ors. Tho case was continued for the
purpose Of giving the defendants ample
time In which to return the grain TO the
receiver. Sheriff Lindquist testified
that the grain In dispute was In his pos
session. having been stored by him, so
u will BE- IN easy matter TO return ii to
Rsosiver Mckinney. The defendants
aid that whom the grain was removed
nom ths Webster elevator they were
not aWAxs that Rieger had been forced
into bankruptcy and . receiver
appointsd By the federal court
Rron nay County Democrat.
ytsd Bowen wss Webster visitor
wednesday.
Pstsr Peterson was Webster visitor
Ihoreday.
ohoe. vehe was transacting business
% Wohctex Tuesday.
Emil johnson a. Webster has accepted
pou<oloa = clerk In n. O. Haesy's
seorS ia arzived here Monday nornine
= commence work. 2 He hes been
employed s lsksdal's store q webstsr
for soveraI years.
3. D. Wiekre ~ n town short