Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-13
NEWSY STATE NOTES.

freight train and TO keep on going with
out any Inconvenience. or even trouble
of coupling the divided sections, is
claimed to have been the experience of
a crew of Burlington ore train in the
Black Hills "A few days ago In Iun-
ming down grade one of the ore cars
in the middle Of the train slipped off its
trucks and was wrenched loose from its
couplings and dumped down an embank-
ment The trucks left the track and
the broken train coupled itself on the
down grade run, in which the rear
section overlook the front one,
and the train was brought on in minus
one car, which went into the ditch
without disturbing the rest of the train
Senator Crawford introduced bill
Wednesday providing that the inter-
state commerce commission proceed to
take physical valuation of all railroads
in the United States. He also offered
resolution calling upon the department
of commerce and labor to report on the
increased value of food, cotton, wool,
flax, hides and man ufactures thereof
during the last ten years The Craw-
ford resolution asks for report on the
production of gold during the same
period This resolution Is in line with
Senator Crawford's recent magazine
article, in which he attributed the
higher prices largely to a great increase
in the worlds gold instead of to the
tariff duties. He had the resolution
laid on the table, but plans to call it up
for extended discussion in few days.
Professor A. e. Chamberlain, super.
intendent of South Dakota farmers
institutes, is preparing for seed corn
contests to be participated in by the
rural schools of the state during the
last week in January or the first week
in February. At his request publishers
of daily newspapers throughout the
state will offer their papers as prem
ners. The state will be divided into
districts for the purpose IN view and
erch newspaper will be assigned dis
tricr. Professor Chamberlain knows
that If ne succeeds in teaching the ris-
ing generation how to raise the best
oorn, South Dakota's agricultural
future will be assured The news
papers, always willing to help. will
stand by the professor. The plan will
be announced in TIE near future.
Escaping from the county Jail at Elk
Point as 7;45 o'clock Thursday morning.
Mrs. Henry Jansen, who lives near
that place, who was being held on the
charge OF murder OF her 3 month. old
baby, December 30, walked eleven miles
through the snow. scantily clad, with
no covering for her hands and with thin
shoes on her feet, before being over
taken, one mile and half east of JEFF
ferson, by Sheriff Thomas Gunderson.
She was in semi conscious condition,
with both feet and hands frozen, but
still moving at brisk pace when over
taken. She was taken to Sioux Clty
and is being cared for in hospital.
Mrs. Jansen lost her mind week ago,
and is alleged to have strangled her
little baby to death while in this condi-
ton. She was being held pending her
trial at the March term of court. She
has not regained her mental faculties.
The nomination of Seth Bullock for a
second term a. United States marshal
for the Districs of South Dakota did not
20 to the senate last week, IL is said,
because Of the opposition Of Senators
Gamble and Crawford. Bullock took
an active part in fights that were made
when both Gamble and Crawford were
running for the senate and has been
allied with the Kittredge faction OF the
party in South Dakota for the past sew
eral years. 1t is understood that the
two senators want him to keep himself
out Of politics in the future and are try
ing to secure promise from him that
he will 'be good" in the future. This
Bullock refused to do, and Gamble and
Crawford have therefore del aged his
Bullock's friends say
that the nomination will NOS be
delayed long. however. and that when
a a can't 20 the senate IL will he cor.