Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-03
w. l Lothian returned home Sunday


cussed and.shat it is now practically
assured and much stock has already
been sold.-Grant County Review.
The board of county commissioners at
their meeting Tuesday appropriated
$500 for the Day County Agricultural
Fair Association. The action is in
compliance with a law passed at the
last session of the state legislature and
will meet with the approval of a large
majority of the people. We predict il
will prove one of the best investments
e~ver.made of county funds.
Judging from all reports the farmers
dance at the opera house next Monday
evening, February Eth, will be the best
attended dance in the history of Web
ster. A large number of tickets have
already been sold and all the boys with
out exception say they are coming TO
the dance. for il Is the kind of a dance
they have been looking for, for years,
and they know that a good time is
assured.
Leases nave been closed for twelve
cottages at the south end of Pickerel
lake during the past two weeks and a
number of others are figuring. IL is
stated that q good restaurant will be
opened there this season and that this
resort will be more agreeable and pop
ala that, at,a h,fnSn lrrir- tEa cArr-
ing season. If you contemplate having
n cottage at the lake,this season, now is
the time to get i'll the game.
After the lumbermen's convention at
Minneapolis p. J. Roth. manager of
Williams Lumber company, went to
Duluth, MINI, and spent a couple Of
days in that city the guest of David
Williams. Peter complains Of having
had a splendid time, says the Williams
family are all well and happy aud that
Davidfgave him special injunction to be
remembered to his Dakota friends. On
his return Mr.. Roth paid his old home,
Shakopee, Mimi, a short visit and was
hCCOll Dhuleu lIOUu tlcIt ny Ills ulcCt,
Miss Julia Metz, who will spend the
summer nsWebster.
Mason's.Jubilee Singers will render
two numbers in the M. E. Church next
Sunday evening. The pastor will
preach both morning and evening on
special subjects that will interest all
who attend. Music and singing, music
by the orchestra in the evening. Rev.
A. H. Swartz, pastor of First Baptist
church Pierre, says: 1.-The audience
was representative, a~ppreciative and
very enthusiastic. They completely
captured the audience with their open.
ing selection, and held them in delight.
full expectation until the closing num-
Der was rendered, Mason's Jubilee Sing
ers are good singers" Hear them at
the NJ. Z. Church Sunday evening.
A dispatch from Minot, n. D., in the
Minneapolis Journal of January Goth,
announces the 'eath of w. A. Stafford
at his late home in Velva, N. d., on
that day. At the time of his death he
was editor of the McHenry County
Journal and postmaster of Velva.
Walter was well known in Day county
where his boyhood and early manhood
were spent He was editor of the Wan
bay Clipper for several years. He sold
his South Dakota interests and moved
to Velva about twelve years ago where
he has since resided. Deceased was a
son of G. w. Stafford and was an enter
prising, energetic young man whose
friends c%ould'oniy be numbered by his
acquaintance. The Reporter and
Farmer joins many Day county friends
in sincere sympathy to the bereaved
family.
Miss Josephine Flagstad closed a
deal Saturday whereby Mrs. Lauzon
and Miss Oslund, of st. Peter, Mimi,
became the owners of the millinery
stock formerly owned by Miss. Flag
stad. Miss Flagstad has carried a
fashionable and upto date line of milli-
merry for the past seven seasons and has
given the best of satisfaction. Her
Webster and all patrons in this vicinity
sincerely regret she has seen fit to seek
other fields and hope she may decide to
remain with us in some other line of
business. Mrs. Lauzon comes TO us
highly recommended as an experienced
milliner and Miss Oslund as a trimmer
and instructor" in chalk work. The new
firm will be ready with the seasons
most advanced styles March lst in the
Wallace block. We wish for them
many successful seasons
A. @. Davis died at his home in
Wheatland township Friday, January
18th, at 100 o'clock p. m, after a
lingering illness from chronic Bright's
disease. Deceased was one of the pio-
neer farmers of Day county, locating at