Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06
NEWsY STATE NOTES.

Third district, has been selected as
presiding judge OF the supreme conr,
for the year 1910.
Adjt Gen O. H. Englesby, of the
South Dekota National guard, has
received orders from the war depart.
ment 10 the effect that the simmer
maneuvers OF the guard will be held at
Fort Russell, WyO., but will make an
effort TO have the order changed la
order 70 send the guard e. American
Lake, Wash. instead.
The dead body of Edward Fessenden
was discovered in the vicinity of Ken
nebec, west of the Missouri river. Fes-
sender had been in KeDnebec several
days ana mad been drinking. He wan
dered from the town and for ten days
nothing was heard of him. A search
was instituted and his body was fonnd
in haystack, where ne had burrowed
70 escape the storm
Commissioner A N. Cook, of the
South Dakota food and drug commits
sion, caused the arrest of Folda & Sons,
of LestervilIe, for shipping rotten or
stale eggs At Yankton plea of guilty
was entered and the offenders were Les
off with small fine aud compelled to
pay all costs of the action. DR.. Coos
has several similar cases under con-
sideration and other arrests are likely
to follow.
Congressman Martin has introduced
a bill in congress which, If it becomes a
law will extend the time for those who
have fed on homesteads in which they
are to establish a residence, The bill
provides that any one who has filed 80
they will have to locate on their land in
December 1909, or January, February.
March or April, 1910. will not be COM
PEELED to locate on their land before
May, 1910
Although the officers and score of
farmers living in Hand and Jerauld
counties have conducted a persistent
search. not the slightest trace can be
found of liver Lindberg, pIasterer and
mason, who disappeared several weeks
ago after leaving the little town of
Lane on foot, intending to make the
journey overland to his home at Wes.
sington Springs, where he has wife
and two children.
Mrs Henry Jansen was arrested
Friday for numbering her 3-months.oi
baby in 500 Valley township, Clay
county. There were finger marks ON
the child's throat and the theory is that
the mother strangled the baby. She
has been acting queerly for some time
and is thought to be insane. Her trial
will be held at the March term of court,
and if insane she will be sent to the
asylum at Yankton.
Two men giving the names OF West
and Marshall were arrested at Blunt
Friday and taken to Pierre on charge
of robbery. 1t is claimed they drugged
two other men named Peterson and
Sommer and after robbing them, lefi
them lying in the snow. When found
the victims were nearly dead from the
effects of the drug aud cold aud Peter.
son is yet unconscious with his recovery
considered doubtful
The building record for the year wa,
added TO in Aberdeen December X
when permits were issued Saaer Bros
cigar manufacturers. for two story
brick building, "a by 80 feet in sizs, and
to Honegger Brothers, wholesale liquor
dealers, for a two story brick structure
% by l42 feet. The two buildings will
some lesser permits, will bring the tota
for the year within 5000 or "a 900 b
the 81, 500. 600 mark.
r. N. Montgomery, the railway mai
clerk, whose wife eloped two month
ago with Charles Sprague. taking hel
two children, aged and IL years, will
her, has returned to Aberdeen from
Hamilton, Mont, where he overtool
Spragne and Mrs Montgomery. Spragu'
was given l8C days in Jail by the Mon
tana court. Montgomery took the tw,
children 70 their grandmother in Nortl
Dakota. The erring wife remained Il
Montana
The committee in charge are maxim,
every effort to interest the people of ii
state and the schools on "Beadle Day
which will be Friday, January 81. II
is hoped to have an appropriate pro
gram rendered in every school in tn
state on that day. The patrons of tn
schools are to be invited in aud tag
will be sold. by the children at AZ
price the purchaser desires to paJ
although il is suggested that, euss
school should prodr : sum. sQusf's
about five cents for each child IeproliSl
In the towns general tag dag ssle VII
be arranged for the following Iaxy, Sal
urday, January %, when tits hoped "a
Older pupils of the schools will thor
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