Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-04
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this part Of South Dakota He is on
his way home from trip through Can
ada and North Dakota, and no place
did he see such excellent crops as We
have in Day county.
The Calmensor party. who have been
spending the past month at Mrs.
Meyers cottage at Pickerel lake, broke
camp and came in Sunday, leaving that
night for their homes at st. Paul. They
report most delightful outing at the
lake. They made many friends while
here, and proved themselves excellent
entertainers to all who visited their
camp They are all live ones, were out
for good time and certainly had it.
The Misses Genevieve and Nellie
Tracy, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Matt
Tracy, returned home from Bemis, in
Deuel. county, where they visited with
friends couple of weeks. Dan Ryan
brought the girls over in his auto, and
he was also accompanied by his wife
and her brother. John Whooley. They
arrived Saturday night and spent Sun
day at the Tracy home The Deuel. county
party departing for home Monday
morning.
Judge John II. Lulid this week
received quite novel souvenir from
Jens Peterson, who is now spending
che time in his summer home in Nor
way. 1t seems that Jens, in company
with party of four other gentlemen,
was out fishing at one of the lakes in
the mountains. There was no paper to
be had on which to write letter so he
took piece of birch bark and wrote a
postal to Judge Lund. 1t is highly
priced by the Judge.
Frank Wendt came over from Sisse-
ton Monday. He has accepted the
position of buyer for the Farmers
Exchange, (the Miller elevator IN this
city, and will assume his duties as soon
as the old buyer, j. S. Ramps, is
checked out. Frank is an old Day
county boy and needs no introduction
to majority of our readers. Many
old friends will be pleased to welcome
him back. Mr.. Ramps will leave for
his farm west of the river in a week
or ten days.
Ed Rasmussen, of Lynn, returned
from visit of several months at his
old home in Norway, where he went
last spring. When he left this country
he was in very poor health and the trip
was made in the hope of improving his
physical condition, as well as for the
rest, and the result has proven most
satisfactory as Ed on his return looked
ten years younger and in perfect health
and he says he had delightful trip
and very enjoyable visit, but was
glad to get home.
Adolph Helsper, the best man in
Eastman's barber shop, arrived home
this morning. He has been taking his
vacation and spending the time at
Haines, N. D., and reports everything
burned up in that section of the state.
When the train pulled into Lennon
yesterday there was a prairie fire rag
ing over four miles wide and the whole
population, men, women and children
were fighting it, but high wind was
driving it along at ferocious pace
despite all efforts to curb it.
The new auto ordinance will be pub
lished this week, the speed limit is ten
miles per hour, and one of the pro-
visions is that machines travel on the
right hand side of the street as the
driver faces. when standing must be
headed the same way. For instance,
machines standing on Main street on
the east side must face the north and
on the west side must face the south.
Parties operating machines had better
look up this ordinance as the authori-
ties say it will be rigidly enforced.
A reception was held at the high
school building Friday evening at the
close of the institute and the occasion
was most enjoyable to those who par
ticipated. fine program was rendered.
The attending teachers at the institute
presented Superintendent Best with a
handsome marble clock and fine silver
chatting dish as tokens of their appre-
citation Of his efforts in behalf of the
the institute. which went far toward
making il a success and the best
teachers gathering ever held in Day
county.
Lars Fosland and daughters, of Min
neapolis, have rented the north room in
the Wallace block and had the place
overhsuled. painted and papered and
will open bakery as soon as the oven
arrives and is set up, which will prob
ably be within the next week or ten
days. They will run lunch counter in
connection with the bakery. The
ladies are experienced bakers. having
learned The business in the old country