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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08
ALL HAD A GOOD Time
REGULAR MONTHLY MEET
ING 4 SOCIAL AFFAIR
WEBSTER COMMERCIAL CLUB
Has Open House Last Friday
Evening Large Attendance
Interesting Program and
Good Time Enjoyed
by all Present

The regular meeting of the Webster
Commercial club was held at the club
rooms last Friday evening. Court
being in session the evening was gived
up to the entertainment of the city's
guests who We're here attending court.
In order to make everyone feel COM
pletely at home while the program was
rendered-th being no ladies present
cigars were passed among the visi-
tors and guests and all who enjoyed
the luxury commenced smoking.
The meeting came to order that they
might hear Prof. Simmons speak of
the influences in the growth of the new
towns and cities of Idaho, his former
state. His suggestions were opportune
and appreciated.
Judge McNulty gave an interesting
talk on the jury systems at home and
abroad and cautioned voters and legis-
lators in making any abrupt changes
regarding the same.
Rev. Crisp then entertained the
audience in remarks of a more per-
sonal nature with a caution here and a
general compliment there.
The President, Mr.. Anderson, then
called on Supt. Hetley who informed
those present of the coming convention
of the northern South Dakota Educa-
tors convention which will be be held
in Webster the first week in April, and
informed the meeting of the Importance
of the undertaking and of the great
benefits to be derived from it. Nearly
five hundred educators will be here for
three days, the lecturers engaged are
from among the best in the country and
will be made public soon.
The meeting then adjourned to games
and visiting.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08
The JANUARY WEATHER
WAS THE COLDEST KNOWN
TO DAY COUNTY SETTLERS
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SO
MIR. o. o. F1oren, of Rosiyn
Furnishes us With Report.
Only Seven Days Above
Zero, One at Zero and
Twenty-Three Below

The grounding did not get out to see
his shadow IT, this section on Friday.
The high Winds and snow of Friday
obscured the sun from the view of his
hogship, and absolutely precluded any
shadow making. Here's hoping that
the old superstition will come true this
year. This run of weather has COM
menced to get on the nerves of the
sturdy South Dakotans at last, and can
you wonder at it? O. o. Floren, the
cooperative observer for the United
States department Of agriculture, the
weather bureau, who makes his head
quarters at Roslyn, gives out the fol-
lowing report for January: The max
imum temperature was % above zero,
the minimum temperature was 80 below
zero, which is the lowest temperature
recorded on the government books dur
ing the years Mr.. Floren has acted as
observer. The total precipitation was
.12 of an inch. The total snowfall, LIS
inches. There were IL clear, 8 partly
cloudy and IL cloudy days. The snow
fall was much lighter than is usual for
the month. For the first twelve days
of the month the highest the thermom-
eter registered was 3 below zero. The
ms.imum temperature rangedfrom 1922
below, while the maximum tempera-
ture for the same twelve days ranged
from Is to 3S below. There was just
one day that the thermometer stood at
0; seven days that it stood above 0 and
twenty-three days that it was below
O.. A great many people have COM
menced to pray, "How long, Oh! Lord!
How long?" There are others who so
express themselves about the weather
that should a newspaper publish their
remarks it's publisher would land in the
penitentiary at Leavenworth at the
hands of the United States court. But
neithe r the prayers of the Cody man,
nor the profanity of the sinner seem to
help a bit.
Some one has said that when Halley's
comet passed over the earth, that the
tail hing so low that it struck the old
earth in a manner and with such force
as to knock the old world out of plumb
which accounts for the change in the
weather conditions. If that is the case
we sincerely trust that Mr.. HALEY can
be persuaded to make a return trip
and that when he he reaches the right
position he will belt away with its old
tail and knock the old world back into
plumb again, and give us back our for
mer South Dakota weather. We have
had a great sufficiency of the 1911 and
1912 brands and will donate a years
subscription for the comets return
trip.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08
Obituary

Blanch b. Brooks, daughter of Char
les and Elizabeth Brooks, first saw the
light of day, in Webster, S. d., Sept.
ember 7th, 1900, cordially WELDON ed as
q gift from above. the one little made
for herself a large place in the affec-
tons of the family. Her bright win
some ways made her the pet of the
home as Wen as a prime favorite
among her associates. She soon came
in touch with the Sunday school and
was greatly attached to her teacher,
Miss Crofoot, who must for a time,
mourn for the touch Of a vanished,
hand and the sound of a voice that is
still"
Some three years ago little Blanch
became i'll with a most serious malady
against which she waged a heroic bat
tie, but without avail. She summoned all
her powers of fortitudej and courage in
order that she might recover When
asked-"How is Blanch today?" She
would reply 80 | am all right. THUS
she struggled on; sometimes there
seemed to be an improvement, then the
dread disease would take a serious
turn and her loved ones were kept
alternating between hope and despond-
enc yfor many months.
She bore suffering and deprivations
without numbering, when denied cer-
tain things that other children might
enjoy, she patiently submitted.
Food containing sugar, including
candy were excluded from her bill of
fare, yet she delighted to purchase
these condiments for her loved ones,
that they might enjoy what she must
be- denied. The tiny fingers were
always busy in doing something that
might please others. How many little
articles that came from her hands will
be treasured as precious souvenirs
throughout the years to come.
When the cricis came she seemed to
realize the hand of death was upon her;
she wished her loved ones to be near
her; she asked her mother to sing the
the old hymns of the church and
seemed to delight in hearing them.
Thus, as we think of this child, her
innocent life, her cheerfulness in Attic
ton, her thoughtfulness for others, her
trustfulness in the hour of death, we
are impelled to say that a remarkable
little sunbeam has gone from our
midst.
Blanch died Saturday, February End,
1912, at Ais o'clock, p. m.
Funeral services were held from the
Methodist church, Tuesday afternoon,
February 6, 1912. Pastor Crisp preach
ing the sermon from Soiomon's song
CO, "My Beloved has gone down into
his garden, to the heads of spices, to
walk in his garden and to gather Ill
les" Interment was made in the
Webster cemetery.
M. X. G..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08
Circuit Court Proceedings

The following are the proceedings
had in circuit court since our last issue:
In the case Of Walter B. Kelly VS..
w. 7. Mcdowell, the court directed a
verdict for the defendant on all the
issues.
The jury in the case of Joseph Buck
hartz VS.. John Mischowski found for
the plaintiff on all counts and assessed
his damages at $lO2. "A.
In the case of George w. Butler VS..
N. f. Bjerke the jury found for the
defendant on all the issues.
In the case of James Anderson VS..
Anton Urvig the jury came in with a
verdict for the defendant on all issues.
After Gilbert d. Peterson had sub
mitted his evidence in the case of G. ID.
Peterson VS.. Fred w. Harris, the court
upon a motion directed a verdict
for defendant on all the issues.
There was a verdict directed by the
court for plaintiff in the case of First
National bank of Bristol VS.. State bank
of Butler on all points except as to the
value of the animals, which was fixed
at 1922. 18 by the jury.
Case of Security bank VS.. Phillip A.
Gross, verdict for the plaintiff on all
issues and judgment for $249. %.
When our report was closed today,
the jury had just retired in the case of
Greta Lehna VS.. II. Nj. Boettcher.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08
DR.. W. E. TAYLOR
ONE OF MOST NOTED AUTH
ORITIES ON SOIL CULTURE
WILL Be IN WEBSTER FEB. is
The Doctor is Recognized as the
Very Best all Overthe United
States Day County Tillers
of the Soil Should Sure
Hear Him

Ever since the Commercial club has
been organized it has been looking fol-
good things for the farmers, the stock
men and their wives. The next num-
Der on the program after the Farmers
institute tomorrow will be DR.. w. +.
Taylor, of Moline, H., who will be at
the Commercial club rooms in the fore
noon to meet all corners and converse
with them about their farms and crop
and soil conditions.
Doctor Taylor will lecture in Coteau
opera house at 2 p. M, Friday, Febru-
airy l6, when he will gladly answer all
questions asked of him. Remember,
the lecture is free.
Doctor Taylor is an expert on soil
culture and comes to Day county upon
invitation of the Commercial club to
tell the people of Day county how to
raise bigger crops with less effort.
He brings modern ideas of farming,
not just fine spun theories, and takes
conditions as they are and, basing his
talk on his broad experience as a sol
expert, he will lecture for the benefi,
of the farmers.
Doctor Taylor is master of all the
subjects he will discuss, among which
are: Plant food and to what extent il
is contained in certain soils. How they
are made available, and how depleted.
Instruction on drainage, seed bee
preparation and crop tillage.
He explains how the farmer with
mean at his command can maintain
and ever increase the fertility of his
land.
He then takes conditions as they act
ually are and. in the average instance,
showing how the average farmer can
get better crops, and improve the phys
ical condition of his land with practi-
cally no increase in expense. This is
one of the principal features of the
address.
We all know that many systems OF
scientific farming are advanced which
take so much money to carry out the
imperative. Doctor Taylor, realizing
this, has made experiments within the
ability Of the average farmer, under
usual conditions, with the desired result
OF improving the lands used and made
a great increase in yield.
He touches on other subjects such as
rotation of crops, Investigations in con-
serving moisture, enabling farmers
who live in areas of light rainfall to
insure against drouth; why the land
should be disced before as well as after
blowing; when and under what condi-
tons deep blowing is to be employed.
Doctor Taylor is conducting a num-
Der of experiment farms in various
sections of the United States, and has
information at hand and so practical
that no farmer can attend without ben
eftting himself.
The business men of Webster will
attend because the soil of Day county
is the basis of all our wealth.
How to grow crops properly and to
bequeath the land u%nimpaired in fertil-
ity to the coming generation is the duty
that is so vital to us all.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08
From Cross River Country

Geo. Butler who was here attending
court last week permitted us to read a
letter from his brother, l.. l.. Butler,
formerly county treasurer of Day
county and is well known and excep-
tionally liked by all old timers, who is
now located at Navan, South Dakota.
The letter tells of some business
matters and chen says: There is a
lot of cattle starving and freezing to
death out here now. We have turned
our horses out to look for themselves.
| hope they will pull through"
Speaking of the health of himself
and family he says: "We are all
WE'LL"
He wished to be remembered to all
Day county friends.
1t will be seer by Mr.. Buffers letter
that a very sewers winter has followed
the drouth of the summer of 1911 and
the people who have taken up new
claims there are suffering losses of
cattle and horses.
The Day county friends of the Butler
family will hope for the best with Mr..
and Mrs. Butler and family.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08
Different Kinds of Weather

Last Thursday morning Messrs. A.
I. Cooper, vice president of the
Farmers and Merchants National bank,
and Atlas Knapp, proprietor of Knapp's
hotel, whose wives and families are
spending the winter in California, near
Los Angeles, received from their bet
ter halves some coiak pictures of the
ladies and the Cooper children, taken
under the orange trees and among the
flowers.
They make the country look very
tempting after our long hard winter.
That afternoon Messrs. Cooper and
Knapp secured the services Of Roy
Mankey with his camera. Along side
of j. T. Goodwjn's barn there is a
snow drift nearly as high as the barn,
tn top of the drift overhangs almost
like a wave. The two gentlemen
seated themselves under the crest of
the bank muffled in all the clothes they
could get on. A light snow was fall
ing when Mr.. Mankey took their
picture. The two pictures are quite a
contrast, United States is quite a
large country when come to look it
over and compare scenes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08

Do not sell a draft horse until you
see Or. N. N. Judge. Highest price.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08

the farmer would not go to the gov.
eminent. He stated that IT, only
method of getting scientific agriculture
to the farmer was by installing it in
the schools of the country The young
mar believed that this was the only
system whereby the est ideas of agri-
culture could be delivered to the flu
ture farmers of this country, and at a
period when it will be best received
by them"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08
Card of Thanks

ave take this means of expressing
our most sinceae thanks to the many
friends for their loving kindness, assist
ance and sympathy during the last i'll
ness and at the death and funeral of
our daughter and sister, Blanch b.
Brooks. May such sorrow never come
to you, is the sencere wish of
DIR. and Mrs. C. +. Brooks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Brooks.
Miss Mabel Brooks.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08

See George G. Dunton
at the First National
Bank. about farm loans
Ne is making them all
the time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08
Ludwig Becker Dead

Ludwig Becker was born in Germany
April %, 1851. He came to America
in the spring of 1890 and lived neor
Webster until 1907, when he made his
home at Aberdeen. Two months ago
he was laken to a hospital at Yankton
and died on the Oath of January. He
was buried in the Yankton city GENE
terry on the 26th of January. Ludwig
Becker's age was 60 years 9 months.
His son, Ewald, clerk at the Com
mercial hotel, went down to the
funeral and to take care of the
remains. His oldest daughter, Edith
lives in Portland, Ore, one daughter,
Wanda, in Fargo, N. D., and the
youngest son, Emil, lives on a farm
near Webster.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08
Knights of Pythias Smoker

Last Thursday evening the members
of the Webster lodge. No. 65, Knights
of Pythias, threw open their hall and
gave up the evening to a smoker.
There a few invited guests and a large
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
By United Press Leased Wire. J

PHILADELPHIA, May 90
Unless Ban B. Johnson, president
of the American league, rescinds
his action in the case of Ty Cobb,
star outfielder and batsman of
the Detroit Tigers, and lifts the
suspension against him, every
team in the American league will
join the Detroit players in the
strike, according to announce
ment made here today by the De-
troit strikers"
The Detroit players assert that
they have received such assur-
ances from the players of every
other team in the league.
President Navin of the Tigers
arrived here today and Is in con-
ference with President Johnson.
The existence of the American
league is believed to hang on this
conference.
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TAG. Smoker Is Slated For
May 28; Will Be Fast One

dition in the T. A. G. gym at the
old Glide rink.
Joe Bonds will also appear. He
has been hard at work since the
last smoker and will be in the
best of condition. Just who he
will appear with is not settled. A
new man named Moran has be-
come a member but has not yet
definitely agreed to meet Bonds.
Steele and Marine are expect
ed to delight the members. Steele
made his first appearance in a
contest with Phillips, who was
greatly outclasse6. Steels display
ed such ability that 1t was decid-
ed to give him an opportunity to
show his best mettle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

Many instances of the love that
exists between mankind and dumb
animals have been related, but a
more touching example than the
love of a great horseman and a
great horse for each other has
seldom been recorded.
This was in evidence daily this
spring at the Memphis race track.
The principals in the tragedy
for 1t was a tragedy-were Ed
ward F. c.Pop") Geers, famous
driver of harness horses, and The
Harvester, 2:01, champion trot-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

Trustees of the Tacoma Ath-
letic club met this afternoon and
decided to hold the next smoker
May %. 1t had been planned to
hold the smoker Memorial night
but out of respect to the G.. A. r.
and fraternal, as we'll as other or
CARNATIONS, decided to hold the
smoker earlier.
That the program will be as in
teresting or more so than at the
last smoker was the statement of
Secretary Harry Andrews. Eddie
Marine and Paul Steele have
agreed to furnish the principal
contest, it is understood, and are
spending considerable time at
work getting themselves into con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
WOLGAsT GETS DECISION

ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-Ad VOL
CAST, champion lightweight, is
none the worse today for his en-
counter here with Freddie DAN
iels, local boxer, with whom he
danced through four rounds to an
easy newspaper decision. VOL
CAST confined his activities to
jumping about the ring AID pro-
tecting his black eye and cut lip
which he received from Willie
Richie in San Francisco a week
ago, but got in his work in the
clinches.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
Standing of Clubs Yesterday.
Today's Games.


By winning in the eighth in
ming yesterday Spokane broke
even on the series with Tacoma.
1t looked like the Tigers game all
the way but a couple of errors
and three hits gave Spokane the
game. The score was four TO one,
until the aviation congress.
Shaw was thrown out. Cooney
made a clean hit. Melchoir bunt-
ed and Hunt tried to get Cooney
at second. Mil allowed the ball
to slip through his hands and
d1rst and second were occupied.
DeVogt went safe on Nils second
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ting stallion.
The Harvester had been sold to
e. X. G. Billings, and would no
longer be handled by Pop"
Geers had taken the horse as a
bad-mannered colt and taught
him to trot, at the same time
transmitting to the animal the
sweet disposition which has en-
deared Geers to lovers of harness
racing.
After the sale This Harvester
was transferred to the able of
Trainer Doc" Tanner, and 1t ia
told how every night Geers would
limp across the infield to bid his
old charge good night.
Dick, the pet name given The
Harvester by Gecrs, never failed
to recognize his old master. To
his trainers kindly voice he would
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
Pacific Coast League
Standing OF the Clubs.
THREE MORE PUGS

NEW YORK-Three pugilists
will be taken to California in a
few days by Jimmy Johnson, who
is handling Owen Moran, the Eng
fish lightweight, according to an
announcement made here today.
Besides Moran, who hooks up
with Jack White at Vernon, CAL,
June s, Johnson will take along
Tommy Maloney of New York
and Harry Thomas, an English
featherweight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
TRIANGULAR REGATTA.

PRINCETON, N. J. = Today
was a red letter day for the
athletes of Princeton university.
Besides the baseball game and
track meet with Cornell, the trl-
angular. regatta between Column
bia, Pennsylvania and Princeton
was rowed, the three universities
resuming rowing relations after
a lapse of % years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
KRAUs To TOLEDO

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Harry
Krause, three years ago the pitch
ing sensation of the American
league, has been released by Con-
ME Mack, manager of the worlds
champion Athletics, to the Toledo
club of the American association.
TO announcement made
today. For two years Krause has
been of little use to the Athletics.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
Tagged Train With Shirt.

Tearing his shirt from his back
an Ohio man tagged train and
saved 1t from a wreck, but Fl. T.
Aston, Raleigh, ". c., once pre-
vented wreck with Electric Bit
tiers. II was in a terrible plight
when | began to use them," he
writes, my stomach. head, back
and kidneys were all badly af-
fected and my liver was In bad
condition, but four bottles of
Electric BitteFs made me feel like
new man." A trial Will con-
vince YOU of their matchless mer-
1t for any stomach, liver or kid
ney trouble. Price so cents at
Ryner Malstrom Drug Co.. els
Pacific av.
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answer with a low, caressing
whinny.
One evening Geers went into
the barn and as he passed the
Waterman said: 81 thought I'd
look at Dick again before 1 went
home" The old man unbolted
the door that led to The Harvest
er's apartments.
"How are you tonight, old
hoss?" said the veteran, as he
walked into the box stall and
placed his hand on the arching
neck of the great stallion.
And there in the quiet of gold
en- sunset The Harvester showed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
MATCH CROSS AND REDMOND.

NEW YORK-Negotiations are
pending for bout between Leach
Cross and Jack Redmond of Min
neapolis before the st. Nicholas
club June 4. All arrangements
are practically completed, save
of weight, Cross holding out for
lbs pounds on the afternoon of
the contest while Redmond wants
1873. 1t Is probable that a COM
promise will be reached on the
basis Of I34 pounds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
CHASE HAS RECOVERED.

NEW YORK - The dropping
hopes of the Highlanders were
revived by the temperance of
Hal Chase, who has returned
from Atlantic City, where he has
been convalescing from long ILL
ness. Chase took a light work.
out and declared he would be
ready to play next week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
GIBBONS IN TRAINING.

NEW YORK-Mike Gibbons of
st. Paul is here to put on the
touches for his bout
with Sid Burns, the English well
terweight, who went Is rounds
with George Carpenter, the
French champion, some months
ago. Gibbons meets Burns in a
10 round bout here next Tuesday
night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
M'GOORTY VS.. MONA,

NEW YORK-Eddie McGoorty
OF Oshkosh and Bob Moha of Mil
waukee will meet here May %,
according to announcement made
here. They will weigh in at 15S
pounds at 8 o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
MORAN VS.. WHITE.

NEW YORK-Owen Moran,
the British lightweight, will fight
Charley White in Syracuse Mon
day evening. 1t will be Moran's
last eastern bout before starting
for California.
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error and Zimmerman singled,
scoring Melchoir after Cooney had
Tailed on Hunts wild pitch. Da-
Wis walked and the runners We're
advanced by an infield out. Cart
wright singled and two more
scored. The game was won for
Spokane. The score:
SPOK ANE