Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-04

keeping in the Bradley house in
the First ward, arrived on Friday night
and took up their abode with him.
Rev. ]. S. Hardness, of Aberdeen,
presiding elder for the Methodist
church of this district, came Saturday
afternoon and remained until Sunday
afternoon with friends. He occupied
the pulpit of the local church Sunday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w. Ray, who
have been visiting at the home of B..
2. Morehouse near Webster. arrived
in the city Sunday night for a visit
with relatives and friends here. They
are guests at the home of their son,
Grant Ray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parke Benson and son,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Benson and son,
and Mr.. and Mrs. F. d. Crandall and
daughter returned yesterday from
Pickerel lake, where they have been
camping for the past ten days. -Aber-
deem News, Thursday.
Mrs. H. H. Potter who attended the
grand lodge of the Eastern Star in
Deadwood and there after visited for a
time at Hot Springs, arrived home
Thursday night very much pleased
with her trip and very favorably
impressed with the scenic Black Hills.
Mr.. E. M. Mirras, the candy man, is
strictly up-to.date all the time. In addi.
ton to furnishing the very best in the
way of candies, ices and soft drinks he
has just added the latest mechanical
device to supply his patrons with fresh
roasted peanuts and popped corn at any
and all times.
w. M. and Alfred Jahnig, F. P.
Crerser, and Geo. Baker, returned
Monday morning from a short outing
at Pickerel lake. On the way they
narrowly missed a large rock which
had been rolled into the road by some
one, apparently with criminal intent
Britton Journal.
The board of county commissioner:
has rendered the position of county
treasurer, made vacant by the death Of
H. w. Wayland, to Manson Rexford,
conditioned that he furnish his owr
bond and run the office with a deputy
and no clerk hire. Mr.. Rexford has the
matter under advisement.
w. G. Wells has returned from
successful fishing trip to Pickerel lake
He had his two som with him. Mr.
Wells brought back over $50 pounds o.
fish, and asks all of his friends wht
want any fish to notify him. The trip
was made in Mr.. Wells automco bile. =
Aberdeen News, Friday.
A. 7. Cooper, vice president of The
Farmers and Merchants National banl
of this city, who had been taking
two weeks vacation at Duluth, MINI.
arrived home Tuesday morning. Mrs
Cooper. who accompanied him on tn,
trip, stopped off in Minneapolis on tn,
return journey for a visit of a few
days.
E. S. Van Gorder and H. A. Arnold
president and vice president respect
lively of the First National bank o
Audubon, Iowa, were in this city OF
Friday looking after some land inter
ests they have in Day county. They
were very much pleased with the
prospects fer a crop which greeted
them in this section.
Among those from this city who
attended the funeral of H. w. Way
land last Saturday were Mrs. N. H.
Anderson, Miss Margaret Cowan, j.
C. Garrick, Ole Strandness, Charlie:
Buchele, Bert Johnson, Charles Lind.
quist, l. S. Coomes, j. H. Hetley,
Chris Grue, Charles Wheeler, Clayton
Dyke and H. F. Hart.
Dan Bronson, of the Webster World,
and family took the big automobile
Friday morning and at 5 o'clock were
on the road for a trip to the home of
Mrs. Bronson's folks at La Crosse,
Wis. We did not learn how long they
are to be gone but hope that they have
good roads, good weather, good health
and a good time during their absence.
DR.. Kjerland's horse added a little to
the entertainment on the streets Mon
day night by breaking away from John
Farmer, who was holding him and ran
away. Mr.. Farmer was thrown down
but not injured. The horse broke
away from the buggy at the Masonic
temple corner and then ran home.
Very little damage was done to any
thing.
DR.. ]. L. Harris, who was in charge
of the medical department of the
soldiers home in the Black Hills for a
couple of months while the home ply