Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-01

The Ladies Aid society of the Nor.
wegi4n Lutheran church met yeSter-
day afternoon at the home OF Mrs. P.
j. Blegen and spent q delightful and
profitable afternoon. The gentlemen
were called in at six o'clock and served
with an excellent supper
W.. A. Tyner president Of the Tyuer
Garage company arrived this morning
with his car of household goods and
Mrs. Tyner VIII be here this evening,
They will make their future home in
Webster. They come highly recon-
mended and will r. eeiye y warm wei
come from Webster fols.
Miss Edna Larson. who has been
granted = winter vacation from her
claim in North Dakota and has been
spending il with her sister at Pierpont,
came down last week for a short visit
with Webster FRIEND. she was the
guest Of Miss Josephine Flagstad and
Mr.. and Mrs r A SehuIian.
s. Marys Guild hS3 election Of
officers at the home Of Mrs. T, W.
Ha5kat Thursday Jan - The fol-
lowing oesS were elected, Pres.
Ethel EG-sSa,> vice pres, Agnes
peuo1. e Haaea SnE.hs tress.,
Anna AIsy Uwa decided to give a
va aaSSs. social Wednesday,
Ese-aaT H.
Ii yoa barns a G.sls HEN,
And ~. a wooden foot,
If SIZE lars her EGGS by a Mulberry
root
If size lays more EGGS than any
HEN on the farm,
A little OYSTER SHELL won't DO
any harm.
Hal5kat The Medicine-Man.
A Letter from S. L. Potter says there
is more wheat raised around james
than there is in the whole state of
Montana. He was not very favorably
impressed with that state. Mrs. Potter
in a letter remarks that what the
| Oregonians call ranches we would call
garden patches in South Dakota
about forty acre tracts.
The storm of yesterday might rightly
be termed a blizzard. The thermome.
tor hung around twenty above all day,
however. There was a binding snow,
driven by a high north wind and il
continued all day long until about five
o'clock. The roads excepting the north
road, have heretofore been reported in
very bad condition and yesterday
storm will make them almost impass
able.
Doc" and Homer Hillebrand came
in from the ranchlSunday and remained
morning to get some supplies. Doc
had recently returned from a trip tt
the Cities on a visit to his parents anc
brother and reports that the old PEG
pie are in fine health and that Clarence
is much better and will recover com,
pletely from the break down caused by
over-work.
The sleet storm of FRIDAY last broke
most of the rural telephone lines. Ir
some localaties the frost was two
inches thick. The damage in town was
slight and soon repaired. Manager
Ross informed US that ne is indebted
to many subscribers for the promptnes;
with which they made the repairs or
the lines near their place thereby
rendering valuable assistance which is
highly appreciated.
Jacob 0, Wickre, of Langford, was
on the program at the stock anC
poultry show at Mitchull on the
assigned subject Scientific Agricul.
ture for Diversified Western Farm.
ing" The mere fact that the young
gentleman gets on the program at al
is a compliment to his ability. But
Jacob will do more than that he will
give them an excellent and interesting
paper on the subject.
During the present winter Webster
has been enjoying some very gooc
shows. w. c. Happe & Son in theil
Coteau opera house have been success
full in securing some very fine attrac.
tons all during the winter. The mum
bers thus far put on by the Woman's
Thursday club have been top-notchers
and the best the club ever secured,
The Ruby under the management Of
Mr.. Smith is just IS good as there is
anywhere and much better than most