Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-06-25
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4OE u4AA 0uN 10 bu 0TtIOt III VIC CuAAunty
line. At an early hour the next morn
We aRain jOurneyed on and found Oil
. LewisOn c~ultivating corn. He
asked for the COURIER 10 be sent to him
as did also Ole Walden, who owns 80
acres. Ole Christianson 10 a COURIER
reader, rs Is also l.. /. Offerdahl, who
gave me his name. His wife died last
May, but the love and tender care OF
the father IN making noble men and
women out OF the twelve motherless
children. All Of section 5 is owned by
the Fluge brothers, John, Frank, and
Herman, all prosperous farmers. Frank
Dillon and his sister are operating the
farm left them by their deceased pa
rents. Ed FickbOhm, q newly welded
young farmer, lives just across the line
west. They enjoy reading the COU-
R1ER. s. Hanson, who rents part Of
Kegrice place, is y poultry fancier and
has q number Of line birds. N.
A. Benson, who moved here two
years ago from Clay county.
read the COURIER in the future. At
D. O.. Kegrice's We did Justice to a nice
dinner. He has q beautiful place. Ole
OlesOn owns 2AO acres west of here,
while Pat Manning IL south of him.
At T. HarriDgtOn's we found no one at
home. The next farm Is owned and
operated by the sons OF Swan Bratt.
One Of them is a subscriber. j. II.
FickbOhm was not at home, so we were
entertained by his son H.F. M. Walsh,
Edward Merrigan, John Casey, and
his sO1J James Casey, - we'll as Patrick
Mahan, r all prosperous farmers.
About 4 o'clock In the afternoon Father
Kennedy showed US through the
GarryOwen church, and TO say that we
were struck with admiration at its ell
egant interior furnishings is putting it
mildly. Daniel Sullivan and his
brother Tom each own large improved
farms In section 20. In twenty-eight
years residence here Tom O'Connor has
become the owner of one of the finest
farms In his neighbOrhOOd and made
himself practically rich. Jas. T., p,
T., and Jas. v. OCOnnOr, three old
settlers, each own q nice farm earned
by the sweat of hard but honest labor,
M. Mattison's 100 acres lie in a level
tract in section 81. G. F. Deuschle,
an engineer by trade, came to this
county recently, and is farming for the
Improvement Of his health. He rents o.
: NAO0I0W ALlu 10 k0luAIJk Al UUtkl
health and earthly possessions. Mr.
McGraw has built q neat cottage nea,
his old home, and with his son is enjoy
ing . life Of well-earned rest. Mrs
Patrick D0olan hires her farm worked
She took up her homestead here in 10
Michael O'Conn0r, half q mile north, Ii
erecting q 81, 800 house.
We now proceeded to make our last
call for the day. as will as the last In
Sphinx township. It was at the home O
Mrs. Eliza Harrington, who with hel
husband and children emigrated from
Ireland to this country in 1866, taking
up the claim where they now reside.
We have now completed the second
chapter Of our undertaking, having
made, Is we believe, q thorough can
vass OF both Sioux Valley and Sphinx
and II anyone has been sighted it ha.
been unintentt0nal on our part. for /,
has been our aim and desire to visit
every home In the territory we pass
through. Thanking the residents for
giving the information we we're seek.
ing, and especially those who have &C
freely and kindly opened up their hos
pitable hearts to us when we were
hungry and sleepy, we now take leave
Of your beautiful townships to continue
soon " visits to the homes in Prairie
HARRY G. Joy.