Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-06-11
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agent now holds his note for 3l35 In
stead Il ol6, and the farmer 10 looking
with shot gum and bull dog for the
next agent that appears on the scene,
and the entire community 10 up In
arms against all strangers that appear
over the horizon, 90 when We greeted
Henry Miller, who owns 100 acres Of
good farm land In section 6, with one
Of Our most pleasant smiles, he return
ed only freezing stare and q blunt re-
fusAl TO have anything to cay, and
turning on his heel walked on, leaving
~ standing and gazing at his retreat
Ing form In surprise and bewilderment,
But recovering from our surprise after
. moment We called on his neighbOr,
Henry Jacobs, who willingly gave 10 all
the Information We wished OF himself
- we'll - Mr.. Miller. Mr.. Ed Carlson
has = 260 acre farm, we'll stocked, hav-
ing 16O head Of hogs, Is mich COWS,
several horses and large fOcks of
chickens. He II thinking Of building
= new house soon which will be an
added luxury for himself and family
and the welcome visits Of The COU-
RIER will help to brighten the new
home. Ono mile west OF here we
found IN old settler, Mr.. A. HAPPIER,
who with his two sons is simply In q
log cabin on his homestead. But he
has all the material on the ground and
40 5000 a. the busy season IL over will
begin the erection Of fiue large house.
Going across the road the Hutchinson
brothers, Ed. and VIM. greeted us and
requested that they might receive the
paper from now on a. they desired to
know all about the coming campaign.
After stopping moment with Lewis
G0odroad. ST.. We proceeded to the
home OF T. E. Scott, who has been In
formed Of our coming through THE
CoURIER's columns. His crops are
doing splendidly, and his large herd of
high grade sh0rthOrn cattle are as nice
~ can be fovnd any where in the
county. Carrying our wheel across a
bitches, the happy home Of mosquitoes,
Ne mounted . hill and was soon In the
aooryard Of VIM. Keevii, q prosperous
German with = large family. Night,
more over taken us we steered our
ing away the viAnds from the ever
Mrs. Schneiderheinse.
After . peaceful nights rep0se,
Thursday morning dawned without
much 70 gladen the heart Of . cyclist
for heavy clouds covered the sky from
horizon 70 zenith and . few morning
drops fell now and then. But at
~ A.
letting the sun poop through here and
there. 90 mounting the wheel again we
were soon gliding over the hills again.
We found Henry Gardner. our ex-
county auditor, busily sorting broom
corn preparatory to converting 1t into
br0oms. He also conducts mail
route flom Sphinx TO Beresford via Nora
and Emmett, making three trips a
week. Herman Michlaska and his
young handsome wife are snngly locat-
ed on his fathers farm In section "a oil
Sphinx township. They are both in
telligent readers Of the county official
paper and enjoy visiting their old &C.
quatntanCe through its columns. Our
next new formed acquaintance was with
Gust setter who recently purchased Of
Mr.. Palmer, Of Sioux City, 90 acres Of
unimpr0ved land for little over 9l(
per acre. He now has neat looking
house Of modern design, and other
good out buildings which have more
than doubled the value OF his place
The home Of Hans johnson 10 one to b
Ienjoyed by any lover Of beauty, luxur,
and convenience. The large substan
tial house ID sct on the crest Of q hill
Overlooking beautiful valley hun
ldred feet below and stretching awal
Into the distance, the c0mmOdi0u
barns and out buildings are on the sid,
lof the hill which furnishes shelter a
we'll % good drainage for them. Mr.
johnson and his son we're cultivatinl
- nice field Of corn ~ we have We
seen and small grain 10 doing splendid
He 10 another one Of The COURIER,
many subscribers 10 this part Of tn
lcounty. just - the sun reached tn
zenith We wheeled up 70 the door O
Jens EndersOn and within less tim
!, than II takes 70 tell II our feet wer
under the table and, we'll, half an hou
later We felt - though We were Mvinl
, lOnce again. Mr.. Enderson il enjoying
very poor health being confined to bel
with the asthma q greater part Of tn
, time, but his sons carry on the labor
] OF the farm with al the skill and prof
, tableness Of veteran sons Of the soil
! while In the house the duties are per
, formed By his daughters, the oldest d
, whom II not yet 10 years old, Mr.
, Euders0n having died about year ago
, Everything 10 ID . neat and ordinar
! condition and Mr.. Enders0n has reasoI
TO be proud Of his intelligent famil
Of bright children. His son E. p.
Z subscriber Of THE COURIER an,
. looks with pleasure for it, weekly ap
\ pearance. A few rods to the soutl
| lies the 2l8 acre farm Of rich r0ilin,
, upland Of Paul 8. Anderson one q
, Sioux Valleys most respected an,
hOn0red citizens. He has just begu
J to erect = fine large house, which whe
! completed will Be % nice % any In tn
country. John Hegg q Lamont /
] doing tho mason work In an artist
/ and substantial manner. After addinI
. Mr.. Anderson's name 10 our sub0Crip
, ti0n list No proceeded sOuthWard an
enjoyed soon meeting Hans r, JOHNSON
, Ian old suppJrtef Of ours, who hrs re
lceived the blessingD and comforts 81 /