Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-09-09
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Enjoyed BY . Big Crowd
Despite the Rain.
Il rain in the morning early and
cleared away by 9 o'clock. givina
promise Of fair weather, and BY noon
itlooked quite favorable for : fine after
noon, but fair weather signs are moi
always reliable when dark clouds are
driving over head The old settlers be-
gan to arrive in town by ten o'clock
and the numbers kept increasing fast
until2 o'clock. when the lowering cloude
began to thicken and the drizzle grew
iuto downponr and things got wet
fast but with all this the old settlers
and young settlers kept right on doing
something Nothing but. bowling
-bslizzaYd 81 atnpped the old settlers
when they wanted to do anything
At II o'clock in the morning the
opening program was taken mp and
carried though, although the attend,
ance was far short of what It should
have been
The hand opened with q selection'and
Dr. Swickard invoked divine aid and
guidance. The choir was selected by
Mrs. Judge Kennedy and the sing.
ing was fine. Mayor Fitch delivered
an address Of welcome and County
Commissioner Smith of Lennox re.
sponded. President DeLong delivered
his annual address and It covered
many interesting events. {,
The business meeting was called to
order soon after l o'clock and after
some discussion as to the change of
date for this years annual meeting from
June to September, which was only
temporary, the election Of officers
followed:
B. c. Jacobs was elected president;
John II. Holsey, vice president; VIM.
NJ. Cuppett, secretary, and Mrs. N. G.
Nash, treasurer
The following named gentlemen were
named as an executive committee:
Edgar Wardwell, Harrisburg; James
Madden, Worthing; George Palmer.
Lennox; G. r Moulton, Fairview;
N. G. Nash. Canton; G.. 8. Millett,
Eden; II. D Fitch, Hudson; q. p.
schisger. Norway; g B. Eidsmoe.
Pleasant; q. D. Austin. Brooklyn;
Thomas Wright, Delaware; Wilson
Ostrsnder, Lincoln; Andrew Satrum.
Highland; Gilbert johnson, Fairview;
NJ. Hanson. Canton; Carl Wiggin.
Lynn; 0. T. Brsndhsgen, Grant; w.
s. Waldo. Perry; Ed, Moscrip, La.
Valley; Ole Hokenstad. Dayton; Robert
Buchanan, springdale; Herman Koch.
Delapre.
4 After the election Of officers had been
completed and all other business trans
acted, Mr.. A. B, Carlson, the orator
for the occasion, was introduced and
he began his address under the most
discouraging circumstances. Il had
been raining for sometime before he
began to speak and continued to in.
crease in volume, but Mr.. Carlson was
in good voice and spoke with power
and force. His opening was brilliant
and interesting and for time his voice
could be heard we'll back in the
auditorium, but the pluvial roar on the
roof increased and after Mr.. Carlson
had become weary in his brilliant effort
to outdo the elements, he gracefully
surrendered by cutting his address
down to half it's lenght. Mr.. Carlson
is native of Lincoln county, having
been born down on the old homestead
in Brooklyn township and what :
Lincoln county boy can't do, no one
else on earth need try.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Carlson's
address, the audience visited around
under the sheltering roof until the
downpour ceased and then all came up
town to join the merry makers who
were pouring out from shelter.
The streets were very muddy and all
seemed to think the fun program would
be called off, but as we said before,
nothing stops Lincoln county pioneers
but q blizzard, and this was demonstrat.
ed to dot. Several ladies had come
to town prepared for the hisching con.
test and they proposed to hitch mud or
no mud. A large crowd collected to
watch the contest when it was decided
to 70 on. Misses Nellie and Hattie Hall
were the first to enter the lists. and con.
sidering the mud and dissgreeable
features did fine work.
The time required to hitch up and
drive one blobk on walk was az fol.
lows:
Nellie Hall 1928
Hattie Hall 3:48 2.5
Mrs Parks 1858 is
Mrs Osborn 5:31 10
Miss Collins 4:55 80
Mrs. Riley 3:27 40
Mrs. Madole SOB 10
Mrs. Green 4:O1 1 s
Considering the muddy condition OF
the street and other dlsagreeable
features. the time was good. Little
Miss Essey C9llins should have had
time because Of her size. Mrs. Riley
did fine work and 90 did Miss Hall.