Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-08
Worthing Items
December 6, 1905.

December D, l9OO.
Picking corn from Ill till sun.
NAV not be what Jimmie HaZen
Hyde would call fun: but 1t brings IN
the mum
We will say that we, or last weeks
items were somewhat unfortunate,
for we had gotten a mice punch" OF
them as the fellows say, and entered
the postotfice to mail them, when 10!
they were missing, actually lost, SO
our readers did not read them-after
the proof reader had scanned them,
but perhaps someone found them
and read them in the original, how
ever, we will jog our memory and
repeat one or two Of them.
Have o joined the Lincoln coun-
ty Roosevelt Republican. Club, or
read it's platform?
Evan Jones has sold the lot on
which it stands, and what is fam.
iliarly known as, "The Corner Store
building, now occupied as a general
store by James Clark, to j. NJ. SOlso.
Consideration ST.. 200. Mr.. Solsn in
i tends to move into his new possess
ion about January lSt, and rumor
says that MI. Clark may move his
stock into the building lately vacated
by Fl. G. HOfmeister & Son.
The store building now occupied by
j. NJ. Solso, is owned by John Hues-
Doe, who will again enter the mer-
chantile business when MI. Solso
vacates the building.
Fl. G. Hofmeister & Son have de-
cided to discontinue their furniture
store, which. they purchased lately
from Andrew SOlSO, and last Friday,
moved the furniture to their Lennox
| store, and the store building is for
rent.
While in Canton Il few days ago,
we saw Mrs. BankSOn, mother OF the
young mar who was injured in a
game of base ball played here last
summer, and we are glad to say that
she informed us that her son Paul
has regained his health, and picked
corn all fall, and also that he did not
lose the sight of one of his eyes, as
we were previously informed, but
that the sight of both his eyes are
perfect, and indeed we are glad to
so inform our readers.
Considerable enjoyment was felt
here last week by the deposltors or
the defunct Lewis Bank where checks
were received from Mr.. Lewis, max
ing another payment of twenty per
cent on deposits. Fifty per cent has
been paid and we understand that
this additional twenty per cent, MAX
ing a total of seventy cents on the
dollar, is final settlement. s
The blizzard from North Dakota
did a great many things, and among
other things, prevented. our Thanks
giving dance, but everybody is lnvlt-
ed to a dance to be given in the
| Worthing opera house, Tuesday eve
ming December II. Music will be
furnished by Ainsworth's orchestra.
Come and enjoy a pleasant evening.
Miss Cora Madden left here Tues
day for Canton, where she has accept
ed a position in the dry goods depart
ment of the Thayer store. She has
had considerable experience in this
lime, having had complete charge of
the drygoods department. of "The
Corner Store" here in Worthing in
| the employ of Evan Jones, and later
with J.. A. Red6eld s. Co., and we
congratulate Mr.. Thayer on his sue
cess in securing her services. We
join our readers in wishing Miss Mad
den continued success. She will
make her home in Canton with Mr..
and Mrs. J.. A. Redield and family.
Henry Gerber of the firm of Gerber
Bros, the hustling real estate agents,
left here Monday on the east bound
passenger for points in Iowa.
A very large gray wolf was seen
Tuesday by Fred Hurley and several
of his corn pickers, crossing the Brad
field farm, just south of the Bushnell
farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yves Wilcox are now
the prond parents of a ten pound,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clark visited
in Lennox Monday afternoon.
We are very sorry to chronicle the
death of Richard De Vries who died
at his home last Saturday morning.
The funeral will be held Thursday
informing and interment will be in the
cemetery south OF LennOx.
Richard Reamer returned from
lWhite Lake, South Dakota, last
Thursday after a stay OF five weeks
Ion his farm near White Lake. He
reports the crops in that region ex-
cellent. That corn went better than
fifty bushels to the acre, wheat
twenty to thirty and speltz on spring
breaking thirty bushels to the acre.
We hear nothing but words OF
praise for our new barber, Mr.. Killing
Ter, and VIXEN asked by the writer
ltor his list OF work. he submitted the
following: Haircut, twenty-five cents;