Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
The county commissioners are in

.
Miss Marjorie Campbell is home
from Hudson.
Augustana opened for the winter
term on Tuesday.
Mrs. Judge Steiner was a guest {"
NJ rs. Judd last week.
Andrew Twedt of Norway was a
vititor last Saturday.
A. E. Manson and wife are home
from a holiday visit at Sibley, Iowa.
Col. Cuppett enjoyed his New Year
dinner at Sioux Falls with relatives.
Miss Sadie Arnold Of the Leader
staff, is laid up with a severe attach
Of rheumatism.
Mayor and Mrs. Fitch entertained
a large number of relatives to a grand
New Years dinner.
S. l.. Whitlow and family of Della
ware, we're guests at the Rudolph
Saturday for dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. n. Coon enter
tanned a number of relatives to Il
grand New Year dinner.
Master Leo Lewis has gone to In
wood and will live with his uncle,
DR.. Lewis during the absence of his
parents to the coast.
O. NJ. Iverson, one OF the Leaders
staunchest friends, was up from
Hudson the other day, and went to
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U. r. SandO was a visitor and a re-
newal subscriber last Saturday. lie
is managing successfully the Carl
Anderson farm in Dayton.
Henry Brandon, one of the best
farmers in Dayton township, was a
visitor Saturday, and ordered n
date on his Leader changed to 1907.
j. f. Hotter left four ears of corn
in the Leader Office Tuesday that
are beauties. Joe Millett says n
sample is very fine and will score high.
Mrs. May DeVries was duly Initial
ed into the mysteries Of the Eastern
Star Tuesday evening. Refreshments
followed the regular order of business.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. A. Boyd of Airing
ton returned home Tuesday, after a
weeks visit with the family of Mr..
and Mrs. Halvor Rogness of Norway
township. They came down to at
tend the Rogness-Asper wedding,
Mrs. Boyd being a sister of the groom.
A number of young ladies have or
ganized a basket ball club and played
their first game Monday in the opera
house. The Grays won by a score of
eighteen to sixteen for the Blues.
Cora Anderson is Captain of the
Blues and Pearl Peterson is Captain
of the Grays.
Joe Millett and his son, Albert, OF
Eden were visitors Tuesday. Mr..
Millett, ST., came up to attend the
annual meeting of the Farmers
Mutual Insurance Co. Albert
came along to look up some
prize corn records. Albert is a corn
grower who will be heard from at the
coming contest.
James Madden of Worthing vas a
Leader visitor last Saturday, and the
editor enjoyed Bro. Madden's visit
immensely. There is no man in
Lincoln county with a kinder heart
than James Madden. He is a true
friend, a genial gentleman and a
royal companion. He returned home
on the noon train.
Col. Repp vas a visitor last Satur-
day. He drew his check for $500, re-
marking with absolute truth: "Edi-
tors can't live on wind" There are
a few of our subscribers who have
not learned that remarkable truth,
but we shall expect cash results after
they read Col. Repp's golden opinion.
Col. Repp's opinion bars nobody from
coming in, ever if they think that
editors live on roast goose and
berry sauce-which they don't.
L. L. Redfeld and wife, Fred Red
field, wife and two children and Prof.
De Vries and wife returned from
Parker Monday where they enjoyed
a New Year dinner with DIR. Guy
Redield and wife of that city. Len
says you talk about big turkeys, but
the Parker bird beat anything he
ever saw before. 1t weighed "a
pounds dressed, and the ten healthy
Dakotans did their best to reduce
it's size before leaving the table.
Len says he has helped to dispose of
eighteen Founders and sixteen pound
ers, and once found a rebel turkey
in Arkansas that weighed ninteen
pounds, which wasn't hardly a smell
among a lot of hungry soldiers, but a
twenty-four pound family turkey is
enough to spoil a modest appetite.
c. O. johnson Of LaValley, called
Monday to renew his sisters subscrip-
tion to the Leader. He and his sister
Miss Eveline, came to town to see
their parents who we're injured in
the railroad accident last Saturday
at the crossing just west of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G. Johnson were
driving west just as the belated west
bound passenger came along. One