The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-04
VOL. XVIII,
OF LOCAL INTEREST


The building was insured for 800
w. b. Marshall has for sale a good
young team of work horses; also
1000 bushels OF corn
Lew Daniels came ont from A urel-
ia. yesterday to look efter his prop
erty in this county
The commissioners sat couple of
days this week.
The much worried Maud Muller
gets another inning AZ foilo w.:
Maud Muller on summer day with
her fellow ran away, in a benzne
car scooting to a preacher far.
Maud's father saw The fleeing pair
smelled the benzine scented air
caught mule whose name was
Jane; caught and galloped down
the dusty lane; the mobile very
swiftly ran but burned the oil all
out the can. They stopped upon a
hill, bnt Jane ran on just 1T to Kill.
Alas for maid alas for man. alas for
empty benzine can. Maud's daddy
On the old gray mule came and took
her off to school. The mule nigh
wrecked the henzine cart; the feller
died OF broken heart. The moral OF
this tale is sad; Don't steal the girl
40 ask her dad,
Lewis Hanson and Lillian V. Mar
shall, two we'll kOwn and popular
young people of this community
were united in marriage last We'd
hesdav by the Rev. Cyrus Emry of
TempIetOn. The Chief and ther
many friends extends cOngratula-
ii, LIS lC the happy young couple.
farmer living SOM. 35 miles
southwest of here. has n two years
crop of grain, about 10000 bushels
in all 1t is TOO far to haul the
grain to ms rket aud he sells what he
can to ranchme.l, hut that dees not
help him olt much. The interest
part of the situation for him Is that
he has a crop in sight of about 5000
bushels, He scans the the papers
closely now to see when the Midland
Pacific railway which is t" run that
way is to be buit.-Miller Sun
Auditor Ingerson Is attending
the kimball fair
Every inebriate you see staggering
along the road or street, you know
is going to make some woman's life
miserable. Some wife or mother, or
helpless children are to be at the
mercy OF mad man. You smile at
his antics. without pity for her who
il to be the agonized sufferer. nor
a give a thought Of what you might
do to help her in her friendless. home
u less cOndition-for the wife OF a
drunkard, rich or poor, living In
giIded halls, or squalid hut. has no
home. The tender ass0cia ti0ns
that cluster around that sac red
name do not include drunkenness.
The two kingdoms, heaven and
home. do not admit the drunkard.
Where he livas is hell.-Mitchell Clar
ion.
Fred Pippin is threshing this week
and he is getting a good yield.
pet wolf Is getting away will
the chichens belonging to some OK
0nr toWnsueOplp
A Kansas girl is engaged to a Chi
cngO young man, and and recently
upon returning from visit at the
home "f his intended, the lover pur
q chased two pres' nts, one for his In
81 tended aud one for her little brother
II TO his inamorata he sent !'eauu
fully bound copy of "Lncile' and Il
the boy a fine baseball bat. In
some uncomfortable way both the
accompanying notes and packages
II We're exchanged with the reiult thai
the young lady received the bar e
bail bat with this attached advic
Please accept this small mementt
as token oi my regard. Take II
out with the boys and develop yoi
muscle. Enter into the spirit of th'
q game and learn to hit hard. 1t may
~ stand Nou in hard in later life. Taxi
this bat. spit On your hands wall
up to the plate ami paste the ball II
the solar plcXus. Learn 10 slide ev
en- If it does tear your pants. ~
game" The boy will not tell wha
was in his letter because his sister
refuses to trade presents. She II
earning to hit hard. on the groun'
hat it may stand her well i'll hans
- ,,..r Sha xuns pnarrip1