Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-07
John Cederstrom and Edward Isak'

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son we're among III renewal subscrib-
ers last Saturday.
Jonas Gray withdrew as a candid
ate for Clerk of Courts, leaving four
contestants for the office.
O. II. Lybarger left Monday night
via Sioux Falls for Minneapolis to
take in the state fair.
Mrs. Thomas Thorson left for COun-
Gil Bluffs Tuesday morning for a
brief visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles III. CaSsill re-
turned from Big Stone last Saturday,
after a pleasant sOjourn at that popu-
lar resort.
The Mutual Lumber Company has
purchased the BelolJ lumber yard and
secured the services of Chris Engen
to manage the business.
Charles A. Goetz resumed his duties
as assistant Cashier in the First Ma
tional last Saturday after a months
vacation, during which he visited in
Chicago and Eastern Iowa. He fooled
the hay fever by going to Chicago
direct from Canton.
The public schools opened Monday
for class organization, and Superin-
tendcnt WOODBURY. found an efficient
staff and a general desire among the
scholars for obedience and study.
Everything indicates a successful
term, and the school board Is happy.
There was a big crowd in town last
Saturday, and the gentlemen who are
seeking Office under the primary sys-
TEN were in evidence, and the festive
voter seems to feel the Importance of
being on the big jury that will decide
the issue. 1t is a very pretty fight
and all seem confident of winning.
Lars Wirstad, the genial Dell Rap
ids banker, came down to Canton last
Saturday to visit his many old time
friends, and attend church Sunday.
Monday he attended a private picnic
party out on Gudmund Skartvedt's
farm north of town and returned
home Tuesday. Lars has a warm
place in the hearts Of the people OF
Canton.
Isaac Helmey reports that some
one carried away the wire door mat
from the Corner Drug Store the night
of the recent fire, and would be pleas
ed to have it returned unless 1t was
used to put out the fire. Isaac says
he never heard of wire door mats
being used for such a purpose, but
fire fighters use anything in an emer.
gency.
Charlie Norton Of Lynn township,
county, a true chip of the 'old
block" for his father was square I'M
to all men, came down from North
Dakota Tuesday morning, where he
purchased a nice quarter section farm
near Medina, west of jamestown.
Charlie expects to move to his land
in the spring.
Albert Crane of Norway, returned
from Hettinger county, North Dako,
ia, last Saturday, where he went tc
look after his homestead. Albert be-
lieves Hettinger county is n of the
best in North Dakota, and as proof Of
the fertility of the soil brought a
stool of oats with IS good stalks taken
from Nels Opland's homestead. AL.
bert says the Canton boys are doing
well and are happy. Captain Bert
Thompson is growing in grace and in
wealth, and John Ulberg is busy
building houses and Frank Ehredt is
a prosperous blacksmith at Dickinson,
and Nels Upland will be a bonanza
farmer in a few years. The Leader
is glad the boys are prospecting.
Ed. Moscrip returned last week
from Minneapolis, where he attended
the encampment, and where he met
his brother, Robert, whom he had
not seen since the battle Of GettyS-
burg, 43 years ago. Robert was in
the 9Th Penn. Infantry and Ed. was
in the famous second Wisconsin,, and
both did good work on that bloody
battle field where they parted SO long
ago. Another brother, Daniel, served
in the 2lst Wis. Infantry, who now
resides in st. Paul, and the three
brothers had a happy reunion OF their
own after the encampment. The
long absent brother lives in Kansas.
1t took Ed. five days to find him at
Minneapolis, but he was bound to see
him before he returned to his Kansas
home. Then Ed. came home to look
up his chances for the legislature.