Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-01

Mr.. ana Mrs. John Moe are re iOic-
ing over the arrival of a daughter on.
Monday February %.
John Overseth of Eden was visiting
friends in Canton Monday and distrib-
uting his auction bills.
Charlie Ileskett of Sioux City, came
up to Canton Wednesday to look over
the cattle supply. He can tell you
the difference between a HolStein and
s%horthorn without smiling.
Alderman Peter Anderson has been
suffering from dropSy for some time
and he is no gaining any strength.
He has not been able to attend a
meeting of the council since Deem
Der.
Editor Beck of the Harrisburg
Journal favored this Office with a
visit Tuesday. He says the reform
spirit is abroad in the land and the
demands of the people are being at
tended to.
John Wilson for a long time en-
ployed in the Corner Drug store, has
accepted a position with the drug
house of ChaS. Ramsdell at BereSford.
Mr.. Wilson is a competent druggist
and an excellent young gentleman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Jensvold of
Highland township, have been re-
ceiving congratulations over the ar
rival of a son at their home. The
young gentlemen will be 4 month old
on the 18th of March.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Eastcott enter
tanned a large party of friends at
their home in this city this week to
help them celebrate their third we'd
ding anniversary. 1t was a very hap
py party and concluded with delicious
refreshments.
At the Methodist Episcopal church
next Sunday morning the quarterly
communion service will be held, Rev.
G.. E. Figles of LennoX, officiating. In
the evening the pastor will give the.
second discourse of the series on
What is Christianity and how may
we be sure we have its essence
If there is any one thing that O. A.
Rudolph enjoys after a square meal 1t
is a consoling and nerve soothing
smoke from a good pipe, and now he
has something especially fine in the
shape Of a souvenir made from wood
grown on Lookout Mountain, When
Mrs. Harlan was on her way home
from Fitzgerald, Georgia, recently,
she secured a Lookout Mountain pipe
for Mr.. Rudolph, and now he is
happy.
Mrs. Harlan is home from her
winter visit at Fitzgerald, Georgia.
She had some real estate interests
down there that needed her attention
and while down there concluded to
enjoy the delightful atmosphere of
southern Georgia for a time. Mrs.
w. G.. Gemmill was a resident of
Fitzgerald most of the winter and
she and Mrs. Harlan started north on
the Dist of February. Mrs. Harlan
came home direct while Mrs. Gemmill
went to indianapolis to meet her
daughter, Miss Katherine, and from
there she will come to Chicago and
visit relatives for a week or W. be-
fore coming home. Mrs. Harlan had
q pleasant time among her old friends
in Georgia.
Joseph Millett Of Eden township,
one of the best corn men in n state,
was in town this week He and Tom
Ulrickson and others had corn at the
state institute at Beresford recently,
but was very much surprised at the
way the corn contest a conducted
A young man from BrookingS cast his
eagle eye over the samples and let it
go at that. Some of the best corn
was overlooked, corn that scored over
90 at Mitchell failed to attract even a
passing glance. This system of judg-
ing corn will soon Sicken the corn
growers over or the dividing line.
Don't fool away your time with a
college novice. If you ever had a
good record or a high score on merit
you will lose your standing as grow
ers of fine corr by this judging sys-
TEN. One of the finest ears of corn a
man ever admired was thrown out of
the recent contest here for single ears
because it had been frozen when wet
and was worthless for seed. Under
the judging system it would have
won first place. The state is paying
enough for institute work to require
experts and short of this Institutes
are without value to the farmers.
Paul Kaffar of Lincoln township,
called last week and ordered the
LEADER sent to his address. There
are four brothers in the family, John,
Paul, Clement and Joseph, and three
daughters, n being married. When
Paul Kafrar died a good many years
ago, he left a family of seven children,
four sons and three daughters, all of
them being small, the oldest, John,
was a boy of II or IA. Mrs. Katfar
faced a great responsibility in raising
her family of little mes and caring
for the farm. but she was equal to the
task, and the steady earnest work of
the oldest boys, John and Paul, help
ed to keep everything moving for
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