Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-31

u. j. Straw left for Hand county
Monday to close up a big real estate
deal.
Mrs. Repp says she hasn't felt SO
well In six years as she does now and
her friends are very glad to hear 1t.
A. A. Ringheim was up at Hills,
Minnesota last week visiting old
friends. He returned home Friday.
The old settlers will hold their an
nual picnic on June Is. Don't fail to
join the old timers and help them
celebrate.
The railroad track this side of Len
nox gave away last Saturday and four
freight cars were ditched. Poor ties
or poor iron is responsible.
County Superintendent Lawrence
was summoned to Albert Lea, Min
neSota last Saturday byva telegram
in-law.
Don't forget to attend the old set
tiers picnic at Canton June Is. A
splendid program has been arranged
which you will find in this issue of
the LEADER.
The Mutual Lumber Company COM
menced laying a foundation Monday
for one of their big lumber sheds, and
will rush work on the other new
buildings contemplated.
e. S. Hanson reports Mrs. Hanson
as getting along nicely. An operation
for the removal of an abcess was sue
cessfully performed by Drs. Corrigan
Rogers and G~ulbrandsen.
Col. and Mrs. Repp returned last
Saturday from Cherokee, Iowa, and
the LEADER is pleased to announce
that Mrs. Repp is recovering rapidly
and at present she is enjoying excel
lent health.
Clean Swimming; capacity; dura-
bility and light running are essential
to a good Cream Separator. The
above qualities are found in the
EMPIRE. For sale by Jonas B.
Gray, Canton, S. D. 32-tf.
Mr.. A. L. Jones of the sewer con-
tracing firm Of Jones & Roderick,
expects to leave for Hastings, Min
nesOta, this week to look after a sew
er contract on which he is a success
full bidder. This firm as completed
many w contracts in South DakO-
ia and in Iowa and in all cases where
they did work once they have been
favored with new or additional con
tracts, a f%lattering guarantee that
they do their work we'll. Good sewer
work is always worth the price paid,
no matter what the cost, and slipshod
takes pleasure in saying that the firm
of Jones & Roderick has made a clean
reliable reputation wherever they
have done work. If they do the sew
er work for Hastings that city may
depend upon having a perfect system
when the contract is finished.
Mr.. Tossini says he will be prepar-
ed to supply Canton and the sur
rounding towns with as pure and as
palatable ice cream as was ever used
in Canton or any other town. The
editor will state from his own know
ledge that Mr.. ToSSini can do as he
says. Al
The brutal murderer Edward Will
son escaped from the Pen sometime
Sunday night. He is the fellow who
so brutally murdered the Norwegian
boy in Moody county some fourteen
years ago and was tried in Canton.
The great mistake the jury made was
in snot bringing in a verdict that
WOulu udVe ClOSeu lis CdTccT dU UIle
end of a rope. 1t seems he played off
sick and got in the hospital where
he succeeded in removing some iron
bars and thus escaped. Some men
commit murder in passion or when
their brain is inflamed with liquor,
but Wilson followed the boy to Elan
ireau and returned with him in the
wagon and then in the most brutal
manner beat the poor boys brains out
with a monkey wrench to secure a
dollars the boy had in his pocket.
There eve has been a NOR brutal
murder in the state and Wilson
have paid the penalty at the
end of a rope. If not captured some
other unfortunate person may suffer
death at his hands. He is the fellow
who threatened to kill every n who
prosecuted him If he ever got out of
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