Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-11-08
A. H. Wells and wife were in town


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Anthony Woodley of Mitchell coun-
ty, Iowa, is visiting his brother
George in this city.
f. G. Seaver, formerly of this city,
but now residing in Sioux City, was
in Canton Wednesday evening.
Presiding Elder Shepherd is located
at 61O South Spring Avenue Sioux
Falls, and the title sounds good.
Don't. forget the Eastern Star meet
ing next Monday night. There are
several candidates to be initiated.
Miss Marine Shepherd is q guest of
Mrs. Judge Kennedy and finds great
pleasure among her former playmates.
K%issinger and Brant have given up
mill work at Klondike and have rent
ed the Allen Spencer mill at Fair
view.
A. T. Sigrud, the genial photog-
rapher, has purchased a new 5 horse
power gas engine. He makes his own
light.
The Philatheas met with Miss Elva
Kennison Monday night. The meet
ing was largely devoted to business
matters.
Hans Sogn of Norway was in town
on business Tuesday. He is one of
the pioneers down there and a genial
gentleman.
The Eastern Star will meet in regu-
lar session next Monday night, and a
large attendance is desired as there
will be work to do.
Col. Brown, left for St. Paul Tuesday
to take part in a family reunion in
that city this week.
One of the Asylum Indians went to
the happy hunting ground Monday
morning and was buried in the Asy-
lum cemetery Tuesday.
Mrs. Shepherd was a guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Wendt over Sunday, 60
ing to Sioux Falls Monday to prepare
for removal from Vermillion.
The city council met in regular SEES
sion Monday night and transacted a
large amount of routine business.
The proceedings will be found in this
issue of the LEADER.
James Bankson, James Wells and
Bert Root of Dayton recently filed on
homesteads in Morton county, North
Dakota, about 35 miles southwest of
Mandan.
The Canton public school teachers
had a holiday Monday for the purpose
of giving them a chance to visit the
Sioux Falls public schools, and they
enjoyed the privilege with great plea
sure and profit.
A telephone message was received
by Roy Warner from White Lake
Wednesday that a cousin named Gar
yer died that morning. Roy and his
mother, Mrs. E. D. Warner, left for
| White Lake in the afternoon.
Postmaster Smith has placed a box
for waste paper in the post Office and
the patrons of the Office seem to know
what it is for because the floor is WISH
BILE now. II the city would put a few
boxes on street corners there would
MT be so much paper flying around.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Westerberg
are rejoicing over the arrival of a
handsome little daughter at their
home on Friday, November lst. Mr..
Westerberg is the lineman Of the
local telephone company and a fine
workman. He resides in the Herman
cottage east of the M. E. church.
Sid Rhead, who lives on the E. M.
Boyce farm south Of town, was in
| Wisconsin Tuesday and when he left
Mcmillan it was showing hard and
when he got to St. Paul it was sleet
and rain, and when he got to Canton
in Gods country, he found summer
weather prevailing.
Charlie Goetz, Martin Benz and
Mrs. j. B. Ryan left for Montana
Tuesday via Lincoln and will drive
from Billings to their homes north of
that city. They were accompanied
by S. o. Sorenson, John Sorenson,
Chris Jensvold of Baltic, Alfred Jens-
void from Highland and J. L. OPP
perud of this city, who go in quest of
homesteads in the famous Mussel-
shell valley. The LEADER wishes
them all good luck and success.
The Canton and Elk Point high
school foot ball teams played a nice
clean game on the Canton grounds
last Saturday. Prof. WOODBURY. and
Prof. Cummings of Elk Point we're
the gentlemen who managed the
game and they did it well. The score
stood Canton q, Elk Point 0. In the
evening the Canton young people
gave the Elk Pointers a reception
and banquet and in every way made
it pleasant for the visitors.
Joe Millett was up from Eden We'd
nesday. He feels greatly disappointed
over the Chicago National Corn Con-
test because he failed to get his corn
into the contest after sending it to
Chicago. 1t went astray somewhere
and he was denied the privilege Of