Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

Correspondence :
Eairyiew

Fairyiew
Aug. 81, 1907.
And the weather is cooling some
now, We will now soon have the
correct temperature for perfect COM
fort.
Who would have thought that ssthe
Riversider'' had figured on putting
us of with anything SO cheap as the
Goldenrod for a boquet at the LEAD
ER Picnic. Well, now, "Riversider,"
think you better treat us with some
thing better, as we may have to wit
ness a wedding ceremony the same
da~y-between the Grand Valley
Scribe and the Grant Scribbler, and
OF course we scribes would want to
be at our best, and perhaps club to-
gether and present them with a
steam yacht or an auto SO they could
make a trip to tine Jamestown expo
sition.
l see by last weeks LEADER that
one of the Jammersprairie post grad
yates appears with war paint for us,
same as he did last fall, We congrat-
ulate him on his courage and only
hope he may appear often, and as
he is a giant he will certainly have to
carry the banner when the LEADER
picnic comes around.
sornm Brother started thrashsngg
last week at G. Hayes and will con-
tinue to "toot'' right along after this.
Serum Brothers are among the best
boys on earth.
Miss Mable johnson, of Mitchell
has been spending a week here visit
ing with her cousins, Gilman and
Petra Johnson.
Mrs. E. X. Rogness. of Sioux Falls
spent a week down here visiting at
T. Rikansrud.
Mrs. John and Mrs. Peter Anderson
of Canton. were out here last week
visiting their sister Mrs. G. johnson
and their brother Nels Peterson.
Fairview was entertained by a tent
show all last week, and those who at
tended had a good time. A prize
consisting Of a silver set was voted on
every night and on Saturday night it
closed. Miss Mable Rossier won the
prize silver set for being Fairview's
most popular young lady.
VIM. Searles, the Fairview banker,
wa calling on friends out here last
Friday. He was out breaking a
yearling colt and making it get used
to his new top buggy. Mr.. Searles
drove in ON T. Rikansrud just as
Torkel was fixing over a grain stack
which had tnmbled down from being
put up crooked, and Of course Torkel
received a few pointers on stacking.
Mr.. Searles drove up to 6. Dokken's
and stayed over until Saturday.
Owing to the recent strike of tele-
graph operators there is no livery rig
at Rikensrud's on Sundays any more.
Carl Hotter and sister Clara Of
Riverside took in the opera and gen.
eral big doings at Fairview last Fri
day evening.
Quite a number from out here drove
out to Asper's in Norway last Sunday
afternoon to the festival given by
the Normana choir. Everything vas
much en- ioyed and 10 vas the courag-
eous and humoristic introduction by
Rev. Nummedal. The festival was
one Of the finest ever held In old
Norway.
Little Gina Rikensrud of Highland
has spent the last two weeks at T.
Rikensrud In Fairview.
Louis Dokken of the Fairview bank
was at home 9 Sunday. Louis is
very popular.
The Luther League will meet at
Lands church next Sunday evening
at eight o'clock. Young and old are
cordially invited to attend.
Gilman johnson and sister Petra
and Miss Mabel Johnson of Mitchell,
took In the festival at Asper's last
Sunday.
All those from Fairview who took
In the music festival over In Norway
last Sunday returned home bright
and early with first peep Of the moon,
with the exception OF T. Rikensrud.
Some think he drove into the corner
post at Peter Gubbrud,s and was thus
delayed. as he did not reach home I'M
til the wee hours OF the morning and
then he vas humming a love song,
exactly as Rev. Nummedal described
it to us Sunday in his remarks at the
musical festival. When a young man
gets In love up to the ears he will sing
love songs all the time, everywhere,
to himself, and smile upon LIES
charms as being q part Of q lovers