Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-22

them. 30.
Misses Emily Cuthbert and Jose
phine Ramberg were Sioux Falls visit
ors Saturday.
The Uncle Toms Cabin combina-
ton carry a good band and a fierce
looking bloodhound.
Uncle Tom played to a fair house
Wednesday evening and the play as a
whole was well rendered.
NJ. II. Lybarger has been at Elk
Point this week on account of the ser
ious illness of his sister.
Frank Cuppett will not return to
the State University until fall, when
he will finish his studies there.
Communication between the capt.
tol and civilization was interrupted
by a three foot rise in a meaSley
creek somewhere between Highmore
and Pierre.
Ed Shufelt is home after a two
weeks visit in Colorado where he was
looking after real estate interests.
He owns a large block of land of Colo
RADIO land.
Ed Keidle says he knows the weight
of a trunk by looking at it, but is
limping around as the result of one
coming in contact with his toe which
was overweight.
Mrs. Cummings, mother Of Mrs. c.
L. kundert. accompanied by her
daughters. returned to Kearney, Neb.
last Saturday after a pleasant visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. kundert.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Nor
wegian Lutheran church will meet
with Mrs. John ISakSon Thursday
Feb. %, Mrs. Andrew TObiason as
sisting. Mrs. j. n. Peterson, Pres.
Ole Strand who was Smelling corn
on the county farm Wednesday after
noon got a couple Of fingers on the
left hand badly smashed in the gear
ing. He came to town and had DR..
Brastad dressed the lacerated digits. {
The ladies aid society of the Grand
Valley Lutheran church will meet
with Mrs. Simon UlrickSon in this
city a 2 O'Clock next Wednesday after
noon, Feb. 81. A cordial invitation
is extended to the ladies of other
church societies.
The washing out of three or four
miles of Milwaukee track in Union
county has compelled the Sioux City
Yankton trains to come up to Canton
and then west, and this condition will
continue while the ice gorge remanins
unbroken below Vermillion.
Miss Grace d. Lynch arrived Tues
day from New York City and is a
of her sister, Mrs. G.. e. Stowell
Miss Lynch is enroute for Wei Hsein.
China, as a missionary sent out by
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions supported by the P~resbyter-
ian church Of Scranton, Penna., where
she was engaged in Missionary work
for four years. Miss Lynch sails
from San Francisco March s with a
party of missionaries.
This is a good time to pay your
subscription. The editor will be
pleased to have you call.
At the Methodist Episcopal church
next Sabbath morning the subject of
the pastors sermon will be ''The Re-
demptive Christi based on the 4th
Chapter of Johns Gospel. The sub
ject of his talk to the children will be
'Jesus, the school teacher" The
evening sermon will be on ''Jesus
Christ in the Life of Today,'-Mark
3:14. Sunday School Immediately
following morning service, and Ep-
worth League one hour before even
ing service. You will be most cordi-
ally welcomed to all of these services.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Isakson enter
tanned forty-four guests at a seven
O'Clock dinner Tuesday evening, and
it was an %epicurean feast from the
first course to the end of a two hour
discussion Of the menu. The rooms
were handsomely decorated with
palms and ferns and the tables with
carnations. The large and elegant
Isakson home never contained a
happier company of guests, and the
smoking room was filled with an
after dinner party that made things
''blue" and somewhat "oppressiye''
for those who did not smoke but were
brave enough to visit that famous re-
treat. Mr.. and Mrs. IsaKson are
noted for their bountiful and charm
ing hospitality.
Charles l.. Kundert, county auditor
elect, will assume the duties of his
office on March lst, and his many
friends all over the county will be
pleased to know that he has appoint.
ed Helmer Keynes of Norway town
ship as his deputy. Mr.. Kundert has
been deputy auditor for four years
and assume the chief duties OF the
Office with a full knowledge of every
detail in the complicated work, fol
the auditors office is the genera
clearing house for every department,
and detail in county government, ant
men thoroughly qualified for the
work are necessary to insure gooC
business methods and economy il
county affairs. The new deputy, Mr.
HegneS, is one Of the most compel
ent and popular young gentlemen ir