Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-11-26

womar, happy home, small families
and centralized schools are what is
needed to be contented Mr.. and Mrs.
Josephine Barber have ten children
and are happy. They are progressive
and well liked. w. Il. Simons wants
good health, centralized schools and
believes n smaller farms better culti-
waited. They have great deal OF
stock and other marketabes for sale
Harry Weaver believes that the agita-
tion for smaller farms, centralized
schools, etc, will bring good results.
He has twenty pine head Of hogs ready
for market. George Kueebone is as
fine a fellow as one would care to meet
aud he has IA fine wife and four child
ren. S. Demers has wife and five
children. He believes ia progressing
with the times. W. O'Connor has a
pleasant family and is a good fellow.
Ninie Bernard is person who is we'll
and favorably liked and she has mind
of her own too. E. l., Montague and
family are certainly very hospitable
Oswald aud Oscar are the two e, dest
sons and Edna and Laura, the two
daughters. Both the latter are splen-
did musicians. Mr.. and Mrs. Montague
have twelve children in all. Alex.
Wynn has d wife and seven up-to. date
children William Miner and his
pleasant wife believe that good schools
and other necessary reforms would
benefit the whole community. John
Ryan of Route ,, Elk Point, has most
agreeable wife and John himself is
good, all round fellow and progressive.
A VISIT TO THE POOR FARM
There are eight inmates at present
at the poor farm, four men and four
women. Everything is being put in
apple pie order for the reception of
winter. The yard is being raked and
the leaves that have fallen put in
readiness for their frey ordeal. The
has certainly put his
house in order and has proven capable
and painstaking in all his duties.
ROUTE 4, ELK POINT
NJ. T. Kalstad and wife are capable
and well liked. Centralized
schools, postoffice savings banks and
smaller farUs better worked is what
they believe in They are raising CON
siderable stock for market this year.
Their boys are John and Sigwart and
Josephine is the pleasant, fascinating
daughter. Ole Gunderson, Jr. and his
excellent wife and daughter enter
tanned your uncle ia most hospitabe
manner. Mr.. Gunderson has his new
barn, which is 36x72, nearly completed.
August Anderson is the foreman in
charge Of the work. RI Christensen
b lieves in good crops, smaller farms
better worked, centralized schools,
postotfice savings banks and farmers
organizations. He has 300 acres which
produces forty-hve bushels of corn per
acre, sixty head Of cattle and twenty
five hogs, also some pigs for sale.
Mike Halderson and wife believe in
good boue, smaller farms and in keep
ing abreast OF the times. O. O. Rings
rud has 400 acres OF land and his crops
this year are excellent. A. o., his
nephew. is faithful worker. Miss
Carrie, his daughter, is up-to-date in
every line, in fact the whole family are
excellent managers. SO what more
need be said?
THE BIG DITCH
Many people will be interested in
knowing how the Dig ditch has been
With this fact In view
your uncle visited the scene OF action
last week. William Flux, the foreman,
was busy overseeing the grading, but
Jas. Burrows and Chas. Graves, the
men who have been doing most Of the
work in connection with the dredger,
gave US She following facts: About
thirtv-fve hundred feet have been