Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-27

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brary.
Chraft & Hansen have a spring
: opening special sale ad this week
worth studying.
Olsen Brothers and Tobiasen have a
Z new clothing ad in this issue OF the
LEADER. Read it.
Seely g. Tanks special sale OF cloth
ing and gents furnishing goods will
continue until April 4th.
{ Read the big land ad and it may be
the means of making big money for
z those in quest Of a home.
Vim. Kennison arrived home from
Montana Monday, where he had been
: for several weeks on real estate bust
( ness.
The giving of alcohol to a boy under
age last week raised a storm that
brought swift punishment to those
. implicated.
: The Madison basket ball team was
. defeated by the Canton team at this
place last Friday evening. The score
was ID to 6.
Harry Lee, wife and two daughters,
7 of South Wayne, Wis, will be In Can
ton in a few days. Mr.. Lee is a cou-
1 sin OF ION EaSLcOUU.
f. M. Boyce enjoyed a visit from
5 his sister, Mrs. Bradley, and niece,
Miss Shade, of Rock Rapids, Iowa,
) Wednesday and Thursday.
Oscar Sather and Henry G. Fodnes,
of Grant, were visitors Wednesday.
Mr.. Sather conveyed a renewal sub
3 scription for Severt Hanson.
: "Dreamland', opened up in the
Syndicate block last Saturday night.
A change of program is given twice a
week, Monday and Thursday nights.
; The great champion basket ball
: game in Armory Hall Friday evening
of this week. Sioux Falls VS.. Canton.
/ Turn out strong and cheer both sides.
L. E. Tillotson left for Lennon
Wednesday night with a carload of
! homestead necessities for those who
; are located in Butte county south OF
2 Lennon.
Mrs. Tom Sexe entertained thirty
J five ladies Tuesday afternoon, from
I 4 to I o'clock. A delicious dinner was
! served and the guests had a very
. enjoyable visit.
Lincoln county candidates for Office
don't have to advertise in a Sioux
2 Falls paper to reach Lincoln county
! voters, when seven good papers are
8 printed in Lincoln county.
n o. II. Lier of Grant, administrators
OF the estate of A. K. Fodnes, was-in
= town Wednesday on business. MI.
Lier is one Of the Grant township
: pioneers and a very pleasant gentle
: man.
LauritS Olson of Kennebec. Lyman
county, remembered the LEADER
2 with a renewal subscription Tuesday.
{ He is n Of the first settlers over In
8 Lyman and is prominent among the
2 old settlers in that new country.
A Stereopticon Lecture on "Ameri-
: can Indians" will be given in the old
{ Congregational Church next Tuesday
: ~evening, March 81, BY Benjamin
!, Brave" a full-blood Sioux Indian. 1t
4 will include views Of real Indian life
in the past and in the present. Ad-
: mission adults rs cents, children Is
Z cents. Proceeds go to Indian Insti-
s tute work. Everybody come.
John Mile, Canton,s popular con-
tractor and builder, left for Bergen,
] Norway, Friday, for a three months
visit with his parents. He has a
Z brother in Bergen who is prominent
s in business and other relatives whom
z he will visit. Mr.. Miles many Can
ton friends wish him a safe pleasant
j Journey. The LEADER will keep him
2 posted while enjoying his visit abroad.
5 Don't forget the Cemetery Associa-
2 tion meeting at the sherif's Office on
April Z, at 2 CLOCK in the afternoon.
Provision must be made for a new
3 gate and for water to be used in the
4 cemetery during the summer, and the
z / fa>7o uoo6S roroirfnn TNhocos fhfnrvc
must be attended to II we are to have
a descent looking cemetery. The
home of our dear ones must be pro-
3 tected and kept in good order. We
8 owe this muSh to the dead.
? William Mason, superintendent Of
the Milwaukee pump station at this
point, was a visitor "Wednesday even
: ing and a renewal subscriber. William
Z and the editor got to talking over old
3 times, he being an early settler in I'm
, ion county. He told Of the great
snow in 1880 and 81, and of the terri
BILE experience Of people down that
5 way in the great blizzard of 1888. He
: says it seems like a dream now but it
Z was awful real in the midst of snow
; drifts that covered buildings.
The Eastern Star gave a farewell
social Monday evening In honor Of
3 MI. anu MIS-. -. n. llllOUSOu3 MISS
Z Nora Oliver, Gideon Glendinning,
s Guy O'Neil and Floyd Milliman, hon
z ored members Of the order, who will
soon be located on homesteads. The
y affair was under the immediate di-
2 rection of Worthy Matron, Miss Mel
4 lie Bremen and DR.. Veo O'Neil, as
s sisted by several ladies and gentle
men. A delightful musical program
was rendered and a grabbing provided
j for the homesteaderS from which all
T got some little article of tinware.
& Judge Clifford told of the trials and
s Joys of the early homesteaders, after
which Mrs. Clifford in a neat and ap-
lpropriate speech presented Mrs. Til
= lotson with an elegant suit Ease and
z Miss Oliver with a hand bag, after
3 which DIR. Veo O,Neil announced re-
s freshnents. 1t was a delightful testi-
monial of regard for the departing
homesteaders.
2 DIR. J. II. EvELETH, successor
y to DR.. jennings, makes . speciality
) Of Crown and Bridge Work.