Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

tiers spent Christmas at H%awarden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Crawford
spent the holidays at Polo, ILL.,,
visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Geo. Smith of Madison is Wis.
iting her mother, Mrs. A. M. Ross.
Hans and Sander B~rynJulson were
among our renewal subscribers Mon
day.
Berry Bros. have some very useful
and elegant articles which they are
putting out as premium coupons with
25c purchase or more.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Richardson re-
turned Monday from a Christmas Wis
it with his parents down south of
Rock Valley.
Arthur Hawn of Granger, Wash
ingtOn arrived for a brief visit with
his mother Mrs. D. H. Hawn and his
little daughter Elma.
Watch for the famous St. Olaf Col
lege Band at Augustana Chapel Sat
urday, Jan. 2, 1909. Tickets on sale
by sherman u Roche.
MI. and Mrs. Will Warren of Des
Smet came down to a Christmas
dinner with Mrs. Warren's. parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Millard Bennett.
Frank Lichten water Of Watertown
and a nephew of Mrs. Geo. Luther,
after spending Christmas week with
Canton relatives, left Monday for
Kansas City.
Senator Laxson, Representatives
Cable and Brynjulson, State Treasur-
er Cassill, Treasurer Elect Johnson,
and Ed Moscrip will leave for Pierre
Saturday going via Sioux Falls and
Salem.
Lewis Larson, the LEADERS able
Grant township correspondent, was a
visitor Monday. He called to renew
his brother Theodore's subscription,
who is a resident of Florence, Wash
ington.
John Warner of Estherville, Iowa,
has been visiting his son Ed for a
week, returned home Thursday. 1t
is about II years since Mr.. Warner
located in Estherville.
Claus Hegnes, wife and daughter
Hazel came down from Baltic Sunday
and drove down to Norway township
Monday to visit his parents. Mr.
Keynes is cashier of the Baltic State
Bank. He will spend New Years at
the old home in Norway township.
The price cards in Berry Bros.
Dry Goods windows ought to interest
anyone.
Mrs. VIM. H. Miller always remem-
bers the editor at Christmas. This
year it was a great big fat duck, as
big as a goose, and deliciously tooth
some. She has the thanks of the
LEADER family for her kind remem
brance.
Mrs. P. J. Anderson, widow of the
late Alderman Anderson, brouRhta
ladies gold watch to THIS office Wed
nesday. 1T was found on the street
last Saturday by Miss Karen Reans-
seld, a cousin of Mrs. Anderson. If
Miss Nelly Kuhns will call at this Of
flee she will find a handsome gold
watch with her name engraved on the
of the case.
A postal card from o. A. Helvig |
dated at SanDiego, says: "Send me
the LEADER, can't get along without
it down in this land of sunshine,
flowers and torpedo boats" He says
that there were Ia torpedo boats in |
the harbor when he wrote. He had
been aboard two of the torpedo war
and thinks they carry around
lots of trouble for the other fellow.
A miscellaneous shower was given
at the home of Mrs. G. B. Kennedy
Monday evening for Miss Julia Dibble,
whose marriage took place Wednes-
day. A large number of Miss Dibble's /
friends we're present to give her their |
best wishes and she was presented
with many packages containing |
tokens of love and esteem. During |
the evening there Vas music and
other entertainment and delicious
refreshments we're served.
Last year the St. Olaf College Band
toured Minnesota and North Dakota
The tour was a great success both
unsteady and financially. This year
the band has attained a higher stand
ard than I've before and the program
is varied and interesting. Beside the
regular band selections there will be
three solos: c%larionet, o. I. Herts-
baritone, Prof. Oscar A. Gron-
seth; trombone, T. Helseth.
George Brynjulson Of Bowdon, N.
D., arrived last week for a holiday
visit. George is a prominent farmer
and a leading politician, having flied
several county offices, and in the re-
cent election was elected to the legis-
lature as a progressive republican.
His brother Sander of this county is
also a member Of the legislature, prov
ing the old saying that Lincoln county
boys always get to the front where
you find them. George left
for home after the first of the week
to be in time to go to Bismarck
and take a whirl in North Dakota
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