Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
FairView.
Feb. 9, to Is, 1909.

FdITtlo"s
Feb. 9, to Is, 1909.
The snow storm Of Monday evening
the eighth was a bad one. Everybody
got caught in the blizzard going home
from the sale at George Johnson'S
Monday evening. Tuesday morning
the paths between dwelling houses
and barns had to be shoveled, the
snow being 8 feet in places. The
wind sent the snow flying through
the air and it was an all days strug-
gle for people to get their chores done
and get in fuel for the stoves. We'd
nesday vas a clear cold day and peo-
| pie started to talk over the phones
again and wonder about the mail
carriers. Thursday was a mild day
and the water was running from the
roofs which helped to shrink and sink
the immense snow drifts. Towards
evening our boys started the phones
to enquire if the mail carriers had
come. The second important ques-
tion was "Tobak laus?' Egg Og "To-
bak laus'' er du. Friday was a cold
still day and as it was reported that
mail carriers could not get through,
Some of our boys made up their minds
that they could and must get the
mail. David Serum cut across the
hills passing by the snow drifts, evil
IDENTIFY making a turn now and then
to escape them. He boarded the
noon train at Fairview for Canton,
returning in the afternoon with both
his own mail and his neighbors, which
was both a brave and kind act.
Louis Dokken was also brave
enough to go down to Hudson on
orseback on Friday evening for the
mail. Louis and the broncho made
the snow drifts pretty we'll, only in
one place where the snow nerly Gov
cred the animal in struggling to get
out. Then he got n of his hind
feet up in the stirrup. Louis moved
as though to get off and he said to
the broncho, IF you're going to get
on 1 guess I'll get off," but Louis
stayed in spite of everything and
brought the mail home bright and
early.
Jimmy Hanson from Fairview, was
shoveling his way out to the Falde
school house Friday evening. He
got through O.. X. and the school
~, n 80 ~ ~D% = 4, D,v CO foIu
On Saturday the roads were sc that
people could drive to town and the
mail carriers also came.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Erikson of In
wood visited at Torkel Rikansrud's
all week during the storm, being
snow bound until Friday.
Andrew Marken is under the doc
tors care at a Sioux City hospital.
J. A. Benz~and Sam Ulrikson of
Canton attended the sale at George
Johnson's Monday.
Andrew QUEENS baby who has been
quite i'll is improving.
Ivar Rise while in company with
Pete Holmes returning home from
Fairview Saturday evening fell out of
the wagon and broke his arm above
the elbow. DR., Wendt of Canton was
called,
Anton Bake has accepted a posi-
tion as cook for the Overseth Bros. at
Fairview. Anton is handy and can
mix anything from pancakes to "Tom
and Jerry"
Mrs. George Johnson spent three
days at Hudson having dental work
by DR.. Kline.
II the corn husking machine which
has been under construction for some
time should turn out to be an air
ship, an expedition will be fitted out
to experiment with. The inventor
will not go along as he is over in Nor
and wouldn't like to see his
name in print yet. The expedition
will consist of the following:
Miner, as manager; the Merry Wild
over, marshal; Anton, cook and
waiter; the Fairview Bachelor, scribe
and reporter; Edwin, local photo
grapher; Gunnel as ~soloist; Emma as
accompanist; Gust will blow the slide
and Lewis will scrape the
fiddle. A few other passengers will
be admitted and won't there be a
in1lx, ttno IN hDar12
Quite a number Of the young peo-
pie from here went down to Hudson
Thursday. Some went down to have
DR.. Kline pull their wisdom teeth,
some took in the MASQUERADE, others
tried to put out the elevator fire
down there as the grain was still on
fire.
The sewing society which was to
have met with Mrs. Rosen Engebret-
son last Wednesday,, was postponed
on account of the weather and roads.
Miss Elsie Knutson spent Sunday
in Canton.
st. Valentines day was not much
observed here as we could not get to
town after valentines and we didn't
get u mail or have any way to send
1t 70 we will try to make use OF the
last day in February which is just
nc orpropr3of 70 for cnra;r~ <h~-. a