Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
Grant.

Sept. 20, 1909.
Melvin Sundvold and family were
Sunday guests at the home Of X. O,
Gedstad.
Miss Egge and Miss A. Wasgaard Of
Turner county, were over this way
Sunday and Monday calling on friends.
Miss Minnie Stubstein, who has
been at Worthing during the sum
mer, came home Saturday for a vaca
ton.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. X. 0. Nelson.
a girl. Congratulations.
Oscar Brandhagen and family went
to Canton last Sunday. o. II. has
been under the weather for awhile
and the folks went down to see how
he was getting along.
Frank Newman and family were
visiting with Haldan Odegard and
family Sunday.
One week ago Tuesday Melvin Sund-
void invited the writer to take a trip
with him " to Norway township
to see his brothers. We accepted the
invitation and started out. The first
stop we made was at Leeville where
we let the horses catch their wind
and we got a smoke. A mile or so on
the other side OF Leeville we found
the corn all down caused by the re-
cent heavy rain and wind storm. The
corn was down all the way to Nor
way. We stopped for dinner at Mat
Eneboe's and inspected his new house
and 1t is a fine one We got down to
Theodore Sundvold's In the afternoon
and found him full Of business. We
stopped with him over night and next
day went over to Bonnie Sundvold's
and as Bonnie and his little boy
Bernt insisted on u staying the
next night with them. we couldn't
refuse. We spent some time inspect
ing the boys corn and it was the
finest we saw on u trip, and Bonnie
was busy picking his seed. We saw
large fields Of alfalfa in Norway and
looked fine. We thought Norway
very rolling and in some places hilly
and found some objections to it, but
Bonnie told us we we're in the banner
township in the county and state and
as we nOt out for war we give
in. We admit that Norway Is a well
improved township with large and
beautiful homes and barns, all nicely
painted and the cattle high grade and
blooded. We started home by way
Of Moe, and when we got to Moe we
called for a couple Of drinks but was
informed that we were in a strictly
temperance town and the only thing
to drink was pop and how we popped
for a few minutes. We filled up and
swelled up and Melvin opened his
vest. Then we smoked and then we
tried all kinds OF winks and signs but
1t was no use. There was nothing
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there were many snakes down that
way and Mr.. Vindal remarked that
snakes we're plentiful and snake oil
cheap. Then we asked what he did
for snake bite. He said "Our blood Is
proof against snake bite and our re-
ligiOn protects us from the old boy
and we are cOntented."
Melvin looked at me and / looked
at Melvin, then we started passing
the fine home of Ulrik Ulrikson and
turned west at the Orstad corner.
Mr.. Orstad has more barns and barn
room than the average farmer. We
called at Knudt Ulrikson's place but
the boys were out in the field and we
went On west passing Ed Eneboe,
and Severt Alness places and then
came the fine home Of Mrs. Ida Lien
where we were invited to take dinner
and of course accepted with great
pleasure. She has new and large
buildings and will have q beautiful
home when she gets it fixed up. We
turned at the Steensland corner and
went three miles north then west
passing the fine homes of Sam and
Pete Lukken and when we got to
Lincoln Center we knew the old
stamping grounds and from there the
road home was easy.
We enjoyed the trip very much and
the Sundvold boys said they had lots
to eat and always kept q supply on
hand for hungry people from Grant
and II Is not 1t all unlikely that Mel
vim and yours truly may make another
trip down that way, but from pop
save US even unto snake bite.