Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-13
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Grant Township.

August 10, 1903.
Henry Hanson and Ole Fodnes
went to Canton Saturday on business.
Fl. Ii. Stubstein went to Canton
Saturday to see how his daughter
Laura was getting along. She has
been having her teeth treated by a
dentist there.
Tilman Larson and Olaf Stubstein
helped Melvin Sundvold stack grain
Saturday.
Sigward Ness got the threshing ma
chine on the place Saturday just as 1t
started to rain. Mr.. Ness figured on
threshing out Of the shock but 1t will
rain whether a man Is ready for 1t or
not.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Fodnes enter
tanned the family OF Ed Johson Sun
day.
Frank Neauman and family were
| visiting with the family OF j.. Moch-
miller Sunday.
Peter Delgard was a caller at Christ
Hanson's Sunday afternoon.
Several OF the young folks attended
a party at Mrs. S. r. Hills Sunday
where a fine singing school was or
ganized.
Ed Gedstad has a crab apple tree
| which is loaded with apples and he
| thinks 1t will produce 10 or II bushels
at q low estimate.
The families OF o. II. Lier, Theo-
dore O. Fodnes and Ole A. Fodnes
and the handsome bachelor Peter
Peterson, constituted a happy party
that CHANGED to call at X. O.. Ged-
stad's Sunday afternoon.
Hike Ertmoud had a couple head of
cattle killed by tightening Sunday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Sundvold were Wis
iting at the Williams home Sunday.
The late rain delayed stacking and
farm work in general but IL made
corn smile.
Some OF our friends called on us the
other day and asked us to take the
Office OF county treasurer next term.
We we're a little surprised as we had
not given the subject much considera-
tion since HOgoboom walked away
with the persimmons. We told u
friends that ii the people were really
dead anxious for us to accept the hon
ors we would look after the office for
q term or two, and while this subject
was under discussion more friends
called upon us, and in the mixup OF
opinion we were informed that we
would not be alone In the race, as no
less than five candidates besides our
selves, would be in the running II we
got stated. Mrs. Larson overheard
the running part of h talk n
joined in long enough to say that we
had better not run for anything as
our record as a sprinter was bad, that
we couldn't run down a gObbler or a
goose or catch q mellon thief or any
thing but bullheads. This seemed to
discourage my friends a little but we
soon convinced them that my wife
never saw us run but once and that
was when we Outran a Texas steer
and In trying to head him of we vent
through a fence and the steer after
We consider that record good for
o race, but it may not count among a
lot OF boys that have political legs.
Our legs are farm legs and we're not
much OH kissing babies, but can put
up a fair article for the bigger ones,
the kind that want to vote. III my
friends want me to run for that Office
l may conclude to- enter h race,
provided the road boss will Fix the
roads and all hands start from my
and make 4 run for the court
house. The first man in, to get the
treasurer's office, and the last TO get
the de%putyship. Some OF the boys
suggested chat l had better go in
training. My wife persists that ] am
no runner and she would feel dread
fully sorry to see me run and get
ayan the d~eputyShip. have a year
to think about 1t any way.