Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

Mrs. S. B. Averill is home from her
visit to Logan, Iowa.
Roy Warner was a renewal sub
scriber Wednesday.
Ed. Jones was down from Sioux
Falls for a couple of days.
l. Il. Sletten has purchased the
Captain Dunlap property just west Of
city limits.
Canton was well represented at
Lennox Wednesday which was the
last day of the carnival there.
-Four fine horses for sale at e. d.
Warmers below town. See notice
elsewhere in this issue.
DR.. Mold brought home with him
from Chicago a very handsome
Knights Templar badge, the official
emblem Of the big encampment.
Mr.. Ocock, one of the teachers in
the State Normal at Madison, accom-
panied by his wife, visited at the
home of Mrs. Shields, his cousin, on
Thursday last.
Charlie Linderman has purchased
|. T. Siejtin property on east 5th,
street. Charlie has been farming
since 1868 and thinks it time to take
a rest.
Quite a few Canton base ball fans
were at Sioux Falls Sunday to witness
a game Of ball between Sioux Falls
and WatertOwn the latter winning
in a hot game.
There will be n services at the
Baptist church on next Sunday, Aug
ust q, the pastor having gone on a
V sit to his people but is expected to
preach on the following Sunday, Aug
uSt %.
w. e. Keith who lives on the N.
O.. Nelson farm in Grant, was a
LEADER visitor and a renewal SUBJ
scriber Wednesday. Mr.. Keith re-
ports a fine quality and a large crop
of small grain and corn never so good.
Commissary Sergeant Norman Rog-
ers, 18th regiment, State Guardsmen,
presented the editor of the LEADER
with a U. S. Army Haversack Ration
on his return from camp. The ration
is put up in a waterproof cover of
paper and contains the following:
Salt .l6 ounce; pepper 90 ounce;
sugar "a ounces: coffee LIP ounces;
with bareback and bacon, this con
stitutes a soldiers ration for one day.
Charlie Linderman who lives down
in Highland township, will have a
public auction at his place on Friday
August 26. and the sale begins at n
o'clock sharp. The property to be
sold consists of four horses, two bulls
and n COW, a large amount of
machinery about 65 acres of corn in
field, about 40 tons of hay and 200
fence posts. Usual terms. Stevenson
& Nagelstad, a%uctioneers, Henry
Cooper, clerk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Warner left for
Kadoka, Stanley county, Thursday.
Mrs. Warner came down a month ago
to visit her Canton friends and then
proceeded to Lincoln, Nebraska. to
visit her father and mother. She re-
turned from Nebraska last week and
Mr.. Warner came in from Kadoka
Tuesday. Roy is b]ookkeeper in the
Eaaoka State Bank, and he and Mrs.
Warner edit and publish the Kadoka
Reporter, and are enjoying them
selves immensely. The LEADER
wishes them continued success in
their Stanley county home.
Louis Johnson of Delaware town
ship was in town Tuesday to consult
DR.. Turner. Mr.. Johnson will retire
from active farm work next March
and as arranged at present will move
to Sioux Falls. We should like to
have him make his home in Can
ton because he would feel more at
home here than in Sioux Falls. He is
one Of the rich farmers of the county
and can well afford to take life easy.
l. IoSaSCd III DIV dIC OOWISlllp III
1878, and during the grasshopper
scourge he offered his farm with i'm
provements for $1,000, but nobody
had that much money to spare in
those days and he remained like hun
dreds of others who we're unable to
sell.