Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02

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scribers this week.
J. M. Harris sold his Fairview farm
Monday to a party from Sioux City.
Melvin Sundvold lost a watch and
ad vertised it In the LEADER. Adolph
Bragstad found the watch and holds
1t for the owner.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. e. Rosecrans have
gone to Ames, Iowa, and will make
that their home while their son Merle
Is attending college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Wendt left for
Davis, Illinois, Monday, and will stop
for a few days at F'reeport, enroute to
visit his brother. Wendt will be alb
sent about three weeks.
Prof. Boot, the new superintendent
of the city schools, comes to Canton
with a splendid reputation for success
full school work, and the LEADER Is
of the opinion that our schools Will
make splendid progress under his
management,
Prof. Boot, superintendent of the
city schools, requests the LEADER
to that he will be in his Of
flee in the central school building
on Friday and Saturday, September 2
and 3 from 9 to II O'Clock, when he
will be glad to meet all high school
pupils.
Horace Ringheim, Ernest Rudolph,
Mozart Skartvedt, Merle Rosecrans,
Elmer Isackson and Prof. Roy Smith
leave for Ames, Iowa, Friday morn
ing to continue their school work
there. Roy Smith is now a college
professor and it is with pleasure we
announce his success.
John Overseth starts Friday NORM
ing with his family bound for Mime
apolis in his automobile and will stop
at st. Ansgar and Wells to visit with
relatives. John will take a tent along
and camp at any shady spot his fancy
takes him, and expects to have a very
enjoyable vacation.
Monday Is Labor Day.. also the day
our city schools will open for the fall
term. Remember September the S.
We presume the schools will open for
organization of classes and perform
such preliminary work rs may be re-
quired. Whether there will be a half
holiday In the afternoon on account
of Labor Day, or not, we are unable
to say.
Comrade Fred Keidle of Clarinda,
Iowa, a former Lincoln county pioneer
came up last Saturday to visit his son
and old friends. Mr.. Keidle is get
ting decidedly grey like most of the
veterans, and his old friends we're
glad to see him looking so we'll as he
has not been in the best of health for
some time. He will visit here for a
couple of weeks.
Lincoln county land is going up in
value very fast, and why not? Lin
coin county is one of the best in the
state. 1t has the richest township in
the state-Norway-and Norway has
more fine churches than any other
township in the state-four of them
and all large, fine structures, and the
Norway township farmers are all
rich, In fact Lincoln county farmers
are all rich.
Asa Hall has bought the southwest
quarter of section six which corners
on old Lincoln Center, and also the
northeast quarter of section eight n
mile east of Lincoln Center. Mr.. Hall
bought the Lincoln Center quarter
from w. F. Stengel and the other
from Robert Bradshaw. Mr.. Hall
will remain on the X. E. Jacobson
farm in Norway for another year, and
manage to take care OF his newly
acquired property rs we'll.
Henry Thompson, one of the old
pioneer warriors down in Pleasant
township vas in Canton Monday on a
very pleasant mission. He was &C
companied Miss Bertha Stevenson
Rommereim for whom Mr.. Thompson
is guardian, and by Ludwig Rasmus-
son, son-in-law of Mr. Thompson. MI.
Thompson said he had considerable
property in trust for the young lady
and was very anxious that she should
carry her own bank book.
Allen Spencer one of the best known
and one Of the most popular pioneers
OF this county, now engaged in bust
ness at Lennon, was in Canton last
week on business and returned to
Lennon last Saturday. The editor
met him and Ole Tuntland, Sr. while
they were discussing pioneer days and
they were mighty glad to see each
other. MI. Spencer stated that the
crop conditions up around Lennon
were not very encouraging but the
people were not discouraged, as the
people that settled that country can
stand a little shortage in the crop.
They are mostly sons and daughters
OF the western pioneers who know
how to meet misfortune. Parts of
Illinois and eastern Iowa suffered a
greater crop loss then those in the
Lennon land district.
ATTORNEY Carlson returnad last, Fri