Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-28

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Rosen Ingebretson a prominent
young farmer of Fairview was among
our renewal subscribers last Saturday.
Miss Anna Moe was engaged in a
work of benevolence last Saturday.
collecting money for a worthy
purpose.
M. W.. Nichols a prominent young
farmer who lives over on the west
side of Lincoln township was a new
subscriber last Friday.
Mark Bushnell a prominent young
farmer who lives near Worthing on
the old Bushnell homestead was a
new subscriber this week.
Mrs. Helen Nupen of Pleasant
township was in Canton Monday and
was interested in assessment of bene-
fits and damages for ditch Ii.
A number of gentlemen interested
in ditch no. Ii, down in Pleasant
township, were in town Monday
getting the matter adjusted.
The Minneapolis Daily Journal was
a renewal subscriber TO the LEADER
This week. The Journal is the best
newspaper published in the entire
west.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Enstad of
Southern Highland are receiving
congratulations over the arrival of a
fine boy at their home Monday
morning, January "A.
Filing Opsal, A. G. Satrum and
Hans Kloppen returned Monday
from Texas where they went to look
over land in the Pan Handle county.
Mr.. Satrum was so we'll pleased with
the land and the climate that he
purchased a half section and Mr..
Kloppen a quarter.
Henry Clay Johnston, one of the
modest progressive farmers in
Lincoln township, walked into the
LEADER office with a 5 dollar bill in
hand. He handed owe the money
and smiled and the editor handed him
back a smaller part and also smiled,
and Clay said ''blessed be the money
maker"
O. T. Olson, formerly n of the
clothing kings Of Canton but now
enjoying the charms of farm life over
lin Lyon county, was in town Tuesday
driving a fancy matched team of bays
to a handsome cutter built for two,
but he was alone when he called at
the LEADER office. Mr.. Olson says
he can't get along without his LEAD
ER and ordered his address changed
from Canton to Inwood.
Dan Frame and family of this city
enjoyed a very pleasant visit from two
brothers who arrived Monday. w.
r. Frame and wife of Fresno, Cali
fornia, and George Frame from Green
county, Iowa. The Iowa and Cali
fornia brothers came to visit Dan and
Dan left with them Thursday for
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, where a
brother, David lives, and when the
four brothers get together it will be
the first time in IS years. There are
two sisters living and another bfother
in California, and it is the intention
to have a family reunion soon. The
brothers who came to visit Dan are
prominent and substantial men, solid
physically and financially thoroughly
prepared to enjoy the best in life.
Mr. Charles H. Cassill of Spokane,
is in Canton again after escorting a
party of Sioux county, Iowa, friends
out to that wonderland of fruit
culture. The gentlemen who accom-
panied Mr.. Cassill were Lewis Miller
Alex Yunker, Alex Miller and John
. Miller all rich Sioux county farmers.
They came back delighted with
Spokane and the "City Gardens" as
the Cassill property is named. These
"City Gardens" are five acre tracts
with fruit trees growing and the net
profit from a five acre garden with
ten to twelve year old trees is more
than $4,000 year. From the time
Mr.. Cassill came down here in
December until he vent back two
weeks ago with the Sioux county
men, he had sold 500. 900 worth of
of garden tracts, an evidence that
his proposition looks good to those
who go there.
MI. and Mrs. Charles D. Moore
moved into the city Tuesday and
occupy their handsome cottage on
west 5th street, which was purchased
from Mrs. Richard johnson. Mr..
Moore dropped into the LEADER
Office Wednesday morning to renew
his subscription after which he
examined the strange petrifection in
the LEADER window. After looking
the SNAKE or "bean" over carefully
said: THAT is a petri6ed chunk of
pemmican meat. I have seen
thousands of rolls of it in the North
/ west, put up by half-breeds and
.Indians. Yes, it's pemmican, petrif-
Md pemmican; no snake or petrifed
Mean about that" and he handed the
Httor a cigar and departed with a
cdle of stove fixtures and other
things necessary in starting to
Ehouse in a new home under his