Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-21

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the streets were flooded for Il time.
The rain storm did not go far north.
Up at the home of Mr.. cambridge in
Dayton, a nice shower fell, while
south of Canton the rain was heavy.
Herman Syverud, graduate of one
of the best dental schools in the west,
passed the state board eXamiQation
and is now ready to practice dentistry.
Herman is one of Canton's brightest
young men and his success in his
chosen profession is but a question of
time.
A sewer system is being installed at
the Interstate Fair grounds at Sioux
City in the hope Of carrying of sur
face water to such an extent that
flooded grounds will be out Of the
question and nothing less than a
cloud burst will necessitate a post
ponement of races.
States Attorney Forrest and Sheriff
John Quien were called Sunday morn
to aid a destitute family living north
of Harrisburg among the bluffs along
the river. The man of the house was
in Jail in Sioux Falls and the wife and
five children were without food and
living like rabbits in a borough.
Clarence Sandvig is the happiest
boy in the county. He spent two
weeks with his parents in MinneapO-
lis and he saw everything in the
amusement line in and around the
Twin Cities, and he tells of the won
ders he saw, how funny they were and
his youthful mind is filled with de-
light.
Fred Drey of Delaware township,
is receiving many compliments from
the newspapers for his success as a
breeder Of Polled Durhams and Duroc
Jerseys. He believes that the best of
everything is worth an effort, and his
splendid success comes from a settled
policy that the best is none too good
for those who wish to buy his stock.
Miss Bessie Rust who has been at
home the past month, returned to
New York City where she is a teacher
in Elocution, and will also study
Dramatic Art. Miss Rustis a charm
ing young lady and will be missed
very much, as most every day for the
past month she las entertained
friends delightfully."-. She has been
riding horseback and playing croquet
for exercise and does both we'll. Lars
Rust, her father, gave her a farm for
her birthday present.
During the band concert last Thurs
day night the band boys presented
Erastus and Alvin Field with mill
tary brushes and a leather set con-
sisting of a collar box, tie box and
handkerchief box. The Field broth
ers left early Friday morning for
Northtield, Mimi, where they will
attend St. Olaf college. The band
boys will Miss them from their midst
but wish the boys success in their
new home.
Ole Skorheim who came down from
Platte to settle up his fathers estate,
said to the editor that he was the
first child born in Norway township
and the first to be baptised in the
Lands church parish. Ole is going on
80 and is a mighty healthy youth.
He is running a meat market at
Platte and is doing we'll. His brother
Edgar, who came here with him is
of the leading blacksmithS in
Charles Mix county, and a fine young
man. They returned home Tuesday.
Hans Brynjulson and Refer Refer
Sol were in town last Saturday and of
course crops and the weather were
discussed. Mr.. Reierson thinks we
may run up against another dry crop
season next year, while Mr.. Brynjul-
son, who declines to be a ~forecaSter,
said he was willing to abide by his
hindsight rather than his foresight,
while the editor predicts heavy snow
next winter and plenty of moisture
for next years crops.
An unusual attraction which has
been engaged for the Interstate Live
Stock Fair at Sioux City this year is
that a pack of sheep dogs and their
trainers-the outfit to arrive from
Scotland this month. These dogs
have reached the perfection of animal
training. They go after sheep, separ-
ate one kind from another, putting
some into n pen and others into
another, as intelligently as would a
human.
Elmer Seubert, during his recent
absence, travelled over a good deal of
the west and particularly the Pacific
slope. He visited many towns in his
travels, but found none to surpass
Canton as a clean home town, and
only n town that compared with
Canton and that was Roseburg, Ore
gon. Its homes and it's people and it's
morals compared favCrably with the
Gem of the Sioux, and is a %saloonless
city because the people out there
know the value of temperance.
Beresford News: George Spencer
Eidsmoe left Monday for San Fran
cisco To report for duty by the Iath