Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

Adolph Edelbauer, aged %, shot and
killed himself at Yankton when a
friend asked him for $50 he had
loaned him.
Mrs. Tereza hostel, a pioneer OF
Tabor, was stricken with apopleXy
and hemorrhage of the brain while al
church, and died soon after.
In a period of only a few days a sin
gle buyer at C~astlewood paid the
farmers of that vicinity an aggregate
Of 1869 for hogs and turkeys, which
again illustrates that diversified farm
ing pays.
The date o. the poultry show to be
held at Redfeld has been changed
from the third week of January to the
first week of that month. A. B. Shauer
of Lanark, Ill, has been engaged to
score the birds.
The various high schools of the
state are making arrangements Tor
inter-high school debates to take place
during the winter. The question to be
discussed will be, The Closed n
the Open Shops"
Postoffice detectives are still trying
to discover the men who recently
robbed a mail pouch at Madison OF
81, 900 which was being shipped by
mail from the Lake county bank to
a bank at Ramona.
Andrew Anderson Of Clarno was
putting a bride on a horse when the
animal suddenly jumped forward,
throwing Anderson against he man
ger, where he was held some little
time, seriously injuring him.
e. D.. Gray, who operates the La
hon Fruit farm near Yankton, is the
latest victim of a cornhusker and has
lost his left index finger in n OF
these dangerous machines, the second
in the past two weeks in this county.
August Kolberg, living near Toron-
to, devotes only a small part OF MS
time to poultry raising, but thus 1ar
this fall has sold more than $2OO
worth of turkeys alone, in addition to
much other poultry, n has retained
large numbers of turkeys and other
fowl for the holiday trade.
The spearing of pickerel and other
fish will be allowed on Lake
Pelican for the next fou months ac-
cording to a resolution passed today
by the county commissioners of Cod
ington county. The resolution stipu-
lates that no person may spear more
than 25 fish in II day nor have IN
his possession at any n time more
than so fish.
A couple of intoxicated Sioux In
dams appeared at a hotel at Carter
and created SO much disturbance that
they were forcibly elected by Town
Marshal Gould, who had been sum-
moned. This made the redmen very
angry and they drew their siX-shoot-
ers and commenced to ~"shootup' the
town, being landed in the town jail
only after a hard struggle.
May Swengle the ~8-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles SWengle,
residing three miles east of Aberdeen,
was kicked in the head by a young
colt while playing in the yard with
some horses. Medical assistance was
summoned and a careful examination
found that the blow was light and only
the flesh was cut. Two stitches were
required to close the wound.
Shipments of stock and sheep from
the Black Hills section are nearly
concluded for this year., the season
holding on longer than usual, due
mostly to the severe winter. NoVem-
Der showed the heaviest shipments
for some years, as sheep men who at
tempted to carry their sheep through
the winter were obliged to ship on &C
count of the snow and ice which COW
cred the range, many finding dlfhcui-
ty even in getting the sheep to the
railroads.
The first grand jury assembled in
Clark county since 1896 has been call
ed for Clark county.
Slipping into town, two government
secret service men created some ex-
element at Deadwood by raid1ng
chinatown in search Of c~ontraband
opium. A number of the Chinese
shops and houses were visited in COM
pany with Chief Of Police Lambert
and, although thorough search was
made, no opium vas found. Later a
number of saloons were visited, but
no infringement of the excise laws
was detected.
An enormous amount OF nay mas
been cut in the vicinity of White Lake
and shipped to localities where the
hay crop was a failure. One dealer
there has shipped a total of about 80
carloads thus far, and other dealers
have made about as good a record.
The little 3-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. W. Hall of Aberdeen, fell
down the elevator shaft at the Sher-
man hotel. a distance of a story and a
half, but escaped with minor bruises.
Her escape from serious hurts II not
death itself surprised all who wit
messed the accident.