Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
SOUTH DAKOTA VIEWS NOTES

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tournament on the Fourth of uly
The First Presbyterian church at
Wataugua was organized recently.
Edward Keever, a claim holder near
Dupree, will put in 100 acres to flax
this season.
The Congregational college at Acad.
envy, in Douglas county, will be closed
this summer.
The members of the Odd Fellows
lodge 1t Vermillion have completed
preparations for erecting a fine lodge
building.
The Springfield Times a few days
ago was Al years of age making 1t one
OF the Oldest newspapers in either
of the Dakotas.
The Presho fire company is making
preparations to attend the state meet
ing at Lead and are going after a
number of the prizes.
A baseball association has been or
ganized at Alphena and a team placed
in the field, with DR.. Burns as manager
and Karl Aisenbury, captain.
After a delay of several weeks
structural steel is now arriving in
large quantities for the cement plant
of the Dakota Portland Cement COM
pany at Chamberlain.
The Catholic congregation of Mil
bank will begin construction work in
a few days upon a fine new church,
school and rector's house, the three
buildings to cost approximately $780,
900.
Upon the unanimous recommends
ton of the faculty of the state n
versity at Vermillion the regents au-
thorized the comforting Of the honor
airy degree of LII. D. upon the Rev.
Edward Ashley.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. wilkins, well
known residents of Willow Lakes,
have just celebrated the 5Oth ami
versary of their wedding. This is the
first golden wedding ever celebrated
in Willow Lakes.
The town trustees of Albee have
purchased at considerable cost a great
Zeal of fire fighting apparatus, and Al
bee will in the future have good pro-
lection. A movement is now on foot
to erect a fine town hall.
The towns Of Beadle county have
taken turns for many years in holding
Fourth of July celebrations. This
year it is Wolsey's turn. The business
men and other residents are making
preliminary arrangements for a rous-
ing time.
Fritz Walstrom, a young farmer, lit
orally blew his brains out" with a
shotgun, dying almost instantly. he
lieved with his mother and sister six
miles east of Fairfax, near the Ne.
braska and Dakota line, and was in
dustrious and apparently fairly pros
porous. Walstrom had been observed
lately seemingly %brooding over some
imaginary or other trouble. He was
80 years old
Several good horses in the vicinity
| of Miller have mysteriously disappear
| ed during the last few weeks and the
owners claim they have been stolen.
One was found 20 miles away in a
pasture. This is the plan. After a
horse has been driven into some
mans pasture in a strange neighbor-
hood it will later be called for by
the thief or a confederate if the act
ual owner Ices not in the meantime
find it.
A sad accident occurred a mile west
of Madison when c. r. Nichols was
cranking a gasoline engine connected
with a corn shelter, and became
caught in the fly wheel. He was killed
before the engine could be stopped,
the body being badly mangled.
At least so entries from the outside
are expected to be made for he an
nual tournament Of the South Dakota
Tennis association, which will be held
in Sioux Falls during the week of
July II. Handsome and costly prizes
will be offered in both the main con
tests and the consolation races.
Armed with an ordinary metal beer
bottle opener, John Brenna, aged Is,
a messenger boy at Sioux Falls, held
a man wanted by the police for assault
and battery until officers arrived. The
lad, hardly four feet tall, found Peter
Hindlin hidden in an alley. Pointing
the metal opener at him he promised
death if a move was made.
Emmanuel P. Hebner, a farmer Nv
ing 10 miles from Oelrichs, was taken
to the hospital at Hot Springs with q
bullet in his right leg. Hebner let q
pistol fall on the ground when 1t ex.
ploded. The bullet lodged in his hip