Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-11
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

A new Danu mas Deen oTBdulZeo dI
Clark.
Gray wolves are becoming very bold
in the vicinity of Okaton.
Fire destroyed the farm house on
the J. j. Batterton farm near Sisseton.
Wentworth tennis players are plan
ming the organization of an associa-
ton.
W.. A. Kuntz has been granted a 20
year franchise for an electric lighting
system at Plankinton.
On August 10, the voters of Bowdle
will pass on a proposition to incorpor-
ate the town under a city form Of gov
eminent.
A new hotel, called the Raymond,
and one of the best equipped hostel
ries in that part of the state, has been
opened at Trip.
The fire department at Philip has
been reorganized and dividtd into two
engine companies. A hook and ladder
company will be added.
Dupree business e following an
attempt to start al ~incendiary fire,
held a meeting and arranged to en-
gage a night Waterman.
A petition is being circulated at
Bowdle to annex a portion Of land ~
ing south of the town limits which will
add about 100 to Bowdle's population.
Julius Jacobson, formerly of Lake
Norden, who has been holding down a
claim at White Owl, was struck by
lightning recently and instantly killed.
Rapid City men have discovered a
large deposit of red, white, yellow and
blue sand near that town, which can
be utilized in building operations very
cheaply.
John Walden, of Madison, president
of the Lake County bank, dropped dead
of heart failure. He was wealthy, n
part of his fortune being twenty sec
tons of valuable land.
Lightning struck a granary on the
farm of John Mullenberg, near Doland,
and the building and 200 bushels of
grain were destroyed. A machine
shed adjoining also burned, with about
$500 worth of machinery.
During a heavy rain storm the other
day the 17-year-old son of Tony Nehl,
who resides about eight miles north
of Bodwell was burned to death in a
barn where he undoubtedly 0 shell
ter from the storm. 1t is believed
that during the storm lightning struck
the barn and set it on fire at the same
time killing young Nehl or stunning
him to such an extent that he was un-
able to get out.
Nothing but South Dakota material
will be used in the construction of the
hospital at the Brown county poor
farm. The county commissioners in
sisted on this, and as a consequence
the pressed brick will be from the
yards of Nina, s. D., the ordinary
brick from the Aberdeen brick yards,
the foundation from concrete blocks
made in Aberdeen and the walls of
sandstone from the Black Hills. Work
has beer commenced on the struc-
ture.
The Commercial club at Faith has
secured special railroad rates on feed,
seed and fuel for the people on that
branch of the Milwaukee railroad, &C
cording to announcements made there
this week. AS a consequence, home
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be able to get through the winter in
much better shape than they had an
ticipated. The Commercial club will
take charge of the food, seed and fuel
business for the town, and will see to
it that none in the vicinity of Faith
are allowed to suffer for the lack of
feed for livestock, seed for next years
crop, or fuel to warm their houses
through the winter.
The South Dakota delegation has
recommended the establishment of a
postoffice at A1berton, Ziebach coun.
ty, and the appointment of r. B. En-
dicott as postmaster there.
The new stock yards just completed
at Aberdeen are said to be the largest
and fines in the Dakotas. The yards
have a cement floor and an artesian
well sending out 100 gallons of water
a minute at a pressure of so pounds
will serve not only to water the live
stock, but to wash the yards and keep
them at all times in a sanitary con
dition.
The following South Dakota post
Offices hace been discontinued: Flint,
mail to Edison; Keepville, mail to Ros-
lyn: Jolly, mail to Carpenter; Nutley,
mail to Roslyn; Fickerel, mail to Gren-
kill; Vandervoort, mail to Raymond;
Wist, mail to Grenville.
Consideration is being given by the
postoffice department to the question
of ordering an extension of the rail-
way mail service from Colome to Win
ner, the present terminus of the Chica-
go & Northwestern railroad. The de-
partment is expected to make the ex.
tension in the near future.