Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-19
SOUTH DAKOTA VIEWS NOTES

The Mitchell Elks have moved into
their new home.
A movement has been in%augurated
by the women of Worthwhile to organize
a relief corps.
The people of Milesville, in north.
western Stanley county, are to have
a creamery at that place.
The Presbyterian church society OF
Groton has awarded the contract for
the erection of a new $4,000 edifice.
The Masonic Building association at
Wagner has completed its building and
the lodge has moved into its new
quarters.
Watertown will have a 100000 hos
pital to b. erected by the Lutherans
Of the state. 1t will be of reinforced
concrete INC modern in every respect
The business men of Sioux Falls
have arranged for q $4,000 memorial
for Bishop Hare. 1t will be in the
form of an addition to the All Saints
school.
The dates for the auto show at Belle
Fourche have been changed to June
" anu Lo, SO tHdI llcy Will uoL lhIti
fere with the dates of the horse racing
at Spearfish.
The Aberdeen Railway company has
added three new street cars to its
equipment. Work is being pushed on
the extensions of the line in the south
east part of town.
Frank Garskel of WATERFOWL, a tin
ner, suffered several broken bones
and bruises about the head and face
as the result of a 30-foot fall from a
root of a residence.
Aroused to the Importance of secur'
ing better fire protection, the business
men and other residents of Claremont
have commenced an agitation for mu.
nicipaI waterworks.
The women of Belle Fourche sue
ceeded in having 27O trees planted ON
Arbor day. This is the best record
reported for the state, so far as indi
vidual towns are concerned.
e. O. Churton of LaDelle recently
sold fourteen Galloway steers which
averaged 1878 pounds in weight each,
altogether 1S,460 pounds and the av.
oraS0 price Was pio.of, LhC SliIiO
bunch selling for ~$1,O33.76.
A force of nearly one hundred men
has commenced extending the North
western railroad from Colome to Win
ner. The towns are thirteen miles
apart and it is expected the track lay.
ers will complete their work by June
list.
The temperance people of Miller
have served notice on the city officials
that the recent election will be con
tested. The drys claim that they will
have no difficulty in throwing the
illegal votes out and that the town
will be dry after July l.
Arrangements are being completed
for a big historic pageant to be put on
in Yankton during the semi-centennial
celebration Of Dakota, depicting the
earliest days among the Indians and
French traders. The dates of the eel
ebration are june II to II.
Arrangements are being made for
the erection of a new public school
building at White Lake, for which the
voters at a special election authorized
bonds of $4,000. Only II votes were
cast against the proposition. The new
structure will be ready when he fall
term commences.
James O'Brien, Joe Howard and Joe
Smith were sentenced in federal court
at Aberdeen by Judge Willard for rob-
bling the p~ostoffice at Stockholm on
December 90, 1910. OBrien and How
ard received five years each for bur-
glary and three years, but Smith was
let off with three years for burglary
and W years for robbery.
Sioux Falls has been chosen by the
national committee in charge of the
Men and Religion Forward movement
as one of the 80 cities of North Ameri-
ca which shall be used as centers of
this movement. A campaign, similar
to the laymen's missionary campaign
of last year, is being planned for the
fall of 1911 and the spring of 1912.
Crop conditions are excellent in
Yankton county, and farmers are look
ing forward to the biggest year in the
history of the county. The heavy rain
and snow of the first of the month
put the soil in fine shape for corn.
Four prisoners were taken to the
penitentiary at Sioux Falls, following
their trials at Hot Springs before Dis
trict Judge MCGEE, at W Itch all plead
ed guilty. Thomas Beonley, Charles
Cocayne and VIII Redding were sent
up for burglary near Minnekahta re-
ceived six months each. oliver j.
Scott, of Smithwick, was given nine
months for ~embezzlement of life insur.
ance funds.
of July will be celebrated In that VII
lage.