Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-15

large crowd of old settlers of Sui
ly county met at Okobojo in their an
nual picnic. The principal speaker OF
the day was LOOMS s. Gull, of Rapid
City.
Leola will be quite a hay market
this fall and next winter. Many
thousands of surplus tons are being
cut and will be shipped to market
during the winter.
A band has beer organized at Ruth
land, with Thomas Flynn, a well known
local musician, as leader 1t is plan
ned to make it one of the leading band
organizations of that part of the state.
Rudolph Johnson, a ~16-year-Old boy
near st. Onge, was riding a horse rap
idly when the animal stumbled and
the boys head was crushed on h
horn of the saddle, causing instant
death.
AS next year will make the thir-
tieth anniversary of the founding Of
White Lake as a town, a movement
already has been inaugurated to have
the occasion suitably observed by an
anniversary celebration.
The project of providing Irene with
parks is meeting with good success.
The first of a series of small parks is
now being placed in tirst-class condi-
ton and is being made one Of the most
delightful spots in this part of the
state.
Attacked by a fit of ~hiccoughs, the
.c.-4 .,&o- of M ovid MrS Il
c. Wahlert, who reside on a farm in
Beadle county, was unable to master
the ailment, Notwithstanding strenuous
work on the part of physicians, and
died after suffering severely for some
hours.
The regular fall term of state cir
cult court for Jerauld county c%onvenes
in washington Springs September 10,
with Judge Frank B.. Smith, of Mitch
ell, presiding. Quite a number OF
cases are to be tried and the term
promises to be quite an important one.
Fifty jurors have been summoned.
The canning factory at Parkston is
proving an important factor in the
prosperity of the farmers of this v1cln-
ity. Those of them who this season
devoted part of their land to sweet
corn, which is purchased and aimed
by the factory, have cleared a profit
of from SIS to $25 an acre.
Norman l.. Cohen, an enterprising
business man of Lake Andes, realizing
the Importance Of a public library, and
in the absence of such a library in
Lake Andes, has arranged to establish
one which will permit the residents OF
the town to tax books a certain mum
Der Of days without cost.
Peter jacobson, an old time resident
near Presho was killed in jumping
from a wagon to which a runaway
team was attached. His wife n two
daughters fell or jumped from the wag-
on and escaped just before the tongue
dropped and ran into the ground,
throwing the whole outfit bottom side
up.
The Custer county fair will be held
at Buffalo Gap September 10, 20 and p.
Frank M. Stewart, secretary of the
Western South Dakota Stockmen's as
ISOLATION Is in charge of the details
and much interest is taken in the meet.
Many c~reditable exhibits will be
shown, disproving the stories of crop
failure in this section.
An unknown firebug is attempting
to operate at Bowelle and the author
tiles are keeping a close watch for him.
One of his intended victims was Pc
ter Grismer, whose home was set on
fire. Hay, paper and other refuse was
placed carefully against the building
and set on fire. By good luck the fire
was discovered before it had made
much Roadway and the building was
saved from destruction.
Walter Horn of Colome was killed
by falling from a scaffold on a grain
elevator which was in course of con-
struction. He had just gone to work,
and, needing a saw, which was inside
the elevator, endeavored to swing
from the s~caffold into a nearby win
dow. He lost his hold and fell back
ward to the ground, a distance Of 81
feet. He died an hour after the acct
dent without regaining consciousness,
Edmunds county is moving in the
matter of diversified farming, and its
progressive citizens are active in the
movement. Recently j.. w. Parmley,
w. E. Herrick, c. H. Rebrud, A. B.
Pershin and Representative Cochrane
have negotiated for five silos, which
are doubtless the first silos put in use
west of Aberdeen. Too much conf
dence has been placed in the crops Of
small grain and two successive years
of failure is proving an awakening.
Roy Poisson, a prominent farmer liv-
ing near Mellette, had a thrilling fight
with an unknown man in his barn.
He returned home shortly after -
o'clock at night and after putting his
horses away went to the harness room,
where he ran Upon the strange man.
After a fierce fight the unknown sue
ceeded in striking Poisson over the
head with a club and then fed from
the barn. 1t is believed the man had
entered the barn for the purpose of
stealing horses.
Good progress is being made in the
work of constructing a new public
school building at Doland, and there
now appears little doubt that it will be
completed and ready for occupancy
at the time fixed in the contract
November 1.