Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-29
ANNUAL DINNER PARTY.
The Leader Correspondents Met in
Annual Session Last Saturday
and Had a Good Time
Without a Wedding,

llllOul q 'SNNAhS'
The livelieSt bunch of local CORES,
pOndentS in the state assembled at
The home Of the editor last Saturday
and for five hours the feast and frOliC
continued with the lady from Arrow
head Valley and the Merry Widowel
from Fairview holding the center OF
attraction, including an uVerCoat and
watermelOnS, without the necessity
for a minister, much to the diSap'
pOintmeuJ OF the gentleman from
Grant who announced a j. p. commits
sion for an emergency, but to satisfy
all parties it was decided that the
event should take place on the beau
tiful stage of the Kennedy opera
house the night Of the grand opening.
The LEADER enjoys the distinction
Of having the most humorous and
best stan Of correspondents in the
state, who make their department a
very interesting feature Of the locaI
news. Items of interest are gathered
from all parts Of the county and
across the river and presented for the
benefit Of LEADER readers, and the
public appreciates this patriotic labor
because it gives them a weekly re
view of events in the rural districts.
The annual meeting is n of the
events which the editor looks forward
to with greatest pleasure, and the
meeting this year was the most in
tereSting and amusing yet held, al
though there was little time for a
program, every n was so busy that
six O'Clock came too early.
Photographer Muma was on hand
and made a group picture and said 1t
was the handsOmeSt bunch of intelli-
gence he eve pointed a camera at.
Mrs. Arthur Arnold, in behalf OF
the correspondents, lined up the co
itUr and Mrs. Linn On the porch and
presented them with a beautiful ru-
raj scene picture suggestive OF pioneer
life in the west, and her kind remarks
were responded to by Mrs. Linn, she
being the orator in the family. Then
Mrs. Linn lined up the correspondents
and presented each with a silver SOU
Venir spoon, and the gentleman from
Grant figured out that hOnOrs were
even, even if the gentleman from
Fairview did bring the biggest water
melons, muSkmelOnS and apples to be
found in the county.
Just before the parting Will kenl-
son and Thorsten Hotter sang a beau
tifuI duet entitled "LOve'S FOndeSt
Dream" and this was after Mr..
KenisOn had tried on the famous over
coat. Ernest Madden was selected to
deliver the parting address, and he
did it 50 nicely that Lewis Larson
moved a vote Of thanks.
1t was mutually agreed that no re-
port should be made concerning h
champion coffee drinkers, yet it might
be stated without violation Of the
pact that the gentleman from Grant
held his own in the contest.
ThOrsten Hotter was down on the
program for a Gravel Sketch" Will
Kenison for Single Bl~essedncSs."
Ernest Madden Glow it Feels to be
Shot" Mrs. Arnold My First Biz
card Experience" Lewis Larson THE
Indian Stampede Mrs. Millage THE
joys Of Moving," Mrs. Manning
Home, Sweet Home" Mrs. Wiggin
Shakespeare and Lord Bacon" Car
RE Hanson 1.-The Value Of an Over
coat" but sad to relate, the program
was not reached owing to a desire to
properly adjust the Overcoat question,
which was finally compromised.
The annual dinner party was COM
posed of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Arnold,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Larson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Millage, MI. and Mrs. Carl
Wiggin, Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Manning,
W. G.. KeniSon, Ernest Madden,
Thorsten Hotter, and the Misses Car
RE Hanson, Inga SiveSind, Ellen Slet-
ten, Pearl Thompson, and Ruth Rem
i. and the editor and Mrs Linn hope
to meet them all at the next annual
dinner, and others who may join the
staff during the coming year. -Four
correspondents were unavOi0ably alb
sent.