Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

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from a house and broke his collar
bone.
Brookings keeps its streets smooth
and hard by means of the spllt los
drag.
The McCook county fair will be
held September 6, I and s, on the
grounds of the association at Salem.
A good-si2ed crowd witnessed the
laying of the cOrne stone for the ne"
$25,O 0 building for the Catholle
school at Sturgis.
Thirty thousand dollars is to be
spent by Uncle Sam this season II
improvements for the Indian emo
at Rapid City.
The Parker Commercial club. at its
last meeting, voted to extend encour'
and financial assistance tc
the juvenile band there.
Parker appears to have an affinity
for lightning. Four houses have got
ten in the way of electric currents
there in the past twO weeks.
The farmers elevator at Cresbard,
long III IL utllIlllISlltu -
be completed this fall, the contract for
finishing the work having been let.
4 small son of August Johnson OF
the Vernon neighborhOod, in Roberts
county. drank some poison, but by
work on the part of a ply
stefan he pulled through.
LoyaIton Baptists have just com
pleted a new $500 parsonage for
their pastor. the Rev. Mr.. Rocks, of
Oelrichs. The school district has also
issued bonds for a $4,000 school
house.
The city council of White Lake has
granted to the White Lake Light and
Power a 2O-year franchise
for operating an electric light system
at that place. The work OF installing
the system will N in the
near future.
The city council of Platte has de,
cided to issue bonds in the sum of
$4,000 for taking up outstanding
bonds in an equal amount. The re-
funding of the bonds viii make a ma
terial saving in annual interest
charges.
The railroads of the state are
charging a fiat rate of n fare for
the round trip to and from the state
fair. Passengers to the fair will not
get off at the depot, but will be taken
directly to the fair grounds, thus the
usual fees for carriages will not be
necessary. The trains will also take
on passengers at the fair grounds for
their home points.
Paul D. McClelland. a we'll known
resident of HermOsa, has been APP
pointed United States commissioner
by Judge Elliott of the federal court,
and will have his headquarters at Her
mosa. This will enable hOmosteaders
Of that vicinity to make their final
proofs before him instead of being
compelled to go to Rapid City or Buff
faIo Gap, as has been the case in the
past.
Fifteen hundred dollars is the
amount proposed to be raised by the
Rapid Citv business club for the pur-
pose of advertising the fact that Rap
III tljN Is one Jl Tue ltSISl htlOIi
points designated in the proclamation
issued by thr president for the open
ing of the Berthold Indian reserva-
ton in this state, which registration
will begin October 2, and end October
u, 1911.
An artesian we'll recently sunk near
Spearfsh is reported to be flowing at
the rate of a thousand gallons a min
ute. The flow was found at a depth
of about $50 feet. and the rush of
water is so great thai the wner of
the we'll has a problem On his hands
in disposing of the flow of water. Five
acres were flooded before bitches
could be plowed out to drain off the
water.
Preliminary arrangements are being
made for the annual conference of the
Free Methodist church Of South Dako.
ia. which will be held in Beresford
for several days, commencing Sep
TENDER 27.
The ~2-year-old son of Mrs. Ruth
Sh~epardson, who makes her home at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. G. L.
Bracken. living on a farm in Aurora
county, ate some fly paper. The little
fellow did not become i'll until the
day following that upon which he ate
some of the fly paper, since which
time he has gradually grown worse.
Lightning struck the barn of Tim
Mangan of Parnell township, Brook.
ings county. The building and con,
tents were destroyed, including II
horses, 600 bushels of oats. hay and
tools. Loss, $4,000; insurance. $500,
Another appropriation of $4,000
has been received by the officials OF
the Cheyenne agency for a continue
ton of building operations and the
enlargement Of some of the agency
buildings which have done service a
great many years and now have be.
come entirely too small for present
needs.