Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-04-28
The Inter-County Fair association
has been organized at Gettysburg.

The 1nter-County Fair association
has been organized at Gettysburg.
L.. B. Wadleigh, who owns about
ten. sections of land in Sully and
Hughes counties, has decided to drill
for oil.
The executive council of the South
Dakota Bankers association have fixed
the dates for their annual convention
on June Z and 8 at Sioux Falls.
A steam engine prairie breaking out
fit from Presho last week started in
on a 7OO-acre prairie breaking con
tract in the vicinity of Reliance.
As local papers come in from over
the state, they indicate heavy fire
losses in the terrific gale of last Sun.
day, scattered over many sections.
Gust Beckrath, a timberman in the
Homestake gold mine at Lead, was in.
stantly killed and his helper, Ben
Mattson, sustained a broken leg In a
cavein in the mine at h 600 foot
level.
c.. j. McBeth, a rancher on Chey'
enne river about 20 miles north OF
Wasta, has placed a current motor OF
his own devising in the stream, and
by it is pumping water for irrigation
of his land.
Hot Springs is following the lead
of larger and weather. cities in estab-
fishing a press service, which will be
maintained by the Commercial club.
Their purpose is to advance the repu-
tation of Hot Springs as a health and
pleasure resort.
Through the clever work of Deputy
Sheriff Swale of Ipswich, Joe Rogers,
alias Walter Davis, is in the county
Jail and held for arrival of the sherif
Of Brown county, on the charge OF
stealing a sorrel mare, cart and har.
ness from James Norton of Colum.
bia.
The Scandinavians of Webster and
Day county have started a movement
looking towards a rather extensive eel.
ebration of June Z next. South Dako-
ia and this part Of the state in partic'
ular, has a large percentage of these
people, and they feel that the event is
one that is worthy of commemoration.
Farmers from the Missouri valley
country north of Pierre report putting
in a much lager acreage of crop of all
kinds this year than for any former
year. This has been brought about
in a large measure by the use of trac.
ton plows, which can handle a much
larger acreage in less time than by the
use of horses alone.
AS Henry Kraft, a prominent resi-
dent of Groton, was on his way home.
and while passing the opera house,
two bullets whizzed past him, in close
proximity to his head, coming from
the the other side of the building and
passing through two windows. Sew.
eral shots were fired, and it finally
was discovered that it was boys who
were doing the shooting. Two boys
were arrested and when taken before
a local justice they were fined $27
each under a state law.
A prairie fire was started recently
by a steam breaker operated about
seven miles to the northwest of Strool
burning a strip five or six miles long
and two miles wide.
The libel suit which was instituted
in the state circuit court of Dawson
county some time ago., in which Will
lam Irwin of Plankinton is the plant,
if, and Thomas w. Taubman, editor
of the Plankinton Herald, the defend.
ant, was to have been called for trial
during the present week, but now has
been continued to the November term
of circuit court.
The operator at Roscoe, who e
ceived some Of the booze stolen by
tramps the other night, was found by
the officers seven miles out of town on
the Linton track, lying between the
rails, absolutely dead to the world.
In the circuit court at Deadwood Q
grand jury found that Clyde Smith
is not entitled to a balance Of sos
which he claimed from the Lead school
board, when he was let out as a school
teacher in that place. He contended
that he should have been paid his sal
airy to the time Of the expiration Of tit
contract.