Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

Marvin that h Fourth
of July will be celebrated in that vii.
lage.
The Huron postoffce will not make
delivery of mails at h carriers win.
dows on Sunday from this time On.
E. S. Sisson, an old soldier, commit
ted suicide at Armour by cutting his
throat from ear to ear. Dependency
is the eason
The 10th annual convention of the
South Dakota Dental society, in ses.
sion at Aberdeen, was largely attend.
ed by dentists from all sections of the
state.
The German Settlers association
has fixed June 20 as the date for the
annual picnic and celebration of the
organization, which will be held / n
Hartford.
The annual picnic of the Illinois and
Iowa Picnic association, which is
formed of former residents of the two
states, who now live in Scotland and
vicinity, will be held OF June Is.
OCLODoT 10 uGAL LIDS Ueeu uASo DIS
the late for the annual meeting of the
South Dakota Grange, which will be
held in Presho. An effort is being
made to have the annual Lyman our
ty fair held there at the same time.
The government Indian bureau has
ordered closed the Indian school at
Little Eagle in the Standing Rock res.
ervation as soon as the present term
of school expires. The equipment
will be removed to Fort Yates and the
building sold.
The committee in charge Of Yank.
tons summer Chautauqua has been
definitely advised that DR.. Cook, OF
arctic notoriety, will be a feature OF
this summers chautauqua course, and
1t is predicted that this interesting
speaker will be a great drawing card
Gen. S. J. Conklin of Clark, who has
been dangerously i'll for some time but
is now improving, celebrated his S2d
birthday anniversary and large u
ibers of his friends and neighbors OF
many years called upon him at his
home to f~elicitate him upon the occa
sion.
George Combs, aged IA, the adopt
ed son of Valentine Peter, a farmer
near Fairfax, was drowned while
bathing with a half dozen smaller
companions in Vanousek's pond. II
is thought that he either could not
swim and dropped into a hole that had
been dug out during the dry weather
last year., or was subject to cramps,
He was drowned almost before the
other boys realized he was in danger.
Trainmen on the Northwestern pas
senger train running into Hot Springs
had an exciting experience with a
burning car. A car of baled hay was
but in between the engine and the
head coach, and, after several miles,
the car was found ablaze. The crew
managed to detach it and set it on the
siding, but the car burned completely.
Steps have been taken at Hot
Springs to organize what will be
known as the Fall River County Sun
day School association. At a meeting
to be held in June the organization
will be perfected.
Frank Ecker, who has been promot-
ing a proposition to build a $4,000 no
tel at McLauglin, informs the business
men of the town that he has succeed
ed in raising the necessary capital and
that work on the structure will start
at once. The contract for the work
will be awarded in two weeks.
The First State bank at Jefferson
has opened it's doors for business. r
]. Author, president of the e bank
has as his associates in the business
his sons. Ralph Gilmore of Sioux
City is the cashier. This gives JEFF
ferson two good banks.