Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-22

Inc heaviest DdDy Ill CldIh Couuty 10
the three-months-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. David dyson. The baby
weighs 1917 pounds.
Fire recently destroyed the general
store Of w. c. Lang and the meat mar
ket and residence Of w. M. Snyder
at Eagle Butte. Incendiarism is sus-
pected.
The congregation Of the Welsh
Methodist church, south Of Ipswich,
are erecting a new church on the
site Of the old town of Powell, which
will cost between $4,000 and $4,000.
Through the efforts of Rapid City
sportshen, the herd Of IL mountain
sheep recently captured by Jimmie
Reynolds, a rancher on the Cheyenne
river, in the Bad Lands, will be turned
loose.
An unusually bold thief stole 4
team of valuable horses belonging to
John H%alligan from the streets OF
Egan and hui far not a single trace
of either the thief Of the team a
be found.
A. B. Smart, who owns a farm near
Washington Springs, mas thus far cut
his alfalfa three times and will gather
another crop before the close Of the
season. He finds the crop will give
him a profit of about S35 per acre.
A man by the name of Smith living
three miles north of Mitchell, has 81
acres of watermelOns. Recently he
invited everybody in Mitchell to come
to his place and eat all the watermel-
ons they wanted. He estimated that
it took about 1000 melons to
satisfy his crowd of free customers.
The federal grand jury at
Deadwood was discharged after re-
turning six indictments, four of which
will not be made public until after
the arrests. John Fool Bull Of Rose
bud was indicted for the larceny of a
horse and pleaded guilty. Happy New
Ian was indicted for selling liquor to
Indians in Lyman county and entered
a similar plea. Both will be sem
fenced later.
The ST. Louis Mining company,
working lear Nahant, in the southern
end of Lawrence county, are driving a
ltlliiNA W Np>h op - Il ~ WIN
which shows through the shist and
carries better values than the quartz
rock which shows on the surface. The
tunnel is now in 100 feet and will
be pushed another 200 feet to connect
with the cross vein which was only
recently discovered.
A rich strike has been made on the
ground of the Victoria extension min
ing property on Squaw creek, near
Deadwood, by General Manager NAL
tener, and the ore is now being put in
shape to ship. An old caved in work
ing was being picked through when
the ore was found. Assays show val
ues of from 800 to 5000 gold per ton,
and the miners have sunk through 10
feet of this body SO far.
Draper Helder and members Of his
family, who live on a fine farm neal
Fairview, will not need to become
thirsty during the coming winter, for
in addition to storing $50 gallons Of
cider in kegs and barrels, he now is
filling a large cistern with cider, hav-
ing no other place to store It.. He ex-
poets to put a time lock on the pump
as soon as the neighbors get on to
what the cister contains.
While watching some workmen ele-
vate a 35-foot telephone pole at Free
man, David Hofer was seriously in
iured when the pole fell back when
about half raised, striking him and
throwing him violently back against
a building.
While threshing at his farm north
of Ortley, Henry Borchert's team be-
came frightened and ran away, throw
ing Mr.. Borchert from his wagon on
his head and shoulders. One of the
upper bones of his right arm was frac-
tured n other injuries were sus-
tanned.
Owing to the increased activity in
mining in the Black Hills, which is
now in better condition than for many
years, it is probable that a represent
from the Hil1s will be sent to
the American mining ngre which
in Chicago the end of this
For several years past the
Hills has not been officially repre-
scented at these meetings, but this
year the mining men intend boosting
and advertising the new conditions
here and showing the advancement Of
the industry here in the past ten