Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-27
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

well satisfied with their yield. Husk-
ers in this vicinity are being paid 5
cents per bushel.
A petition is being circulated at Ban
croft and numerousfy signed asking
that a rural mail route be established
from Bancroft for the accommodation
of the farmers of the surrounding re-
gion
Butte county hopes to dedicate it's
handsome new court house, now in
course of erection at Belle Fourche,
early next spring. The building will
cost S75,0 Q 1t is built Of pressed
brick, and is thoroughly up-to.date.
George and Ed Clark and Frank o.
son, while hunting on Rush bottom
near LeBeau, captured a young lynx
or wildcat which is now on exhibition
at Mobridge. George Clark lassoed
the animal after the dogs had freed it.
The Pierre cemetery which for
years has been left in a neglected con-
dition has been improved by the ap-
p%ointment of a ~caretaker, and the pip
ing of city water to the grounds. Dur
ing the past year many lot Wners
have grown good lawns on their prop
erty.
Wolves and coyotes are unusually
numerous in the breaks of White river
in the vicinity Of Interior this fall,
and all the settlers and ranchers of the
region may engage in a roundup with
the object of annihilating these ami
mails, which are causing heavy losses
among young stock.
w. L. Barber, water commissioner at
Belle Fourche, has been sued for $12,-
900 by the Redwater Irrigation COM
pany for shutting off the headgate of
a canal in obedience to a judicial order
and limiting the company's f1owage in
accordance with the decree. The hear
ing of the case will be held on Novem-
Der 8.
Ben Ash, who was widely known as
a cattle king" when northwestern
South Dakota was given over to the
cattlemen, is now farming on an extern
scale. He has just purchased a 100
horse power gasoline and centrifugal
pump with which he expects to irri-
cation 1000 aces of Moreau river bot
tom land.
The project of installing a mammoth
water power plant in the Big Sioux
river at Fairview has progressed to
to such an extent that arrangements
now have been made by the co-opera-
tive company organized for the pur-
pose to purchase the property of a mill
ing company, preliminary to starting
a force of engineers to work laying out
plans for the power plant. A total OF
81, 500 will be paid for the mill prop
erty.
Edward Hronish, aged 25, living 10
miles northwest of Scotland, was
struck by lightning and instantly kill
ed while riding horseback to go to the
home Of a neighbor. The horse also
was killed. Mr.. Hronish had been liv-
ing on a homestead e Piedmont,
and last spring married a young wom-
an who was holding a claim near has
own. He returned here a few weeks
ago, expecting to remain during the
corn husking season.
Bert Cowan had a remarkable es.
Cap lIOIu uedIu Wlllc at - III IhS
Hardscrabble mine, near Terry. He
was engaged in blasting and had just
finished loading one hole and was en-
gagged in loading another when the
first went off. By a miracle he es-
capped instant death, but did not who'll
ly escape, for he was rendered uncon-
scious and it was an hour before he re-
covered. A portion of the blast struck
him in the face and chest, but did not
injure his eyes.
The city council of Plankinton has
taken definite action to install a sew
erage system and the work will be
pushed to completion as rapidly as
possible. A ceptic tank and a 6-inch
drain we'll will be a part of the sys-
TEN, which will cost about $1,000.
An Athletic club has been organized
at Hurley with % charter members.
It is the purpose Of the members to
secure fine apartments and Mt them
up with athletic apparatus, organize
a basketball team and conduct all the
activities of a live athletic associa-
ton.
Garden City finds itself in such good
condition that the town council has
taken steps to pay off some of the
outstanding indebtedness with surplus
funds which have accumulated in the
town treasury.
Accidentally falling into the gearing
of a threshing machine operating near
Canton, Jacob Eliason, a young Nor
wegian recently over from the old
country, had one of his limbs so badly
mangled that it had to be amputated.
He was unable to Withstand the opera
ton and died soon afterward. All OF
his relatives reside in Norway.