Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

The Dupree Commercial club has
purchased two chemical engines and
will organize a volunteer fire depart
ment with "a members.
Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Twiss of Athol
celebrated the twenty-fifth annlver-
sary of their marriage with a silver
wedding celebration for which 14O in
vitations were issued.
During an electric storm, Andrew
Swenson, a sheepherder for Louis
Mattson, working twenty miles north
west of Belle Fourche, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed.
Mobridge had a "peeping Tom" for
a little while, but the officers got busy
and he was rounded up in police court
and fined an amount which should
cause him to reform his a
After several weeks work by local
businss men, arrangements now are
completed for the erection and opera
ton of a new creamery in Gary. 1t
will be conducted by a cooperative
company.
Work of installing the new gas light
ing system at Gettysburg is proceed
ing rapidly, and within a few weeks
the town will enjoy the benefits of gas
lights. 1t is expected the system will
be in operation by July Is
Miss Edith Nelson of Pierre has
been left $4,000 by a Mr.. Smith OF
Chicago, an aged invalid whom she
nursed for some time. The dead man
had no family except some nieces. and
was wealthy. The nieces Inherited
Che remainder of the property.
A census of the new county OF Zie-
bach, taken by the county super1n-
tendent. Miss Grace Shurr, reveals a
school population of 6S5, of whom IA
are Indians. Steps are being taken to
organize sufficient schools in the
county to care for all the children.
Charged with kidnapping his two
small children from his wife, from
whom he is separated, Steve Veto, a
Slovenian was arrested at Deadwood
and lodged in the county Jail. Mrs.
Veto is suing for divorce and alleges
that Veto took the children to Engle-
wood, without permission of the court.
During the past twelve years the
commissioners of Brown county have
paid out s22,91S for gopher counties.
The larges tamount paid was in 1902,
when the bounties totaled $~3,714.56.
The smallest amount was in 1904,
when but $7o9.69 was paid out for that
purpose In 1911 the expenditures
have amounted to $2,977.46.
Information received from Province
49, x~11~ ~f hNnOrc which
have come to a Sioux Falls boy, In the
person of Herbert F. Emerson, son CT
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Emerson, prom
inent residents of Sioux Falls. The
Young man is in the United States
navy, and the information received
is to the effect that he has been pro-
NOTED to lieutenant.
The claim is made that Mrs. Matt
Hoffman is the champion chicken
raiser of Miner county. She already
has TAT chicks to her credit this year,
with fourteen hens and an incubator
engaged in an attempt to hatch out
800 more.
The 1~O-month-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Holder of Aberdeen, who
were accused of neglecting the child
and leaving it alone in the house for
hours at a time, has been sent to the
state children's home at Sioux Falls,
the parents having relinquished all
control.
Al a meeting in Sioux Falls of the
officers and directors of the Retail I'm
plernent and Vehicle Dealers assocla-
ton of South Dakota, southwestern
Minnesota and northwestern Iowa, De-
cember 5, 6 and 7 next was fxed as
the time for the annual convention oil
the association. Sioux Falls was Sc
lected as the place for the convention.
The cornerstone for the new Catho-
lie church being under construction
at Wagner was laid with impressive
ceremonies. Bishop O'Gorman, assist
ed by a large number OF priests OF the
diocese, had charge of the ceremonies.