Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-19

Lewis Asper of Norway was in
Canton on business last week.
A great many Canton Odd Fellows
attended the meetings Of the grand
bodies in Sioux Falls this week.
Paul Paulson took Tom Sexe and
O.. II. England up TO Hills, Mimi, on
land business Tuesday morning.
Geo. Sherman went up to Sioux
Falls Sunday and returned with Mrs.
Sherman who had been visiting there.
DR.. j. w. Morrison of Alta, Iowa,
was a Canton visitor last week, COM
ing upto see his brother DR.. Morrison of
this city.
ID. S. Waldo went up to Sioux Falls
Monday evening to take part in the
sessions of the Grand Encampment of
which body he is a member.
Best grade of Gasoline
at 15c a gallon at o. H.
Lybarger's.
Mr.. SkartvedI'S office in the Lin
coin county bank building has a new
metal ceiling and walls and looks
good enough for j. 7. Morgan,
DR.. Mold went over to Okoboji last
Saturday and If the fishing is good he
may stay some time. Bro Mold en-
joys fishing as well IS any mar on
earth.
G. b. Berg who lives just west of
the S. A. Todd farm was in town
Tuesday with cattle, and in company
with John Benz left for Chicago with
three cars in the evening.
The new city well promises to be a
gusher. 1t is north Of the pump house
and will certainly be as pure as water
can be. Commissioner Knowlton is
highly pleased with the outlook.
Kinsey Fobes of the LEADER found
a pocket ledger Monday that has the
name of A. J. Helgerson, Inwood,
written on the inside Mr.. Helgerson
will find it at the LEADER office.
Jens. G. Jensen one of the big farm
ers of Day ton township, was a visitor
and a renewal subscriber last Satur-
day. He reports 10 acres planted to
corn and the ground is in fine cOndi-
tion.
There we're a number Of stiff pro-
fessional legs in town last Saturday
and Sunday, and they do say DR.. Hum
mer, out at the Asylum, didn't chase
a ball or an Indian or climb a step for
three days.
Miss Gunda Rikansrud, Miss Alta
Copeland and Miss Florence Rosen-
Grams of the Band Box millinery store,
departed Tuesday noon on the land
seekers excursion, and all expect to
tile on homesteads before returning.
The new front in the John Ander-
son & sons furniture store is a beauty
and the senior member Of the firm
feels justly proud of his latest effort
to make his store one OF the hand
somest in the state. John Anderson
is the pioneer furniture dealer OF the
Sioux Valley and carries a stock un-
surpassed by any dealer in the state.
John Mile is the artist who did
the fancy work and when John under
takes a job you may count on getting
the best.
The LEADER is indebted to Miss
Carrie Hanson for recent copies OF
Faith papers, one, THE Faith" Is
published by Osbon & Keene, and is
three months old, and the other 1.-THE
Gazette" has bcen running one year,
lacking Two weeks, on May s, 1911,
and is published by King & Corey.
They are wide awake progressive rep
resentatives of a booming town and
rich country filed with progressive
farmers.
The Griegs gave Mr.. and Mrs. Thor
son a ''goodby surprise serenade'
Tuesday evening and it was so nicely
planned that the surprised were actu-
ally surprised and the Griegs enjoyed
UIle 1nOISOu ulicLuAJd3 90 my "N'S
not looking for company and were
through packing for their European
trip which began Wednesday. The
Griegs are all warm friends Of Mr..
and Mrs. Thorson and called to bid
them goodby unsteady and socially.
1t was a pleasant event..
Lincoln county's population was re-
Gently increased by three good farm
ers from Marcus, Iowa. The first TO
buy was Jacob Haas, ST., and the
farm was the old Straw place just
west of William Bell. Then George
Haas, son of Jacob, came out to look
the country over and he fell in love
with the William Bell 200 acre farm
which he bought for 10000. Another
son, Jacob Hass, Junior, is living on
the w. E. Abbott farm just north Of
Arthur Arnold's place and all are pro-
gressive farmers and h%ustlers.
Dan Sullivan was in town Saturday
and OF course called at the LEADER
Office to renew his subscription and to
see how the editor looked after his
winter layof. Dan said this was the
first time in six years that he failed
to renew his subscription on March 2.