Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-15
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

The towns of Osceola and Bancroft,
In Kingsbury county, are agitated oVer
a request filed by the Great Northern
Railway company with the state rail-
way commission asking permission to
close these stations.
Elaborate ceremonies attended the
laying of the cornerstone OF a new
Episcopal church which is to be erect
ed at Winner. The church will be
known as the Trinity Mission and will
be the first Episcopal church in Trip
county.
Settlers near Rapid City object to
a new land office ruling which does
away with the six months time during
which the homesteader who has filed
on a claim may 60 on the land, n
requiring him to live On the home
stead Immediately after filing. An
effort will be made to have the ruling
r%escinded.
A large crowd of the old settlers of
Sully county met at Okoboji in their
annual picnic. The gathering showed
that the younger element, with the
newer settlers are crowding the orig
inal pioneers in the prairies of that
county, the older ones who assisted in
the organization of the association q
years ago., being in the minority.
The farmers Of Yankton county, bur
dened with an immense apple crop
they could not dispose of, have hit on
the plan Of turning the crop into CT
der. w. H. Muth of Yankton was in
duced to enter the business and is
working night and day with a cider
press, converting the big apple crop
on contract with the farmers.
Harry Whitcher, n of the old
time range riders, while riding the
country near Chance a few days ago
sighted a huge gray wolf and gave
chase. After a run of over two miles
over hills and gullies his COW pony
outfooted the wolf, and by a quick
throw Of his rope, in which he has ev-
idently not lost skill through disuse,
he caught the huge brute about the
neck and dragged it to death.
: One OF the youngest prisoners ever
lodged in the Sioux Falls penitentiary
is Ollie Worrell, aged IS, Of Trip
county, who has been placed behind
the walls of the prison to serve a term
of six months for grand larceny, COM
mitted in the new county of Tripp. The
youngest prisoner comes from a high
ly respected family in Trip county,
and his present predicament appears
to be due to his penchant for associat-
ing with reckless male companions.
The voters of Grouse Creek town
ship, near Presho, have by a large ma
jority voted in favor of the township
being bonded in accordance with a
state law for the drilling of nine large
artesian wells, which will belong to
the township and be for the benefit of
all the farmers and stock raisers. The
wells will be evenly distributed over
the township, and it is expected the
surplus flow will create a number of
lakes in the township. The regular
flow will be utilized for stock and
other purposes.
Mrs. Lars Helkan, living six miles
northeast of Florence, in Codington
county, was burned to death in a gas
oline stove explosion. She attempted
to fill the tank while the fire was
burning. The explosion drenched her
clothing with burning oil, and before
helm could reach her every stitch was
burned from her body.
A Rapid City business man who had
Jumped to the conclusion that bust
ness conditions were bad, vas sur
prised and pleased on comparing last
months business with that of a year
ago, to find that it was put Sc less.
While on the lawn at his home in
Huron, DR.. w. H. Thrall stumbled and
fell in such a name as to break the
bones In his left ankle. Mr.. Thrall is
the superintendent of Congregational
churches in South Dakota, and is one
of the best known divfnes in the north
west.
The 30O-barrel Touring mill, owned
by the Kampeska Milling company in
Watertown, has been traded to Nelson
Bros. & Walker of st. Paul, for 5000
acres of Canadian land. The new own
ers will continue to run the mill to its
full capacity