Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-24
SOUTH DAKOTA VIEWS NOTES

II ~ looo Ill lHS
hotel fire has been adjusted, and al
ready the work of putting the partial
ly burned structure back into first
class condition is in progress.
A herd of some Is elk was seen
quietly feeding on III range between
Chalk Buttes and White Owl. 1t is
thought they wandered here from the
Black Hills or Montana timber dis
tricts.
The farmers around Armour are
about through husking corn. Much OF
it is averaging around 40 bushels to
the acre, and the local buyers are
paying so cents per bushel for it as
delivered.
Chief Hollow Horn Bear, a Yankton
Sioux, whose picture adorns the $40
bills, and who formerly was a Yank-
ton resident, before his tribe coded
the Yankton site, is a Yankton visitor
once more.
The Security State bank Of Kenne-
bee, which opened its doors a little
more than fou ears ago has been
r~eorganized as a national bank under
the name of the First National bank
of Kennebec.
The little daughter of ]. E. Plummer,
a homesteader living near Herrick,
lost the sight of n eye as the result
of falling in such a manner that the
point of an open knife blade penetrat-
ed the eyeball.
A number of musicians at Blunt
have organized a band, with the fol-
lowing officers: President, Ed. Pers-
on; secretry, Russell Eakin; treas
urer, G.. R. Coleson. G. E.. Besancon
will act as instructor.
Custer boasts Of having the only
pine iced extracting plant in the
United States. A new plant is also
erected there for the extraction of
pine and spruce seed which is owned
by private individuals.
Watertown people took a day off
one Sunday recently and observed it
as "church-going Sunday" The news
paper men, who were on the street
about church-going time, state the
attendance was excellent.
What appears to be a regularly or
ganized band of thieves has Leola as
it's field of operations. Recently sew
eral business houses have been en-
tered and cash and goods have been
carried away. The identity of the
thieves remains a mystery.
H. H.. Snipe, of Vermillion, a car
penter, was severely injured by falling
from a scaffold where he was working.
He fell IA feet, striking squarely on
his head, and was in an unconscious
condition for hours afterward. The
doctors, however, believe he will re-
cover.
In accordance with recent action of
the city council of Woonsocket in
granting an electric light franchise,
the work of installing the system al
ready has commenced. The franchise
requires that the plant be completed
and placed in operation not later than
January 1 next.
Circuit court is in session at Ar
mour, with Judge Trip presiding.
There are II civil cases on the docket,
but none of them of n great i'm
portance. The docket contained one
criminal suit appealed from Justice
court growing out OF trouble between
farmers over stock.
At a special election at Flandreau
the voters gave their approval to an
electric light franchise which had
been submitted to them. Only SO
votes We're cast against the franchise.
The work of installing the franchise
will be commenced as soon as the
preliminaries can be arranged.
Grace, the 5-year-o.d daughter of
Mr.. n Mrs. Albert Grannold of Lang
ford, had a narrow escape from death
when she climbed on a threshing ma
chine in operation. The machine was
only turned partly on, and the child
escaped with a broken arm, out would
have been corn to pieces had she
made The attempt a moment later,
when the machine would have been
under full Roadway.
At a joint meeting of the two tele-
phone companies at Okoboji arrange
ments were made for their consolida-
ton under the name of the Gasbelt
Telephone company. The consolida-
ton will reduce operating expenses
and give more satisfactory service.
1t has been decided to nave a land
show in connection with a farmers
institute which is to be held at Ma
rion in January. H. H. Stoner, state
superintendent of farmers Institutes,
will be there two days with his corps
of lecturers. A special committee is
working on the land show feature.
The local telephone system at Ma.
rton has virtually been reconstructed
and now is one of the best in the
state.
Tony M%unchis, an Italian section
hand on the Burlington, died in the
hospital at Edgemont as a result OF
being struck by a train Saturday. The
section foreman was sick and Nun.
CHS volunteered to patrol the track
in his place, n was travelling on q
three-wheeled hand car which made
so much noise he could not hear the
train approach. The body was ship
ned to st. Louis, where a brother lives