Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-29
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

A number of Corsen county farmers
are experimenting with winter wheat.
The total cost of the new school
house at Timber Lake will be about
$4,000.
All overhead wires have been re-
move from the business streets of
WATERFOWL.
Sioux Falls Is looking forward with
interest to the possibility Of securing
a new six-story hotel.
Judge Frank Smith of Mitchell has
Joined a party of friends on a big
game hunt in Wyoming.
The annual opening of the Dakota
Wesleyan university at Mitchell gave
indications of an unusually successful
year.
Stone cutters are St work on Sioux
Falls stone, getting it in shape for use
in building the new addition to the
federal building there.
Leo Dornan, a former Hot Springs
young mar, was accidentally killed at
Stockton, Cal, where be was playing
Will hllSlllS . DolA1
Charles Mix county people are grid
ing up their loins in readiness for a
redhot county seat fight, the contest
ants being Geddes and Platte.
While cutting hay near Harold, An
drew Nelson was run over by a now
ing machine and three ribs and his
collar bone were broken. His condi-
ton is serious.
The Milbank Commercial club will
soon be installed in new quarters In a
new business block, and Milbank pa
pers are authority for the statement
that the new club rooms are to be
Swell"
George Schaar, a farmer near
Spearish, was examined regarding his
sanity after an attempt at suicide and
was discharged. He returned home and
made another attempt upon his life,
and is again in custody.
A careful estimate places the num-
Der of hogs raised for market in the
vicinity Of Wewela at 1000, which
shows tina the new county of Trip
will depend largely for its prosperity
on corn, cattle and hogs.
The residents of Edgemont are
highly gratified because by a
unanimous vote the Black Hills Mis-
sion of the Methodist church has Sc
lected Edgemont as the place for hold
ing the next annual meeting.
Frank Jones of Winford was seri-
ously injured when he was thrown
from his horse, two ribs being broken
and internal injuries sustained. Jone
was riding horseback when the horse
became frightened and ran away.
Ernest Serfing of Worthwhile, aged
70 years, sustained injuries while
hunting which may result fatally. His
shotgun was accidentally discharged
and the charge struck him in the
shoulder, inficting a serious wound.
The attorneys of Trip county have
petitioned Judge Williamson Of Oaco-
ma to adjourn the October term Of
state circuit court in Trip county
until after the opening of Mellette
county, which will take place next
month.
The fine new depot building Of the
Northwestern railway company at
Winner has been completed and now
is occupied. This is the terminus OF
the road, and prior to the erection OF
the depot building a box car served as
a depot.
A large number of South Dakota
farmers, especially ranchers In the
western part of the state, are taking
advantage of the state law passed by
the last legislature providing for the
naming of farms where their owners
SO desire.
Sheriff Swanson of Roberts county
has received a letter from Mrs. Ida
J. Phillips of San Francisco, inquiring
concerning her husband, who is miss
ing. The couple formerly lived in
Montana, but Mrs. Phillips thinks he
may have gone to this state.
Three residents of DeSmet discov-
cred that when farmers warn hunt
ers from their places by posting no
trespassing' signs on their farms they
mean business. They pleaded guilty
to hunting on land where such notices
had been posted, and were fined $40
each.
G. H. Posi- OF near MorristOwn has
been experimenting with sugar beets
with excellent results. He took one
into the office of the Morr1stoWn
World which weighed three pounds,
and was grown without any especial
cultivation or care.
Yankton is %scrapping over an early
closing movement. Some merchants
want to keep open evenings. and the
clerks who are opposed to such long
hours threaten to unionize the whole
town if necessary to secure early clos
ing hours.
A Perkins county homesteader
named A. l.. Smith met with a ser1-
GUS loss during the absence OF the
family from home when the mouse
and contents, including furniture and
81. 600 in notes, was burned by a fire
of unknown origin. The total loss u
$1,000.