Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

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| from the hospital within a few weeks.
Ground has been broker for the new
Minnehaha county jail at Sioux Fans.
The freshman class at Yankton col
lege this fall will be double the class
entering last year.
The DrOprietOrs of all four saloons
at Howard have been arrested on the
charge of selling liquor to minors.
G. w. Forncrook of Grant county is
| the owner of a five-legged calf which
walks on three legs, giving the other
two a rest.
A 13-year-old boy on the Harry
Alderman farm near Milbank was
kicked /. the head by a horse, receiv-
ing injuries which may prove fatal.
What will be known as the Garrett
son Athletic club has been organized
at Garretson, and includes practically
all of the young men and some of the
older ones in rs membership.
After three weeks time, the father
of w. Inboy, who fell from a silO near
Redfield and was killed, has been To-
Gated. He lives at LacOn, la, and
the body of the dead young man was
shipped there for burial.
A gang of burglars is conducting OPP
erations at Wolsey. During the past
five weeks half a dozen of the business
houses have been entered, and one
store has been robbed two different
times. The burglars are believed to
be local talent.
The premium list for the fourth an
nual Hutchinson county fair, which
will be held at Trip September 6, 7
and s, has been completed. The fair
this year will be held on the 25th an
niversary of the founding of the towns
Of Trip, Parkston and belmont, and
it is planned to make it a sort Of
homecoming for the old residents of
those towns
The officers of the Charles Mix
County Fair association are now work
ing hard for the fair which will be
held at Platte the 9Th, 18th and Sth Of
September. The outlook for good ok
hibits were never better than they
are this year. Secretary Button is a
busy man and ne says everything
points to the best fair in the history
of the association. Some very good
attractions have already been secured.
After suffering terribly for several
days. Elsie Leona EbsOn, aged 2,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nels II. Eb-
son, residing on a farm in the north
orn part of Union county. is dead as
the result of being sCaldod by hot
water. A dishpan of boiling water
had been left on the porch and before
the mother could interfere the little
girl tipped over the pan and the boil
ing water was dashed owe her.
The business men of DeadwOod are
determined hat they will secure good
roads. and are preparing to spend
S15. 900 to cut down the grade on what
is known as "Speariish Hill on the
road between DoadWOOd and Spear
fish. In fact travel on b country rOtds
of Lawrence county even as they stand
today shows that the authorities of
that country devote more care and ex-
pense to their public roads, than do
the authorities of the counties east
of the Missouri.
Recently the farmers and stock
growers of e~astern Lincoln county
were greatly alarmed when two head
of cattle belonging to a farmer named
NclS @IclsOn died from a mysterious
ailment, which was supposed to be an
thraX, which is one of the most dread
ed of cattle diseases. Experts We're
called to the scene without delay, and
they now report that the animals
lied from eating too many of the
weeds growing in their pasture, the
weeds having poisoned them.
Thomas Starnfield and Thomas De-
Witt, two Milbank young men. were
arrested there for stealing sample
shoes from a hotel sample room. A
travelling man for a shoe firm missed
the articles from his trunks, n the
arrest of the young men followed.
Watertown high school will install
two new departments this f1u, those
of manual training and domestic
science. Two rooms in the new build
ing are being equipped with the latest
furnishings for the needs of the de-
partments, and competent teachers
have been secured.
Different bands of the Sioux Indishs
of this state are preparing to send
representatives to the meeting called
at Columbus, Ohio, October 12-15. to
discuss plans for the betterment of
conditions of Indians of the United
States; and at which meeting every
tribe of Indians yet existing in the
country is asked to send delegates.
The Farmers Cooperative associa-
ton of Alcester has just declared an
8 per cent dividend and let a IL per
cent surplus go into the business. The
association last year handled SAC, 900
bushels of grain and 4.5OO hogs