Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-15
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

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Neighbors, with about 80 charter men,
bers.
Preliminary steps have been taken
to have a daily mail route established
between Carter and the new town Of
White River.
Sisseton Methodists, Presbyterians
and Norwegian Lutherans combined
forces and held a very successful re-
vival meeting.
At a recent meeting of the Milbank
Commercial club, a prize of 500 was
hung up for the best mile of road in
that vicinity in 1912.
A strong sentiment is being devel-
oped in Corson and Ziebach counties
in favor Of the building of township
dams for stock and irrigation.
Mrs. Joseph Matson of Bookings
became suddenly insane and attacked
her young son Herbert, painfully in
juring him. Later she attempted to
kill herself.
Corsica capitalists have purchased
a site and it is reported are preparing
to install an electric light plant, some
lullS "ulCu SOlSlSd Hdo Dduiy ASSuS"
for some time.
J.. D. Mettler was arrested at Trip
on the charge of disturbing a public
school while it was in session, and
was required to pay a fine and costs
amounting to $34.
A petition containing the legal num-
Der of signatures has been filed with
the town council of %Iroquois asking
for a vote On the liquor license ques-
ton at the April election.
A cement block factory is among
the new industries which has been Sc
cured by Fairview. 1t will be erected
and operated by A. A. Spencer. The
factory will cost about $4,000.
A plat has ben filed with the secre-
tary Of state showing the tract OF
ground which has ben purchased by
the government in the city Of Madison
for the erection of a public building.
The town council of Hoven is dis
GUESSING the ACCESSIBILITY of establish
ing fire limits and thereby preventing
the erection of buildings in the bust
ness district which are not fireproof.
The Flandreau city council has au-
thorized the purchase of a great deal
of new equipment for the local volun-
teer fire department, which, according
ingly, will be better able to handle
serious fires.
All the dams which were construct
ed in the vicinity of Kadoka last sum-
mer now are full of water from the
melting snow, and will furnish the
homesteaders an abundance of water
for all purposes.
The Lead city council has decided to
have the business streets lighted by
cluster lights. There will be 1876 of
these, of so c~andlepower each, assur-
ing that clad will be one of the best
lighted cities in the Black hills.
Black Hills lovers of the national
game are talking of organizing a Hills
baseball league, with the following
towns as possible candidates for fran
chises: Rapid City, Hot Springs,
Deadwood, Lead, Sturgis and Belle
Fourche.
The town board of Farmer has ar.
ranged for a number of public i'm
plONSllClLS. Inc SllScIS Will ne DtI-
ter lighted, the town generally will be
ov%erhauled, including the grading of
the streets, and other Improvements
will be made.
A well with remarkable features
has been struck on the Schimke farm,
some miles from Washington. 1t is a
drilled well and at a depth Of only
$50 feet a strong flow of water was
struck, it being the shallowest flowing
well ever struck in that part Of the
state.
Officers arrested Themes Dawes at
Witten on a warrant charging him
with cattle stealing. 1t is charged
Dawes drove off three head of cows
and three calves, the property of
Joe Maulis, a homesteader. Dawes was
placed in Jail to await a preliminary
hearing.
The farm home of Richard Wilkin-
son, seven miles from Hoven, das de-
stroyed by fire with its contents. The
family had just moved in and a fire
was started in a stove. Shortly after
the house was discovered to be in
flames. A defective chimney is sup
posed to have been the cause.
The Home Industry league OF the
Aberdeen Commercial club has an
nounced its intention of holding an ex-
hibition of Aberdeen made products
in that city about the second week in
April for the purpose of showing the
Aberdeen public what is really manu-.
featured there and what is not.
That work will begin soon upon the
government building in Huron is as
sured from thefact that Herbert Co.
hen, superintendent of construction,
is in the city arranging prelimina-
ries. Operations will begin as soon
as weather conditions will permit. The
appropriation for the building is $780,
900.
At a mass meeting of business men
and other residents of Alexandria a
good roads club was organized. The
club will work in conjunction with a
similar club just organized at Emery
for the improvement of the highways
of Hanson county.
The farmers of Douglas county, at
a meeting held at Corsica, decided to
make a demand on the existing tele-
phone lines in that vicinity for a re-
duction of rates, and they declare that