Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-06-07
OVER THE SUNSHINE STATE

Arrangements are being perfected
for a dairy meeting to be held at Get.
tysburg in June.
DR.. E. ]. McGhee, a veteran Of
Platte, was killed by a horse that he
was riding. The horse reared up and
fell over on his back. %pinning the doc.
tor under him. An artery was cut and
the doctor bled to death in a very
few moments.
Although Wood is one of the newest
towns of the state the residents do
not propose to be beaten by older
towns, n accordingly are making
arrangements for a r~ousing Fourth Of
July celebration. Ample funds are
being contributed.
1t now is assured hat a building for
the school children of Hutchinson
county will be erected on the perma.
nent grounds of the county fair asso.
citation at Trip, funds having been
contributed for the purpose. Thu
building will be ready for this years
fair, and in it the school children will
make exhibits of their work.
Assistant State Engineer Green has
returned to Pierre from Meade coun-
ty, where he went to locate several
township artesian wells which had
been petitioned for. These were the
first of such wells asked for in the
extreme western portion of the state
n the outcome of the work in that
section will be watched with interest
Contrary to the letter of advice from
Mayor Hall of Aberdeen, the city park
board will not put a a on dancing
at Wylie park this season, but will
close the park at II o'clock by way OF
compromise. Several weeks ago May.
or Hall criticized the action on the
part of the board of permitting public
dances at the public park.
w. F. Strobel, a brakeman on one
Of the Great Northern freights, lost a
leg as the result of a fall while pass.
ing through between Two cars. He
was taken to a Sioux Falls hospital,
where the leg was amputated. Strobel
is a young married man, living at
Yankton, and has been working for
the company since last fall.
The game warden of Grant county
is experiencing considerable difficulty
in dealing with fish poachers who per.
sist in putting nets in the lakes in that
county and catching game fish ontra
ry to the state law. Recently an 80.
foot fine mesh net was found in a
lake, and the game worden believes he
has an excellent clue to the identity
Of the poacher.
Mrs. Andrew Olson OF Milbank was
severely burned when a can of paint
which she had set on the kitchen stove
to warm, caught fire. Mrs. Olson
seized the can to throw it out of doors
when her clothing caught fire. She fell
to he floor in a swoon, but her daugh.
ter, who was in another part of the
house, hurried to her assistance and
succeeded in extinguishing the flames.
Work On the state highway from
Sioux Falls to Huron through Hum.
boldt, will o ommence. The Hum
boldt good roads committee, which is
composed of leading men of the town,
will aid in every possible way to cor.
struct the highway. A part of the
highway in the vicinity will be con-
structed by Humboldt people, the sum
of 81 800 having been pledged for the
purpose.
A ball game between crack teams of
the state will be one of the features
of the annual picnic and celebration
of the Old Settlers association at Mt.
Vernon June Is. Other sports will be
provided.
!. Farmers living in the vicinity OF
Scotland report that gophers are SO
numerous that they are playing havoc
with many cornfields. Drastic meas
ures are being taken to exterminate
the destructive little animals, which
are becoming as bad a pest of the rab-
bit pest in California and other coast
states.
A commercial club has been organ
lied at White Lake with a good char.
ter membership. It will at once take
up the work of securing utilities which
will prove of benefit to White Lake.
Ray Shea, former money order clerk
in h postof1ce at Lead, who pleaded
guilty to embezzlement. was sentenced
to five years at Leavenworth and to
pay a fine of 500.
A bolt of lightning descended among
five valuable horses belonging to M.
B. Jones. q farmer living near Britton,
instantly killing four Of them, valued
$500.