Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29
SUUIn DAkUiA NEWS NUTES

A lively 10 pTOWlSeu, Will
the odds in favor of the drys.
At a meeting held by the direc-
tors Of the Hutchinson County Fair
association, September 4, 5 and 6 next
was fixed as the time for this years
fair and farm products show Of the
association.
Charles r.. Hatch has been appoint.
ed probate judge of Jerauld county
to succeed Charles Macdonald, de-
ceased. Mr.. Macdonald was one of
the first settlers and lawyers in the
territory, n formerly practiced at
Sioux Falls.
A party from Canton rather rushed
the season by trying to make the trip
by auto, but found the now banks
too deep north of Aberdeen, SO stored
their auto and made the remaining
trip by train.
Until June % the authorities of Ma
zeppa township, near Fairfax, will pay
a bounty Of two cents each for all
striped gophers killed, and three
cents each for gray gophers. During
the entire summer q bounty of ten
cents each will be paid for pocket
gophers.
Numerous letters and an abundant
supply of free garden seeds are being
received by homesteaders at White
Owl, being sent out by Congressman
Martin of Deadwood, in lieu Of an
appropriation asked of congress by
petition for free field seeds for set
tiers west of the river.
Owing to the illness Of the defend
ant, the case of the state VS.. Frank
Peoples, of Bonesteel, charged with
keeping his saloon open after hours,
originally set for trial at a term OF
circuit court now in session at Fair
fax, has been continued until a flu
ture term. 1t is claimed Peoples is
in a hospital at Omaha.
T. j. Ryan has retired from the man
agement of the local creamery at
Hitchcock and has been succeeded by
an expert creamery man named Howl
stock, who comes from Wisconsin
The creamery is being literally pat
ronized by the farmers of the sur
rounding region, and purchases all
their spare milk and cream.
The clerk of the supreme court at
Pierre has prepared the calendar for
the April term, which contains 60
cases, about 40 being submitted with
and 20 without oral argument. This
number does not include a large num-
Der of cases which 3rightfully belong
on this April calendar, but which
were advanced to the October term
because the court had caught up with
it's work. The spring bar examination
will be held before the court on
April 1.
An enthusiastic good roads meeting
was held at DeSmet, arranged by
Judge E. F. Green, president of the
Commercial club. Visitors were pres
ent from all over the county. A mass
meeting was held in the opera house,
at which v 100 were present. The
principal address was given by E. G..
I%ssenhuth of Redield. The object of
the meeting was the considering Of
ways and means for furthering the
project of building a road from Chica-
go to Yellowstone park.
VIM. Caldwell, arrested at Ashton
on the charge of conducting a blind
pig was fined $40O and sentenced to
ten days in Jail. 1t appears he had
procured a government license, SO
there was no federal case against him.
The first district convention of the
w. C. T. u. will be held in Hurley
April II, ~ and 49,. The national L..
T.. l.. organizer, Miss Bowan; State
Mrs. Anna Simmins, and State Vice
President Mrs. Alice Picker. are ex-
pected to be present and give ad-
dresses.
Attorneys representing an estate in
the western part of the state are en-
~deavoring to locate a man named
Charles White, who for a time was a
resident of South Dakota. His wife
died in Canada about eight years ago,
and so far as a be learned White,
shortly after her death, came to
South Dakota and located in Gregory
county, where he is believed to have
placed his children in the coustody of
a sister, whose name is unknown. The
children are heirs to the estate of their
grandfather, who recently die in
western South Dakota.
The smoker and lunch served by the
Commercial club of Aberdeen last
week to the delegates attending the
State Builders meeting was one of
the most enjoyable social affairs ever
pulled off by the local club, which is
saying quite a good deal. Between
500 and $50 visitors to the Hub City
were made to feel at home at the
club, the members acting as a recep-
ton committee and escorting the out
of-town guests to the dining hall,
where a delicious lunch was served
Baltimore style. Aberdeen-made CT
gars were passed around and other
forms of refreshments were found in
abundance.
Over 100 representatives of the
towns west of the Missouri river at
points adjacent to the Cheyenne and
Standing Rock Indian reservations
have been in Aberdeen discussing