Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-23
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

reported from rOOklnR
Bryant is the latest place to consid.
err the commission form of city gov.
eminent.
A movement has been inaugurated
to nave Britton provided with an up
to-date sewerage system.
1t is probable the Herreid creamery
will be in operation next year, steps
toward that end having been taken.
A society Of the Royal Neighbors
has been organized at Edgemont, and
steps have been taken to organize a
]Sulzberger & Sons, who have in
stalled a new packing house at Sioux
Falls, have increased their force OF
men to 60.
Good progress is being made in the
work of installing an electric light
system at. Wakonda, which is expect,
ed to be in operation not later than
April 1.
Petitions are. being circulated ask.
ing for the installing of a rural mail
delivery route to the farming com
munity north of Agar. Many farmers
would be benefited.
Leroy j. Williams Of Watertown has
received his commission as a scout
in the United States army, for service
in the Philippines. He took an ex-
animation for the position last sum
mer.
lodge of Maccabees.
Preliminary arrangements are be
+ ..,o g., A.. o,oo+io, "a LyaloUo
of a Catholic school. The work of con
struction is expected to commence in
the summer.
A new rural mail delivery route
has been established from Hoven and
will accommodate a large number OF
farmers and their families. This is
the first route of the kind to be es'
tablished from Hoven.
If the boys Of Bradley desire to in
dulge in the sport of snow-balling they
must go outside the limits of the town
for the town council has enacted an
ordinance prohibiting snow-balling in
the streets and alleys.
A large number Of farmers from
that vicinity met at Rockham and or
ganized a farmers grange, with about
40 charter members, n with the
following officers: Master, G. D. Hos
kins; secretary, G. E.. Smith.
Among the improvements to be
made at Burke this season will be the
erection Of a $35, 900 school building
a $4,000 building for the Catholic
parochial school and a number OF
business houses and dwellings,.
A dispatch from Oklahoma City an
nouncing the murder of Harvey Hurst
his wife and a girl named Elsie AID
ans, the Hurst dwelling house having
been burned in the effort to conceal
the crime, was read with great inter
est at Washington, for it is believed
that Hurst is the Harvey Hurst who
formerly IVES a resident of Messing
:t,n.
Meetings of the volunteer fire de
partments in the various Black Hills
towns are being held to voice a pro
test against the proposed change in
the laws whereby the "ire marshal
fund.- will be created. This funi
would do away with the annual pay
lei of Two per rent of the fire insur
ance premiums TO the volunteer de
rartments OF the state and the fire
men are attacking the plan vigorously
A special committee appointed al
Students of the state college al
Brookings are talking of organizing
company of national guards. II the
company is organized, it will give that
town two militia companies.
Announcement is made by the Bur
lington railroad that work is shortly
10 N on the extension OF the
trolley system between Lead ant
Deadwood TO the city park south OF
Lead, thus giving connection by {
third rail, W tn Terry. The city Dar}
extension will be completed in June
and there is no definite time set fol
the Terry extension.
Cnida TO make an investigation of ths
cost of electric l'& hts in other towns
has filed a report with the city coun
ell recommending that the local cleo
trio light company be asked to re
duce the rate from % cents to Is
,ents per kilowat hour.
Statistics from the Aberdeen public
library show that ove one-third Of
the books taken from the library by
patrons is juvenile literature. On one
day, when 14S books were borrowed
SO were taken out by children, and or
another day, Of 95 books borrowed 4:
were juveniles"