Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
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tenn is unQer way IN gOOQ shape.
John Nichols, a wealthy resident OF
Lead, was killed by crushing between
the car and cage wall of an elevator
in a furniture store.
A special examination Of applicants
for admission to the bar in this state
will be held by the supreme court at
Pierre on Tuesday, June 25.
A creamery has been opened for
business at Harrison and will give the
farmers of the surrounding region a
fine market for their milk and cream.
Mrs. Charles Heavirland, living
some miles from Clark, was badly
hurt when her horse became %frighten-
ed and ran away, tipping over the bug
gy.
In a civil suit at Sioux Falls. the
jury adopted the somewhat unusual
expedient Of returning a verdict for
the plaintiff without leaving the jury
box.
r. G. Larson, for five years with the
Milwaukee depot at Sioux Falls as
cashier, has been appointed agent ar
Yankton to succeed Agent H. r.
Brock.
After a hard fight the voters of Hen
ry, by a majority of four, defeated the
proposition to issue bonds in the sum
of $4,000 for the enlargement of the
school building.
Regents of education, state OF
South Dakota, have advertised for
bids for the construction OF a new
central heating plant and a science
hall at the Springfield normal.
The Twentieth Century club, orig
inally organized at Centerville about
a dozen years ago as a study club, but
which during recent years had been
dormant, has been reorganizeA.
The Lake county authorities are
making good progress in good road
building, and have purchased a tractor
and an elevating grader which will be
used first in the construction of the
Meridian road.
States Attorney Quimby of Sully
county claims the proof to show just
who wrote the "black hand letters
in that county last fall, and that he
will show just who it was at the time
of the hearing.
Because she was jealous of the at
tentions paid by her sweetheart 70 an.
other young girl, a young girl OF Sis
seton is charged with having enticed
her rival into a vacant house and Civ.
ing her a horsewhipping.
The Big Stone tennis club has just
completed what is one of the finest
tennis grounds in the state or north
west. They consist Of two double
courts, all neatly fenced, and the
grounds being as level as a floor.
At a mass meeting of taxpayers
of Ethan held to discuss the water
works proposition, everyone present
signed a petition authorizing the town
board to contract for a good system.
The town of Ethan has no indebted
ness.
After three years litigation the
state supreme court has just decided
that Remembers OF the Midtown
Mennonite colony must lower its mill
udll " olA lSSSs 'Ao
above the dam instituted the action
because the great height of the dam
is alleged to have flooded some OF
their lands.
At a meeting of the directors of thu
Gregory County Fair association Sep.
tember IL, u and 13 were selected
as the dates for the annual fair and
A-- II w, - tho oGcnNSnfiNn
The association has elected new Off
GERS for the coming year as follows:
President, w. N. Redmon; secretary,
]. R. Cash; treasrer, ]. l.. McCarville.
Two soldiers became involved in
a quarrel in a Chinese restaurant at
Sturgis, with the result that one,
named Hart, was slashed with a bread
knife in the back and shoulder. Auth
critics here made the arrest of the
man who did the cutting and turned
him over to the government anthori-
ties at Fort Meade. Hart is in a pre-
carious condition.
Sugar beets will be grown more ex'
tensively in the Belle Fourche valley
this year than ever before. Farmers
under the project have become inter-
ested and the commercial clubs have
taken it up and are offering prizes for
the best beets grown. The beet sugar
factory at SCOTS Bluffs, Neb, has
agreed to take all the beets that can
be supplied from this section.
His presence of mind saved the life
of Paul Ashley, a resident of Butte
count when his clothing caught in
machinery utilized for pumping water
over land which he irrigates. He did
not Immediately lost consciousness
upon becoming entangled in the swift
ly moving machinery and, momenta-
rily bracing himself, he was able to
whip out his knife and cut himself
loose from the machinery, into which
he would have beer drawn and crush.
ed within a few seconds. Although
he ESCAPED with his life he was badly
cut and bruised.
In a period of an hour or twosthe
hardware store of w. S. Scott, and
the general merchandise store OF w,
Bos, at Monroe, were entered by
thieves, who carried away a large
amount of valuable goods from both
places.
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