Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

NcLlDSIS VI lie lOCdl lOuSS NulSI
of Pythias of Clark have fitted up
fine club rooms for the use of mem
bers and their friends. The rooms
have been handsomely furnished.
1t is expected hundreds of farmers
will attend a farmers institute, to be
held at Montrose, February &c and 81.
The speakers will be Judge Robert
of Highmore, A. w. Palm Of Norden,
and w. D.. Mckee Of Polo, Mo.
The farm home Of Reuben Wood
ward, near Hurley, was totally de-
stroyed by fire Wednesday morning.
Mr.. n Mrs. Woodward were away
from home when the fire started and
did not get back quick enough to save
any Of their goods.
At a recent meeting of the Coyote
club at Woonsocket, a project to hold
a four days water carnival at Woon-
socket for next summer was taken up
and met with a favorable reception.
Woonsocket is located on a beautiful
lake, and 1t is planned to have four
days Of festivity unique in the history
of South Dakota towns.
Another step in the passing Of To-
cal creameries was witnessed when
the Spencer Creamery company, or
ganiZed several years & and for
years the maintenance of a paying
creamery at Spencer, sold the build
ing and furnishings to the highest bid
der, who will divide the building and
remodel it into residences for renting
purposes.
Falling into a tub of scalding water
in which she was burned from head
to foot, Ruby, the 2-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. B.. V. Jackson at Lead,
died a few hours later from her in
juries. The child was playing about
it's mother while the latter was doing
the homework and caught her dress
on the rim of the tub which caused
her to lose her balance.
C. J. Morris, assistant United States
attorney for South Dakota, is in Buff
falo Gap, in western South Dakota,
where he will represent the govern
ment at the preliminary hearing Of
Joseph Norman, James Ashbaugh
and John Rush, homesteaders living
zeal Buffalo Gap, who have just been
arrested on the charge Of stealing
cattle from Indians living on the Pine
Ridge reservation.
An ordinance enacted by the city
commissioners Of Sioux Falls a few
days ago raising the age of those eli
gible to play pool and billiards from
10 to 81 years is to be "referen-
dumed." Petitions now are being cir
culated among the voters Of Sioux
Falls asking that the ordinance be
suspended and referred to the voters
at the spring election before going
Into effect permanently.
Deadwood girls won the intertown
basketball series there by defeating
Rapid City and Belle Fourche. These
three with Spearfsh were the contest
ants for the purse of 500, the losers
of the first two games, Spearfish and
Rapid City, contrasting for third hon.
ors which were won by the latter.
The games were among the best girls
games seer in the Black Hills and has
stimulated basketball to the extent
that games with teams outside the
Hills are now being arranged.
The meanest mar discovered in
South Dakota this winter with the sim
gle exception of the resident of Trip
county who recently disappeared with
money which had been given him by
an old Sioux Indian with which to
purchase a coffin for his son who lay
dead in the house, is an unknown in
dividual, who went to the home OF
Roscoe Sherman, a bachelor home
steader of Stanley county, while Sher-
man was in town after his mail, and
carried off every pound of coal at the
Sherman place, as well as all the bed
clothing, leaving the homesteader abb
solutely without fuel and without cov-
ering for the night. At the time the
temperature was many degrees below
zero.
The volunteer fire department OF
Letcher has elected the following Of
fcers for the coming year: Chief, E.
B. Wilds; assistant chief, Harry Sam
is: chief engineer. Harry Askew; Sec
retary-treasurer, F. R. Ward.
The young men of Redield have or
ganized a club, and through the gener-
osity of the board of education they
have been granted the use of the gym
nasium and reading room in the base
ment of the high school building. The
citizens have furnished the club the
for the purchase of equipment
and furnishings.
Negotiations have been opened for
the sale of bonds which were voted
some weeks ago for the construction
of a new public school building at
Burke. The bonds will be issued I'M
der the date of March 20, and are e x
pected to be sold we'll before that
time.
Spencer has just concluded its two
day farmers institute, with most IN
couraging results. The attendance
was a record breaker, and the ex-
hibits more than up to the ordinary.
The speakers were John Robertson,
Hot Springs, S. D.; A. N. Van Camp,
Higbmore. S. D.: A. w Pr'rn. Norden