Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

Three Grange associations nave
cen organized recently in the vicini-
of Oelrichs.
The South Dakota Abstractors' as
bociation will meet in Aberdeen Au.
tust 27 and %.
Garretson is putting on metropoli-
an airs, the latest evidence being the
Installing of a public drinking foun-
4ain.
Lightning struck the barn of S.
Gould of WATERFOWL n killed a val
Ehable horse during q recent thunder
~ hower.
& Two Deadwood boys were arrested
1t Sturgis having in their possession
5%f wo bicycles that they were accused
of stealing.
@ Preparatory to moving the South
S$3Dakota grain crop, the Northwestern
&r railroad has put in fifty extra train
&Ecrews at Huron.
"A South Dakota will send a large dele
&#gation to the national irrigation con-
#gress which I've at Salt Lake
MCity September 80.
ID The average yield of wheat per acre
in South Dakota for this yea has
been estimated by the Millers' asso-
citation at IA bushels.
u The county commissioners Of Ed
munds county have appropriated ST.
II 900 to aid in building a model road
from Aberdeen to Mobridge.
u Charlie Strong of White Owl has
4 cut the first crop from a patch of al
falfa sowed last year which made a
ton and a half to the acre.
A series Of lectures under the aus
8 pices of the South Dakota Better
I Farming association will be delivered
during the state fair at Huron.
The contract has been awarded for
the erection of a new school build
ing in a district ear Gayville. The
4 structure will be modern in every re-
/ spect.
\ At a special election the voters of
4 Miller authorized the issuance of $6,-
900 worth of bonds for the establish
1 ment of a municipal electric lighting
plant.
At a meeting of a number of bust
ness men of Estelline a gun club was
organized, with A. B. Calef secretary
treasurer. Suitable shooting grounds
will be fitted up.
Beryl Smith, a 16-year-old lad, is
being held in the county Jail at Abb
erdeen awaiting trial on the charge
of burglary. Smith is alleged to have
stolen from a residence.
The Davenport company is erecting
a new elevator at White and expects
to have it completed in time to secure
it's share of this seasons crop. The
new elevator will have a capacity of
$4,000 bushels.
The county commissioners of Ed
munds county have appropriated ST.
900 to aid the Parmley highway which
is being built between Aberdeen and
Mobridge, through Brown, Edmunds
and Walworth counties.
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Stanley County Fair as
ISOLATION committees were appointed
to make arrangements for the sixth
annual fair of the association to be
held at Kadoka September 10, 10 and
20.
Despondent because Of an unfortu-
nate love affair, Olaf Anderson, aged
%, a Grant county young man, son Of
Ed Anderson, a prominent farmer of
Pennington township, committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the
head.
The crops of Yankton county, corn,
oats, m wheat, with a large acreage
of alfalfa. are all in splendid condi-
ton. Small grain is now being cut
and gives promise of as good a yield
as has been harvested here in nan
years.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed for the Minneapolis. st. Louis n
Canadian railway, with headquarters
at Watertown. The company is capt.
talized at 100000. An extension
will be built from WATERFOWL to the
Canadian line.
Reports made at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the farmers
elevator of Vienna show the com
pany to be in good condition. A divi-
dend Of 1 cent per bushel was de-
clared and s per cent interest also
was paid on h stock.
A fine COW belonging to Joseph
Dietl, a farmer living near Turton.
virtually committed suicide by walk.
ing in a circle around a tree until the
picket rope attached to it had been
wound SO tightly that the animals
neck was broken.
Samuel Demming of Sturgis, aged
about 60 years. who has been working
as a farm hand Of late, met with a
peculiar death. He was eating dinner
in a restaurant when he suddenly be-
came choked. Going u on the side.
walk he staggered and fell down the
basement steps. Medical aid was
summoned Immediately. but Demming
died shortly after, death being caused
by strangulation brought about by
bread lodging in his larynx.
immigration Commissioner Deets
says that he has received requests for
over 1900 harvest hands-as high as
200 at one place. Also many men