Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-09
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

A. F. Stuart, an Aberdeen land man
who has just returned from a trip to
Canda, urges people to the northwest
to ponder long and carefully before
deciding to emigrate to Canada. He
states that in the country west. of Sas-
katool, only about 10 per cent Of the
land is workable, and that as the land
is fiat, and the snows all melt
slowly, the soil is flooded until it soaks
in or is evaporated; sometimes the
soil is frozen so deep it does not com
pletely thaw until June or July. He
stated he found some flax still stand
ing from last year, while in Canada
last week, and much was standing
stacked in tie fields, unmarketed, he
cause Of poor railroad facilities.
Fol some time the city council has
been Investigating the matter of in
%creasing the water supply of Webster.
An investigation divulged the fact
that the pumping apparatus ataone Of
the city wells was badly corroded and
in such shape that most of the water
pumped ran back in the well instead
of passing through the water mains.
Accordingly, a new pump will be in
stalled, which experts assure the coun-
Gil will assure an abundant supply of
water for many years to come.
Creditors of E. May, a farmer who
rented a quarter near Gettysburg, are
anxious to locate him. May advertised
a public sale, and a short time before
it was to be held, shipped a carload of
household goods and live stock from
Lebanon to parts unknown. He il
thought to have gone to Wyoming, and
it is claimed before his departure he
sold a quantity of mortgaged property
and that he had mortgaged other
property to several different persons.
In an ~interclass track and field
meet of the Huron high school, held
at the fair grounds in that city, the
sophomore class was the winner. The
score: Sophomores, 70; juniors, 81;
seniors, IL; freshmen, 4. The meet
was held for the purpose of choosing
the team to represent Huron at the
Brookings meet next week. D. Walk
er, B. Walker, Lloyd, Broe. Brock,
Mann and Gascoigne are among those
winning points.
G. F. Koepp, formerly mayor Of HUI
ron, has offered a prize of $50 to en-
courage corn raising among the boys
of Beadle county, any resident of the
county under Is years Of age being ell
ible. The best. corn of any kind in
ear, $40; for second best corn of any
kind in ear, SIS; for third best corn of
any kind in al $40; and lastly, for
fourth best corn of any KIN in
ear, SIS.
The Pierre Commercial club has Of
fered a prize of SIS, an acre for tke best
showing of corn grown in the vicinity
of Pierre, and is furnishing the Vested
seed corn, free of charge.
At the recent term of state circuit
court for Ziebach county, a large num-
cdr Of cases We're disposed of, and
the cas- of Irish Tommy Condor, on
trial for manslaughter, was continued
until June II, Condor having shown
that he was INDECENT, and the court
ordering witnesses for the defense to
be s-ubpoenaed at the expense Of the
county. James Olson was found glilts
of shooting with intent to kill and was
sentenced to one year in the state oen.
Tertiary, the court s~uspending sen.
tence during good behavior.
Word has Teen received at lead
wood that Harvey Logan, alias "exid'
Curry, who was a noted outlaw iss the
Hills country about twenty years ago,
was killed in Argentina. South 4 meri.
ca, while resisting arrest ou the
charge of robbing a pack train. He
escaped from the Lawrence county
jail about 1893 and has since been
missing from this. section.
At a meeting of the board ct direu
tors of the Hutchinson County fair
which is held at Trip each year, Sep
TENDER 8. 4 and 5 were the dateN chos
en- for the event