Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-02-07
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

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gained with George R~osenberger as
Instructor and director.
The Commercial club of Marion is
arranging TO provide tie town With
All electric light system.
The new creamery building at Ma
rion is nearing completion and will
soon be ready for operation.
Deadwood claims to be the health
lest community in the country. The
death rate per 1000 population in
1912 was but 11.04.
Elaborate ceremonies attended the
dedication of the new public school
building at Dallas, which was erected
at a cost of about $50, 600.
Harry Goddard, editor of the Edge
mont Express, has been appointed u.
s. commissioner, with headquarters at
Edgemont. by Judge Elliott of h fed.
eral court.
Despite efforts at secrecy it has
leaked out that $3.50 disappeared from
a package containing $4,000 sent by
mail from a Sioux Falls bank to a bank
at Hurley.
e. w. Bussey won the Yankton col
lege home oratorical contest and Will
represent the college in the state
event next June. j. L.. Stratton took
second place.
With only n vote in opposition the
voters of Isabel lave authorized the
issuance of bonds in the sum of $4,000
with which to take up the floating
warrants of the town.
Steps are being taken by the city
commissioners in cooperation with
the business men to install boulevard
lights around the four largest bust
ness blocks in Madison.
Edward McManus, living some miles
from Ipswich, a few days g cut and
put up several tons OF hay. Hay cut
ting in January is something new for
this part of South Dakota.
A term of state circuit court for
Gregory county has been called to be
held at Fairfax in March. During the
term several matters from Trip
county will come before the court for
adjustment.
A new German Presbyterian society
WHICH Was OISdulLSu d lS"
ago in a German community about SIX
miles northwest of Lennox, has award
cd the contract for the erection OF a
fine new church editice.
w. C. Ross of Omaha, Neb, presi-
dent of the Aberdeen Light and Power
company, has resigned his position
and disposed of his holdings in the
company, preliminary to removal to
the Pacific coast.
A fire on the farm occupied by Fred
Schmidt, some miles from Salem, de-
stroyed about 1000 bushels of oats,
two granaries, a quantity of corn, val
liable farm implements and other prop
erty, the loss being $1,000, with insur-
ance of $500.
The Lake County Agricultural so
ciety at it's annual meeting, held by
some so stockholders, discussed plans
for the next county fair and h third
week in September, the week follow
ing the state fair, was decided upon
as the dates.
Temporary quarters have been
found for the Selby school, since the
destruction of the fine new school
house by fire a few weeks ago 1t is
expected the new building, to replace
the burned structure, will be a mod
ell of it's kind.
Winner, Trip county, has grown
sufficiently to have a volunteer fire de-
partment, which has been chartered
under the laws of the state, with VIM.
]. Fallon, E. A. Lynn and Leslie Fox
of Winner as incorporators, and a cap
ital stock of $4,000.
For the first time in the history OF
Pukwana, authority has been given
the local postmaster to establish a ru'
raj free mail delivery route from the
town. The e route will be estab
lished April /, and will extend through
the region north Of town, benefitine
several hundred farmers.
A great gathering of the northwest
ern district of Mennonite churches
will be held some time next summer
at the Mennonite church south OF
Avon. The northwestern district com
prises North and South Dakota, Min
nesota and Nebraska, and large dele
cations will be present from all hose
states.
The Milbank Review prints an inter
esting story of a couple from Mime
apolis who arrived at Milbank for the
purpose of getting married. FRS
they inquired for a taxicab to take
them to the court house, but finding
that Milbank did not possess a taxi
cab, they walked. Finding a justice
of the peace, the ceremony was duly
performed and the couple repaired to
a hotel. where the contrast between
the custom in Minneapolis as compar
ed to Milbank was again emphasized
when the bridegroom called for some
wine to go with the wedding dinner
and found the hotel did not serve liz
uors. 1t required considerable argu
ment to convince the Minneapolitans
of the surprising fact, and when they
were convinced they hurriedly bun
died up their belongings and o the
first fast train back to the Minnesota
metropolis.
Constructing an artificial pond lac
feet square in accordance with plans
suggested by S. H. Lea, state engineer
]. w. Heitzel, a Lennon ice man, pro
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