Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-11-14
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

The Kimball Commercial club has
nelected December 4 and 5 as the time
for a farmers institute.
A civil service examination will be
held at Pierpont November 20, for the
selection of a postmaster.
Fire on the farm of Adam Devalt,
neal Scotland. destroyed a barn, five
head Of horses and a lot of grain, the
loss reaching $4,000.
John Monger, a we'll known farmer
near GrantSOn, was thrown from his
buggy when his horses became fright
ened at an automobile and ran way.
Many of the farmers near Mt. Yer
non have finished their corr picking.
and find that their corn has yielded
from 80 to so bushels to the acre, the
average yield being about 40 bushels in
the Mt. Vernon territory.
At a mass meeting of the young men
of Tripp what will be'known as the
Young Mems club was organized with
the f~ollowing: President, G.. J. Klaudt;
vice president, Charles McClung; Sec
rotary, job H. Craig; treasurer, c.. G.
Schnepel.
For a period of three days a trac-
ton engine and grader secured by
the directors of the Salem Auto club,
were utilized in improving the high
ways. The work was well done and
the roads now AVE been placed in
first class condition.
Hopes of securing a saloon at Lem
mon were abandoned when the board
of county commissioners positively
refused to issue a license for a munich
pal saloon which the officials planned
to install. Only one member of the
board favored the project.
Albert Thesenvitz, a rancher and
homesteader living near Draper, was
seriously injured when a passing auto.
mobile frightened the horses he was
driving. He was thrown to the
ground during the runaway and the
heavy wagon was drawn over lin.
The annual convention of the South
Dakota Assistant Postmasters' asso-
citation will be held in Huron during
the month of February, 1914. The de-
cision to hold the meeting here was
made at a session of the executive
committe of the association in SiouX
Falls last week.
Death came suddenly to Henry Will
Jams, a we'll known homesteader of
Owanka. He had apparently been in
his usual good health. when, without
the slightest warning, he suffered q
stroke of apoplexy and died almost in
stantly. He is survived only by a
daughter, who made her home with
him.
Prominent farmers living in the re-
gion surrounding White have taken
preliminary steps toward organizing
an electric light company, with the OBJ
ject of having their residences and
other farm buildings lighted by cleo
tricity. They plan to construct the
necessary lines and procure current
from the White electric light plant.
The secretary Of state has chartered
. new $4,000 bank at Chester, 8. D.
The in]corporators are H. G. Jensen,
vice president; A. l.. Butler, presi-
dent; NJ. Christensen, cashier; E. J.
Rudd and E. w. Brown.
Captain Harry McElderry Of the
I'LL LetAtH ICSihiShS
scouts. was wounded in a battle with
the natives near Talipoa on October
%. and died a short time afterward, !
He had been in the United States
army since 1886. having enlisted at
Fort Sisseton at that time.
The new creamery which recently
was completed at Groton, has been
placed in operation. h farmers OF
the surrounding region have agreed to
give it loyal support, and it is believed
It will prove to be an important fac
tor in their prosperity.
Peter Gardner, a Sioux Falls
plumber, committed suicide by swal-
lowing a quantity of carbolic acid.
The deed was committed in the Ea-
gles' lodge hall while he was believed
to be in a respondent condition. He
is survived by a widow and several
children. |