Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-12-12
5th Street

MISS Agnes henry was a VlSlGOr IN
Sioux City Wednesday.
Judge Kennedy transacted business
in Sioux Falls Tuesday.
DR.. Jennings who has been away
for a fe W days will be home Sunday.
Quite a few young people in Canton
Intend to take in the dance at Hud-
son Friday night.
Frank Bankson attended the con
vention OF harness dealers in Sioux
Falls Wednesday.
J. Nj. LemmondS, the popular real
estate and insurance man, was In
Canton the first Of the week on bust.
ness.
The high school boys and girls
basket ball teams have fixed up the
old Episcopal church for a place to
practice basket ball.
Chris Gilbertson anne down from
Sioux Falls Sunday for a brief visit
with home folks. Nels Moe accom-
panied him.
Ii odStAol oIO "O IL q
livery barn last Saturday drew d large
crowd and everything sold brought
satisfactory prices.
Mrs. Art Tate has been enjoying a
Rock Rapids. They returned to
their home on Monday.
Guy Smith enjoyed a pleasant visit
with his mother last Sunday. Mrs.
Smith came over from Lennox Satur-
day and returned Monday.
We understand that Gunder Twedt
was badly injured in a runaway the
first of the week. The LEADER joins
a host Of friends In wishing him a
speedy recovery.
Miss Mabel Underhill, an attend
ant at the Asylum, departed ON Tues
day for her home at Louisville, Ken
lucky, where she will spend her va
cation with her parents.
Mrs, Hannah Sheldon returned
from Oklahoma or Saturday and al
tho glad to be back in sunny South
Dakota has many words in praise Of
the Brownsville lands along the Rio
Grande in Texas where she also visit
ed and invested.
II. j. Martin and wife of Sioux
Falls stopped off the train Saturday
while enroute from Manila, Iowa,
where they had been for a visit with
relatives. While in Canton they
were guests of G.. w. Woodley and
family.
Mrs. B. E. Wood was called to
Sioux Falls on Wednesday to minister
to the care of her mother, Mrs. j. T.
Policy who is seriously i'll. Later re-
ports say that Mrs. Pelley is some
what better but in a very weak 0
dition.
The local W. R. G. at it's regular
meeting on Saturday last elected the
following officers for the year 1913:
President, Mrs. Luella Tucker; Senior
Vice President, Mrs. VIM. Shaft;
Junior Vice President, Mrs. Jacob
Haas; Cha plain, Mrs. Eliza Woodley;
Secretary, Mrs. D. Lantaff: Treasur-
er, Mrs. Melinda Bremen. The next
meeting of the Corps will be on reg
ular meeting day, Dec. 20.
Shop early! Shop early! This is
the cry all over the land. To help
our readers to do this with greatest
comfort and satisfaction we ask them
to read carefully every advertisement
in the LEADER. Our merchants
have placed before you a very COM
plete invoice of their goods. enough
so, that all tastes can be suited.
Make them glad and yourself happy
by doing your shopping early, then
you will indeed be ready to enjoy a
merry Christmas" Most all the
stores have their ads In t h e
LEADER.
Oscar Urstad staged a runaway last
Saturday night hat proved quite ex.
citing while it lasted. His team was
tied in front Of Andrew Tobiasen's
store when, just as he was untieing
to go home an auto drove up and
frightened the team so that they not
only knocked Oscar down but run
over him. They started directly fol
Puckett's store with the full inten.
tions Of mussing up the new front
but as they nearly reached their goa
they ran into the cluster light pole 10
front of the store smashing the buggy
/ into kindiing wood and scattering
groceries and bottled liquids all ovel
was not hurt nor were the horses,
which taking ia what might have
happened it was a very lucky accident.