Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-02-28
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

Assistant postmaster Jumper, a
Aberdeen, received a baked lobster
through the parcel post from Thomas
ton, Me.
~ special election was called to vote
upon issuing bonds in the sum of Sc,
900 for the construction of a water.
works system at Wall.
The cooperative creamery at AS
toria has been in operation steadily
all winter and is doing a constantly
increasing business.
The Taxpayers league of Sioux
Falls which takes an active part in
civic affairs, has decided to circulate
a recall petition against Mayor Burn.
side sand Commissioners Gates and
Dickinson.
Toledo is the latest town in the
state to be placed on the map through
the opening of a postoffice, with w.
r. Mallett postmaster. Toledo is sit
uated in the ceded portion of the new
county of Mellette.
A petition is being circulated ask
ing that a rural mail delivery route
be established from Vale to what is
known as the Horse creek country
near there. Numerous ranchers and
farmers would be benefited.
Farmers around White Owl are pur-
chasing cream separators n going
into the dairy business. An auto
truck load of s~eparators was delivered
by one agent. A creamery will be
erected soon at Marcus, Is miles east
of there.
Since last fall the farmers elevator
at Willow Lakes has handled an ag'
gregate of 400, 900 bushels of grain,
breaking all former records. 1t is
estimated hat fully 20 per cent OF
last years crop in that vicinity is yet
to be marketed.
The dates for the annual May mu.
steal festival at Aberdeen have been
announced by Director A. w. Voc
dishe, for May 81 and June 1 n 2,
at the new theater there. The Min
neapolis Symphony orchestra will be
there for the occasion.
George Ely, aged II, living south of
Sioux Falls, has confessed to having
attempted seven or eight train wrecks.
He was arrested on complaint of
Great Northern agents. The boy was
caught placing a tie plate on the track
and spiking it to the joint of the rail.
Judge Trip, of the state circuit
court, has fixed March 25 as the time
for the hearing in the case by which
Wagner seeks to capture from Wheel
er the county seat of Charles Mix
county. The town in which the hear
ing will be held ha not yet been de-
termined.
Farmers Of Harding county n the
business men of Buffalo have held a
number of meetings recently to dis
cuss the plan to establish a creamery
at Buffalo. Farmers are beginning to
fell that SO long as Harding county
is without railroad facilities they
should urn to condensed products.
A petition containing the legal num-
Der of signatures has been filed and
accordingly the license question will
be submitted to the voters of White
at the spring election. This will be
the first time in some years that the
license question will be voted on and
there is great interest in the result.
The most destructive fire in the his.
tory of White Lake occurred last
week. 1t broke out in the Wolcott
general merchandise store at 1890
o'clock and swept the entire half
block, destroying the Wolcott store
building, paint shop and wall paper
store, and notion store. The loss will
total $4,000.
Al the recent regular lodge meet
ing at Howard the Masonic lodge
voted unanimously to build a temple.
A committee was appointed to secure
a site and to begin the work as soon
as the site is secured. The new tenn.
pie will provide accommodations for
the growing needs of this large and
prosperous fraternity.
Claiming that James Jenkins was
the aggressor in the revolver battle
neal WATERFOWL which resulted in the
death of his stepfather, Harmon,
relatives of the dead man have ex-
pressed themselves as dissatisfied
with the %coroner's jury's verdict in
clearing. Jenkins and have demanded
a special investigation.
A carload of 20 heavy draft horses
were burned to death two miles east
Of Platte on the regular eastbound Mil
waukee freight. Fire evidently caught
from the locomotive and the car was
burned up before anything could be
done, Another car containing the
same kind of horses also caught fire,
but the horses in this car were saved.
Wild ducks migrating northward
made their appearance around the
lakes near Watertown. This is de.
clared to be the earliest record of a
spring flight of wild fowl sincert the
white man settled in this region. Big
1ocks of pintail were reported from
various points, indicating that the
ducks are not scattered advance
guards, but that the spring flight is
actually on. Meadow larks have been
observed in the city. Ice in the lakes
is going out.
Something rare in South Dakota is
a sawmill, which is in full operation
near Mullen, with Samuel Carter as
manager. The mill will saw lumber