Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

il6ht pant at DIS
tol.
The sriutol creamery shipped out
over 1920 pounds of butter last
week.
Cream shipments from the Faith
country now aggregate over So, 900
weekly.
The capital stock of the Tabor State
bank has been increased from SIS, 900
to $4,000.
Harry l.. Candy, recently appointed
receiver of the United States land of.
flee at Rapid City, has assumed the
duties of the position.
A hail storm near Rockham wiped
out cross in d. considerable extent of
territory, and did damage estimated
at several thousands of dollars.
The appointment of H. B. Brown as
postmaster at Clark has beer ap-
proved by the senate and he will as
sumo charge of the postoffice August
LIST.
The contract has been awarded for
the erection of a new public building
at Newell to cost about $4,000. The
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the building within ninety days.
The P. H. Diehl Lumber mpa
at Mclaughlin has gone out of bust
ness and its stock has been purchased
by the other two lumber yards. Three
yards was one too many for the town.
Within the last two week the state
pen1tentiary Irvine plant has shipped
or III nnr1nolc re t-;~o r,l:1e. 49,
January l, over 100000 pounds have
been sold. About 100000 pounds re-
main on hand.
AT a mass meeting of citizens it was
decided to again hold a Labor Day
celebration at Wagner this year, and
1t is intended to make it one of the
most rousing celebrations ever held in
thai part of the state.
The city council has granted to a
company a franchise to fur.
n1sh light, power and heat to the city
OF Egan. The franchise is for a pc
Rod Of twenty years. The new plant
will be installed. at once.
The town board has decided that
II. M. Moulton of Warner was emit.
tied to the n saloon license at War.
ner. The fight for the right to sell
liquor was spirited, and at one time
the matter was in circuit court.
A crew of 3S men is at work on
the gravel pit near Bowdle, clearing
1t of weeds and rubbish. A steam
shovel and more men will arrive this
week and work of hauling grave will
begin. The Milwaukee road will use
the gravel to improve it's track.
Elaborate ceremonies attended the
laying of the cornerstone of a new
Methodist church at Wessington
Springs which is to be erected here at
a cost of 100000. The structure will
be one of the finest of its kind in thai
part of the state.
At a special meeting of the Brother
hood of American Yeomen, the Aber-
deem lodge was presented with a ban
ner for having secured the most mem.
bers during the past three months,
the lodge having added sc to it's mem.
bership in that time.
The business men of Tyndall have
i~naugurated a movement to have a
three days baseball tournament in
Tyndall during the closing days of
August. Sufficient cash will be con-
tributed to offer good sized purses
for the winners of the various con-
tests.
At a meeting of the Tabor CONNER.
cial club committees were appointed
to make arrangements for the annual
reunion and celebration of the old
settlers of Bon Homme county, which
will be held there the latter part of
August. The exact date has not yet
been selected, but soon will be an
nounced.
Work has commenced on the con-
struction of a new Catholic church
building at Milbank. 1t will be one of
the finest church edifices in Milbank.
The structure will be pushed to com.
pletion as speedily as possible, as it
nov is necessary to hold services in a
school building.
A Lead youth, two and a half years
old, desiring to see the world, climbed
IN a Northwestern passenger, and
when the conductor came around to
take the tickets, Informed the railroad
man he wanted to go to Deadwood.
He was accommodated, and returned
to his anxious parents at Lead on the
next train.
The returns which come in show
that the counties in the eastern part
of the state are all showing a greater
per cent of advance in real estate as
sessments under the full valuation
rule thar do those of the western
portion, as the ratio has always been
much higher in the western counties
than IN the eastern part of the staet.
The first examination OF applicants
for veterinary certificates under the
new veterinary act will be on Thurs
day, August Z, when it is expected
that there will be a large number of
applicants for such certificates. The
state board will meet on Tuesday,
August 5, and clear up other business
before the date of the examinations.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed for the Farmers Savings bank
Of Sherman, with a capital Of SO, 900.
A. X. Hansen, president; Adolph
Koch, vice president; J.. M. Hauge
cashier.
R. Becerra, a Mexican ~railroader,
employed on the section at Trail City,
was brought to Mobridge suffering
from wood alcohol poisoning, and
died q short time after reaching there.
1t is said Becerra was in the habit OF