Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

handsome and cOmmodius building.
William Cakes, formerly a resident
OF Faulkton. was killed by a switch
engine while en- route to Iowa with
his furniture.
Five carloads of horses were ship
ped from near Gregory in the Rose
bud country to eastern markets. The
shipment is valued at $40, 900.
The Milwaukee railroad has a large
force of men at work on Big Stone
lake at Ortonville, MINI, cutting 49,
600 tons of ice for it's ice houses at
Aberdeen.
In a period of four days a gang of
men completed the work of drilling an
artesian well in Tyndall. The we'll is
1877 feet deep and a good flow of wa
ter was struck.
There are "a artesian wells in
Spearfish and vicinity, having a flow
of from 500 to 500 gallons per min
ute. The wells range in depth from
$50 feet to 73G feet.
Captain N. H. Kingman of Sclby is
now in Philadelphia, Pa, representing
the state of South Dakota in the ar
rangements being made for the Get
tysburg celebration.
The finding of the partly burned
and nude body of a male child, appar-
emily about three weeks old, on a va
cant lot in Yankton, has started an
investigation by the authorities.
The banks of Perkins county bid 6
per cent for the use of the county
funds, and s14,0 900 of the idle county
money in the treasury vaults at BIZ
son was let to the baiks at hat rate of
interest.
A big tabernacle is being built at
Beresford to accommodate the crowds
expected at the Bromley-Myers evan.
gelistic meetings that will open there
in February. Fifty workmen are
rushing the construction.
At a wrestling match at McLaugh.
lin, Kid Finley of Lennon, 13a
pounds, won the first fall in rs min,
utes. Robert Kimmons of Minneapolis
won the second fall in 4 minutes, and
the third fall in IA minutes.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Gregory County Fair
association the following officers were
elected: President, w. N. Redmon;
vice president, c. F. Jewell; secretary,
S. M. Lindley; treasurer, J. L. Nc.
Carville.
On account of the recent death of
the county judge of Turner county
there are several applications in for
appointment to that place. H. Van
Ruschen, a former house member, be-
ing one of the leading applicants for
the place.
I. V. Allen of Twin Buttes was Sc
verely burned when a gasoline stove
on which he was getting dinner, ex-
ploded. The house and all its contents
were destroyed. Allen was alone at
the time, his wife being away on a
visit to relatives at Union, Ia.
The Commercial club at Gettysburg
has raised the sum of 5000, which will
be offered for the best potatoes and
corn grown in Potter county during
1913. The members of the club be.
lieve potatoes IN corn are the best
crops for Potter county and are in.
tent upon encouraging the farmers to
devote more acreage to those crops.
A movement is under way in Per.
kins county for the construction of a
county highway through the center If
the county north and south. 1t is pro-
posed to induce the township boards
in all the townships through which
the road will pass to work together
and in that way build the highway in
a single season.
Business men of Isabel have estab.
lished a free reading room in the
town, which is fitted up with tables,
chairs, sofa, heating stove, lights, ETC.,
and provided with a. number of daily
papers and magazines. The room is
operated for the benefit of the public,
free of charge, and meets a long felt
want in Isabel. In time, it is expect.
ed the reading room will develop into
a town library.
Already evidences of keen competi-
ton among towns west of the Mis-
souri, river for the location where reg
istration and drawing for the. Standing
Rock reservation lands when they are
opened for settlement under the
Burke bill, are coming to the front.
Mobridge, Mcintosh and Lennon are
active aspirants as registration
points, and it is probable several 9TH
er towns will get into the fight before
the interior department decides the
matter.
Mrs. Bert Moore has been appointed
postmistress at White Horse, in
Dewey county, and a postofice will be
established at that point. A few
months ago the postoffce at White
Horse was dicontinued because the
man who was then postmaster moved
away, and no one could be found who
would consent to qualify for the
place. Mr.. and Mrs. Moore have re-
Gently taken charge of the Comstock
store at White Horse, and this will
enable the government to ~re-establish
the office there.
Former Lieutenant Governor j. E.
McDougal of Britton has declined re-
election as superintendent of the
Presbyterian Sunday school, which
position he has held for 25 wears,