Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-02-21
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

Last year was a great building year
for Wolsey, but this year is expected
to surpass it.
The C. II. Trowbridge farm of 100
acres, near Springfield, has been sold
for $4,000, of $112.50 an acre.
The Lutheran society of Gales town
ship, near White Lake, has arranged
to erect a new $4,000 church.
The Hudson Boy Scouts have de-
cided to engage in gardening on an
extensive scale the coming summer.
now of Turton, will ssume the pas
torate of the Rec Heights C~ongrega'
tional church.
j. l. Nobel, editor of the Wessing-
ton Times, and Hiram Bowman, an
old line Democrat, are oontending for
the p%ostoffce at Washington.
Two new towns have come into eX-
isteuce in the newly opened portion Of
Mellette county. The towns have
been named Farley and Black Pipe.
The Edgemont Commercial club has
been reorganiZed with the following
officers; President. DIR. Thornton;
vice president, Roy Parkin; secretary,
w. T.. Wyatt.
The Chicago company that has pur-
chased Sylvan lake. six miles from
Custer City, is planning extensive i'm
~provenents and engagements, among
which is a 2GO-room concrete hotel.
Sheriff Berry has returned to Mitch
ell with Clarence Good. The young
man was arrested at PukWana just
as he was boarding the blind end OF
a baggage car, evidently bound for
Mitchell. Good was put in handouts
and the sheriff took no more chances
OF his escape. After being landed in
Jail he declined to make any state
term for forgery.
Almost the entire population of the
town OF Aurora turned out to aid
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gum, highly re-
spected pioneer residents, to suitably
observe the 50th anniversary of their
wedding. Five daughters and five
sons and 20 grandchildren were
among the guests. One of the fea-
lures was a reception rendered the
aged couple in the town hall, at which
hundreds were present.
The annual minstrel show which is
given by the Athletic association Of
Huron college, is to take place the
first of March. This is one of the
most amusing and popular social
events of the year, and promises to
be especially good this year, because
of the fact hal the young men who
are directing the music for the event
have arranged a musical skit which
will fill the second portion Of the pro-
gram. The proceeds from this event
will be applied on the regular eX-
penses of the association.
A special election has been called
for March a, when the proposition of
voting bonds in the sum of $4,000 to
install a system of waterworks and
electric light for Willow Lakes will
be submitted.
AIIlN lue SSHel upHSoNoi NoooVu
by the proposed Rapid City rural cleo
ton of March II, the discovery is
made that the work of the street grad
ing and draining was let Illegally in
that the city auditor failed to make
an estimate of the work to be done
before the special tax was levied, by
the council.
The Woonsocket Commercial club
has decided that the water carnival at
that place shall be a permanent insti-
tuition and a stock company has been
Incorporated with a capital stock OF
$1O,O OO. The first carnival, given last
summer, proved an entire success.
The coroner's jury after an inves-
tigation into the gun battle that re
suited in the death of e. o. Hammond
of near Waterfowl and Clifford Jen-
kins, his stepson, absolved James
Jenkins, the living participant, OF all
blame. The testimony showed that
Hammond had been the aggressor.