Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27

kreger ranked second, breaking AZ OUT
of SO birds, while c. H. Anderson Of
this city, came third with 46 out of so.
Postmasters confirmed: Rush O.
Fellows at Belle Fourche; O. M. Iver-
son 1t hudson.
Large quantities of cattle and hogs
are being shipped from Scotland to
various market points.
The Swift Packing company has
opened a new branch office in Aber-
deem, with Wallace Monro as resident
manager. The branch Office will han.
die the territory between Aberdeen
and Mobridge. Three statesmen will
travel out of Aberdeen.
Johnnie Coughlin, aged II, son of a
homesteader near Winner, was start
ing a fire in the kitchen range when a
shotgun cartridge, which was mixed
with the kindling exploded. The force
of the explosion was sufficient to blow
off the thumb and forefinger of his left
hand.
Gov. Byrne has appointed Mrs. Gina
Smith Campbell of Dell Rapids to be
commissioner from the state of South
Dakota to the Norwegian Centenary
exposition to be held in Christiania
in 1914. Mrs. Campbell is now in
Norway and will remain until after the
close of the exposition.
The first session of the Springfield
normal summer school has opened
with a good attendance. The last
legislature failed to make financial
provisions for summer schools, and
hence a part Of the normal faculty
and Supt. G. E. Burton, of he gov.
eminent Indian school, are donating
their services for six weeks.
Although the baseball season is
young" in the Rosebud league, two
serious accidents have occurred to
Dallas players. Homer Hetts, a local
merchant, had his collar bone broken
in collision with a Gregory player a
few days ago; and now Harold Sears,
a lumber dealer, is suffering from a
broken jaw, caused by a pitched ball
Lead is to have a paid city fire de-.
partment. The matter has been agi.
tated for some years and the city cons
missioners have just taken action
whereby they arranged for a regular
department which will go INTO effect
this fall. The city and the Homestake
Mining company have agreed to split
the cost of maintaining the new de.
partment.
The state board Of charities and
corrections, Gov, Byrne, the superin,
tendent of the home for feeble minded.
and the state engineer, constituting
the state board of commission, met at
Redfield for the purpose of laying out
ground plans for additional building
extensions of the institution there.
They chose for the improvements
what is known as the least site"
The state college at Brookings OBJ.
served good roads days" by working
all it's horses and men on the a
surrounding and traversing the college
property. The roads were already in
fairly good condition due to the work
put on them this spring by the stu
dents in traction engineering. The
class in traction engineering graded
at least five miles of IA this spring
in their regular class study.
A motherly hen belonging to Mrs.
Herbert Oliver of Grand Valley has
adopted a litter of kittens. The real
mother of the kittens has accepted
the situation gracefully. Biddy, moth.
er cat and the six kittens all live
tremendously together in M nest.
W.. H. Butler and w. L. Figlesong
took from the county the contract for
$27, 600, to build the road from Lead.
beginning at South Main street, to
Spearfish crossing, a distance of fiji.
teen miles. The road is to be graded
and rolled, then graveled.
The annual chautauqua of the Lead
Chautauqua association is announced
to open in the city of Lead on Thurs
day, July 8, and to continue for Eve
days. The Royal Italian band of New
York will furnish two concerts daily.
Esther Krauser, is years old, of -How.
ard, was severely burned in the face,
and on the neck Inc arms by the ex.
ploston Of a stone jar Of lard which
she had heated, then removed from
the stove and put on a table where
some water had been spilled. Hef
face is badly disfigured and it is fear.
ed that 1t will be permanently SCARED.