Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-25
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

has been completed at a point on the
Yankton Indian reservation IL miles
southwest of Wagner.
Arrangements have been completed
to start a new town about midway he.
tween the towns Of Rosholt and New
Ellington, neal White Rock. The
new town will be named Victor.
The Hughes county beard of com.
missioners appropriated $500 for the
County's exhibit at the state air at
Huron, and also 800 for Hughes coun.
tvs e share of the BLACK and
Yellow" highway.
During the year there have been 274
births in the county of Codington and
only SO deaths. The records show
that there have been 1877 couples unit
ed in marriage, % divorces have been
granted, and II of foreign birth have
formally declared their intention of
becoming United States citizens.
The Railway Employees Investment
company is a new organization just or
ganized at Yankton. J.. G. Love, for
merly of Sioux City, now assistant gen.
eral freight agent of the Milwaukee,
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to give employees a chance to save and
invest their earnings.
R. Roche, parole officer of Joliet, H.,
prison, was in Elk Point recently after
Carl Mckinley, who was paroled from
the prison and broke his parole last
February. He gave himself up to
Deputy Sheriff Moore of Union coun-
ty, saying he was tired of evading the
officers. He was sentenced on the
charge of burglary.
G. H. Jaynes, a Pierre meat dealer,
has secured the contract for furnish.
ing meat to the government Indian
school there for the coming year. This
is a contract which has always been
captured by. some of the meat pack.
ing firms of the northwest, and the
locals have been underbid each year
until this year.
Clam diggers, who for some weeks
have been operating along the streams
near Alexandria, have just shipped to
eastern button factories an aggregate
of so tons of clam shells, for which
they receive $50 a ton at the factory.
In addition to the none derived from
the sale of the shells they also profited
greatly from pearls they found in some
Of the shells.
Lying under a tree with his hat owe
his face, Louis Coitteau, a pioneer res
ident of Meade county, was found dead
in a field on his ranch, eight miles
from Piedmont. Coitteau, who was II
years old, had gone into the field to
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come. Physicians declare death was
due to natural causes. He leaves a
wife and one daughter.
The home of Burt Roberts of Twin
Brooks was completely wiped out by
fire, with all it's contents. The blaze
was discovered in one of the bedrooms
and Ruby Roberts, a 12-year-old girl.
was quite badly burned about the head
and face before she could be rescued.
The family were able to save but little
from the burning building, the chill
dren being rescued in heir night
clothes.
While DR.. Webb and George Finley
of Howard were driving along a coun-
try road in Mr.. Finley's runabout at
the rate of 20 miles an hour, they came
suddenly upon a team. Mr.. Finley
made a short turn out Of the a to
avoid a collision with the team when
the car turned over. h occupants OF
the car were somewhat bruised and
scared, but not seriously injured. The
car was demolished.
In the belief that Tyndall is entitled
to three saloons instead of two, a petit
ton is being circulated asking Gov.
Byrne to authorize the taking OF a
special census. The 1910 census gave
1yndall a population of 1,107, but the
vote at the spring election indicates
that the town now has in the %neighbor-
hood of 1900 people. If the special
census shows a population of over
1900 Tyndall will be entitled to a third
saloon.
William e. Wilde, a Lake Preston
man, was the victim of a shooting af-
fray which took place at the railroad
depot. He became involved in a wordy
argument with a stranger while an e x
ira train, made up largely of the prop
erty of a circus was at the depot. Be
fore the argument had proceeded very
far the stranger drew a revolver and
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left leg. At first it was feared he
had been fatally hurt. The assailant
succeeded in escaping before his iden-
tity was discovered and has not yet
been captured.
An unusual trial took place at Pee
yer in which the defendants, the pros
ecuting attorney, the witnesses, the
justice of the peace and the deputy
sheriff making the arrest, were all In
dams. John and Andrew Thompson,
twoS Indians, were charged with dis
turbing a meeting at Big Culee church.
Ed Heminger, IN Indian deputy sher-
Tiff, made the arrest. The prosecution
was conducted by State Attorney
Thomas Man, a full blooded Sioux, and
a very successful lawyer. Justice Bal
ley, who is also an Indian, held the
defendants to the next term of circuit
court under bonds of 800 each, which
was furnished.
Preliminary steps have been taken
to reorganize the Farmers Co-opera-
tive Elevator company, which conducts
an elevator at Hudson. Stockholders
were present from a wide scope Of
country, and within a short time ad-
ditional stock to the amount of Sc, 800
was subscribed for.
The land commissioner was notified
of a fire started by lightning in the
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