Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-06
news OF SOUTH DAKOTA

K. V. Dickson, recently of the Cot
tonwood Republican, has purchased
the Stock Growers News of Fort
Pierre, the only paper at that place,
which he will take charge of at once.
Yankton folks had planned to hold
a grand rally, "go-to-church" Sunday,
but the devil sent an epidemic of
measles to town and the rally was
postponed - postponed, merely not
abandoned.
After being convicted Of stealing
eleven chickens, four smoked picnic
hams n a butcher knife, Cornelius
Mellen, a Moody county man., was
sentenced to a term of thirty days in
Jail and fined $50.
Fire destroyed the school house at
Ward with its contents, including the
organ library and some Of the chi
dren's school books. The fire is sup
posed to have started from a defect
in the chimney.
A German-American alliance has
been organized at Lennox with the
following officers: President, A. A.
Freseman; vice president, D. G. kup-
err; secretary, Martin Schmidt; treas
urer. B. A. Lutterman.
The farmers and ranchers of the
region between Hammil and No Moe
casin creek nave formed a telephone
compan and will construct a rural
line through the region, with branch
lines running to other
The state insurance department has
granted permission to do business tn
this state to the Railway Mail asso-
citation, a fraternal organization at
Portsmouth, N. H., which writes acct
lent insurance for railway mail clerks.
Evangelist Remig, who held meet
ings in the Pauly building at Miller,
was threatened with death in a letter
mailed in the local postoftice unless
he left town at, once. He says he
will not leave.
The Rev. j. C. MACEDONIAN, pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Lang
ford, has gone to Ridgefield, Ill, to
take the pastorate of a church there.
A farewell reception was rendered Mr..
and Mrs. MacGowan before their de-
parture.
A movement has been inaugurated
to have a soldiers monument erected
on the county court house grounds in
Howard. While the movement was
started by some of the old veterans,
it is expected the Commercial club
and the women's civic league will aid
the movement.
Lars Olson, a pioneer farmer of Le-
Roy, died at the home of his son,
Ole Olson, aged "a years. Old age
and a complication of difficulties was
the cause of his demise. He was a
native of Norway, coming to America
in 1864, locating a home in Leroy
township in Lake county in 1878.
Wilbert Lyons, who was a member
of a threshing crew in Hamlin county
last fall, was brought into court at
Brookings by the sheriff of that coun-
ty. He pleaded not guilty to the
charge of grand larceny and was
taken to the county Jail at Castle
wood to await the February term.
A Chinaman known only as Brock,
who was one of the pioneer residents
of Belle Fourche, n has resided
there continuously since first coming
to that city, was found dead in the
soualid apartments in the rear of his
laundry. He had been in poor health
for a year or more. He was believed
to be about 70 years of age.
Daniel Newcombe chapter, Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution, has
been organized at Yankton. The
chapter members numbered fifteen
and the officers elected were: Mrs.
Bartlett Trip, regent; Miss Helen E..
NT;,or coproforu. Mrc II V Stevens.
treasurer; Mrs. F. w. Warning, regis
trar.
For time it was believed it would
be unnecessary to hold a winter term
of state circuit court in Hamlin coun-
ty, but several cases have developed
recently, so it is expected the regular
February term will be held as usual,
commencing February II. Among the
cases to be tried is that of a farmer
named %Juntunen, who is charged with
killing his wife and child.
At the annual meeting of the mem
bers of the Black Hills Motorcycle
club the following officers were elect
ed for the coming year: President,
Knute F. Henderson,; vice president,
c.. R. Stahlsmith; secretary, Cecil E.
AppleSdL6, tTedSuISI, "lllldlh odtSS"
Plans were discussed for the coming
season, when excursions will be made
to various points of interest in n
about the Black Hills.
The official papers were named by
the county commissioners of Dewey
county this yea with none of the
friction that sometimes characterizes
such official action on the part of the
commissioners. There are but three
papers in Dewey county now, and as
the law says three papers shall be
designated as official paper the COM
missioners merely had to name every
papeG. in the county and satisfy all
the newspaper men.
Wilbert Lyons. who was a member
of threshing crew in Hamlin county
last fall, was brought into court here
by the sheriff of that county. He plead
ed guilty to the charge of grand lar
ceny and was AXE to b county jail
at Castlewood to await the February
term.
Matthews Hess, a well known farm
er of Clark, was caring for his horses
when one of them made a vicious kick
at him. The hoof struck his jaw with
sufficient force to break his jaw bone.