Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-03-06
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

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when one at the Weiland sale sold for
500.
A fire that completely destroyed the
Sharf building at Summit and threaten
ed to wipe out the entire town caused
a loss of Sc, 900.
August Juntunsen, who a few weeks
ago brutally killed his wife and child,
has beer removed to the state insane
hospital at Yankton.
Stephen Alpaugh of Sioux Falls is
held on the charge of "~bootlegging." It
is said that he used an ordinary gaso-
line to carry booze.
The entire building and stock of the
R. L. Ginning Co., at Camp Crook, was
destroyed by fire at a loss of 100000,
partly covered by insurance.
At the minstrel show given by the
Pierre Commercial club the net re-
ceipts were slightly over $500, which
will be used to build up the club.
The German bank of Eureka has filed
with the secretary of state an amend
ment to its articles Of Incorporation,
increasing it's capital stock from 1885,
900 to $50, Zoo.
A band has been organized at Flor
ence with a good membership. krlst
Gilbertson was elected leader, B. R.
Cole, manager, and Charles Jones, sec.
Rotary and treasurer.
The Fox Oil Co., at Gettysburg has
decided to "let go" after having drilled
about 1000 feet at an expense OF $780,
600. The work of pulling up the inside
casing has been started.
The second annual Black Hills auto
show will be held at Deadwood in
April by the Deadwood Business club.
The home industrial products and min.
ing products will be featured.
The citizens of Parker have secured
enough signatures to their petition for
a special election on the question OF a
city library and other steps toward Sc
curing one will be started at once.
Thomas Thorson has been name by
a. O. Ringsrud, chairman of the major
fly Republican committee, to fiji the
vacancy as the Republican national
committeeman from South Dakota.
The business men of Aberdeen have
organized an Aberdeen Trotting asso-
citation through the efforts Of DR..
Kreutzer and will try to secure some
fast races for the people in that To-
cality.
jennie Cole, a boy OF Midland, while
hunting, shot himself within al inch
of his heart. The rifle was accidental.
ly discharged. Though the wound is
serious it is thought that he will re-
cover
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George Biller of Sioux Falls, head OF
the Episcopal church in this state,
made arrangements to hold the annual
convocation of the church in that city
in May.
J.. L. Baker, the missing county aud
itor of Lawrence county, has been re.
moved by Judge McNenny upon the re.
quest of the county commissioners. His
deputy, D. r. Gustafson, has been ap.
pointed to take his place.
The Lincoln County Rural Farmers
association held their annual meeting
at Canton Tuesday, and elected H. O.
Carpenter Of Hudson president for the
coming year. The next meeting will
be held at Canton, February %, 1915.
The Watertown Commercial club is
making every effort to secure the state
guard encampment for Lake Kampes-
Ike. The fact that the like is primarily
a summer resort is held against it on
the ground of danger due to rifle prac-
tice.
The live stock department of South
Dakota report that h last of the
cases of scabies that were found in the
state have been cleaned up and that
the only trouble in the future is apt to
arise from the fact hat Nebraska has
not been as careful as might be.
Olaf Wahl, a farmer in Pennington
township, Day county, lost his house
and contents by a fire which broke
out from a defective fue while Mr..
Vail was at his barn and gained such
Roadway before it was discovered that
nothing could be done to save it.
At a special meeting of the town
board of Florence it was determined
to submit to a vote of the people at
the regular spring election, a PROPOSE
ton to vote bonds for the purpose of
building a system of waterworks. Ev-
er since the big fire scare at Florence
two months ago the subject of water
works has been %agitated. and it is
believed the question will carry at the
spring election.
Good progress is being made with
the project to have an auditorium and
gymnasium built in connection with
the high school building at Madison.
The board of education now is secur-
ing plans n an estimate of the cost
of the proposed structure, and it is
probable the voters will De asked to
authorize the issuance of the neces-
sary bonds covering the cost of the
structure, which it is hoped to have
erected during the coming summer.
Wagner business men have aiken up
with the Milwaukee officials an at
tempt to secure better train service
on the Platte line Of the railroad.
Yankton and Sioux City business men.
too, have been interested and will push
for the movement. At present there
is but one passenger train a day and
the Wagner people want the service
doubled.
Mcintosh is to have an electric light
ing system. A company has been incor-
porated under the name of the Mcln-
tosh Electric Co., with a capital OF
$4,000.
A fire originated in the school house