Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-30

Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Beersley and
two children OF Lennon, S. d visit
ed with DR.. Ward and family last
week. They were returning home
from a visit to Iowa.
Some interesting data will soon be
published in the LEADER concerning
the early history Of Lincoln county.
Some facts are already printed in this
issue by j. NJ. Wahl.
Mrs. Charles Seely with true bust
ness instinct has taken care OF Mr..
Seely's business while he and Mr..
Tank were in Chicago buying their
spring line Of clothing.
State Supt. G. G.. Lawrence over
Sundayed in Canton where he has
many friends always glad to see him
and who would be proud to have him
again one of our citizens.
Miss Alta Copeland is again in Can
ton and her many friends will be
glad to learn that she will remain for
some time, as we understand she has
a position with the B. S. Pickett Co.
The many friends of Andrew To-
biasen will be glad to learn that he is
again Jack in Canton and able to be
up and around after his serious oper-
alton at Rochester~a couple weeks ago.
The Farmers Institute last week
was not as we'll attended as it should
have been. Only about thirty ladies
attended the lecture of Mrs. Grace
Reed Potter ia the Congregational
church.
U. S. Senator Crawford was In Can
ton Friday. We met him at the corn
exhibit. Naturally he Is more inter-
ested in voters than corn just now.
The senator is looking fine and wore
an opomistic smile.
Painter and Eneboe shipped by ex-
press a car Of hogs from Canton to
Mitchell last Monday. Two hogs
weighed I44C lbs. This is the first
time a special car has been needed to
ship express from our city.
j. L. Lewis of Wyoming, a brother
of Rev. Geo. Edwd. Lewis and Beaver
visited in Canton last week. He was
enroute nome from q trip that took
him as far south as Alabama. Mr..
Lewis is in the lumber business and
we are told Is a musician of marked
ability.
Will KennisOn was in Canton last
week to attend the Farmers Institute
and Corn Contest, at least that Is
what he told the LEADER scribe. But
we have a lingering suspicion that a
greater attraction than those above
mentioned was the reason Of this and
| other frequent visits to the county
seat.
John Anderson returned from Chi
cago and Grand Rapids, Mich, last
Sunday. He purchased 2 carloads Of
the finest furniture YER shipped into
the state. For the pleasure part Of
his trip he heard Melba sing in Chi
cago and enjoyed other musical treats
which none can enjoy more than Mr..
Anderson.
Mrs. Math Hanson returned last
Friday from Highmore, South l)ako-
ia, where she had been for the last
five months visiting with her two
sons. L. M. and Arndt Hanson. Her
many friends will be glad to learn
that her health is of the best. Arndt
Hanson who was severely injured by
being run over by a mower Is getting
along nicely.
A Senior party was given at Armory
Hall Thursday night chaperoned by
the two honorary members of the
games we're played and at 1920 re-
freshments we're served by the girls.
The class of IA is a large n so that
entertainments become an impossi-
hility for private homes.
The Athenians at their regular
meeting on Monday evening debated
and decided FOR ell tine tc come the
following question: "That the high
cost of meat Is no calamity. Ed L..
Wendt and Carl Glaettli took the
affirmative, DR.. Wendt and P. S. Puck
EFT the negative side. The affirma-
tive won by 3 votes.
A. 3. Carlson informs US of the
death Of his brother-in-law, MI. F. N.
Knack, which occurred at Edmund,
Oklahoma, last Sunday. Mrs. Knack
was Miss Laura Carlson and will be
remem bered by all who knew the
Carlson family in earlier years and
their thoughts will &c to her In tend
crest sympathy. Mr.. and Mrs. Knack
have made their home in Oklahoma
for the past seventeen years.
A dispatch from Detroit, Michigan,
says: Since the Ford profit sharing
plan went into effect a week ago Is
or more workers In the plant have
married. ut looks to me-" said Alex.
ander H. Stewart, marriage license
clerk, Gas though Henry Ford has