Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-16
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

4" 1890 f
Approximately two-thirds of the vot-
ers of Dawson county will be eligible
to vote in he party primaries on
March "a, according to the list of cleo
tors on file.
Forming a vigilance committee, men
of the village of Hammill, in Trip
county, tool matters into their W
hands lii their efforts to rid The town
of illegal vendors of liquor.
Mrs. j. e. Rawhouser, wife of a we'll
known ranchman of Draper, is o
ing in a local hospital where her arm
was amputated on account of localized
gangrene with which she had suffered
many years.
Arrangements are being made for
the annual farmers institute, which
will be held at Emery January IL. A
good list of premiums will be offered
making the best exhibits of farm prod
ucts.
Through a disappointment in love
Jack Herrick of Marion became de-
spondent and attempted to end it all
by swallowing a quantity of carboila
acid. He swallowed a third of a pint
of the liquid.
An interesting event at Beresford
was the observance of the golden we'd
ding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. III.
|. Landon, prominent pioneer residents
of tina part of the state. They locat-
ed in Dakota in 1873.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Northwestern Realty Elk
change bureau at Sioux Falls, with q
capital of $4,000. Incorporators, s..
F. Vandercook, j.. A. Pound, q. B. Van
dercook, all of Sioux Falls.
The Frankfort volunteer fire depart
ment has elected the following officers
for the coming year: Chief, Gene Met
tier; captain, II. N. Hansen; foreman,
L. l.. Stedman, Ole Olson; secretary,
Geo. Iaag; treasurer, c. a. Bahae.
Emil Larghen, g, well known farmer
living near Wolsey, was seriously in
jured when his horses tool fright and
ran away, throwing him from the vehi-
Gle. He was badly cut about the head
and sustained other bruises and cuts.
BY a majority OF 1877 the voters OF
Dell Rapids, at a special election,
granted an electric light and power
franchise. According to present plans
the power plant will be located at Bal
tic, using the excellent water power
there.
The Milwaukee railroad recently dis
continued stopping the coast trains at
Morristown Morristown protested,
and as a result, the road has agreed to
stop the train when a passenger pur-
chases a through ticket, if notified in
time.
The Howard board of education has
elected Miss Julia Royce of Rapid
City, to the position of principal of the
Howard high school. Miss Katheryn
O'Connor of Aberdeen was elected to
the position of grade assistant. The
latter will assume the duties Of her
new position in about two weeks.
Running away from home in search
of Indians and bad men" whom he
expected to slay, a ~16-year-old son of
Michael Rowan of Carthage was picked
UP by the Howard police and returned
to his father. The boy was armed in
approved frontier style. HIS weapon
was taken away from him before he
vas sent home.
Arrangements have beer completed
for the erection of a number of fine
new business blocks on the sites OF
similar buildings which recently were
destroyed during a disastrous fire in
the business district of Vienna. When
The new buildings are completed there
will be a solid block of structures in
the part swept by the fire.
Ray X. White OF Trip county APP
peared before Judge Williamson of the
state circuit court at Oacoma and en-
tered a plea of guilty to selling liquor
to Philip Swift Bear, a Sioux Indian.
He was fined $25 and costs and sem
fenced to a term of six months in jail.
The Jail portion of the sentence was
suspended during good behavior.
The new Evangelical church at Big
Stone was formally dedicated at serv-
ices extending over three days, In
which Rev E. Mueller, Rev. George
Zech. Rev. F.. H.. Brockmueller, Rev.
DIR. L. H.. Seager, and others partici-
pated. The church is a handsome ed
ifice for a own of this size, and the
total cost was in the neighborhood of
$4,000.
The hen belonging to a farmer near
Milbank is not the only South Dakota
hen which has rushed the season by
Matching out young chicks. P. J. Conk-
lin, a farmer living near Gayville, re-
ports that he has an old biddy which
has just Matched out a brood of seven
healthy little chicks. This is decided
~ unusual for January il this part of
the northwest,
Another step in the postmastership
Sight at Gettysburg was taken when
local Democrats began to circulate a
petition among Democrats of the city
of Gettysburg asking that neither w.
S. Small nor any other person be ap-
pointed postmaster until the local
Democrats have had a chance to nomi-
nate a Democrat for the office by bal
lot under the Richards primary law,
which goes into effect in March.
After having occupied. temporary
quarters since its organization several
years ago, the Sioux Falls council of
knights of Columbus now has secured
permanent club rooms on the SECOND
floor of what is known as the Beach.
Ray building.
During the year closed a single Rec
Heights company paid farmers of that
vicinity an aggregate of $f8,S96.f9 for