Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-03-13
NEWS or SOUTH DAKOTA

elected superintendent -
ing for another veal and gave him Al
increase of salary.
Preliminary arrangements are De-
ing made for the second annual auto
show of the Black Hills Auto Show as
ISOLATION. to be held in DeadWood on
April IA, Is and 16.
Final plans for the joint institute OF
10 counties to be held at Aberdeen III
June were completed at a meeting III
Aberdeen and a copy OF the program
will be mailed to teachers.
The Huron Creamery association mas
been incorporated with a capital OF
S25. 900: incorporators, o. A. hlcher'
Neil Mckay, A. j. Wind, VIM. Walpl9'
r. j. Harvey. J. d. Med. Campbeii.
The Bothum farm house near Bosske
was fired by the 3-year-old baby plfl'
while the folks were ava from nome
and II was only saved after a hard
light by the small boy left with the
baby.
The melting of >the snow nat lay
evenly on the ground this winter a
m%oistened the ground nicely, and the
prospects are better for spring crops
than they were last season at this
time.
An exciting wolf chase occurred
south of Miller, but only one wolf out
of three scared up was killed. There
Is some complaint that sheep n
calves nave been taken by wolves this
winter.
A Young man in Alexandria claims
his home is at Milford, Ia, and says
that he does not remember OF ever
leaving for South Dakota. The last ne
remembers is attending a sale near
his home.
As the result of a disturbance at Cor
sica, Sheriff Luymes arrested Cleve-
land Groen and George and William
landlord on the charge Of interfering
with an officer and assisting a prisoner
to escape.
The big steel tank for the Eureka
waterworks has been shipped from
Minneapolis, and the big air compress
or from Sioux Falls, and the new wa
terworks equipment will soon be In
form there.
F.. Il. Cloutier, a Turton business
man, had a close call when the hot
water pipes in his kitchen range blew
out. Fortunately no n was in the
room at the time of the explosion but
Mr.. Cloutier, and he managed to escape
unhurt.
The Adelaide p%ostoffice will under
orders from Washington, be dlscon-
tinued on March Is. 1t is probable
that after that late the patrons of the
office will be served through the post
office al Condo, five miles from AIDE
laide.
The land office at Rapid City has
handed Down the decision that the wife
of a homesteader does not lose her
right to share in land II elected from
it by the husband. This is the outcome
of a test case brought by the THEM
family.
At the annual convention Of the rural
mail carriers of Kingsbury county,
which was held at Arlington, officers
were elected for the coming year. Lake
Preston was selected as the place for
the next annual convention Of the
county association.
The first annual convention OF the
Retail Furniture Dealers association
of South Dakota, southwestern Mime
sofa and northwestern Iowa has been
concluded in Sioux Falls. Delegates
were present from the three states
| covered by the association.
The Navin hotel at Mitchell, for the
past two years operated by w. F. Pas
coe, has passed into the hands OF II
E. Glynn, who formerly managed the
Widmann hotel and owned the Mitch
ell hotel at the time it was destroyed
by fire on October 1 last. The Navin
is considered to be one of the leading
hostelries of South Dakota
The work of organizing the CONNER
cial club of Frederick was combined
with an address by H. F. Patterson
superintendent of the South Dakota
Better Farming association of Aber
deem. Nine directors were chosen
four of them residing in Frederick and
five in the country nearby. These di
~rectors will elect the officers.
The annual convention of the Re
bekahs of the ninth district Of South
Dakota was held in Huron, there be
ing a large crowd in the city for the
event. Mrs. Ida M. Lindstrom o.
Yankton, president Of the Rebekah AS
sembly or South Dakota, was present
and Mrs. A. NJ. Chenowith of Wolsey
president of the ninth district, presided
at the sessions held. +,
Joseph Heidler, who left Philip two
sears ago for eastern South Dakota
has moved hack to his farm, four mile
north of here. William Wells and sons
who spent last a at LeMars, Ia. ar
rived here with three carloads o
goods and will occupy their farm. 81
miles north of Philip. Mr.. Willis Hill
who moved to southeastern South Oa
kota two years ago, shipped his geAd'
back to Philip and a fine bunch of cat
tie and will move on his farm, north
west of Philip.
The city council a Central City hal
granted to a Lead electric light ant
power company a franchise to exten'
! the wires Of the system to that plac'
and furnish electric lights for tn
people of Central City. The new light
eng system will be installed at once.
A number of the business men q
Owanka and New Underwood are OF
ganizing a stock company with tn
object of building and operating a teI