Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-27
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA


the First National Fire Insurance
company of Washington, D. c..
Mobridge young women have an
Anti-Gossip club, with a good member
ship, which is growing. n clu
holds regular meetings-but what on
earth do the members talk about?
The city council of Scotland has de-
cided to provide the local volunteer
fire department with a great deal OF
new fire equipment, including a cheml-
cal engine. This will make much bet
ter protection against fires.
Miss Mary Craney, teacher Of pen
manship in this Aberdeen schools. who
was recently run over by an automo-
bile, is in a serious condition and fears
for her recovery are entertained, In
ternal injuries of a critical character
have developed.
The fall meeting of the McCook
County l.. o. o. F. association, held in
Salem. was a pronounced success.
About 200 Odd Gellows and Rebekahs
participated in the banquet which fol-
lowed the regular lodge work of the
evening. The Salem and Spencer de-
gree teams eXemplified the work of the
first and second degrees.
Figures gathered from the Morris.
town elevator men show hat thus
far this fall an aggregate of 125,000
bushels of grain has been marketed
there and shipped to eastern markets.
1t is estimated that the farmers yet
have in their possession fully 100, 900
hycholc IF GROIN which will no =, riot.
ed later.
The ~12-year-old daughter of J. A.
LaLacheur, a Roberts county farmer,
while playing in the haymow of her
fathers barn, lost her balance and fell
to the foor below, in her fight strik-
ing a fork-handle, which penetrated
her abdomen. Her condition is criti-
cal. That she was not instantly killed
is considered little less thai a mira
Gle.
One of the largest funerals ever
held in Sanborn county signaliZed the
death of Albert Strub, a pioneer mer-
chant Of WoonsOcket. Mr.. Strub
started in bushes in Woonsocket in
1884, coming here from Iowa City, Ia.
He was the proprietor of one OF the
largest mercantile establishments in
South Dakota. Funeral services were
held in st. Wi!lfrid's Catholic church,
Rev. FIR. Schrieber being the celebrant
of the mass.
Aberdeen has a mandatory for the
purpose of making large fur mittenS,
fur robes and coats. Located on the
Milwaukee tracks about a block east
of the Gilbert Manufacturing COM
pany is the Aberdeen Robe & Tanning
company, of which G. Beck is the pro-
prieor. This firm has been located
there for some time, but only recently
Mr.. Beck secured control of the entire
establishment and started to make
warm gloves and robes.
The Yankton County Good Roads
association has beer organized with
Thomas Prick president, J. M. Hanson,
secretary; George Buchanan, treasur.
err; Elmer BergsYik. vice president.
Other vice presidents were elected
from every town and postoffice in the
county. The movement grew out Of
the visit to Yankton of Col. Chas. w.
Thatcher, promoter of the Washing
ton Memorial Highway, which crosses
the Meridian road at hat poine-
A loss of between $1,000 and $4,000
was caused by the destruction of the
fine Darn on the farm of E. j. Artz.
berger, near Hayti. In addition to the
barn and other property, five horses
and two COWS were burned to death.
1t is believed the fire may have been
accidentally set by some hobo who
went into the barn to spend the night.
Artzberger carried insurance to the
amount of $500 in a farmers mutual
insurance company, and the company
already has made settlement with
him.
A hot water artesian we'll has been
struck by drillers who for some time
have been engaged in drilling a well
on the ranch of r. P. Snow, on Thun.
der creek, northeast of Winner. The
we'll also is a strong gusher, having
a flow of 200 gallons per minute. The
water has a temperature of 1872 de.
grees. The surplus flow of the well
will run into a lake, which has been
stocked with game fish. It is expect.
ed the high temperature Of the water
will keep the lake from freezing dur
ing the winter months.
With the lease Of the plant and the
equipment of the Sioux Falls Pillow
company from John Bleeg, trustee in
charge, a new company, backed by
Henry Bradshay Of Worthing, presi-
dent of the Peoples Security bank
there, will begin active operations next
month, devoting particular attention
to the manufacture of plows, together
with such other implement lines as
were handled by the old company. No
wagons, however, will be made, that
feature of the old company's console
dation being given m. The announce.
ment which was made public definitely
was endorsed by Mr.. Bleeg, who ad.
mitted that the lease for the plant
had been signed.
Articles of incorporation have been
fled for the Fraternity Hall company
of Cavour, with a capital of $500. Di
rectors. John II. Rudy, John II. Heigh
Peter Arnold, Frank Meyer, William
J. G. Haigh.
At the annual convention of the
Royal Neighbors of America lodges Of
the Rosebud country, held at Bone
steel, Burke was selected as the place
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