Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-03-27
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Carnegie fund for a library. Inc SITE
of the building is to be furnished Dy
the city.
Surveys and photographs are being
made of the land about punished
Woman's Lake. to further a campaign
for preservation by the state.
Chas. Anderson of Aberdeen was
found dead in his room at the Key
stone hotel with the gas jet turned on.
He is survived by a brother at Clear
Lake, Ia.
The annual conference Of the Seven
Day Adventists of South Dakota will
be held in Huron some time this
spring. The meeting generally brings
about 800 guests.
The city commission of Sioux Falls
has ordered over two miles of paving
and several more are being planned.
The paving program this year will be
larger than ever before.
The high mark in land prices for the
neighborhood of Bridgewater was
reached when the DID Jayne farm sold
for an even $125 per acre. 1t was
bought by Geo. w. Glanzer.
Don Rundlett of Langford has been
arrested on the charge OF obtaining
money under false pretenses. He is &C
cused of having issued a number OF
worthless checks in and around Lang
ford.
The high school agricultural depart
ment of Sioux Falls has offered to test
seed corn for the farmers up to a linn
tied amount. The work will be done
under the supervision of Supt. w. 1.
Early.
The Commercial club of Pierre has
decided to run an experimental farm
on a 10-acre tract neal the city limits.
1t is proposed to show more intensive
farming to the people in that section
of the state.
John King of Tabor risked his own
life to save Ernie Matuska, a boy who
was overcome by gas in an old a
tank. Mr.. King entered the tank to
rescue the boy and had to be saved
with a rope.
The w. c. T, II. Of South Dakota in
starting a campaign for suffrage is
making an appeal to the pastors for
Htip. luSy CldlIn lldJ IHt odlOOu III
terests spent $4,000 to oppose the last
suffrage campaign.
The Rockerville Telephonescompany
of Pennington county has been incor-
porated by BENZ. Rush, Dan R. Nor
ris, R. M. Peabody, F. E. Chritiernson,
Patrick Dillon and Ferdinand Kieffen,
with capital stock of $1,000.
D,{+D oo,rt- ha. ooropJofoI ito nv
g%anization of farmers, under the name
Of the Butte County Development as
ISOLATION. This is the outcome of meet
ings held all winter. M. L. Perry was
chosen president at the last meeting
and o. H. Barnes secretary.
The contract has been awarded for
the erection in Flandreau of a new
~postofice building. 1t will be con-
structed of brick and will have all mod
ern facilities for the prompt handling
of mails. The work of construction
will commence in the near future.
Now that the city council of Alexan-
dria has called a special election to
submit to the voters the question of
issuing bonds for a municipal electric
light system, sentiment in favor of the
city owning the system is said to be
growing. 1t is expected the bonds will
be voted.
Good progress is being made in the
work Of sinking a test we'll in the ter
itory near Ardmore where it is expect
ed an extensive oil field will be devel-
oped. The casing is being SUM as
fast as the test we'll is drilled, thus
ensuring a good sized hole when the
oil sands are encountered.
The report has been received that
the Northwestern railway company is
contemplating erecting. a fine new de-
pot building in Beresford. Such a
building is badly needed to take care
of the steadily increasing traffic. The
annual business Of the railway COM
AS the result Of a meeting held at
Webster by a number of the poultry
raisers Of the county what will BIO
known as the Day County Poultry assc,
citation was organized. The following
officers were elected: President, J.
A. Fosse; secretary, e. A. Paulson.
A constitution and bylaws will be
adopted at another meeting to be held
March 81.
e. W. Hall, who recently was en-
gagged as an agricultural expert for
Sphinx county by the Sphinx County
Farm Improvement association, has as.
sumed his new duties inc his work
among the farmers of the county is
expected to result in scientific meth
DDS being adopted and the crop pro-
duction of the county greatly in
creased
G. P. and P. l.. Hanson of Bridge
water sold the J.. H. Hirschman land.
3h miles east of Yankton, at auction.
A small crowd was present but the bid.
ding was fast. P. L. Hanson sold the
land to Tom Prick of Yankton for the
sum Of S10,4S0 for about 70 acres OF
land. The Hansons have one of the
best records in South Dakota for sell
ing land at auction.
Thomas Br4herson CT Lake Andes
has been granted a patent on a potato
bug exterminator of his invention. The
machine bears some resemblance to q
corn planter and it is said that actual
demonstrations have proved that it
does the work claimed for it. With
the machine, the bugs on a 10-acre field
OF potatoes can be exGerm;nated IN a
single day.
The land value around Yankton is