Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-16
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The new business mems association
which recently was organized at Brit
ton already has commenced work on
several projects for the u~pbuilding Of
Britton n the surrounding region.
In discussing how slowly the heavy
SHOWS of the last winter are in melt
ing off, Policeman Wilcox, of Webster,
states that on the last day OF May,
1882, the snow was breast high in
the streets of Webster.
South Dakota is the eighth state in
the union in acreage of alfalfa, &C
c0rding to. John Y. Beatty, editor OF
the National Alfalfa Journal, who lee
tured before the Farmers and Mer-
chants association Of Hills, MINI.
South Dakota now has 22S, 5000 acres
of alfalfa.
Postofice Inspector George Chase.
of WATERFOWL, has completed his in
ventory of the government property in
the postofiice at Doland and finds that
the yeggs who blew open the safe sew
eral days ago secured $1,000 worth
of postage sta the most of tho
stamps being Of the two-cent variety.
G.. A. B. Fox, of Sioux Falls, state
commander of the G. A.. r., las de-
termined Monday, May 81. as Memoir
ial day. Several posts Of the state
have written regarding the date and
he has designated Monday as the day.
The question is made necessary by
the fact hat Memorial day falls on
Sunday.
NJ rn NOR q farn1nr FnCjNIno
southwest of Carthage, has one Of the
most love freaks of nature on his
farm ever heard of in the state. This
is a t~wo-legged colt. The animal is
perfect in every respect, with the ex-
ception of it's fore quarters. Where
the front legs should be are only two
stuinps six inches lorg.
When William Sutherland, of Hur-
ley, attempted to punish his son,
Charles. the boy, becoming angered,
grabbed a 22-caIiber rife and hot his
father. The ball passed through the
hip joint. Pending an examination OF
the elder Sutherland by physicians.
Charles was arrested by the sheriff
of Turner county and taken to Par
ker.
The forty-fifth annual meeting of the
Congregational conference of South
Dakota will be held at Redfeld on May
25 to 27. The annual meeting Of the
board of directors of the conference
will take place on Tuesday morning.
May 25. The general theme of the
conference will center around chill
dren's and young peoples life, and. is
thus given out The Men and Women
of Tomorrow
A large meeting of Grant county
farmers was held at the court house
in Milbank for the purpose of discus
suing the proposition of buying OF
building a farmers union elevator at
Milbank. Mr.. Greeley, a representa-
tive of the Equity Exchange of St.
Paul, attended the meeting and ad-
dressed the farmers, and it was de
cided to organize a company and buy
or build q farmers union elevator.
4 committee Of the Watertown Com
mel cial club has been appointed to
arrange for the state convention #
the Seventh Day Adventists, which
will be held at Watertown next sum
mer. The Adventists will camp in
tents hear the outskirts Of the city,
and asked for city water and electric
lights on the campaign ground, and
the setting aside of n plot of ground
for the meeting, which will be done.
An attendance of 500 is expected.
The promoters of the Douglas Coun.
ty Farmers Extension association gath
cred at the court house in Armour
last week. About seventy-five farm
ers were present. John Vanden Bos,
of Harrison, called the meeting to or.
der and stated the object of the meet.
ing. The melting was addressed by
Ward Ostrander, government special
list, and DR.. Smith, of Mitchell, gov.
eminent veterinarian. Great interest
and enthusiasm was shown in the
movement.
e.. Sioux Falls lodge of Elks will &C.
cupy an entire Pullman coach on the
South Dakota Elks' special train to
Los Angeles for the annual grand
lodge meeting to be held = there in
July. The train schedule has been re-
ceived and the Sioux Falls car will
leave over the Omaha line OF July 6.
The train will consist of six cars,
oilC CaSi aiioLCu ~ 'iS SSh iIIno,
Mitchell Elks, Yankton Elks, Water
town Elks. Lead-D eadwood-Rapid City
Elks and Sioux Falls Elks.
The Trent community was shocked
at the instant death of a son of o. C.
Olson, one of the commissioners of
Moody county, living about five miles
east of Trent. His son, Chester, a
boy about II years of age, was as
sisting his father in loading a manure
spreader and asked permission to take
the load to the field. His father with
some reluctance granted the request.
n after driving to the field the ia
Their noticed the team standing still
and at once suspicioned something
was wrong. He hurried to the field
only to find his boy lying upon the
ground dead. He had evidently fall
len from the seat and the heavy wheel
had passed over his head, crushing
the skull.
Mrs. J. NJ. Sanders, of Armour, was
elected to the presidency of the Third
district of the South Dakota Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs at the annual
session in Mitchell. About 100 club
womeD wore in n .H.. .