Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-30
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

ments completed to place a team in
the field.
The voters at a special election at
ish all pool halls. The majority
against the proposition was 221.
D. C. Noonan and w. F. Hesse have
purchased the 500 Valley Granite
company's plant at Sioux Falls, for the
Kampeska Materials company of Wa.
tertown.
From a bunch of odds and ends, two
Bradley young men have constructed
an automobile which works first-rate
about as we'll as some of the high
priced machines.
The state insurance department has
granted authority to write accident
and health insurance in this state to
the National Travellers Benefit asso-
citation of Des Moines, Ia.
More than the customary amount
of building is planned for Alexandria
this year. The new structures will in
clud6 several business blocks and a
large number of new dwellings. Much
construction work already is under
way.
The biggest farm loss by fire in
Brown county in many years occurred
Tuesday night at the f. l.. Hanson
farm, eight miles west Of Aberdeen,
barns, outbuildings, stock and machin-
cry to the extent Of $4,000 being de-
stroyed.
That the merchants of Frankfort
are availing themselves Of the parcel
post system is evidenced by the fact
that during the first fifteen days Of
April, 5SI parcel post packages passed
through the local office, 2S1 Of which
number were mailed by local mer-
chants to their customers in the coun-
try.
Mrs. J.. D. Manners, of Logan town
ship, Hand county, evidently believes
in being up to date in her business
methods, and has filed a copyright
with the secretary Of state for the
name of the butter she puts out from
her dairy, having selected the name
Guernsey Cold for the designation
of her farm output.
Miss Vesta Murray, winner in the
state high school declamatory contest
last year IS MitchelIs representative,
was awarded first honors in the first
annual defamation contest for the
women of Dakota Wesleyan. 1t is pro-
posed to make this contest an annual
event and an effort will be made to
organize the other colleges of South
Dakota and make it a state event.
That highway work can be carried
on through the board of commission
ers of the counties Of the state, re-
CARELESS Of the highway act Of 1911,
is the opinion of the state legal de-
partment on inquiry from the states
attorney of Day county. The holding
being hat a contract on the part of
the county commissioners to purchase
Dad machinery, and let road improve.
ment by bids will be strictly legal.
Harry Curtis, who was arrested at
Miles City, Mont, on Instructions
from the authorities of Corson coun
ty, and returned in custody, as the
result of his preliminary hearing has
been held for trial in the state circuit
court on the charge of grand larceny,
In default of $500 bonds he has beer
lodged in the county Jail at Mcintosh,
It is. charged that he sold property
belonging to another man.
At a business meeting of the direc.
tors of the Old Settlers association of
Brookings county June 16 was select.
ed as the time for the annual picnic
and celebration of the association. A
fine program Of entertainment will be
provided. 1t was decided to hold the
annual picnic at the old village of
Medary, which was the first town to
be established in the county when the
whites first came to that part of the
northwest.
The voting dry Of Philip and Rapid
City, leaves the line of the Pierre,
Rapid City & Northwestern railway
without a saloon on the line save at
the eastern end with damp territory
at Pierre and Fort Pierre, and at
Pierre only by a shave of line votes.
The votes in the various towns east
of Pierre leaves no saloon between
Pierre and Wolsey, and gives the
Northwestern railway a stretch from
Wolsey to Sturgis without a saloon ex-
cept those to be found in Pierre and
Fort Pierre.
Brown county has a very prosper:
GUS appearance at this time, accord.
ing to H. F. Patterson, who has trav.
eled owe quite a good deal of the coun.
ty recently. The alfalfa is growing
nicely, some of it being about four
inches high, and covering the ground
in fine shape. The grass is starting
nicely and will be ready for pasture
purposes about May 10. The corn
acreage will be larger thar last year.
By the middle of this week all of the
wheat will be in the ground, as q
great deal is already sown. Some of
the wheat sown earlier is already com.
Ing fine. The acreage will be but lit
tie larger than last year.
Paul Haarberg, a pioneer settler OF
Union and Lincoln counties, was found
dead in a buggy under circumstances
which indicated that he had died from
exposure. He is survived by two sis.
tiers, Lena and Martha Haarberg, OF
Sioux City.
A movement is under foot in Hamlin
county to again fill up Dry lake by
~diverting the surplus waters of the Big
Sioux river into the lake bed. This
lake has beer dry for several years,