Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-09
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA


~soe -S'
ed a meeting of the county superin'
tendents of the state at Pierre fol
April 90 and 81.
Arrangements have been made for a
chautauqua, to be held at Worthwhile
during the early days of June. Fine
entertainment will be provided.
The Wallace baseball enthusiasts
organized and will maintain a team in
the field during the coming season.
Several players already have been Sc
cured.
The city council of Armour has
called a special election to be held
on April 81 for the purpose of voting
upon the question Of bonding the city
for a W system.
William J. Bunce was arrested at
Aberdeen and brought back to Mo.
bridge to stand trial for the stealing
of jewelry and money from guests at
one Of the leading Mobridge hotels.
The Methodist church edifce at
White is being remodeled and i'm
proved. When the improvements are
completed it will be one of the finest
edifices of its kind in the vicinity.
JoHh IldS, d well 1O"h oho hiSiAy
respected farmer of wealth, seven and
one-half miles southwest of Egan,
dropped death March 80. Mr.. Hay
was a pioneer of that section of the
state.
The move at Armour for a big agri-
cultural organization is working along
with great prospects for success. All
hands are interested. The merchant,
the banker, the farmer-everybody-
is on the side of "do something" New
ideas of farming are going to be adopt
ed for the success of Douglas county.
Paul l.. Haiiam, United States e&-
aminer of i~nheritances, will take testi-
mony to be sub mitted to the secretary
of the interior, for the purpose of de-
termining the heirs of the estates OF
Indian ~allottees. The testimony will
be taken at Cherry Creek during the
first two weeks in April, and includes
about sixty Indian allottees.
While Mrs. G. F. L%undquist, of
Strandsburg. was doing her washing
her little sol Ray took advantage of
her absence from the laundry for a
few minutes and pulled the plug from
the washing machine. The scalding
hot water poured over the child's body
,to such an extent that death resulted
after he had been taken to a hospital
at WatertOwn.
AS a result of a raid made by the
sheriff of Turner county on places in
Marion where it was alleged liquor
was being illegally sold, nineteen
Marionites were summoned as wit
nesses, and their testimony was taken
by the authorities. ]. is expected sew.
eral arrests will result from the raid
and investigation. AS one result OF
the raid the lid has been clamped on
tightly in Marion.
The town of Geddes has a bonded
Indebtedness of $4,000, with $52 in
the sinking fund to pay interest and
to make payment on bonds. To try
to right conditions, a number of citi.
Zens propose to establish a municipal
saloon, whose shall be EN-.
ployed to defray the town debt, and a
ticket has been nominated to go be-
fore the voters at the spring election
standing on the municipal saloon plat
form.
The Boy Scouts OF Flying Eagle pa
troll at Ashton have received their new
uniforms, and make a very neat ap-
pearance when lined for dress parade
by Patrol Leader Bedsaul. Scout
Master Clark expects to go to Aber.
deem soon to confer with Scout Mas.
ter Withrow of the Boy Scouts there
with reference to the summer meeting
of all scout troops in the district. II
possible arrangements will be made
for the Ashton troops to hike to Aber-
deem and spend a day there visiting
the Hub city scouts. d.
B.. 6. Cannon, who has a farm on
Beaver Dam creek ear Opal. last sea
son proved what could be accom-
plished by irrigation. He damned up
a portion of the creek and irrigated
seven acres of hay land which pro-
duced twice as much wild hay as did
non-irrigated lanI or the same farm.
On a small irrigated tract of land he
produced at the rate of ITS bushels
of potatoes per acre., Forty bushels
OF wheat per acre was another record
made by him last season. Numerous,
other farmers in this vicinity are
planning on following MI. Cannon's
example this year.
A persistent search which has been
prosecuted for several days by scores
of men and boys has failed to, find
any trace c. Emil LANCE, a farmer Of
Hudson, in the eastern section of Lin
coin county, who is believed to have
been drowned. After a visit with his
brothers he started for his own farm
on horseback. The ice in the Rock
river, which he mad 10 cross, appar-
emily did not look safe to him, for
after securing his horse to a tree,
where 1t was found by searchers, he
evidently attempted to cross the river
on the ice or foot. 1t is feared he
broke through the ice and drowned.
for since that time not the slightest
trace of him has been found.
A big boned Poland China hog
raised by Chauncel Gates, and sold to
Fred Brock of Loomis. is believed to
be the biggest hog for his g ever
raised in Dawson county. The ami
nal weighed 900 pounds at two ear
OF age.
Moses Young, well known in the
southern portion of the state for MANI
years as a pioneer and Mason, died