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Sioux Valley
Greatly reduced rates will be made
•on the above dates to San Francisco,
Los Angeles, Portland, Tacoma, Seat
tle and many other points West and
Northwest. Half rates for children
.of half-fare age. Liberal stop-overs
:allowed on all tickets. Tickets are
•good in Tourist sleepers. For further
iinformation regarding rates, routes
:and train service see nearest ticket
:agent or write F. A. Miller, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago.
—The Japanese China at Dr. Noid's
•drug store, is very handsome.
—Fred II.Barrow wants you to know
tliat he repairs pumps and does all
kinds of pipe work. Shop opposite
Farmers Lumber Co. 47-tf.
—The "Star Crown" is the Canton
ravorite. The best 5 cent cigar on
the market. Try one and you'll en
joy it.
Sure Cure
for Lump Jaw
E. J. Berigan:—
I have used your Lump Jaw Cure
.on forehead and it was all right.
Canton, S. D., Sept. 11, 1905.
Wm. Bell.
'For Sale by Dr. A. G. Moid.
VBatftblished in 1870
V.'t.fv'4-.
Hardware and Implement Co.
Ajrents l'( i'
Mandt and Old Hickory
Wagons
Considered by all dealers to be the best. Full line
of Sterling Goods. Gale Sure Drop Planters.
Moline and Rook Island Plows.
Rock Island Flexible Harrows,
the best harrow made.
VanBrunt, Moline and Henney Buggies, Majestic
Ranges, and a full line of Hardware.
If you want a fine job of Tin Work done call and
see us.
Yours truly,
Sioux Valley Hardware & Imp. Co.
M. UENNETT,
Vloe PreH.
P. A.OVRRSETII,
President.
r.. T. WlHSTAI),
J. LKVVIS,
Vice PresiilBiit.
Farmers' State Bank
Of Cai)lo|.
F^sticl tjljd Ost pit,eil $25,000
Individual Responsibility of Stockholders $400,000.
Short Time Loans. Farm Loans.
Karinern and Merchants Business Respectfully Solicited. Careful and Personal
Attention Given to Every Detail.
Low Rates West and Northwest.
Daily February 15 to April 1 7.
Chicago, Milwaukee Ar St.
Paul Hallway.
C. K.
MoOI.TON,
Secy.
Trent).
C. CASSTM,
Cashier.
A IMstinct Departure.
"Winter's Summer Garden" is the
title of a beautiful illustrated book
let on California, just issued by the
Milwaukee & St. Paul road. The
book is a distinct departure in rail
road literature and the typographical
work sets a pace for competitors.—
Chicago Examiner.
Sent to any address for six cents'
postage. F. A. Millet, General Pas
senger Agent, C. "M. & St. P. Ry.,
Chicago.
U. S, Marshal Bullock.
The editor had the pleasure of
meeting our old friend Capt. Seth
Bullock of Deadwood on his way
home from Sioux FallsFriday after hav
ing assumed the duties of the office of
United States Marshal for the state.
Capt. Bullock was feeling youthful
and full of contentment. He said
he should try to make his adminis
tration satisfactory to the department
of justice and the people of the state,
and those who know this gallant
officer are satisfied that he will make
the best United States Marshal since
the organization of the Territory of
Dakota.
—George Byers will sell 50 head of
young heavy farm chunks at Canton
livery barn near the last of February.
Come and see them before hying.
31-2.
—If you want the cigar of cigars,
smoke the "Star Crown," a 5 cent
cigar equal to any ten cent cigar
sold.
The First National Bank
OF CANTON, S.
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Beautiful valentines at Noid's.
Chartered in 1882
Savings Department
In Connection-
4 Per Cent Interest Paid and Computed
Seni-Annually.
Transact a General Banking Business and
In vile yon to call and see us.
Safety deposit Boies to Rent.
BOARD OP DIRECTORS:
THOS"^THORSON, President. J- V. CONKLIN, Vice President.
.• a. GIFFORD, E. S. O'NKIL. J. FERGUSON
H. ANDC$SON, Cashier. CHAS A.QOBTZ, Ase'TCashier.
SrriOlrC.€d
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A Recollection ol Lincoln.
Itev. A. S. Loveall of the M. E.
church of this city will deliver a
memorial address on Abraham Lin
coln Sunday morning, February 11.
and the announcement recalls Mr.
Lincoln as we saw him last.
It is now over 40 years since the
assassin's bullet closed the career of
one of the greatest men in the history
of the world.
The writer first saw Abraham Lin
coln in New York City in I8(i0. short
ly alter his nomination at Chicago.
lie came to New York City to de
liver an address, and in company with
William II. Seward, was driven down
Broadway to the old Astor House.
That great business street was crowd
ed from Union Square to the City
Ilall park to catch a glimpse of the
"great rail splitter" of the west. The
writer was close to the carriage when
lie and Mr. Seward alighted, and none
who ever saw that smile of his can
ever forget it.
About one year later we saw him
again. This time he was on horse
back and we in the army.
He came down to Fortress Monroe
in the fall of 1861 to inspect the gar
rison and troops at Camp Hamilton.
General John E. Wool, a veteran of
the Mexican war, was in command of
the department. He was proud of
the troops under his command and
ordered all to assemble at Camp
Hamilton for inspection and to show
the splendid efficiency of the men in
the manuel of arms and in field move
ments and a sham battle was arrang
ed. Our brigade was under the com
mand of Gen. ulax Webber and my
regiment was commanded by John E.
Bendix, both veteran German revolu
tionists of 1848. Col. Bendix was a
splendid soldier and a strict disciplin
arian ahd knew what his boys could
do in a double quick movement. My
regiment, the 10th N. Y. Zouaves,
was drilled under Hardee's tactics and
our movements were rapid, and every
one in the regiment was determined
to sustain our reputation as the best
drilled regiment in the army. The
various regiments were assigned sepa
rate work and ours was to charge a
4 Faithful LEADER In the Oaute of Eoonomy and Reform, the Defender of Truth and Juetloe, the Foe of fraud and Corruption.
CANTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 0. 190(5.
A
supposed rebel breastwork. Just be
fore the advance was ordered, our
Colonel rode along the line and cau
tioned officers and men to be ready to
move on the instant the bugle sound
ed. The order to advance was given
by Gen. Webber, and away we went
at a double quick right shoulder shift
and struck the enemy's line far in ad
vance of the balance of the line, then
we passed in defile and then came the
order right of column bv rear into
line, beautifully executed in double
quick and back to the starting point
and about face, and the movement
was over. We were in line, dressed,
standing at ease before any of the
other regiments were more than half
way back to the original line. Our
Colonel was mighty proud of ns and
so was General Wot)], who always
spoke of us as "My New York boys."
When the original formation had
been made, General Wool and Presi
dent Lincoln rode down along our
front and to each company he spoke
words of congratulation, and in front
of my company, which was on the
left of the brigade, he and General
Wool stopped their horses and the
President said: "Boys if you keep up
that speed it won't take you long to
get to Richmond," and every one of
the boys felt as if they could capture
Richmond alone, after good old Abe
had smiled upon us.
It was the last time I ever saw him
within a few feet although I took
breakfast with his son, Robert, and
Colonel Porter of Gen. Grant's staff,
in Baltimore the morning of the day
the great President was assassinated.
I was on my way to Brooklyn to at
tend a wedding and they were boUnd
for Washington on pleasure. Lee had
surrendered.
I can see that great tall man on
horseback today as distinctly as I did
If
almost 45 years ago, when he rode
down our line alongside of Gen. Wool,
who was but a trifle over 5 feet. The
contrast was very great. The Presi
dent rode a small horse very poorly
while Gen. Wool- irode a large horse
with the elegance of a Custer. The
President wore a tall silk bat and the
Genera)^ flat crowned cap of the
Mexican war style.
That little speech of the great
Emancipator to our company at Camp
Hamilton in 1861 is one of the pleas
antest memories of the great war,
and another is that we voted for him
in 18(14 while still in the army and
under 18 years of age. All soldiers
were entitled to vote who carried a
gun.
The patriotism of our people will
never lack inspiration while the mem
ory of Lincoln remains, and the life
of Lincoln is a blessed heritage to a
people who love freedom, and the
whole world is better for having had
Abraham Lincoln.
From An Old Friend.
The writer was pleasantly surprised
the other day when he opened a neat
leaflet and found at the head "Charles
II. Mclntyre, President Gold Mining
and Milling Co., Georgetown, Colora
do." What recollections the name
recalled?
It carried us back to December I860
when we first met him in Yankton,
on our arrival there to purchase the
"Union and Dakotan, practically the
only paper in the territory, then own
ed by him and the late James S.
Foster. We made our home with
Mr. and Mrs. Mclntyre for over a year
and a truer, kinder and nobler heart
ed lady never lived than Mrs. Mc
lntyre, who died in Denver several
years ago.
In glancing back over the years we
can see the Territory and it's seven
organized counties with less than
14000 people.
We can see the first settlement In
Turner county at Childstown and
later the Thlelman and Aurner homes
at Swan Lake.
We can seethe Bohemians in Yank
to county when they began to make
homes on the virgin prairie.
We can see old General Campbell
go up and beyond the Ziskov Bohem
ians and plant himself where Scot
land is today.
We can see Geo. W. Snow, John L.
Turner, Harry Bonesteel and James
Stevens lay out the townsite of
Springfield.
We can see A. J. Parshall, now at
Mitchell, go into the wilderness above
Gen. Campbell to seek a home for an
army and navy colony and can remem
ber all the bad places on the old stage
roads lietween Yankton and Sioux
City, Sioux Falls and Fort Randall.
We can well remember the day we
sent Capt. Jacob Braucli down to
Omaha after the first train load of
Russian Menonites which had been
stolen by the Union Pacific people
and in that train load of immigrants
none had less than $10,000 and a few
brought with them nearly $100,000 in
gold, and among those sturdy settlers
were the Unruhs the Schnidts, the
Schambers the Maxs, the Benders,
the Wenzlaffs and many others who
have since gained prominence in our
state.
We can remember with delight the
glorious political battles and contests
with the infamous carpet baggers of
that period. We can see the early
settlers around Wall Lake and rem
ember Harry Corson's little hotel at
Sioux Falls.
We remember pleasantly the stub
born fight we had to secure the first
bit of railroad in the Territory from
Sioux City to Yankton.
We can see a cold blooded murder
er hung across the river from Yank*
ton after the first rope put around his
neck had broken when lie jumped for
eternity.
We can remember John Langness
as the fartherest settler north iu
actured. El C.
eador.
From the Rodflnld Press
Minnehaha county at St. Olaf, and
we can see the settlers brave the
Indian dangers by gradually moving
up the Missouri until they got north
of the Yankton reservation.
We have a vivid recollection of the
famous Canton convention of 1872,
and Bill Aurner's white mule.
We can see a glorious flght between
the Poncas and Sioux Indians just
above where Niobrara is now and the
scalp dance that followed after the
utter route of the Sioux. It was a
wild night and Agent Hugo wanted
us to cross to the east side of the river
to save our hair but we didn't have
much hair to lose and concluded to
see it out with all its hideous orgies.
If you can imagine a thousand de
mons let loose on the parade ground
of the Pluto^s realm you might come
near realizing that wonderfully fasci
nating picture of hellish rejoicing
over death. It continued all night
and we had a front place among the
surging, dancing yelling deVlls. Old
Gray Face of the Yankton Sioux
crossed the river and helped the
Poncas win their glorious battle
against the Spotted Tail braves but
scorned to carry home with him one
of thirteen scalps taken in the flght.
Then we saw the iron hone crawl
into Bismarck and Custer with his
gallant troopers across the river at
Fort Lincoln.
Then we saw'the country between
Yankton and Bismarck fill up rapidly
with thousands of industrious farmers
and the wilderness became $ home
for civilization.
We saw James Bordeau's first sack
of gold nuggets taken out of the
Black Hills in 1872 and through sucli
information the great stampede began
that the world knows what followed.
We have seen all these things and
took part in many of the stirring
events noted before Mr. Mclntyre and
family left the territory for Oolorado.
What a retrospect indeed? What a
glorious picture is opened before us
as we sit in contemplation of the
wonderful things that have taken
place since that December evening in
1869. Every town in the state lias
been built since that time with the
exception of Sioux Falls, Canton, Elk
Point, Vermillion and Yankton, and
Bon Homme, then a village, has dis
appeared from the map.
No better men ever followed the
cum/tee
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LEADER.
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Circulation. 17.50 Per Fear
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11.50 PER ANNUM.
pioneers path than James S. Foster
and Charles H. Mclntyre. They were
Wedding Cakes a Specialty
We mjike everything in our line.
The finest line of
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honest, sincere christians, who enjoy- JvSf
ed the confidence of all who knew
them, and the writer is happy in the
privilege at this distant day In saying
that those who khew them best loved
them best.
Canton Needs a Hospital.
A hospital wherein difficult opera
tions can be perfomed is very
much needed in Canton. The
Holmgren hospital building could A
be prepared for such work at a
reasonable expense, and Canton cer
tainly contains eminent surgeons,
capable of performing any oper
ation that can be secured at
Sioux City or Sioux-Falls. Why not
have a Canton hospital and thus save
patients the railroad trip and ex
pense? The building we have and we
have the talent and why not a hospi
tal for work?
Notice to Settle IJp.
The Mutual Lumber Company WIKTI
to call the attention of those who
know themselves indebted to the
company to call at their office and
settle up the past year's account^.jit
the earliest date possible.
—Celebrated Gold Foil flour—none
better. Feed and ground oyster shell
for chickens. East side of court
house. BRUOB OLIVER.
—Try our Norwegian currant cake.
The Gate City Bakery.
Cahmwt
The
Now Bakery
5th Street, Canton.
Everything the Finest
in Bakery Goods, and
Always Fresh.
to be found in the city.
R. R. PALMER, Prop.
Telephone 215.
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are, .yours for Shoes for 1906,
THE CASH SHOE STORE.
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