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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-03-07
Bethel Town Meeting.

Town meeting was called to order at 1875
q. m. by W. b. {. Stickney, moderator,
and the following officers were elected
w. b. Z. Stickney, moderator; Guy Will
son, clerk; w. II. Edmunds, Elmer Spald-
ing, George +. bearing, selectmen; j. T..
Sargent, treasurer; Robert Noble, overseer
OF the poor; Il. Il. Cushman. constable;
Heath, listers. Mr.. Heath asked to be ex-
cused as lister, and 1t was voted to excuse
HIM, and Levi Kidder was elected lister in
his place. X. j. Flint, William q. Brooks
and James A. Graham were elected audi
tors. At the request Of Mr.. Brooks it was
voted to excuse him, and Guy Wilson was
elected in his place. j. G. Sargent was
elected trustee of public money, &. d.
Cushing and John j. Wilson, grand
jurors. 1t was voted to have two
road commissioners, by vote Of 20 to 2S,
and the following ballots ensued -
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r. II. S. 20; Norwich Independent. rs

An interesting game OF basket ball was
played Friday night in Grange hall be-
tween X. II. 3. and team from Norwich
university, called the Norwich lndepen-
dents. IL was the same team which came
down here a few weeks ago. They out
weighed our men. The game, which was
very rough, was not so interesting as i
might have been II the light in the hail
had been better. Part OF the time one at
one end OF the hall could not discern the
basket at the opposite end. The score at
the end Of the first half was X. II. S. II;
independents IA. The score at the end OF
the second nalf was, K. ii. s. 20, lndepen-
dents 3d. The line up was
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II. II. s.

The summary was :-Baskets from floor,
Jones 2, Vail 2, McMurphy, VIM. Connolly
2, Light, McCarty, Maynard, Chase
Brown 5; baskets from fouls, Vail D.
Brown. Time, two 20 minute periods
referee, Moves; umpire, Dumas; time
keeper, Chase,
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GRANVILLE.

The Bethel studio will be opened every
week day in the future.
F. b. SMELLING, Photographer.
WANTED Three carloads maple syrup
and two carloads maple sugar. Packages
furnished free Of charge and highest mar
ket prices paid. BE sure to get my prices
before selling your product.
4w ii. II. CUsHMAN, Rochester, VT.
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He died on Friday, March LIST, at the
ripe age Of 80 years and two months, at
Stock bridge, leaving one daughter, the
wife OF Chancellor MacCracken OF New
York university, and he was buried at
Stock bridge on Sunday, March Sd.
The funeral service was held in the
Stock bridge church, which was well filed
with citizens Of the three towns of Stock
bridge, Pittsfeld and Rochester. An Off
cial delegation OF five gentlemen attended
from the Cong'l church OF Rochester. Rev.
Mr.. Day and his choir Of singers from
Pittstield took part The address was by
Chancellor Henry MacCracken OF New
York university, the soD-in -law of
Mr.. Hubbard. Mrs. MacCracken is the
only surviving child. Three children of a
deceased son reside in Texas.
The address gave the plan and philoso-
ply OF Mr.. Hubbard's life in the White
river valley for 20 years from 1887 till his
death, excepting two years spent in ILL
mons. The speaker had found a journal of
his life kept by Mr.. Hubbard from 1885 to
1908, when he ceased to write, being %
years old. Yet he retained his faculties
till the afternoon when he was stricken.
His career as preacher in at least eight
towns in this valley, Stock bridge, GAYS
Vile, Pittsfield, Rochester, Bethel, Chelsea.
Tunbridge and Royalton; his work as a
legislator in both the House and the Sen,
ate and as state censor; his activity in
affairs OF the farm, the orchard and the
garden; his devotion to the study of
nature, were all illustrated by the speaker
from passages in his journal. He said that
the deceased resembled his grandfather.
Rev. John Hubbard, who was a noted pas :
tor in Northfield, Mass, for half cen
fury, including the time of the Reyolu-
sionary war. Mr.. Hubbard was said to be
the Oldest citizen Of the valley, having
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can furnish bonds for town officers al
following rates per slO0;-Town clerk,
town treasurer, 50; constable, collector OF
taxes, So; road commissioner, school di-
rector, overseer OF poor, -.
GUY WILSON, Agent for American Fidel-
ity Go. OF Montpelier. Nv ne
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-27
NIGHTLY CAT FEEDING
NO CRIME, SAYS COURT

New York, June 24.-Frightened by
weird rustlings and ghostly squeaks in
the middle of the night, Mrs. Annie
Derchiel plucked UP sufficient courage
to scream loud enough to bring Police
man Glinsman to her aid.
Armed with his trusty night stick, he
reccnnoitered in the back yard of the
house.
Seated on the ground, apparently in
high glee was an aged woman. At her
knees were a package Of liver, and a
pail OF milk, and all around her were
cats-cats of all shapes and conditions.
Glinsman dispersed the feline congre-
CATION and arrested their patron.
Arraigned before Magistrate Finn
she said she was Mrs. Anne Obermeyer,
65 years old. of No. 27S East Seventy
eighth street. ..
"Your Honor" she explained, II have
spent my life feeding and helping
homeless cats. have many friends
among the cats and I go every night
to see and feed them" >
Magistrate Finn pondered. Then he
seid You are doing a good work.
You are good woman. Discharged" )"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-27
CITIZENS MAKE TOWN
PRESENT OF SEWERAGE
SYSTEM, COMPLETED

Lake Preston, S. D., June 24.-By
building system for taking care OF the
sewage Of this town, and then pres
sentIng it to the municipality, a new
anc distinctly novel form OF philan-
throphy has appeared. The idea is
that the health of the community is
more important than its education in
Carnegie libraries and endowed col-
leges.
The town was unable to undertake
the project itself because the bonds for
municipal lighting plant and water
works have brought the town to its
limit OF Indebtedness. A number OF
public spirited citizens realized that
something must be done. Private drains
would be expensive and unsatisfactory,
so a number of them formed a stock
company, had the sewer laid In eight
of the principal streets, having an out
let In the nearby lake. When the work
was done, the town was made pres
ent of the system.
This will, of course, obligate the city
to pay for improvements and extern
sioIs, but the generosity of the citizens
has given the municipality a system OF
sew erage which 1t Otherwise would
have to get along without for several
years yet. .... ... .....a.... . q
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GRAND LODGE OF
Il OF p Is In SESSION

Aberdeen, s. D., June 21.-The
eighteenth annual meeting of the grand
lodge, Knights of Pythias, of South Da-
kota, began here last evening and will
end Thursday night with a grand bail
and banquet at the commercial club.
Over 200 delegates are taking part in
the convention, which opened with the
comforting of the third rank by Aber-
deem lodge, No. 55, degree team, the
grand lodge officers occupying the
chairs. "
This morning the grand lodge held
its first session. Tonight the knights
of Khorassan will hold a ceremonial
session and about fifty novitiates, who
have been kept in a dark, cool place
for the event, will be sacrificed.
Among the delegates are Grand
Chancellor J. II. j. Black, of Sioux
Falls, and the grand keeper of records
and seal, w. A. Roberts, of Huron
Roberts Is mentioned as possible sue
cessor to Black. Among the other can
didates for the Office of grand chan
cellor are G. G. Bras, of Mitchell, and
George c.. Warren, of Lead.
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NEW TEST OF TEMPER
FOR REDS, MILKING cows

Pierre, s. D., June 22.-Superintend-
ent Levengood of the Indian school in
this city has returned from a trip to
Cheyenne River Indian agency, where
he went to assist in starting an inno-
walton among the Indians.
Tho government will determine what
kind OF dairymen the Indians will
make, and will distribute dairy cows
among them for that purpose. The cat
tie were inspected and delivered this
week. Superintendent Levengood being
one of the inspectors.
Whether the Indian can be shown
that cows are grown for any other pur-
pose than that of raising beef remains
to be seen. Several have been extend
Ing their farming operations of late
years, and to those who show the right
spirit the government will extend fur
ther assistance by distributing farm
Implements. .a.r
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CHILD SAVING WORK
IN SOUTH DAKOTA

ST. Paul, Minn., June 21.-George
Harrison Durapd, professor OF English
in Yankton college addressed the Ma
tional Conference of Charities and Cor
rections here on the campaign of child
saving carried on by the National
Children's Home society. He said:
1T is by the individual state societies
that the child-saying work is directly
of benevolent men and women of the
state, prominent In social and public
life, who give of their money and their
time to it's support. The immediate
working head of each society is the
state superintendent.
THE societies for the most part are
not endowned and do Tot receive aid
from public treasures but derive their
support from voluntary contributions.
These contributions are from churches,
public schools, Sunday schools, fra
ternal lodges and societies Of various
kinds, and also from individuals of
every occupation and degree. Large
gifts are rare; small gifts are multi
tudinous. From two to three dollars is
perhaps the average size of gifts to
the society. rhe number of persons
who actually contributed one dollar or
more last year to the Wisconsin society
was over 4,300; to the Illinois society
was IL 900. An estimate on this point,
based upon such records as are avail
able, places the number of persons con-
tributing at present to the federated
societies of the National Children's
Home society at not less than 120,
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CAPTAIN FOX TO COMMAND "
.CHuISER SOUTH DAKOTA

Washington, June 24-Captain Char.
les T. Cox has been selected as first
commander of the cruiser South Dako.
ta, which is now being fitted out at
San Francisco and will soon be put in
commission.
Captain Fox was born at Chelsea,
Mass, in 1851, and was appointed to
Annapolis in 1868, graduating in 1873
Most OF his sea service has been on the
Pacific and Asiatic stations, and shore
duty IN Washington and at eastern
yards.
/ The South Dakota will be kept on
the Pacific coast for some months in
order that she may be given "shaks
ing down" cruise. The silver service
provided by the state is now at the
Brooklyn navy yard and will be ship.
of presentation is decided upon.
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NEWEST DEPARTMENT
IN THE STATE WINS IN
FIREMEN'S TOURNEY

watertown, S. D., June 24.--One of
the features OF the state firemen's
tournament here was the winning Of
the green hose race for a purse Of $50,
divided 60 and 40 per cent. 1t was won
by the Conde department, the youngest
fire organization in the state. Conde
is the town where the Minneapolis and
st. Louis road forms junction in it's
northwestern extension from Water
town, one branch proceeding to Aber-
decn. the other west to the Missouri.
river. The time was 81 seconds, Can
ton getting second money in ~ 2-5 Sec
onds.
Yesterdays results were:
Single coupling-Won by Reimer,
Clear Lake, :04 1-5; Wagner, of Parker,
second.
Champion hook and ladder race
Clear Lake won, :32 1-5; Barker second.
Firemen's foot race-Won by Fritz,
Clear Lake; McCleary, same depart
ment. second; RAIDER, Of Parker, third.
Champion hose race-Won by Clear
Lake. Parker second.
Parker, represented by fine bunch
Of boys, scored honors in the green
hook and ladder contest I'm 35 seconds,
Huron getting second place with 40
seconds to Its credit. First money was
$50, second $40. ......
An exciting event was the doupie
entries as follows: Stringer and Frank
lin, OF Parker, Reimer and Warne,
Clear Lake; Palmer and Stanley, Cam
ton; Wagner and Shane, Mount Ver-
non, Paulson and Wright, Vermillion;
Peters and Danforth. Parker; Began
and Whittier, Conue. The first named
CAPTURED first prize and money ($20),
and the Clear Lake team second, ($15).
In ladder climbing Gus Reimer, Of
Clear Lake, was In class by himself,
easily defeating all Corners in five sec
onls fiat. Charles Paulson, of Vermil-
lion took second money $50, first prize
being SIS. r. ..
The band contest, for which a purse
OF $175 was hung up. had to be apan-
dcned, as there was no outside musical
organization present, the Watertown
bands having been barred.
Groton and Webster have played
three games during the tournament,
Groton winning two of them.
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A girl IL years old has accomplished
the extraordinary feat of ascending q
church spire 260 feet high, in the teeth
OF a gale Of wind. A steeple- jack had
undertaken to ascend the spire Of All
Saints, Hereford. the highest In the
west Of England, when Miss Elsie
Helms, daughter OF one OF the church
wardens, volunteered to accompany
him. The ascent was made by means
OF steeple-ja jacks cradle. In spite Of
the force OF the wind and Of the sway
ing OF the cradle, the GIRL says the
steeple- Jack, was remarkably cool all
through the perilous ascent and de-
scent The ascent was made on mar
ket day, ana great crowd watched In
thrilling suspense every movement Of
the swaying cradle. Traffic was entire
ly blocked by the crowd until the girl
had gained the summit and descended
safe and unharmCd. .a ."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-27
MYSTIC CIRCLE FOLKS
WOULD LIKE A SOLUTlC

Yankton, s. D., June 25.--Once Al
cient Order of Pyramids, then Ame1
can Guild, now "Fraternal Mysd
Circle" has been the experience
some Yankton people who some yea
ago Joined an order of the first nam
This fraternal society was deliberate
sold out of its officers and the membeI
were made over into Guild" peopI
That order had head quarters in Rid
'mond, Va, while the first had its 81
preme council at Topeka, first, thl
Kansas City. The Investigations Of 4
surance departments finally drove Il
order out Of business in Kansas, MI
souri,, then Virginia, and now Phil
delphia is headquarters. The lod
council thinks 1t is time some Of 4
''fraternals' got the attention the q
line companies have been getting.
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HERES YOUR HAT ]
IS HUROA'S WORD TO
OUTSIDE CONCERNS
counciIto Refuse Aberdeen Tel
ephone Co. Franchise Renewal
---tiome Interests Favored. |

Huron, s. D., June 25.-Passing
resolution declaring 1t to be the polio
tof the city of Huron not to grant
franchise Of any character to any pub
Ilic service corporation not owned q
controlled by citizens OF Huron, N
city council has taken a decided ste
i'm the telephone matter and resolve
to terminate the franchise held by III
Dakota Central Telephone company q
Aberdeen when it expires by limitatio
next April. (
The Aberdeen concern, which has
,monopolistic business throughout IN
greater part OF the state, has had
free franchise in this city the past te
years, and during that time, while civ
ing mediocre service, has taken on IN
average OF $1,000 out Of the city aboV
actual operating expenses. A move 4
now on foot for municipal telephon
plant or one owned by local busines
men.
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FLANoREAU PEOPLE FETE
KAUFMANN'S PROSECUTOR

Sioux Falls, s. D., June 26.-George
K. Egan, Of Logan, la, the energetic
and eloquent attorney who so success
fully prosecuted the case against Mrs.
Emma Kaufman, was here en- route
nome. ....,.
Mr.. Egan has been invited to I'LL a
date in the lecture c9Grse at Flan-
dreau next fall, on the subject THE
Educated Man." and efforts will also
be made to induce Mr.. Egan to deliver
The address in the lecture course In
Sioux Falls next fall. Prior to his
departure from Flandreau, the people
Of that place showed their appreciation
Of the manner in which Mr. Egan had
conducted the case against Mrs. Kauf-
mann. r
Hundreds of people called at the
st. Vincent hotel, where Mr.. and Mrs.
Egan had apartments, to personally
congratulate Mr.. Egan upon the man
ner in which he had conducted the
case. A delegation of brother Irish
men visited Mr.. Egan and presented
him with q fine blackthorn cane, which
came from County Wexford, Ireland,
the ancestral home of the Egans.
Ira Blewitt, states attorney of
Moody county, gave a dinner party to
Mr.. and Mrs. Egan, at which the most
prominent residents of Flandreau and
Moody county were present. Among
the gifts made them was a handsome
and costly cut glass vase. The card
accompanying the beautiful gift had
upon 1t the names OF a dozen or more
of tho most prominent women OF Fian-
Ireau. ...
Before leaving Flandreau, and after
the jury In the case returned a ver-
dict of manslaughter in the first de-
gree against Mrs. Kaufman, the resi-
dents Of Flapdreau showered invitation
after invitation upon Mr.. and Mrs.
ERaIl.
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800 PER CAPITA IN
! SOUTH DAKOTA BANI

Pierre, s. D., June 25.-The rep1
OF the condition Of the national ban
of South Dakota for May 20 show q
on that date there was deposited
THAT class OF banks $19,947, ,S835S, viii
was a gain ofAS390, $50 over the depos
In the call Of March. ~
The report of the condition of
state banks for a call about a mo1
earlier, shows that the deposits in q
class OF banks far exceeded the natid
val banks, with $31,267, 1888, MAXI
a total In South Dakota banks at
beginning OF the summer OF $5l,2ll
'998.S1, or 800 per capita on popu|
,tion Of over half a million.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-27

Sixteenth century law students were
hard workers, as is shown by the fol-
lowing, taken from the Memoirs OF
Henri de Mesmes," descriptive Of a
days work Of a law student at Tou-
aouse: I'VE used to rise from bed at
6 o'clock to our studies, our big books
under our arms, our ink horns and can
dies in our hands We heard all the
lectures without intermission till 10
o'clock rang. Then we diped after
having hastily compared during half
hour our notes OF the lectures. After
dinner we read as q recreation
iSophocles or Aristophanes, or Eurip-
tdes and sometimes Demosthenes,
Cicero, Virgil or Horace. At / o'clock
to our studies, at o'clock back to our
dwelling places there to go oves
and verify passages cited in the lee
lures until 6, then supper, and after
supper we read Greek or Latin. On
holy days we went to high mass and
vespers; the rest of the days a little
music and walks" ..- -.. .
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-27
VETERANS TO ENcAMP
AT VALLEY SPRINGS, S.

Valley Springs, s. D., June 25.-T
Lake Madison Veterans associate
will hold it's annual encampment he
June 25-2S. The citizens are maxim
great preparations for the entertain
ment. A number of the best speakel
from this state and abroad have bee
secured. Colonel Melvin Grisby, wi
had experiences at both Andersonvil
and Libby prisons, and who is know
among veterans as THE Smoke
Yank," is on the bill for an address,
is also Captain c, III. Winson, Of SiOl
Falls, one Of the best public speakeI
in South Dakota. Rev. Jay j. Hull,
Bangor, Mo-, who for a number
years was pastor of a flock at Valls
Springs, has also been induced
make the long journey from Maine
South Dakota for the express purpOS
of talking to the members of this assd
citation.
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WOMAN WINS SPIRITED
SCHOOL ELECTION CONTEST

Alcester, S. D., June 24.-At the reg,
ualr school election here, Mrs. Anna
Hyden was elected to the board to
succeed A. p. Hoard, retiring member.
The contest was a spirited one, there
being four times as many votes polled
at the election as is usually the case
The vote was as follows:
Mrs Anna Hyden, 40; A. o. Ofstad,
26; A. p. Hoard, 20 More than thirty
women exercised their right of suf-
frage, a thing never seen here before
to that extent. None of the faculty
for 1907-S has been chosen, and this
work will devolve upon the new board
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The American Israelite, in the cur
rent issue, says: According to the
report published In the daily papers,
reads: Place Of birth, Boston; nation
ality, Hebrew II this is as reported
II is high time that the custom which
sanctions this offense should be abro-
gated. Every native of the United
States is an American, whatever his
religion or descent may be. 1t ought
not to be difficult to bring about the
change, as there can be no intention on
the part OF the state Of New York to
deprive US Of the right to be counted
as Americans, which is our birthright."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-27
BANKER KING is
EN- ROUTE TO PRISON

Sioux Falls, 8. d.. June 22.--Deputy
United States Marshal jerry Carleton
arrived here this afternoon, having in
custody Charles c.. King. under sem
tence Of hve years for, embezzlement
and other fraud. committed while he
was president of the First National
bank Of Scotland, s. D.. now defunct
After few days stop here, King will
be taken to Leavenworth to begin his
sentence. He pleaded guilty at Pierre
when arraigned on an indictment
charging ninety-five different offenses.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-27
DOGS CHASE WOLVES
.t... FROM MIDST OF SHEEP

Miller, S. D., June A.-John Parkin-
ron and wife were preparing to drive
fifteen miles to Miller TO the funeral of
their little grandson when they saw
wolves enter their sheep pasture. To
proceed to the funeral meant the pcs
sibie destruction OF a large number OF
the sheep, and 10 protect the sheep
meant that they would be late to the
funeral, The matter was compromised
by turning the dogs loose upon the
wolves and running them down for two
miles, letting them 20 with this scare
and then going to the funeral
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-27
MAYOR PILLSDURY
OF SIOUX FALLS
ACCUSES AN EDITOR
Another Libel Suit, This Time
Because of lnsinuations of
City Graft.

Sioux Falls, S. D., June 2.--Mark d.
Scott, editor Of the Journal, q weekly
paper printed in this city, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon on COM
plaint OF Mayor Frank w. Pillsbury,
charging criminal libel. Mr.. Scott ap-
peared by attorney In justice court,
waived examination and was bound
over to the next term OF circuit court
In the sum Of $500, which he readily
furnished.
The action is based on an article in
the last issue of the Journal, In which
1t was claimed that Mayor Pillsbury,
his chief OF police, Frank l.. Wade, and
Jones & Emmke, proprietors Of the
Cataract, were seen coming out OF a
room on the second floor of the Cat
aract between midnight and 1 o'clock
on a certain night. where they had been
In conference with gamblers.
Graft ls Intimated.
The article further insinuated that
the mayor and chief Of police We're
conniving with certain gamblers and
saloon men who were permitted to
break the law. The Journal has, ever
since Mayor Pillsbury was installed
into office, made many insinuations at
graft and connivance with certain sa-
loon men and gamblers, but this Is the
tirst time that IL was felt that his
article was open enough to make a case
Of libel. 5
This will make four criminal libel
suits to be tried at the next term. Of
circuit court In which newspaper men
and women are defendants. The other
three were instituted by Joe Kirby, an
attorney Of this city, against ], A. Ross
and Mrs Maggie Ross, publishers Of
the 500 Critic, and against w. T. La
Toilette, editor and publisher OF the
Mitchell Gazette, for publication Of
stories concerning Kirby's relations to
the Kaufman murder case.