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Smyrna times., 1907-05-01
NV Best Friend.

Alexander Benton, who lives on
Rural Route 1, Fort Edward, n. Y,
says: "Dr. Kings New Discovery is
my best earthly friend. 1t cured me
of asthma six years ago. 1t has also
performed wonderful cure of incip-
lent consumption for my sons wife.
The first bottle ended the terrible
congh, and this accomplished, the other
symptoms left one by one, until she
was perfectly well. DIR. Kings New
Discoyery's power over coughs and
colds is simply marvellous" No other
remedy has ever equalled it. Fully
guaranteed by Benton N. Weldon
Druggist. SOC and S1.00. Trial bottl Z
free.
Smyrna times., 1907-05-01
Died of Their Injuries.

Cape May, N. j.. April 26.-Mrs. J.
Spicer Leaning, wife of City Solicitor
Leaning, and sister of Vice Chancellor
Leaning, died as the result of burns
received while trying to rescue her
father, former Senator Jonathan F.
Leaning, from his sick room, where q
fire had started. Her father was .seri.
ously burned and died on Thursday.
Smyrna times., 1907-05-01
Broke Leo Turning In ked.

Chambersburg. Pa, April 29.-Olive
Pine. an S-year-Old girl of Foltz, is
rapidly improving in the hospital here
The little girl fractured a bone in her
leg while turning in bed. The frac-
ture did not yield to treatment, and
in order to save her life the leg was
amputated.
Smyrna times., 1907-05-01
Wonderful Eczema Cure.

"Our little boy had eczema for five
wars" writes N. A. Adams, Henrietta,
Pa. 1.-TWO of our home doctors said
the case was hopeless, his lungs being
affected. :. WeA then employed other
doctors, but no benefit resulted. BY
chance we read about Electric Bitters
/. bought bottle and soon noticed i'm
provement We continued this medi-
cine until several bottles were used,
when our little boy was completely
cured. y Best of all blood medicines
and body building health tonics.
Guaranteed at Benton N. Weldon q
Drug store. soc.
Smyrna times., 1907-05-01
NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

We are pleased to announce that Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds
and lung troubles is not affected by
the National Pure Food and Drug law
as it contains no opiates or other harm
full drugs, and we recommend it as a
safe remedy for children and adults.
Benton N. Weldon, Smyrna and W. r.
Keys, Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1907-05-01
Bridue Falls Into River.

Richmond, Va, April pa Bedford
special says about 100 feet of the new
bridge across the Little Otter river at
Lowry, Va, gave way and fell into
the stream below, carrying with it
many hundred tons of earth and COM
pletely damming the stream. The loss
is variously estimated at from quar-
ter to half million dollars, besides
the delay in completing the road.
Smyrna times., 1907-05-01
Attack On Roosevelt Turned Down.

HtIdCK OH HOOsSVcII IuTTISu DOWII'
st. Louis, April 29.-The Central
Trades and Labor Union of st. Louis
refused to endorse a resolution by the
patternmakers' organization attacking
President Roosevelt for his terming as
undesirable citizens Meyer and Hay
wood, officers of the Western Fedora
tion of Miners, charged with completely
in the murder of former Governor
Stuenenberg, of Idaho.
Smyrna times., 1907-05-01
nore News from the New England State:

If any one has any doubt as to the
virtue of Foley's Kidney Cure, they
need only to refer to Mr.. Alvin H.
Simpson, of Willimantic, Conn,
who, after almost losing hope of recov-
cry, ON account of the failure of so
many remedies, finally tried Foley's
Kidney Cure. which he says was 'just
the thing" for him, as four bottles
cured him completely. He is now en-
tirely we'll and free from all the suffer
ing incident to acute kidney trouble.
Benton N. Weldon, Smyrna, and w.
r. Keys, Clayton.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-07-11

Nearly all old-faShioned Cough Sy-
rups are censtipating, especially those
that contain opiates. They don't act
just right Kennedy's Laxative
Cough syrup containes no opiaies. It
drives the cold cut Of the system y
gently moving the bowels, Contain,
Honey and Tar ahd tastes nearly as
good as maple syrup. Children like
1t. Sold at Tabor Drug store.
Here's something that is of in
terest to the economical buyers,
who are looking for bargains: We
have in our yard large complete
stock of window screens and
screen doors of all possible sizes:
we sell them at 8 cents per square
foot at our yard: the catalogue
houses are selling them at 9 cents
per square foot and you pay the
freight of course. When you buy
these of us, you have the advanta-
&c of buying cheaper and select
ing just what you want; when buy
ing of the catalogue house you
have the disadvantage of higher
price on the goods, waiting ID
days before you receive them and
even them you run chances that
you will not be satisfied which
means another delay ID days in
which time the flies and mosqui-
toes and other insects will take
possession of YOUR house. This is
the point you should consider,
HI, Queal & CO., AL Jezewski, ma
nager.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-07-11
COUNTY PROCEEDINGS
Tyndall June 29th 1907.

Board OF County Commissioners
met pursuant to adjournment. Pre-
sent, j. M. Dunmire, chairman, C. N.
McCollum, o. 3. Mcneil, Egbert
Hornstra, Phillip Hell, Vac. F. Krey-
elk County Auditor and Louis Koe-
mig Sheriff.
On motion the following liquor
bonds were allowed: Retail:- Caspsr
Steckler, John Y. Pritzkau, M. B.
Welfi, Hruska & Tpunec, Joseph Nu-
gent, VIM. O'Brien, JOS. M. Petrik,
Aug. ]. Rolnowsky, Frank Sisler, Ma
thias Reiuinger, Frank Black, Fl. L..
Tapplet, G. S. Sanford, Frank Zolnow
sky and Ed. Kostlan Wholesale: C&
J. Michel Brewg Co. Frank Sisler,
Jonn Gund Brwg Co. and Frank Zol-
nowSky. H." ..'.j
On motion board adjourned to o.
clock p. m.
Attest: Vac. z. Kreycik.
J. M. Dunmire, County Auditor.
Chairman.
Board met In afternoon Session.
Present full Board Of County Commits
sloners, County Auditor and Sheriff.
On motion the liquor bond Of Frank
Pekar was rejected, the same not be-
ing within the limits of an organized
township
On motion the bond of Wagner s.
Wagner OF Avon and the bond of Jos.
Black of Tabor was rejected accord
ing to Chapter TIA of the revised Ses-
sion Of 1907, limiting the number of
saloons In towns not exceeding one
Thousand inhabitants.
On motion following bills allowed: =
Robt. Cummins, care of Geo. Hartin-
ger, pauper, Sl.00
Mrs. Eaton, care of Seymour pau
per, 6 90
Peter Gemcr, Co. Grading Road
Dist. No. 6, 800
Ed. Youngman, County Grading
Road Dist. Nos 8 90
Emil Magstad / so
W. Gocken so
Christopher Helms, County AS
SCISSOR, slO0
f. d. Wicks, postage, 6 90
C. f. Smith, carpenter work, 600
Fl. D Platte, care Of Seymour from
May goth June 29th 1907, % 40
Jos. Krejci, repairs for County.
Jail, so
Jos. Black, County grading, 54 90
e, d. Palmer, building cement
side walk, 2l4 20
Ing 1852 90
j. G. Young, county Surveyor 54 SIS
II. d, Platte, extra expense with
Seymour, Dauper, 20 co
farm, Is 90
"A. M. Boese, Deputy Assessor, SO 90
III HI. Koehn 81 90
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-07-11
BON HOMME COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
'HGIAL COUNTY NEWSPAPER
J. "A. DVORAk, Editor and Proprietor.
DESCRIPTION sl.5O PER YEAR
IN ADVANCE
PuBLIsHEp EVERY THURspAY.
|tered at the postoffice in Tabor, S.
D., as second-class matter.

THE Glorious Fourth is over and
hny young patriot carries the
%rks received in the struggle for
kedom, inflicted by frecrakcrs
d cap pistols,
w. Peterka bought fine hor
of AL. Novak at $500.
Come to the grand ball of the
8bor orchestra saturday the 13.
Born, a son at the home of Mr..
d Mrs. Anton Pechan last Satur
Mrs. James Kulis and her mot
\ were Yankton visitors Thurs
M Petrik and family of Tyn-
! attended the wedding here
esday.
IN, S. Petfik returned from LAX c
Rdes Thursday where he had
In visiting.
Irs. Joseph Kappel Of Lester
e visited at the home of Mr..
II Mrs. Jos. ". Wagner.
lrs Frank Uherka who had
en treated by DIR. Blezek at his
Rne il now we'll and sound.
Lcuis Novak left for Omaha
esday for a visit with his wife
r. At present as a patient in a
AsPital.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs
Pa Peterka which died last
sk was buried in the Lakeport
netery.
ID Rysavy has accepted a po-
pa as second man in the Queal
this week. the position being
med by the resignation Of Fr.
Srta who is now in the butcher
finess.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-07-11
Weddings.

Tuesday morning at the Cathc-
Tic church of this place John Pet
rik and Miss Mary Hazuka, both
of Lake Andes and Frank Wal
loch and Otilla Vaith of near Les
terville were united in wedlock;
Rev. Bouska performing the oere-
monies. A wedding dance was
held at Matt Welfl's hall. The
young people are all known in
this vicinity from childhood and
have many sincere friends, all OF
whom wish them every success in
matrimonial life.
c. c. Terrence who had been
in the grain and stock business at
this place for the past six years
decided to go farming. Mr.. Tor
renee, tho young man, had been
very successful in business, being
born hustler, but taking every
thing into consideration, a farmers
life is one of independence and
contentment. He and his brother
George will conduct the farm 5
miles southwest Of town. What
intentions he has with the eleva-
tor, we do not know, as yet. Hen
ry Schneider will conduct the ele-
vator.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-07-11
WOOD CUTTING.

Those wishing to have their
logs and wood cut, will please
haul it to my farm at once. There
is a space reserved for any a.
mount of lumber. ] will do no
cutting until spring after ,ceasing
and therefore would like to cut it
all at one stretch. Everyone is re
sponsible for damage done to saw
by nails and staples in wood. c. F
Blachnik. ~
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-07-11

The Tabor team suffered a de-
feat Wednesday at the hands of
the Tyndall players at that place.
The score was 2 to II.
J.J. Wagner and family of Les
terville and F. A. Wagner and
wife of Utica visited with their
parents at this place Sunday.
Cap & Barta, the new butchers,
assumed charge of their meat
market last Saturday. Louis
Blachnik is still helping them.
They have the best and freshest
meats in the county, Give them
call.
When the baby is teething it is
cross and restless; it becomes feever
ish, and in many cases vomits O great
deal and oftentimes cannot even keep
cool water on the etomach. All the
delicate little organs OF the stomach
affected, bringing on collie and diorr-
hoea. Cascasweet for babies and chill
dren makes the stomach right and al
lays Inflammation and prevents irrlta
.tion. Cascasweet makes the baby
happy and we'll. Sold at Tabor Drug
store.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-07-11

Come to Tabor after your needs
Our merchants can give you in
ducements THAT will satisfy and
please you. Their price is as low
as the lowest and the goods they
handle are the very best.
Miss Rose Halla is working at
the Tabor Hotel.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-07-11
Notice Of Teachers Examination,

A teachers Examination for second
and third grade certificates will be
given at the school house in Tyndall
July 25th and 26, 1907. III.
Gerald K, Muller, Supt
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-07-11

BY an act of the last Legislature
the Clerk of Circuit court was
made Ex-officio Supt. of Vital Sta
tistics for his County as It was
thought that better results would
be obtained by so doing,
The year just closed jay 1st,
shows the following results in
Bon Homme County, South Dal o
ia.
Number of Births, 276
Deaths, IoI
/" Decl'n of Citiz'ship 81
4" Final cert's " s
marriages w- lis
divorces Z
OF the number of deaths report
ed. SO were over the age of 90
years and 28 were under the age
of / year. OF the number of per-
sons to whom citizenship papers
were granted there we're 22'born
in Bohemia, 2 in Germany, in
Austria, 8 in Russia, s in Holland,
in Moravia and I in Roumania.
Under the new law established
by the government for granting
final citizenship, application must
be flied with the clerk Of Circuit
Court 90 days prior to the conven
ing of the term Of said court.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-07-11

Louis Koenie, taking care Of in
sane, 73 90
l.. l.. Wagner, Dep. Sheriff, care
and board of Vac. Hajek & Ed.
Freeman insane, III 10
Homer Mann, Co. grading bet
ween sec 2&l1-95 81 and sec. "a
35 81. l53 25
Vlasak & Straka. nails to differ
ent Road Districts, IL o5
Christ Wittmeyer, County grad
ing road dist No. 10, 100
Christ Vilhauer &" 100
B. E. Wood, one day and mileage
getting assessors supplies, 4 20
DR.. ]. o. Duguid, member of
member of Board of health, 200
Avon Hardware Co., nails for
County, ..... 144
Jacob d. He'll, county grading, 800
j. M. Dunmire, Commissioners
salary, % IS
G. N McCollum, /" 40 80
Egbert Hornstra, 4" f." 29 70
Phillip He'll, j" /" 40 As
o. B. McNeill, [" 20 90
On motion Board adjourned sine
die,
Attest: Vac. r.. Kreycik.
J NJ Dunmire, Go. Auditor.
chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-07

who is quickest with his gun is regarded as
having proved incontestably his superior right
The best illustration of the working of this
species of frontier justice is supplied by the
of Tom Horn of Weld County which has
become classic Tom Horn was a real bad
man-one of the kind read about in magazine
short storles or seen depicted in thrilling
meodramas but rarely encountered in real
life. 1t is doubtful if Colorado ever produced
another specimen of such unauthorized cussed-
ness He became the champion of the Weld
County cattle interests, and for consideration
could be relied upon to put quletuS upon any
sheep herder or homesteader who became OBJ
noXlouS. He was kept busy. Most of his
operations were conducted across the Wyoming
line How many sheep herders he killed, how
many inotfensve settlers he either murdered
or bluffed into deserving their homesteads,
how many camps and cabins he burned, and
how many thousands of sheep he destroyed,
no one has the remotest idea Probably even
he lost count long before his active career came
to close. He was never known to engage in
stand-up fight where the man he had marked
for his victim had a chance for his life. He
made it a rule to steal up at night upon a
sleeping sheep herder, to fire from a safe
cover. He was hunted by the authorities for
years. but although everyone in Northern
Colorado knew where he was, one dared tell.
At last he caught red handed and brought
to trial. At least half dozen cold blooded
murders were proved against him. Of some
he boosted openly. Yet he was acquitted
on the ground of self defense, even though
some of his victims were asleep when he killed
them.
For this reason the civil authorities trouble
themselves little with the range wars. There
is only one way of stopping them. The open
range is under federal control and when
detachment of Uncle Sans troops start after
the begerents everyone knows that they
mean business, and that their manner of argu-
ment is more effective than polite. Whenever
the trOODS TeDOrted to he the march
hostties cease The trouble is that as soon
as the soldiers are known to be at a safe dis
tance again the guerrilla war is resumed with
undated luminosity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-07
An American Anomaly

ITO the ordinary law abiding citizen the
l. range wars seem anomalous and strangely
at variance with American civilization. They
can't understand how it happens that these
bloody, vindictive, and prolonged conflicts
waged between rival interests of unlimited
wealth and vast political influence over lands
to which neither has the shadow of claim.
The sheepmen assert, with some show of reason,
that they have as much right to make of
the vacant public lands as have the cattle
men. But the cattlemen allege that whereas
cattle will Craze upon the same lands year
after year without doing them any injury,
the sheep eat off the grass down to the
hard-baked soil, pull out the roots, and then
with their sharp hoofs trample anything that
may be left into atoms that never can sprout
up again.
PROFESSIONALLY sheep are close grazers; but
it is worthy of notice that in New Mexico and
Arizona there sheep ranges that have been
pastured continuously for more than three
hundred years. and that have more sheep on
them and better pasture than ever before in
the memory of men. 1t is apparent, therefore,
that sheep are far from being SO destructive as
the champions of the cattle interests would
have the public believe. The further assertion
that no genuine cowboy hesitates to make and
swear to,-that cattle will not Craze in COM
pany with sheep, nor even upon lands where
sheep have recently been pastured, must be
dismissed as gross and inexcuSable libel upon
the good sense Of the cows. Anyone who visits
the ranges of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, or any
other of the great stock raising common
wealths, may millions of sheep and cattle
browsing together in perfect amity and good
fellowship. 1t is evident, therefore, that the
wars of the range are purely of mans making;
and that there is no deep seated enmity or race
prejudice between the four footed representa-
tives of the two great branches of the Western
live stock industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-07
Homesteaders the Only Remedy

nNE of the arguments in favor of the leasing
~ system as applied to the vacant public lands
is that it would go long way toward the aboli-
ton of the range wars. If lands were leased to
individuals or corporations for definite periods
of time, and if the boundaries of the leases
were clearly defined, there would be little
danger of and no excuse for armed clashes
But to lease out the three hundred million or
more acres of the public lands still available
for grazing purposes, make accurate surveys
of every subdivision, fence the leaseholds, or
make other provision to prevent the sheep
belonging to one man from trespassing upon
the cattle range leased and paid for by another
would be task of more than Herculean pro-
portions. 1t seems probable that boundary
disputes and intentional or unintentional
treSpassing would tend to aggravate rather
than to check the natural and traditional
enmity between the Cattle Kings and the
Sheep Barons. Apparently the wars of the
range will continue to be a feature of Western
life until the range itself disappears forever
before the advance of the conquering army of
homesteaderS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-07
The Fiercest Range War

THE fercest of the range wars OF New Mexico
i took place in the territory now organized
into San Juan County, bordering on the Navajo
Indian reservation. In 1877 or 1873 the cow
boys conceived the project of driving out the
sheep herders entirely and appropriating the
public lands of that region to their own use.
The war went on 1ntermIttently tor two or
three years, the sheep men being gradually
driven back until it looked as if the cowboys
would prove successful Unfortunately for
them they made the mistake of killing con-
siderable number of sheep that belonged to the
Navajo Indians The latter were not slow
about telling their troubles to the Indian agent
at Fort Defiance, and threatened to 60 out on
the war path unless their wrongs were righted
So it happened that the exultant cowpunchers
found detachment of United States troops at
their heels.
Retreating from the Navajo reservation
(Which they had invaded unwittingly), they
were met by Colonel Max Frost NOW known
as the blind editor of Santa Fe'O, with
a strong force of the New Mexico National
Guard and commission from Governor Lionel
A. Sheldon to enforce peace. Seeing that the
Jig was up the cowboys surrendered and were
taken to Santa Fe prisoners, charged with
numberless crimes, while the Indians and the
rejoicing sheep herders divided the bountifu
supply of fresh beef left behind.
When the Santa Fe railroad was being built
across New Mexico some Kansas City stock
men invaded the territory with the idea that
it would not be difficult to drive the sheep men
from the Estancia Valley, which had been a
sheep range for three hundred years: They
established themselves along the foothills of the
Manzano Mountains, gradually pushing their
lines farther out upon the plain until the sheep
men were goaded into resistance. Several in
conclusive fights occurred, with the advantage
leaning to the side of the intruders so far
that the sheep owners proposed compromise
and a division of the valley. To this the
cattle interests refused assent. They believed
r hat hoy fair
sion of the whole region; and the range war
went on.
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WARS OF THE RANGE
Continued from page 4

tim of their sportive humor. Nothing but
his bones was left Whether he had been
killed and eaten by wolves or by mountain
lions is still disputed point; but it made
little difference to him. The cowboys did
not feel at all proud of the affair, and all
were pledged to secrecy; but it was inevitable
that some one should tell it. and it finally came
to the ears of the two brothers of the I'M
fortunate subject of the joke They deter
mined to get square; but it more than
year before they found their opportunity. 1t
came when they succeeded in capturing the
ringeader They carried him close to a den
of rattlesnakes tied him there in such manner
that he was helpless, and left him. When
his body was found it was unrecognizable,
and was identified only by his watch and
revolver.
Barbarities of this kind wearied and nause-
ated even the participants; and the cowboys
challenged the sheep herders to a duel with
knives an equal number of each to meet on
neutral ground. Of course the defiance was ac-
cepted. The fight took place on Green River,
at the Utah Colorado boundary line, six men
participating on each side. Three sheep herders
and four cowboys were buried on the spot;
and all the others died afterward from the eff
fects of their wounds, except one cowboy, who
is now a cattle owner near the seat OF war in the
Big Horn country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-07
Geronimo as a Peace Maker

NNE day fierce fight in progress, with
~ the prospects that as usual the cowboys
would hold the field when Providence inter
vened in the person of the bloody Geronimo and
his full force of nearly four score braves. The
Apaches were not friends of the sheepmen :;
but they had had surfeit of mutton and were
hungry for beef. So they shot such of the
and killed as many of the cattle as they wanted
stampeding the rest. That was the first and
last time the cattle interests invaded the Es-
tancia Valley, which remained one of the
greatest sheep ranges of the Southwest until
the ompetion of the Santa Fe Central railroad
a year or two ago. The sheepmen now witness
a more terrible invasion than that of the Cattle
Kings, and bow helplessly before the steady
advance of the army of hOmeSteaderS; and
the great range at the foot of the Manzanos
will soon be part of the open range no longer.
The most natural question is What are the
officers of the law doing while the wars of the
range are raging? Generally they are attend
ing strictly to their own business. That is the
very wseSt thing for them to do. They are the
common enemies, and both cowpunchers and
sheep herders will go cunning for them the
moment it is known that they are on the ranges
is regarded as no concern of theirs. Anyway,
what is the use of their risking their lives in
order to apprehend men who cannot possibly
be convicted of any crime? Self defense can
nearly always be alleged the motive for any
killings but even when brutal, premeditated
and unnecessary murder is proved no Western
jury will convict. 1t seems to be frontier
variation of the unwritten law that sheepman
has an inalienable right to kill a cattleman
and vice versa. The same region isn't big
enough to hold them both; and the one