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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07

knew what was coming Kidder's aim
was low, and the bullet struck the po-
liceman In the knee, shattering the
bone. Two other policemen rushed
to the assistance of their fallen officer,
and one Of them succeeded in bring
ing Kidder to the floor with a bullet.
But the plucky ranger, after he was
down, kept on firing, and succeeded
in killing both of the policemen.
1t is charged by Kidder's friends
that after he was down and out and
could not further harm any one, 9TH
er policemen jumped on him, kicked
him, and otherwise injured him. Kid
der's dying statement was to the eff
feet that while he lay wounded on the
floor he was brutally kicked and beat
en- and dubbed over the head with
vealed the fact that several of Kid
ders ribs had been broken, and that
he had several bad scalp wounds.
Arizona papers assert that Kidder
was the victim Of deliberate plot;
that he was decoyed across the inter-
national line intentionally and that
the quarrel was started to give his
enemies chance to "get" him. Kid
der was one of the best known Off
GERS on the ranger force, and had
made some enemies across the line.
He was reputed to be the quickest
man with gun on the force, and at
thirty PAGES had demonstrated time
and again that he could hit playing
card three times out of five.
JEFF Kidder was formerly one Of the
prominent young men of Vermillion,
being a son of Former Postmaster s,
w. Kidder, who died some time ago in
California. He was gradute OF the
high school there. The manner OF his
death is no surprise to his many
Vermillion friends, as it had been free
ly predicted that some day he would
get mixed up in a gun play and get
the worst of 1t. His daring nature
and a fondness for firearms proved
his undoing. About year ago he
killed criminal at Douglass, Ariz.,
but was set free, it being proved that
he fired in self-defense.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07
AMBULANCE" IN RUNAWAY.
Man With Broken Leg Is Badly Bump
ed in Vehicle TAKING Him 70 Suroeon

Man With Broken Leg Is Badly Bump
ed in Vehicle Taking Him to Surgeon.
AS one of the hardships Of pioneer
life Gerben Jarzina, one of the home
steaders near Topbar went through an
experience last week which was try
ing enough to suit any one. One Of
his legs was broken by kick from a
horse, and two of his neighbors placed
him In wagon and started for the
nearest doctor at Philip, a drive of
about twenty-five miles. On the way
the team they were driving started
to run, and the injured man was
bounced about in the bottom of the
wagon during the run of over a mile.
Fortunately the horses broke loose
from the wagon without overturning
it, and Jarinska was obliged to remain
in the wagon alone for a couple of
hours until his companions could Sc
cure another outfit with which to CON-
plete their journey to the physician
and the surgical aid which was need
ed,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07

upon the subject reads as follows. and
new settlers who are unfamiliar with
the destruction prairie fires can do
would do well to study its provisions:
If any person or person shall set
or cause to be set on fire any woods,
marsh or prairie, or any grass or stub
Bile lands, in the months of Septem-
Der, October, November. December,
January, February, March, April, May
or June, except as hereinafter provid-
ed, such person or persons shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof be fined a
sum not more than $1,000 nor less
than $40, and Imprisonment in the
county Jail for period of not longer
than six months, one or both, at the
discretion of the court, and shall also
be liable in civil action to any per-
son or persons damaged by such fire
to the amount of such damage"
Under the law a Dawson county
farmer year or two ago was COM
PEELED to pay damages In the sum of
several thousand dollars as the result
of a prairie fire which was caused by
his carelessness. Some Of the suffer.
ers from the recent fires now are Sc
curing evidence upon which to base
damage suits against those alleged to
be responsible, through carelessness,
for the starting of the fires, and in
the near future will institute actions
in the state circuit court.
While some of the fires were caused
by the carelessness of new settlers,
who doubtless did not realize the
danger and the extent of damage a
prairie fire can do, some of the old
timers are charged with having been
responsible for some of the fires.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07
SAY ROAD LOSES MONEY.
Great Northern Is $27,o to the Bad
in South Dakota for 1907.

In the railroad case presented be-
fore the South Dakota railroad COM
missioners at Willow Lakes, some
surprising information was brought
out.
The hearing was granted on the
complaint of the towns on the Great
Northern railway between WATERFOWL
and Huron because OF the discontinue
ance of passenger trains on that line
between these two points, and was
attended by officials of the Great
Northern and representatives from
every city and town affected, Mayor
Martin, Messrs. H. L.. Hopkins and C.
H. Stinson representing WATERFOWL
before the commission.
An attempt to show the commission
that it had no Jurisdiction in the mat
ter because the discontinued train
had been run at a loss, the representa-
tives of the road made the statement
that the Great Northern actually lost
$4,000 last year by operating trains
in South Dakota The board reserved
its decision and took the case under
advisement.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07
State News of Interest
WILL VOTE ON FREE RANGE.
Lyman County Board Decides to Cali
Special Election.

Lyman county Board Decides to Catt
Special Election.
The Lyman county homesteaders,
after a long fight. will be given an OPP
portunity to vote on the question Of
free range without waiting until fall.
For time 1t looked as If the action of
the county commissioners In rejecting
the homesteaders' petition presented
last fall. would allow the cattlemen to
hold full sway for another year. AZ
ter the question had been carried into
court, some of the most prominent
business men of the county met with
the commissioners and presented adj
ditional names to the petition, and the
commissioners agreed to act without
carrying the fight any farther. An at
tempt to fix the date OF the election
on the question the same as for the
primaries was opposed on the ground
that it would be used as club in that
election, and May IL was fixed as
date for the special election.
Under the l,w special elections can
be ordered fof that purpose only II
called in 1907, and there may be an
after-clap In the work, but IL the de-
cision is against the free range. the
public sentiment will be so strong
that any effort to avoid it under tech
nicalities will not be pleasant for
those trying it.
At the same meeting of the COM
missioners they pulled up more els
sues" for the voters of Lyman county
for this year. They granted petition
for the vote on the question of re-
moval of the county seat from Ca
coma to Presho, and another for
vote on division Of the county on the
dividing line between the old survey
and the Black Hills survey.
If the county seat change and the
county division move both carry, the
county seat will be within eighteen
miles Of the western line of the old
county, instead of on the border line
on the east. With the new county,
Murdo, being almost in the center of
the proposed new county and the prin-
cipal town, has expectations of being
the seat of government of one county,
the name the divisionists are asking
for
The town of Lennon, which Is sit
uated on the Milwaukee railway ex-
tension in Butte county, and has the
state line for its northern street,
wants Butte county divided to put
them in line for county seat. There
is plenty of division sentiment in the
county. but just what the slicing will
be is the point at issue The CONNER
cial club of Lennon has arranged an
automobile tour OF the country to con-
fer with the different towns and at
tempt to find a division plan which
will be agreeable to the majority. AS
the county is almost hundred miles
square, the club will have hundreds
of miles to travel to cover all the
points which will have to be consid-
cred in any division scheme which
can be carried through.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07
DAkoTAN IN DUEL KILLS TWO.
Ranger Decoyed Into Mexico Is Shot
by Police,

ny FciiCe.
Jefferson p. Kidder, the former Yer
million young man who for the last
five years has been ranger for Uncle
Sam, with headquarters at Naco,
Ar1z., is dead from wounds received in
q revolver duel with Mexican police at
point just across the international
boundary. He received two bullet
wounds, either of which would have
resulted in his death, though he lived
ten days after the shooting.
According to information received
at Vermillion from Arizona, Kidder
had gone across the line to visit sup
posed friends and at the time of the
shooting he was in saloon. He had
some trouble with occupants of the
place, and policeman was called to
arrest him.
The sight of Mexican policeman
approaching him with revolver drawn
did not set we'll with Kidder and he
Immediately pulled out his own
weapon and fred before the officer
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07

Sheepmen in Sturgis from the
ranches on a short business trip state
that money invested in sheep this
year Is winning. The last winter was
one of the best for sheep ever known
In the country. Fully SO per cent OF
the sheepmen state that they have not
lost single head so far. The spring
SHOWS were lighter this year, and II
the "lambing" season is not interrupt
ed by the cold spring rains, the docks
will pull through better than was even
hoped. The range Is In excellent con-
dition, even now the grass showing
considerable growth.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07
LIABLE FOR LOSS BY FIRES.
Persons Who Starter Prairie Fires
viii Be Sued.


Damage suits galore promise to re-
suit from the recent disastrous prairie
fires in portions of Western and Gen.
trail South Dakota
A number of the fires started from
straw stacks, which had been burned
but were left smoldering, and which
were famed into flames by high
winds which prevailed on the days the
prairie fires were the worst. Sparks
from the smoldering straw stacks
were readily communicated to the dry
grass in the vicinity and before the
danger was scarcely realized the fires
were sweeping over the country and
doing untold damage to the property
of farmers living in the pathway Of
the fires.
Under the state law those who thus
were responsible for some of the fires
are subject to being compelled to pay
for the damage done. The state law
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07
STRIKE ON IRRIGATION JOB.
Laborers Quit Work When Paid at
Lower Rate Than They Expected,

One hundred and fifty laborers,
most of them Italians, abandoned
their tools and quit work on the Belle
Fourche irrigation project near Belle
Fourche and the contractors now are
looking for other men to take their
places. Hayes Bros. OF Wisconsin,
the new contractors, only recently
took hold OF the job on Owl creek, and
the Italians were imported. They
worked until they got their pay
checks, each man being paid on the
scale of $1.75 per day, The men
claimed that they had been told they
would get $3.50, and as the boss had
no power to- change the checks, the
laborers declined to accept them. AL
though efforts are being made by per-
sons there to secure settlement of
the trouble, nothing definite has ma
terialized yet.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07
BLOWS UP BEDBUGs.
Woman Intends to Make Gasoline Do,
but Fluid lqnites.

Residents in South Lead we're all
interested in an effort on the part OF
Mrs. Carl Russell to exterminate the
spesky beabugs" in their family
home. When it was discovered by the
family that remedy was needed a
goodly quantity Of gasoline was freely
applied to the woodwork and furni-
ture in the bedrooms. The rooms were
closed up tightly, and in the evening
when Mr.. Russell came home and
struck a match in the room the I'M
pregnated air took fire immediately
The neighbors hearing the explosion
and seeing the flames turned in the
alarm and by hard work the fire was
soon under control.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07

William N. Cleveland, nephew OF
Grover Cleveland and junior member
Of the firm OF Hutson & Cleveland OF
Columbus, Ohio, has been sentenced
as a bridge trust agent. Cleveland
was convicted a year ago and was
given fine of $500 and sent to jail
for five days.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07

Owing to the Encouragement OF the
boundary line between British Column
bia and Alaska, reserve of several
hundred acres belonging to the Mas
indians has been placed In United
States territory.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-07
INDIANS DYING.

With Indian Population.
The death reports from all the In
dian reservations in South Dakota.
with the exception Of that portion OF
the Standing Rock reservation which
extends into the state shows total
death roll for last year OF 766. The
reports cover the reservations at
Grow Creek, Cheyenne River, Lower
Brule. pine Ridge. Rosebud. Sisseton
and Yankton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-01-10
SAVING THE MORGAN HORSE

In these days of the motor on land and
sea and in the air the horse is losing the
attention he deserves and will again re-
ceive when the novelty of automobile,
power boat, and air-ship wears off
There never can be the sentiment about
machines, no matter how powerful they
may be, that horse inspires. A wealth
of devotion has been expended upon the
family roadster, and it endured in fond
memory as long as any member of the
household lived and often it was handed
down to the second generation 1t is
beyond the power of even the most mar
vellous of imported motor cars to win
affection. The wonder of it may call
forth enthusiasm, but it soon dies out,
for car that is wonderful now will be
almost old-fashioned and crude in twelve
months.
1t is fortunate that there are some
lovers of the farm ard city horse who
have not been so infatuated by the motor
vehicle that they cannot see that the
animal in the stable is i'm danger of
deteriorating. In Vermont where the
Morgan horse is perhaps the most famous
state product, Col. Joseph Battell, a
Middlebury citizen, who has long been
recognized as the leading breeder of this
iihC cPOSiOo VI lldS DttIl
at the danger of its extinction. To pre-
vent the serious evil he has induced the
United States government to assist him
in increasing its numbers and maintain
ing its present high standard. By the terms
of the agreement which he made with
the department of agriculture he decided
to the Washington officials five hundred
acres of pasture and woodland in Wey-
bridge. The government has converted
the buildings Oh this estate into a breed
ing station and spent considerable sum
in putting up other structures. An ap-
preparation for the purpose of making
more Improvements will be sought at
this session Of Congress.
The Morgan horse is the best of road
sters, he is so tough and wiry Many a
merry mile over rough country roads he
has carried country boys and girls and
city cousins. Romance is woven into his
name; countless happy memories are
associated with his splendid qualities of
speed and endurance; deep is the affec-
ton in which he is held by thousands of
men and women who spent their child
hood upon a farm, that great kinder
garten of health, wealth, and happiness
Colonel Battell is a benefactor to his
country. His services should not be for
gotten. They are rich in sentiment and
practically. They have saved to the
country the Morgan horse at his BEST
Providence, R. /, Bulletin.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-01-10
DR.. GEORGE DUNSMORE
DEAD.
Was at One Time One of Yer
mont's Most Prominent
PHYSICIANS

George Dunsmore, aged 10 years, at
one time one of the most prominent ply
scians of Vermont, died at the home of
his son. George H. Dunsmore, of ST.
Adams town, last week after an illness of
about ten days of pneumonia.
George Dunsmore was born in Coteau
Que, September 30, 1928, being son of
Samuel and Esther Gain Dunsmore.
He received high school education in
Plattsburg, N. Y, afterward being grad
uated from Middlebury College in 1851
the medical college at Castleton in 1856
and the University of Cincinnati in 1871.
After his graduation from Middlebury
he was principal of Georgia Academy
from 1851 to 1858. In 1858 he married
Mary Cotton, who died in 1876, and in
September. 1877, he married sister of
his first wife, Abbie j. Cotton, who died
in 1901.
Two daughters, Abbie and Roberta,
died, but he is survived by one daughter,
Mary, wife of John H. Anderson, of
Prince Albert, and one son, George H.
Dunsmore, of st. Adams town with
whom he resided the last three years of
his life Doctor Dunsmore was one of
the leading citizens of St. Adams.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-01-10

serious injuries. He was taken to his
home by the man who was with him at
the time of the accident. At the present
time of writing he is but slightly i'm
proved
Mr.. and Mrs. John Elmer and daugh-
ter, have returned home after an extern
ded visit to her parents in La Grange,
Indiana
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. C. Morris and son,
Arthur, have returned to their home at
Bellows Falls after spending the holidays
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Murray.
The following officers were installed
and the regular grange meeting Thurs
day evening, Jan. 2. Master, A d.
Parkhill; overseer, H. E. Sanford; lect-
urer, Mrs. Ella Matthews; chaplain, T.
F. ID. Matthew's; treasurer, Fred Morse
secretary, Mrs. Harriet James; steward,
Ward Benedict; gate-keeper, Chas. Foote
assistant steward, F. G. Manchester;
lady assistant steward, Mrs. F. G. Man
chester; Ceres, Mrs. Edward Matthews;
Pomona, Mrs. A. d. Parkill; Flora, Miss
Cora Morse. Past Worthy Master, T. P.
ID. Matthews assisted by Mrs. Pratt,
installed the officers. After installation a
banquet was served. Guests from Mid
dlebury grange were present. The next
meeting will be held Jan. IS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-01-10

In an article published in the Barre
Times it is stated that eleven persons
were killed by horses or horse drawn We
hicles in Vermont during the last year.
Will the Barre Times give the names
and residences of the persons thus killed
and, if able, the particulars of the acct
dents?
1t is important, too, that the immediate
cause of such accidents should be known.
And we would request the Barre Times
to give this last information, if able.
If that number of such accidents has
occurred in Vermont during the year
it is certainly desirable that the causes
of them should be known. as such infor-
nation may help to prevent similar acct
dents in the future.
On receipt of these facts, the Register
will, perhaps, have something to say in
regard to the relative number of acct
dents from automobiles and horses, in
this State, reference to which is made in
the article in the Barre Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-01-10

killed, besides the large number injured,
| automobiles than by the cars at grade
crossings, and yet our legislature at their
last session were very thorough in pass
ing laws to do away with grade crossings,
whilst they passed other laws permitting
the automobiles to practically monop-
olize the roads.
Whether or not there may have been
more serious accidents from horses in
Vermont during the past season than
from automobiles, the data given by the
Tribune leave no question that the aver
age of persons killed by automobiles will
be far greater in any State, although
the number of people transported by
horses is immensely the larger. 1t will
be seen that in the above comparison
there are 933 killed and injured by
automobiles, to LAG at grade crossings
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-01-10
RUNS Terrible Record.

Edward Butterfield, who murdered his
mother-in-law and killed himself in SUIT
ton, had been drinking alcohol. Alfred
Mahan, now on trial in Bennington coun-
ty, was soaked with whiskey and gin
at the time he criminally assaulted his
little niece and then cut her throat. Fair
banks, who was sent from Windham
county to State prison in November to
end his days behind the bars, was fired
with whiskey at the time his crime was
committed. Hunt, the Chittenden coun-
ty man who was sent to State prison on
charge of manslaughter, was drunk when
he ran over and killed an old man.
Rogers, the Caledonia county man, who
was given sentence of three to four
years in prison early in the year on the
charge of killing Edward Manning, had
been, with his victim, a participant in
prolonged debauch. The crimes on a
rum basis in Vermont in 1907 make a
CHASTITY showing and point their own
morals.-From the Brattleboro Phoenix.