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The Dickinson press., 1908-12-26
HOLIDAY EDITIONS

The unusually large number of
handsome special editions of news
papers within the state the past
few weeks indicates a great de-
gree of prosperity in North Dako.
ia. Many of these special edi-
tons were printed for the Christ
mas season.
In this immediate vicinity the
Beach Chronicle appeared last
week and for real home work the
edition easily has claim to first
place. The paper contained a
large amount of carefully selected
and we'll arranged practical read
ing matter pertaining to local in.
terests, such as the Development
of the country, based on actual
facts. This number Of the Chron-
icle contained twenty eight pages,
was handsomely illustrated and
carried a generous amount of ad-
vertising, showing that the Beach
business men r both prosperous
and enterprising. Editor Brinton
is to be congratulated for the thor.
ough way in which he prepared
this special number of his paper.
AT New Salem the Republican
was one OF the early ones to come
out with its Christmas issue. The
paper contained a good amount
of reading matter and advertising
suited to the season. Editor Ed.
Sullivan deserves credit for his en-
terprlse in giving New Salem a
live paper.
Early in the winter the Bowman
County News, on the Milwaukee,
issued a beautiful book number
which was highly creditable to the
publishers, and contained an ex-
haustive write : up of Bowman
county, we'll calculated to interest
homeseekers and all classes of
real estate men in the country
south.
The first of this month the pub
lie spirited publishers of the Het-
finger Headlight came out with a
handsome Christmas number, and
two weeks later the Adams coun-
ty Record, also published at the
Adams seat of government, issued
a large special holiday edition.
Both were good and showed that
the people of Hettinger are alive
and reaching out for more bust
ness.
Several papers in the eastern
part of the state have put out
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The Dickinson press., 1908-12-26
LEHIGH ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. Farrell Reilly returned
home safely last Sunday after q several
weeks visit in the east. Mr.. Reilly
found many friends and relatives in
Pennsylvania who gave them a cordial
welcome and helped to make their visit
q very pleasant one.
A. the third meeting of the Lehigh
Literary society the debate, Resolved,
that coal is more useful than WOOD
was decided in favor of the negative.
William Reilly and George Malone spoke
on the affirmative while Charles Ebaugh
and Civil Engineer Fred Ferris put up
the argument for the negative.
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-26

creditable holiday editions. among
them being the jamestown Cap
ital and the Grand Forks Evening
Times. The industrial number Of
the Grand Forks Herald was a
credit to North Dakota's greatest
morning paper.
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-26
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young or old with pimples. blackheads,
nasty, complexion to take HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea and become charm
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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
BUY MY
STEAM YACHT

New York, March 14.-Fifty Of the
largest yachts in the country are on
the market. Never before have so
many large craft been for sale.
Especially is this The case in steam
yachts. Owners of sailing vessels that
cost less to run than steam driven
craft are holding back in the hope that
business may pick UP. A great many
who have spent tens of thousands q
year on coal, crews. fittings, and en-
tertainment have been forced to give
up the sea, either from lack of funds
or OF time to spare from business.
Among the yachts for which prices
have been named are George Gould's
Atlanta" Frank J. Gould's "Helenita."
Frederick w. Wand ''bilt's "Conqueror,"
Cornelius Vanderbilt's Rainbow" w.
X. Vanderbilt's "Virginia," the Watt
estates America" VIM. 3. Leeds
"Noma," John Jacob Astor's "Nour-
mahal," Morton +. Plants Bla
Venetia," and his schooner "InEomaf."
Mrs. Charles r. Barney's "~Invincible,"
The prices at which these vessels are
held range from $4,000 to $3.50, 900, Some
of them are as we'll known in foreign
ports al they are on this side OF the
Atlantic.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
PURE WATER COSTS
HARTMAN $40, 600

Suffcrn, y. -. March BE. H. Har-
riuau Is digging n ditch at a cost o.
$4,000 in the Ramapo mountains, t2
make sure of having pure waite" in hlf
new house here. The ditch is o fee
deep, four feet wide and Il half mil
long, the greater part OF the distanc'
through solid rock.
1t Is being exCavated between ToWe'
hin. on which the Hartman mansloh
is being built. and Mount Arama, tn
highest peak of the range.
on the latter elevation will be con
structed a concrete and stone reservoir
having one section for the storage o.
well water and another for lake water
In the ditch will run two six-incI
lines of pipe. Through one of these wa,
ter win be forced from an artesian well
exclusively for domestic and drinkint
purposes. The other, leading from For
est lake. will supply the bathrooms
swimming pool. fountains, fire protec-
lion and general service.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
NEW DEMOCRATIC
PAPER FIR hA7lD CITY

Pukwana, S. D., March 17.-Harry
Wentzy, chairman OF the democratic
state committee of South Dakota and
publisher OF the Pukwana Press-Re-
porter, has just completed arrange
Inents for establishing n new democrat
te newspaper at Rapid City. Associ-
ated with him in the enterprise is Bert
+. Barnes, proprietor of q job printing
establishment at Rapid City. The new
p%roprietors have just returned from
Chicago where they purchased a COM
plete and up to date newspaper outfit,
including a, Mergenthaler typesetting
machine. The new material will be
merged with the Barnes job plant and
will make one of the most thoroughly
equipped offices in the state.
The name of the new publication Will
be the Gate City Guide, which is sug-
gestiye from the fact that Rapid City
is frequently termed the gate city to.
the Black Hills district.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
IOWA LUNATic PUTS
ON PAUL REVERE STUNT

Huron, s. D., March 16.-"Jake" Re
man, n young man aged Il, who Is
demented and who q few days ago ter
rorized tho farmers on the Iowa side
of the lire near here. has been taken
TO the institute at Knoxville, la. He
had been at the institute for a time be-
fore his more recent escapade, n was
supposed to have been cured, but de-
yeiopments proved that he had become
more violent than ever before.
The demented young man started MS
reign Of terror by tearing down mail
boxes, cutting UP harnesses and tear
ing things TO pieces generally, badly
FRIGHTENING the residents Of the neigh
borhood. His next move was to climb
to the top snan Of a railroad bridge and
nail up q flag. At night he saddled up
a horse and rode madly about the
~nelghborhood during the whole night
The animal was nearly dead from eT-
haustion when the crazed man returned
it the following morning.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
MURDERED GIRL WAS
KIDNAPPED WHEN BABE

Rapid City, S. D., March 16.-That
Rose Adams, the pretty little school
girl who was shot and killed here by
her adopted mother, Mrs. Henry Har-
bour, was in reality Rose Rosso,
daughter OF a Minneapolis business
man, and that as a baby she had been
kidnapped from a Catholic home in Oma-
ha. were the statements made here by
Dominic Rosso. h girls father, who
has Just arrived from Minneapolis.
Rosso read Of the tragedy in the Min
neapolis papers on Sunday morning,
and at once wired to hold n remains
until he reached here. He tells an un-
usual story.
Rosso declares that although Mrs.
Harbour legally adopted the girl In
Omaha some years ago, she secured
possession Of the child by trickery.
Mrs. Rosso died when Rose was less
than a year old, and the baby was
turned over to the home where the
father visited it. One day he learned
from the authorities there that an at
tractiye young woman had appeared
and begged to keep the child for one
week, and on her appearance the SIS
tiers gave up the baby. Neither the
woman MOI the child were ever again
seen by either the sisters or the father,
although they continued to live in
Omaha until two years ago. Mrs. Ad-
ans first husband was a clerk in a
packing house In South Omaha and
four years & he divorced the woman
in Omaha. Then Harbour met her and
later married her, bringing his wife and
the adopted girl to Rapid City, where
Rose was completing her education.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
NOTED KEY MAN, Who
PLAYED HISTORICAL
PART, PASSES AWAY
William Heiss, of Sioux Falls,
Announced Victory of Mon
Itor Over Merrimac.

Sioux Falls, S.. D., March B.--owing
TO the notable part he played in events
of historical Importance during the
dark days of the war OF the rebellion
and since that time, the death OF Wn'
Fl. Heiss, ST., which has just taken
place at the family residence in Sioux
Falls, is worthy Of more than passing
mention. .oo.
Mr.. Heiss was born on July Is, 1876,
at Philadelphia, and therefore was
nearly SO years old at the time OF ms
death. After marrying, himself n
wife look I'D their residence at Brook
lyn. n. Y, which was their home until
they came to Sioux Falls in 1887. me
deceased was the oldest Of a family OK
nine children and started out for MN
self early in life. 1t was in the early
DAYS of the telegraph that he 0 up
this line Of business, first becoming d
telegraph operator and then advancing
until he became at different umeS TN
Huperintendent Of the American Peo-
ples," the Magnetic" the western
Union, and international Ocean" teie-
graph companies. ~
At the breaking out OF the civil wal
he was superintendent of the Southern
telegraph system and endured many
hardships In mailing HIS escape from
the cOnfederateS II seeking surety aG
the North. In 1862 he was made ASSIST
ant OF the United States mill
tary telegraph, and as such had charge
Of the laying OF the submarine cable
across Chesapeake bay to Rock river.
at which point he made q connection
with Fortress Monroe. and by work
ing night and day completed the T
lust in time to send out a message TO
the country announcing h victory or
the Monitor over the Merrimac.
As superintendent of the Information
al ocean Telegraph company he a
charge Of the construction OF many
land and ocean lines. among them being
a cable line from Key West to Havana
de Cuba, this being the first long ocean
cable laid without foreign assistance.
He was consulting engineer to Cyrus
Field al the time of the laying OF the
first Atlantic cable.
Mr.. Heiss was just entering the Ford
theater at Washington when John
wilkes Booth ass~assinated President
Lincoln, and it was by his order that
all Geographic communication out or
Washington was cut Off inside of 10
minutes after the tragedy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
DARING ROBBERY ON
BOARD OF WARSHIPS

San Francisco, March 1.-THE United
States cruiser Milwaukee, of Admiral
Swinburne's squadron, returning this
morning from target practice at Mag
dalena bay, brought word of a daring
robbery on board during her stay in
the South when the sum Of $500 in
gold was taken from the paymaster's
room by some person doing duty on
the cruiser. Paymaster q. T.. Skipwtth
nrst learned of the robbery when he
returned 10 his room from a stroll on
deck.
The safe combination had been
worked and the plumber made away
with. A thorough search was made.
both of the ship and of the 400 enlist
ed men, but all efforts to catch the rob-
Der and find the stolen gold failed. 1t
is thought the money is hidden on
board the vessel.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
SlSSETON WOMAN
HEADS NEIGHBORS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Sioux Falls, S. D., March 16.--At the
fourth triennial convention Of the Royal
Neighbors of America, jurisdiction OF
South Dakota, which has just been con-
cluded in Sioux Falls he following
officers were elected for the
three years. .E
State oracle. Mrs. Minnie Mathews.
Sisseton; past oracle, Mrs. Ida II. Burn
ham, Aberdeen: state vice oracle, Mrs.
Emma Rae, Raymond; record receiver,
Mrs. Clara Greget, Willow Lakes.
South Dakota is entitled to our dele
gates to the supreme camp, and the
following were elected: First district.
Miss Maggie Smith, Sioux Falls; sec
ond district, Mrs. Alice Cass, Artesian:
third district, Mrs. Eva Williams. Wa
tertown; fourth district, Mrs. Lillian
Waldschmidt, Deadwood.
Lead was selected as the place for
holding the next convention Of the or
der three years hence.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19

Velvet takes Its name from b Itai-
fan Fvelluto," shaggy, Offering In this
respect a parallel with satin" which
comes from the Latin "seta," a brfstle.
As a rule, It is safe to guess that the
name of q dress material comes from
some place. Besides such obvious cases
AS "astrakhan," cashmere" and
s.tweed" there are 'fustian" from FuS-
tat (Cairo): 'muslin." from Mosnl In
Mesopotamia: 'damask," from DANES
Gus, and "cambrio," from Cambria
while millinery itself is from Milan.
The case OF ''ailk" IL q curious one, II
as 'iserfcum," tho stun obtained from
the Sores or Chinese. but these peo-
pie seem 30 have been named In an
Client Greek after the Chinese word for
q silkworm.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
WINTER FAVORABLE
FOR RANGE CATTLE

Medicine Buttes, S. D, March IA
Ranchmen in this part of Lyman coun-
ty report that the winer now drawing
to a close has been one of the most
Favorable in the history OF the state
for the stockmen of western South Da-
kota. one ranchman reports that thus
far he has fed only half u tor of hay
to his cattle, which have been enabled
during practically the entire winter to
secur their feed on the open prairie.
Ranchmen farther west mak the same
reports. Catle have come through the
winter in very fine condition and will
be ready for shipment to market much
earlier this year than for several years
past. The lack of snow on the range
has given cattle an opportunity to feed
on the abundant grass crop of last
year., which. rs is always the case,
cured on the stem.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
SEEKS
MONEY FROM KOME

New York, March 17.--Jere X. Cooke,
the deposed pastor of the Episcopal
church at Hemstead. l.. T.. and Floretta
Whaley, with whom he eloped, are i'll
and destitute in San Francisco, accord
sing to a telegram received by Mrs.
Kezieh Whaley, the girls grandmother.
The message was signed "Floretta"
and asked that an answer be sent in
care of the Western Union Telegraph
company.
Mrs. Whaley later said mat some $6,-
900 belonging to Floretta was in trust
at Hempsted, but that she would re-
auire more definite information regard
ing the state of affairs before h gave
aid to her granddaughter. The fact
hat the telegram vas prepaid infiu-
enced her opinion, she added, that the
two were not in such financial dis
tress as to justify hasty action on her
part.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
FAVORABLE REPORT
ON INDIAN BILL

Washington, March Ex-senator
Gamble secured a favorable report for
the reporting by the COMMITTEES on In
dams Of his bill. Senate 204. for h
restoration of annuities to the Media
wakanton and Wahpakoota (Santee)
sioux indians, declared forfeited by the
act OF February 16, 1858. Immediately
following the Minnesota
Under the provisions of the bill the
claim for restoration Is referred to the
court Of claims for finding and judg-
ment. The amount claimed by the In
dams is about 81 800, 900.
Two years since n similar bill was
passed by Senator Gamble In behalf of
the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians.
The matter was heard and determined
by the court of claims and the judg-
ment of thai court was on the appeal
recently affirmed by the supreme court
Of the United States, through which
the Sisseton and Wahpetons secured
practically 100000. .... ......
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19

Denver, March 13.--Anticipating a
plea of insanity on behalf of Giuseppe
Alto, District Attorney SlidSer has
taken the unusual course OF attempting
to establish the defendants sanity be-
fore it has been denied by his attorney
In his trial for the murder of Father
Leo Heinrfchs.
-Four persons of acknowledged repu.
tation as ~alienlsts testified positively
that in their opinion Alto is absolutely
sane and In full possession of his
mental faculties. Three other experts
who have examined the prisoner were
ready to give testimony TO the SAM
effect. ..t
The prosecution has nearly completed
the presentation of its evidence and the
fate OF the defendant will probably rest
in the hands OF the jury by tonight.
Joseph Hines, aged 3, altar boy at 81.
Elizabeth's church. vas the first wit
ness to tell OF the actual shooting. H
said Father Leo handed the accuse
man the sacred wafer during HOLY
communion and that Alio spat out the
wafer and drawing a pistol with hs
left hand, fired at the priest. AS Fathey
Heinrichs staggered back Alto rushed
down the aisle waving his pistol.
Joe Miller, aged IL, the other ALTA
boy. corroborated the testimony Of
young Hines, and several of the wit
nesses testified they heard the shots
fired and saw Alio running down the
aisle. $50" ..,
Mrs. F. NJ. Van Cleave, a communi,
cant of st. Ellzabeth's church, testified
that she saw Alto at the church three
times before the tragedy, and each tim
he was accompanied by two other meD
On the second visit the men talked to-
gether and Alio pointed toward the al
tar, She was In the church at the early
mass on February %, and although sh'
did not see the actual shooting she saw
Alto running down the aisle waving his
pistCI
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
SECOND ARTESIAN
WELL NEARLY COMPLETED

Lake Andes, S. D., March lS.---A flow
has been struck in the second of the
mammoth artesian wells which is be
ing drilled by the United States govern
ment for the purpose of raising the
stage OF water in Lake Andes, a fine
body Of water near here from which
this town received its name. The new ar
tesian we'll is situated on the upper end
Of the lake. The flow was struck at q
depth of 40 feet. 1t is the intention OF
the contractor to sink the we'll about
80 feet deeper into the water bearing
rock, where 1t is believed a flow much
stronger than that in the other well
at the lower end of the Lake Will be
struck. The full flow from both nor
ster wells will run into the lake con-
~stantly, and will make it one of the
finest bodies OF water in South Da-
kota-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
EMIGRANTS HELD
UP BY RAILWAYS
Western Shippers Declare Rates
West of Missouri River
Are Unfair.

Pierre, S.. D., March 1I.-ComplaiEts
Of shippers west of the Missouri river.
regarding freight rates in that part OF
the state, were heard by the South Da-
kota railroad commission at Fort Pierre
yesterday. ...
Albert Wagner appeared for the bust
ness men Of Philip. He cited the rate
Of a car Of wire from Joliet, ILL.,, TO
Philip, on which the rate was so cents
per 100 for the 500 miles from Joliet to
Pierre, and "a cents per 100 in addition
from Pierre to Philip, a distance of
about 80 miles. He showed that the
charges on meat were 30 cents per 100
from Sioux CITY to\Pierre, and "a cents
per 100 additional from Pierre to Philip,
less than one-third the distance.
On the matter of charges on emigrant
ears he cited a case in which an emf
grant had paid freight on a car from
Des Moines to Philip, taking a receipt
for the same, with the expectation that
the receipt was good for the charges,
but on reaching Pierre was charged an
additional $40 before his car would be
sent west Of the river, and on his ar
rival at Philip was charged $25 more
before he was allowed to unload his
freight.
r. J. MADDEN. Of Quinn. and J. II.
Hunt, OF Murdo, presented statements
along the same line.
Railroads Defense.
General Manager A. C. johnson, for
the Pierre, Rapid City g. Northwestern
road, made a short statement In which
he took the position that while all the
complaints presented were OF interstate
commerce, and not subject to revision
or review by the state commission, the
Pierre, Rapid City g. Northwestern
would not attempt to hide behind that
fact, but would investigate all the al
legged Determinations and would either
adjust them or prove TO any reasonable
man that they were proper and
equitable; that the question OF freight
rates was primarily n OF operating
expenses, and the volume OF freight
handled was the main factor: hat it
costs but little more to move a maxi
mum capacity freight train than 1t does
to move a light train, n the returns
on light trains were far below that Of
the maximum train: that the Pierre,
Rapid City & Northwestern was being
given the largest possible o Of
credit for the business 1t handled. and
rates were on an equitable basis on the
cost of operation of the line.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
PIONEER s. D. COUPLE
TOGETHER IN DEATH

Sioux Falls, $. D.. March 13.-M
and Mrs. Freeman, pioneers who TO-
years have been well known In Min
nehaha and Moody counties, by .
strange decree OF fate died within three
days of each other. On Saturday o.
last week Mr.. Freeman was stricker
with paralysis at his home at Fland.
reau, and died at 9 o'clock in the aft
ernoon of that day. Mrs. Freeman dieJ
yesterday. The Freeman family located
in this part OF South Dakota about
Il quarter OF Il century ago Mr.. an0
Mrs. freeman are survived by ter
children.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-19
BIG PRICE PAID
FOR RANCH NEAR
!. VERMILLION, S. D.
Tract of 1890 Acres Sold for
SEQ, 3oo---New Factory
Building.

Eermi!lion, s. D., March 16.-The
largest real estate deal that has ever
been made in this county was the trans
fer last week through the agency oc
John Morrison, of this city. of the old
Hinsey hay ranch In Norway township,
six miles west of Vermillion. The pur-
chaser was Morris Quick, OF Quick Guy
Mo. He will take possession of the
ranch Immediately. The tract OF land
embodied in the ranch covers 1850
acres and was disposed OF at h price
OF $40 per acre, the total price being
800. 900.