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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
ETHEL R00SEVELT'S
BULLDOG Is FOUND

Stamford, Oct. 6.-The cables carried
Joyful news today to Miss Ethel Roose-
welt, the daughter of former President
Theodore Roosevelt, who is in Europe
with her mother. The message told her
that Ace" her pet bull terrier, was
back at the Oyster Bay home of the
R~oosevelts safe and sound.
a month & Ace, an 18-month-old
full blooded bull terrier, disappeared
from Sycamore Hill. His loss was adj
vertised. Patrick Moylan, a night
Waterman, read the advertisement and
knew hat the dog he had found, wet
and bedraggled and hungry. was the
described in it. So he returned 1t
to OYSTER Bay,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
ANNOUNCED FOR WOMEN

Dell Rapids, S. D., Oct. by au-
thority of the board of directors. the
education committee of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs an
nounces that a scholarship OF 1880, to
be held at either Oxford, Cambridge or
London university, for the year begin
ming October, 1910, will be awarded to
an American woman by the general
federation.
Each candidate must take in October
the same qualifying examinations as
are provided by the Rhodes trust for
the college men who are competing for
the Cecil Rhodes scholarships.
In South Dakota, the application may
be made to either Mrs. Albert w.
Morse, OF Faulkton, chairman of the
education committee of the state fed
GRAFTON, OF to Miss Emma G. Hall, of
Milbank, corresponding secretary Of the
state federation. Full credentials must
be sent with the application.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
IMMIGRANTS INVADE
NORTHWEST PART OF STATE

Belle Fourche, 8. D., Oct. ,6.--Settlers
continue to flock into the new country
north OF here and land locators and
ranchers are doing a thriving business
finding homes for the scores of immi-
grants coming daily from the east.
Carloads of these new settlers, most Of
them are going into the new counties
of Harding and Perkins and into
Butte and Meade counties, are arriving
each week over the Northwestern rail-
road. Immigrant wagons filed with
prospective homesteaders pass through
daily and the vast new country up to
the North Dakota border is rapidly fill
ing up. The new government land of
flee here is rushed and even with ex-
pert help, finds 1t almost impossible to
keep mp with the amount Of new bust
ness. u...
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
STATE HOSPITAL TO BE
FOUNDED BY METHODIST9

Huron, 8. D., Oct. Among aues-
lions to be considered al the annual
meeting OF the South Dakota Methodist
conference, to be held I'm this city next
week, is the location of a state hospital,
to be conducted by the Methodist de-
nomination of South Dakota. It il
understood that the matter will assume
definite proportions IND a location for
the proposed building will be consid-
cred. A number Of cities ask for the
prize, among them being Huron, which
besides being a city of 5000 people and
without a hospital, is easy OF access
from all parts of the state.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
LIE BEAU WILL BURN
WATER AS EXHIBITION

LcBeau, S. D., Oct. 6.-This city will
supply a unique attraction for the
crowds coming here to register for the
reservation opening. 1t will be a huge
fire burning briskly from a powerful
flow of water. A large hose will pour
water into a barrel, and as fast as the
flow keeps up, so will the flames leap
high into the air. .a..
The flow of water Is surcharged with
natural gas. 1t ome in that condi-
tior from a well, and the gas is in such
force that 1t needs only the application
Of a match to set the flow afire. The
fire will be kept burning night and day.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
WOMEN FORCED TO
give TRUE NAMES
chicago General Delivery Re.
quires Them to Sign Cards
Of Identification. .

chicago, Oct. 5.-Three thousand Of
the women In Chicago who obtain tbair
mail at the general delivery window in
the Chicago postof1ce revealed to the
postal authorities, many under protest.
their true names and addresses.
They were required to sign cards
OF identification" and these were placed
IN caro- indexes for reference at each
recurring application for mail.
The requirement was enforced yes-
terday for the first time, and was in
response to a demand from ministers,
reform leagues M others working for
the city's publication.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
MAN EXHIBITS FOURTEEN ,
OF HIS Chill DREN AT FAIR

Spearfish, s. D., Oct. with a total
attendance of over 10000. the second
annual Lawrence county fair far
eclipsed that of the previous year and
will have q balance on the right side
OF the ledger. Splendid weather and
good racing marked the fair. The ex-
hibits of grains, grasses, fruits and
vegetables from Centennial valley and
down near the Redwater were particul-
arly good. Joseph Wells and George
Waters had the finest fruit and grain
exhibits while William Lang, Of Lead,
took q special prize for the largest
family of children shown. bringing IL
to the fair.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
WIFE'S GOSSIP IS NO
EXCUSE FOR DISCRETION

Trenton. n. j., Oct. SIN an opinion
filed today giving to Mrs. Laura Brad
bury alimony from her husband, Fred
erick Bradbury, Vice Chancellor Walk
er a y that abandonment Of a wife
cannot be justified by the allegation
that she gossips with her neighbors and
thus neglects her duties, as the man
charged in a counter suit.
The vice chancellor ruled that even
the doing of such things by q wife does
not justify the husband in ceasing his
relations with her and abandoning her.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
TOWNS REFUSE GUARDS.

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 2.-The state
ments seat out from Pierre and Water
town to the effect that the different
registration towns had all asked for
details OF South Dakota national guards
for police duty. is erroneous. Aberdeen
has not applied for the guards, and Of
Hcers Of the guards in Aberdeen state
that Mobridge has withdrawn it's
rcquisiticn for troops, and that lie Beau
probably will do the same. The guards
are perfectly willing to net If called
upon. but 1t is the general feeling that
the towns can preserve the peace with
out requlrin0 the aid OF the soldiers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
MAJOR BEN c. ASH
QUITS STOCK RANGE

Sioux Falls, s. D., Oct. 2.-Major
Ben G. Ash, n Of the best known
men Of western South Dakota, who
formerly was United States Indian
agent at Lower Brule agency, and who
since retiring from that position has
been extensively engaged in the cat
tie raising business, is the latest of the
old timers to decide to retire from
stock raising as the result OF the great
influx of homesteaders to the former
great cattle range country between
the Missouri river and the Black Hills.
Major Ash, while in Sioux Falls, stated
that he a sold his stock, which Melted
him about $4,000, and that he had
refused an offer Of $40 an acre for the
several thousand acres Of land which
he owns. After spending a few days
in the city. himself n wife will de-
part for Old Mexico, where they will
spend the winter. Major Ash does not
admit that he will leave South Dakota
permanently, but he gave the impress
sion that IL on his southern trip he
finds a good place where he al again
engage in the cattle raising business
on a large scale, he may decide to To-
cate there. II not, he win return to
South Dakota and engage exclusively
in horse raising, which does not re-
quire as much territory as cattle rails
ing.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
FORMER TEACHES DEAD.

Sioux Falls, s. D., Oct. 4.-Informa-
ton has reached the city of the death
der, who formerly was Miss Gertrude
Harrison, for a number of years vocal
rteacher at All Saints school. ]. H.
Snyder, husband Of the dead woman,
for some was associated with his
father in the management of the Cat
aract hotel in this city, and Is well
known throughout this part OF the
state.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
SUES %FATHERlNLAW
FOR BURNING HUSBAND

Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 5.--Mrs. Ella
Il. Carpenter, Of Chicago; is suing the
estate OF the late John B.. Campbell,
her husbands father, for $4,000, charg-
ing that her husbands body was Gre
mated against her wishes. She says the
elder Campbell incensed her by having
MS sons body cremated and that his
estate must pay her what She asl,s
Lawyers for the estate have asked the
court to dismiss her petition and the
court will consider this for several
weeks before giving an opinion.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
BRAVE NURSE SAVES
CHILDREN In A FIRE

Wheeling, w. Va, Oct. 4..-The coun-
iy children's home at Tacoma, Bel
mont county, Ohio, was partially de-
btroyed by fire today and 10 children
narrowly escaped.
Although hemmed In on three sides
'Sy flames all were rescued by Miss
Grace Greene, a nurse. who succeeded
h getting them through q window to
Aafety.
The loss is $4,000.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
STATION TO COST 100000

liminary steps for the construction of
a new passenger and freight station by
the northwestern railway were COM
pleted at a meeting Of the city coun-
Gil last night, when the petition of
the railroad company to close Second
avenue east through its yards was
granted. The proposed improvements
will cost over 500, 900.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

In answer to the question, What
passages In holy scripture bear upon
cruelty to animals? 2" N boy said:
Cruel people often cut dogs tails and
ears. but the bible says, Those whom
God hath Joined together let no man
nut a~gunder,n ..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
SOUTH DAKOTA EDITOR
BUYS IOWA NEWSPAPER

White Lake, s. D., Oct. Troy L.
Herrick, for some time one OF the
editors and proprietors OF the White
Lake Standard, has sold his interest
to his partner, w. A. Hitchcock, who
win conduct the paper in future as sole
proprietor. The retiring member OF
the firm has entered into partnership
with a school friend and purchased
the Review, a newspaper published &C
Dayton, Webster county. Ia
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
FATALITIES ATTEND FAMILY.

HURON, 3. D., OCT. I.~-FataIitfes by
accident attend the home and family
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jensen. In the family
were four sons, two OF whom were
accidentally drowned, a third, in the
employ of Ringing Bros, was killed
by a falling tent pole, and yesterday
the fourth son died from accidental
poisoninsA at Duluth, MINI. At the
time of her sons death, Mrs. Jensen
was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lowrie,
in this city. both of whom have gone
to Yankton to await the arrival Of the
remains Of the dead man. The father
died some months ago.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
PERSON TO REMAIN
AT PUBLIC CRIB

Pierre, s. y. Oct. 6.-The appoint
ment of H. - Shober to fll the va
cancy caused by the resignation of r.
S. Person as auditor of the treasury
will be followed by the appointment Of
Person as clerk of the house commit
tee of Indian affairs and will have no
especial effect upon local South Dakota
affairs.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

White Lake. S. D.. Oct. 4.-To make
profit of $4,000 in four years from the
increase in the value of his farm alone
was the experience of John Hettinger,
q well known farmer living near here,
who has Just sold his 400-acre farm for
$4,000 o than he paid for 1t four
years ago. In addition to the profit
from the increase in the value Of the
land he raised four valuable crops on
the farm, which much more than paid
the original cost.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
THE CHAMPION
"STAY-AT-HOME"

Sioux Falls, 8. d., Oct. &C.
j. Skoyen, a pioneer of Sioux
Falls, has made a remarkable
record for remaining at home.
During 33 years of residence he
has been out Of the city for q
day and portions Of a day on
several occasions, but since the
very first day he landed In Sioux
Falls, about q third of a century
ago, he has not passed a single
night outside the limits OF the
city. So far as known this Is a
record which has not been equal
ed by any other resident of the
city.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS
REPORTED FROM HURON

Huron. S. d, Oct. 4.-County Super
intendent of Schools Smith reports a
shortage of 20 teachers for county
schools in this county. Good wages
are offered. but the demand for teach
ers far exceeds the supply.
proposed extension of the Onida-
Hitchcock branch Of the Chicago g.
Northwestern line are being sent to
Hitchcock.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
STREET RAILWAY
MEMS UNION rs
HOLDING MEETING

convention of the Amalgamated Assoc
citation OF Street and Electric railway
employees OF America opened here to-
day.
The association, which embraces the
entire United states, has about 100.-
600 members. w. ID. Mahon, OF Detroit.
is president, and b. l.. Reeves. OF De-
troit. is secretary.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

White fish fry, Matched by the United
States hatchery at Kingston, N. T.,
when liberated. almost invariably Z
patriate themselves Immediately by
swimming to their natural feeding
Lake Ontario,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
DOCTORS HOLD MEETINGS.

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 2.-The 18th
annual convention of the South Dakota
Medical association is in session in Alb
ming. Drs. Mayo, OF Rochester, Mimi,
and Mann and Todd, of Minneapolis,
are some Of the distinguished physi-
clans from outside the state who are
on the program for today's sessions.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

The population Of Germany. apart
from immigration and emigration, In
creased by SS2,624 last year. In Eng
land, the births exceeded the deaths by
BeS, 1871; In Italy, by 357.178; in Be2-
Eium. by 71,715; in Holland, by Ss,16s;
In France, by Ae,411. SO.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
~lNcENnIARY In JAIL.

Evansville. Ind, Oct. 4.--Charged
with having set fire to 81 buildings 1
the last three weeks, causing a total
loss OF $500, 600, Philip Klein, 40 years
old. vas arrested yesterday. The DO.
lice say Klein is insane.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
PosTs MUST
GET OFF THE STREET

Elk Point, s. D.. Oct. lat
the special election held here
yesterday to see whether hitch
ing posts should be maintained
oil Main street or not, the result
was 1873 for removal and 81 for
maintenance of posts.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
News Briefs Of
the Northwest

DIES MOINES-After pleading guilty
to burglary OF n store at Woodbine.
Ia. Mrs. Anna Lind, aged 25, and
mother Of a 14-month-old babe, was
today given an indeterminate sentence
of 10 years in the p~enitentiary. Sem
tence was pronounced at Logan, her
home.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

In raising the displacement Of it's bat
tleships to 20, 900 tons, the United States
government has produced q ship which
Tar exceeds the largest contemporary
pattleships built or building Of any for
eign navy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Helen, aged 6, was telling Mary, aged
a, OF her plans for the future. I'm
going to be married." she announced,
''and have is children" "oh." gasped
Mary, her eyes wide with amazenent,
ssyou mercenary wretch"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Yn old Holland, wnen a couple ap-
piled for divorce, they were locked up
In a n roomed, trying out cabin, with
month, they had not come to limerick
they got the writ, which was seldom
asked for after this bundling.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Rent, clothes, service, wines, beer.
tobacco, all are cheaper In English
than in American towns, and prices
OF meats, vegetables, bread, butter,
poultry, eggs, much the same.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

China Is likely to guard with the
greatest strictness the secrets of its
navy, soon to be reorganized. Admiral
Sab advocates that the punishment
for diyulging naval secrets, which 10
banishment, be changed to decapita-
ton.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

the real authority behind most WISE
acres and oracles on feeding" says:
THE meat ration Of the Japs In Man
churia was the largest ever served In
any army"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

The largest tobacco manufacturing
center in the world is st. Louis. Its
annual sales aggregate $460, 000, goo,
which is equal to 10 per cent of the to-
tai tobacco output OF the United
States.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

A pulse counting watch has been in
vented for the use Of physicians and
rurses In Londen. The watch indi-
Gates, without mental calculation, the
number OF beats of the pulse in q
minute.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Lillian Russell is near 48 and Annie
Russell close TO As. Eleanor Robson,
who may goon be Mrs. August Belmont,
O graduated from st. Peters acad-
envy, Staten island. in 1897. Nazimova
Il 40
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

An electric motor is used In San
Francisco TO haul sane for grading
purposes. With a drag and cable the
sand is scraped from the hills to I'LL
the hollows.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

A contemporary says mushroom
poison is destroyed by boiling. DR..
Ford, Of Johns Hopkins, says mush-
room poison is not destroyed by boil
fnR.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

IT Is quite likely that the information
struction Of a dam across the Niagara
river at Buffalo to raise the level of
Lake Erie. The work will cost $5,000,-
000 " 49,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

For q number of years Washington
mas been far and away the largest
lumber producing state in the Union,
and IL still is ahead; but last year
Louisiana nearly caught UP with It.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07
STEAMER IS

Havre, Oct. 5-The French line steam
er La Lorraine arrived here this morn
ing at . o'clock having been delayed by
an accident to her machinery.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

or the revenue accruing from the
national forests in Columbia % per
cent, or $50, 900, is yearly turned over
TO the state by the federal authorities
for use on the public roads and schools.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Japan in 1908 made ESQ, 600, 900 pounds
OF paper and imported 49, 900, 900 pounds,
q consumption of 90S, 900, 900 pounds, or
SO pounds per capita of the population.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

German has only S,275 m~illionaires
tin marks that is, owners of S240,0 900
or over. or these "m~illionaires," Prus-
STA has 5.s37, Bavaria 631, Wurtem-
berg 243, Baden ISL.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Electric power is used on 1885 miles
OF street railways in Great Britain to
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Neither boiling water nor cold 200
degrees below zero kills the sprout in
some seeds. Professor Becquerel found
three seeds 81 years old that sprouted.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

The importation Of Holsters into the
United States In 1908 amounted to s.
2l2,945 pounds, valued at 81 .401, 449. Most
Of them came from Canada.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

A new microphone, the invention Of
two Swedish engineers, is reported to
have greatly increased the range Of
long distance telephones.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Recent discoveries in Norway of hu-
man bones mixed with hearth ashes
indicate that the cave jewellers OF the
North cape were cannibals.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

#. s. Weinhold, of Brookside, Pa.,
last season raised on % acres about s.
900 bushels Of a corn. Many Of the
ears were over 16 inches In length.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Professor John Cleland has retired
from the chair Of astronomy of the
Glasgow university. after occupying IL
for 80 years.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Leading Japanese provision mer-
chants have agreed to dispose Of 1900
bags of Brazilian coffee during the
next three years.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

An English chemist says that $780,
O0o may be made by any one who Gre
ntes a new perfume.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

The walls OF the lock OF the PanamI
canal at Gatun will be reinforced wit
1000 tons OF rails.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

New York city consumes moro but
ter than both London and Paris. The
average daily consumption is 71S, 900
mounds. r.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

The number of women enrolled at
the universities of Germany this sum-
mer l. 1,441, an increase Of 1913 per cent
over last summer,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

The fur trade OF the world makes
use Of more than one million catskins
every year.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Tulane university realized an endow,
ment fund OF $1,000. 900 last year.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-07

Hydrogen gas for b~allooning Is on
aAined bv an electric process