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The Washington times., 1910-06-25
INDEPENDENCE
LEAGUE.

GAME TO-DAY.
I Nassau Us. National Union.
YESTERDAYS RESULT
St Martins. Z; St Paurs. g
. GROUNDS.
Lincoln avenue and Rhode Island
/ avenue northeast.
| The three leading teams are furnish
( ing an exciting race Nearly every day
shakes up the standing, ST Pauls St
down.
Dampier got four hits and Brewer got
three for St Martins
Drummer, who leads or for St Paul'S,
also leads OF Tor Commerce and Labor
| I'm the Departmental League. He seems
J 10 hit more effectively in the Independ-
ence League. Yesterday he got a sacri-
/ fee, a triple, and single, In addition
20 the team IS shown in his acceptance
Of his seven chances without an error
Greer. who has made his reputation
with the Catholic University team this
spring. Is an effective Ieft-hander. He
Tanned twelve batters-
Beau and Slack. of 81. PauTs. con
uected for three hits each Beau has
been holding his average daily as
slugger- one Of his hits went for three
bases.
CouinGsworth's game was not UP 10
his usual standard he fen down on two
chances
St. PauTs had one less hit than St
Martins, but the total Of bases regis
tered was less
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VIGOROUS PROTEST
BY COMMISSIONERS
Team Objects to Playing Off
Postponed Games After
Season Has Closed.

Inc action OF the executive COMMITTEES
OF the Departmental League IN regard
20 the postponed games. which Com
merce and Labor and the Commission
efs are ordered % play, has aroused
considerable discussion.
The executive committee IS composed
OF Mr. Chance, president. OF the Post
Office, and Mr. Anderson, secretarv. and
treasurer, OF Commerce and Labor. and
has ordered the teams 10 play the
games which they have had postponed
with the other teams.
Only the Commissioners and the Com
merce and Labor games are 70 be play
ed, according TO the decision. The rs-
naming teams are not TO play of their
postponed games The schedule as SEM
10 Manager Fuller. Of the Commissioners
follows:
Tentative Schedule.
Monday June &C. & L vs. Com
missioners.
Tuesday. June 2S-CommIssioners IS.
Wednesday, June 2s-Agriculture vs..
Thursday. June 55-Commissioners vs..
Navy
Friday, July &c. K L vs. Agricul-
ture.
Tuesday. July -POstOface VS.. Com
Wednesday, July &C. & L vs.. Navy.
The followers Of the Commissioners
declare that the decision IS unfair and
the Commissioners IN regard 10 the de-
cislOn as follows.
Commissioners Position.
The season OF scheduled games
closed yesterday, with Commission
ers in first place, two fun games
ehead Of Commerce and Labor BOtn
teams have played the same number
Of games and have the same number
OF postponed games. We have been
notified that the executive committee
has decided that the Commissioners
must play of their postponed games:
the Commerce and Labor must play
on their postponed games, but the
other teams must not, only particf-
TatinS in such other games as happen
&c De postponed either with the Com
niissiouers or the Commerce and
LABOR.
We know Of no authority in the
constitution by which the executive
committee takes this action. and must
Cec-l-e 20 play any other games nm
les lLey are regularly scheduled in
q league meeting We cannot see why.
- --- --Er any more Z&EnEE
should ue played, the season is over.
ana postponed games should have
Eeen played of during the season.
several open dates having been eft in
the schedule for that purpose Anv
series OF games arranged now for the
leaders 70 engage in would mean
LOilinE 10 the other psrricfuanfs-
tHey would be playing FOR no position.
ana u IS doubtful whether they want
10 take part IN any such arraugeuenr
me commissioners are In no tie
Win the Commerce and Labor. and in
me season played the same humber
OF SameS- There is nothing left 10
play of. 4 F-T-T
Manager Commissioners Base
bali Team"
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
LEAGUE.
STANDING

GAME TO-DAY.
Langdor US Peck.
Yesterdays RESULT.
Ninth, %: Hamline, 10.
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Mills. Fischer, and Smithson figured
IN the smuggling hOnOrs- This trio got
eight OF the teams total Mills got two
doubles and a single. Fischer and smith
son each got a triple
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Wow. nut that was one game Thirty
, I'VE hits. twenty-nine runs. seventeen
stolen bases, ten errors, seven two-bag-
gers. twenty-four left on bases and that
grass cIJt. all in one day
Dusty" Callahan. The pinch hitter Of
the Wisconsin avenue team. lived up to
his record yesterday. He was there
with three timely drives. one OF them u
two-bagGer. His fielding was OF the SEN
SatiOnal order. his One-handed catch Of
a Texas Lacquer from ChapDle's bat be-
ing one Of the features Of the contest
Chamberlin. Freeman. George. Mus
grove and Callahan pulled on some hair
raising stunts in the field. The first
two named cut of more than one hit
while MuSgToves digging low throws
out OF the dirt was we'll worth the see
Ing
Charple and MusSrove were the heavy
batterS. each getting -four hits They
were. all clean. two Of Chapple's being
tWO-bagGers.
S;2dler's arm gave out in the seventh.
Freeman took his place and held Pros
Dect TO two hits IN three innings.
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Carlin and Zirkle. the rival slabmen.
got eleven StrikeOutS apiece. This is an
unusual record and IL is seldom that the
strikeOuts are as large.
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Not 10 be 0utdOne by Byrd's record
in strike-OUts. Ferguson famed thirteen
men The crowd was pulling for him
after the fifth inning. when il was zp-
parent that he could accomplish the de-
feat with such a good start
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Cornell q Co. had little difficulty dis
posing Of the Midway team and ham,
mered Kohler and Duffy for a total OF
thirteen hits.
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RAILROAD Y. M. c. A.
LEAGUE.
GAME TODAY.
Station VS.. Picked team.
YESTERDAYS RESULT.
Adams, 9; Station. .
GROTNDS

Adams. 3; station. >
GROUNDS.
Fifth street and Florida avenue north
east
The leaders troCnced the tailenders
again yesterday Adams seems TO have
something on all the other teams with
only one defeat chalSed up against il.
The Station aggregation is TO play a
picked nine this afternoon
Nine stolen bases altogether. The
catchers are not on the job. Pitchers
should pay more attention to the run
ners and fewer stolen bases will result
Thomson. Of Station. played the best
game. His stick work was the feature
OF the contest. his baserunning was
good. and lie accepted all his chances
without an error.
Peck Of Adams. held up Mcmahon in
good styia accepting all Of his fourteen
chances.
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YESTERDAYS RESULT.
'ostofiice, 4; Agriculture, 2
GROUNDS.
South Diamond, Enipse.

The Aggies did OF present the formi-
GABLE appearance appearance which
trimmed Commerce and Labor the last
time they met
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Thirteenth and D streets northeast.

The contest yesterday. while exciting.
was not Up 10 the standard Of ball
usually played in the league. Teams
Of late have shown the inclination 10
blow up at critical times Errors are
becoming as numerous as hits. which
does not seem 20 Indicate that fast ball
is bein. played
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AASl anu " streets DOELnW est
q P .. at last broke into the win
column with a Clean-cUt victory. The
defeat OF the Hello team was a big Jolt
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Carlin pitched a good game. His team
mates backed him up well and hit Zir-
kle safely twelve times.
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Cornell & Co. will, in all probability.
be forced TO lose both eHssler and Byrd
in the pOSt-SeasOn series. Byrd first
played with the Commissioners, and
Manager Fuller will have the call on
his services. It is also probable that
HesSler Will play with the Commission
ers. The difficulty Of playing on two
teams, both Of which are leaders in their
respective leagues, becomes manifest
when the pOst-seasOn games draw near.
Al Handiboe got in three hits yes
terday- Lately, this boy has been un-
fortunate in getting hits, most OF his
drives going straight at the field
ers. He is one of the fastest men in
the Capital City League and covers
a world Of territory.
Kohler was looked upon 10 hold
the sluggers in check. as his last
performance warranted such expec-
tations.
--Skeets' Hayes gets credit for
hit. His form of late has not been
such as was predicted when he
copied out the prize in the post-sea-
son series last summer.
Balzer has had little opportunity
He has had difficulty in holding up
his emo this year in the league. Per
haps his work early in the spring has
something 70 do with IL.
Should the Pumping Station win
today the team standing Will not be
affected
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TreasrIrers have won hut one game to
date. The reel strength Of the teams
cannot well be aSceTtained since few
games have been Dlayed. At that there
has beer an unusual amount of loose
ball being PLAYED and the contests have
beer generally undecided until the last
inning.
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GROTNDS
White Lot EIlipse.

The Auditors have q clean slate and
will endeavor to uphold their reputation
when the Treasurers are net this after
noon
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OLYMPIA LEAGUE.

GAME TODAY.
TanCleWOOd VS. Madeira.
YESTERDAYS RESULT.
TenleytOwn. L: Prospect. p
GROUNDS.
Tnirty-fifth and V streets northwest.
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PostOfhce started the scoring. with
three men on base. Aston drove a lou-s
ny 10 Taylor. Fenton chased in from
third on the catch and HarveycUtter
and OrrlsOn scored on TaylOr's wild
throw 10 the plate.
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w. d. Arrison left this morning for
Pennsylvania 10 arrange for the de-
livery OF some Washington cars.
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GROUNDS

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Southeast Club. 8; Berry & Whitmore.
(ten innings).
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yesterdays RESULT.
Gael Co, z; Midways, 8.
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GAME TODAY
No game
Yesterdays RESULTS.
Government Printing OfCe. Il. Chesa-
pedke and Potomac Telephone Company,
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A carload Of new Packards were re-
ceived yesterday by the Luttrell Com
uauV.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY
LEAGUE.
STANDING.

GAME TODAY.
TreaSuvers VS.. Auditors.
YESTERDAYS RESULT.
No game.
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GROUNDS.
First and VI streets northeast.
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In an exciting ten-inning game yes
terday afternoon the Southeast Y. VI.
c. a. won from Berry * Whitmore by
the score of to s. About 500 people
saw the contest
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CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE

GAME TODAY.
St. Ste-Ien's VS.. Sew. P. Sta.
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Georgia avenue and Kenyon street
northwest.
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Third Baseman Sherwood, OF the
Southeast Club team, did wei, as he
got four bingles, run, two put-outs and
TWO assists To his credit.
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Ferguson famed Taylor. Lynch, and
Bryan In the third The last strike IN
each case was a high one.
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Washington Amateur Baseball PLAYER Are DOING and Comment Their Games
DEPARTMENTAL
LEAGUE.
STANDING.
GAME TODAY.
No game.

GAME TODAY.
YESTERDAYS RESULT.
Postoffice, 4; Agriculture, ?
GROUNDS.
South Diamond, Ellipse.
The Aggies did OF present the formi-
cable appearance appearance which
trimmed Commerce and Labor the last
time they met
Not TO be outdone by Byrd's record
IN strike-Outs. Ferguson famed thirteen
men The crowd was pulling for him
after the fifth inning. when II was zp-
parent that he could accomplish the de-
Feat with such good start
PostOffce started the scoring With
three men on base, Aston drove a lonzs
ny 10 Taylor. FentOu chased in from
third on the catch and HarveycUtter
and OrrisOn scored on TaylOr's wild
throw 10 the plate.
Ferguson famed Taylor. Lynch. and
Bryan In the third. The last strike in
each case was high one
krafts got a wicked thump IN the ribs
IN the second. He spun around and
cropped 70 the ground For a moment
II was thought that he had received
SSA4oAo INJURY Out ne continued IN the
game. krafts had the reputation OF
having more hard luck than any other
| catcher III the leagues.
POStOfnce went Ia the air in the last
! round There were several hits made
and, coupled with numerous errors, con-
tributed two runs II looked as though
the Aggles had a chance but Bryan
grounded out 70 first as the last out.
On July 2 the Commissioners Will
probably 90 70 Baltimore 20 play the
SpaTrows Point team Manager Fuller
VIII assure strong lineup in the hopes
OF carrying OF the hOnOrs.
II is said that Lynch Of the Aggies is
more effective IN the Commerce and
Labor team than any other in the De-
partmental League.
Taylor contributed two miserable er-
rors which scored three runs for Post
Office He got three OF his teams I'VE
hits.
Yesterdays game was the last Of the
regular scheduled games IN the Depart
mental League There remain several
games which had been postponed on ac-
count OF the rain.
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GAME TODAY.
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YESTERDAYS RESULT
St. Martins. Z. St PaUIs, g.
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Lincoln avenue and Rhode Island
avenue northeast
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Morris Beal. who has recently signed
up with the Southeast Club, attracted
much attention in the left garden Ia
the seventh he caught ThOmpsOnS sky
scraper after a hard run.
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GAME TO-DAY.
Nassau vs.. National Union.
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St2dler's arm gave out in the seventh.
Freeman took his place and held Pros
Dect TO two hits IN three innings
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Dampier got four hits and Brewer 81
three for St Martins.
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MARQUETTE LEAGUE.
STANDING

GAME TO-DAY
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Fifth street and Florida avenue north
east.
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The Berry & Whitmore outfit pulled
off two splendid double plays In the
seventh, after one had gone. Tommy
Felon got Oliveri's fly and then threw to
Ray Miller. Center Fielder Wooden got
Oliveri's fly and threw to shortstOp
Miller caf1phf Sherwood
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The Station aggregation is to play q
picked nine this afternoon.
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Miles error proved his teams down
all IL would have made the third out
I'd i've runs came in after it.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
WITH THE sAGEs

People do not lack strength; the,
lack will.-victor Hugo.
If thou wouldst conquer thy weak
ness, thou must never crafty it.
William Penn.
Solid success must be based on solid
qualities and the honest culture Of
them.-Carlyle.
No entertainment Is so cheap ms
reading, nor any pleasure so lasting,
Lady NJ. w. Montague.
Find something to do. The power
10 find or make an object is a great
part Of genius.-Mallock.
You never do a good thing in your
life without making an effort. There
are no people who are good by acct.
dent.--Grimshaw.
1t is mind, after all. which does the
work Of the world, so that the more
there Is of mind the more work will
be accomplished.-W. Ellery Chan.
ming.
The temper In which a race accepts
defeat Is a surer sign Of their moral
greatness than the temper in which
they accept a v~ictory.-T. II. Nc.
Carthy.
1t Is good to have money, and the
things that money can buy; but it's
good, too, to make sure you have not
lost the things that money cannot buy.
do not like to talk much with peo.
pie who always agree WITH me. II
Is amusing to coquette with an eSIs q
little while. but one soon tires q IT,
0. W. HslmsS
Not untf you make msn s~elf-rNiant,
intelligent. and fond Of struggles
fonder Of struggle than Of help-not
Till then have yea relieved poverty
Phillips Brooks.
Let us do a ovn thinking, listen.
Ing quietly to the opinions of others,
sut be sufhcisntly men and women to
act always spon u own convictions
.halpn waldo Urine.
What Is the use Of living II Il be
nss to strive for noble causes ana to
make this world a better place for
those who will live in 1t after We are
Churchill.
To be empty OF ep~tAuaasms and
'verfiowing with criticisms Is O a
'ign OF cultivation. but Of excavation.
The finest education is that which
puts a man In closest touch With his
The t1ie intelligence Is
NAT which acts. not as cayenne pepper.
o sting the weird. but a salt, to
and conserve it.-heary van
Dyke.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
Ia srn0si Hvys 3-;
Lie az the Ntnfarv.

Lie az the MinFarv
T-aCh ~ No yc.1sa
1927" rs oelng carried OF. q,
he poetic meaning, In IL
r.. public schools throlg,.
.on in Workmanship. Fine
ave been developed among i
tsrs of the high schools, a.
nom give promise OF frst-ra.. -
II international ranges within a
Gears.
The great benefit Is not SO MT
10 the boys who become expert s,,o
rs to the State and the nation" ga.
General George w. Wingate, preside.
Of the Public Schools Athletic Leag.
Of New York City. The regular arm
Is nall In size an Is diminishing =.
strength. Though not a military Il;
ton. we are essentially a patriot.
one, and when the country calls tn
best blood of our youth responds with.
out hesitation.
We can, as we did In the civil ant
Spanish wars, rapidly assemble all tn,
men we want, and in a few month
teach them considerable drill and G
little discipline. But we cannot teach
them to shoot.
There Is. however, a way in which
we can create a force Of skilled rife.
men from whom to obtain capable vol.
unteers In time of war. and that Is t
teach our high school boys to shoe:
with the military rife. This is wha:
Is being done extensively abroad, and
aow is being done with great success
In eleven Of the high schools of New
York.
The s~ub-target ~un machine On.
ables this to be done In an ordisary
room, permitting practical instruction
and practice without the expenditure
Of ammunition. This machine con
sists of an upright standard, having
at the top a horizontal rod, In front
Of which is placed a target like a Wis.
Ting card. To this Is attached a Kras
military rife, capable Of being moved
freely and so adjusted that when aim
taken and the trigger pulled, the
rod punches a hole In the miniature
Target in the exact relative place
where the big target would have been
hit II a bullet had been fred.
Practice with this machine Is rap
Id, costs nothing and involves no dan.
ger. The instructor stands beside the
noy who Is shooting. Being able 70
follow the movement of the rod on tho
n Nature target, g can correct de-
'ects and give inst. uction that would
De impossible were a loaded gun used.
High school boys are deeply inter
ssted In learning to shoot. Most of
hem are stalwart young fellows with
soand nerves. and being at an age
when they learn easily. they are dis.
playing wonderful proficiency. In fact,
they show more skill than that usual
ly displayed by members of the Ma.
tional Guard. who have similar ma
chimes. To impress upon the boys
that skill attained with the gun ma
;hine will enable them to shoot well
with a bullet in the open, the league
a encouraged matches between teams
rom different schools in armory rife
allories. There is also an annual con.
est at Creedmore."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17

The Independent has the
largest and finest line OF ealen-
ders, wall pockets, etc, etc for the
year 1911. Merchants desiring to
give out these next year to adver-
tise their business will do we'll to
see our line. Dc not be humbug-
ged by a travelling agent claiming
to represent "the largest calendar
firm on earth in the univers for
all we care. We can furnish a bet
ter calendar for less money than
any of them. Save US your order:
we'll call on you soon.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17

left for Geddes Monday to look
over a piece of fine land which
John had bought of J. A. We'd
nesday J. A. Wagner returned
home with a nice team of horses
he had purchased in Geddes.
The clay culverts in front of the
post Office were found to be all
broken due to frost which caused
the street to ave in. They were
unearthed Thursday and will be
replaced by galvanized iron cul-
verts which are more durable.
AT 2:3o this afternoon Judge Ii
ma Richey performed the ceremo-
ny that united in marriage Mr..
Emil J. Papik of Lakeport and
Miss Emma Perka OF Tabor. The
wedding took place at the residen
&c Of John Valenta on Broadway.
Press Dakotan.
A leak in the water mains in
front of the Independent office
was located Wednesday by Mr..
Wallace the man whom Mr.. Bruce
of Yankton had sent down here
who repaired It. The-water sup
ply in the tank had been running
down at a suspicious rate for the
past few months but the cause was
not found until the water worked
up to the surface of the street.
A very successful basket social
was held in the school in dist. 81
last SATURDAY, evening during
which about ID baskets were sold
netting the sum of S45. Before
the auction sale the pupils render
ed an interesting program and &C
Quilted themselves very nicely.
Miss Saarosy who teaches in the
school deserves much credit for
making the entertainment a sue
cess. Mr.. Chef Terrence who
"cried the SALE did his share in
making the financial part a sue
ces- The attendance was large
and all present enjoyed themsel-
YES immensely.
Several farmers, among whom
are Jos. J. Rezac and Joseph Nell
char have been dragging the reads
about their farms with harrows
Thursday. JOS. Rezac claims
that the roads could be nicely i'm
proved if they we're dragged and
evened down before the clods and
clumps are dried stone hard. This
sounds we'll, because when the
earth is yet soft all the deep ruts
can be easily filed and it only
takes a few minutes to so even
down several rods of roads. The
trouble with roads is that they
are not dragged after each rain as
is done in Nebraska and other
eastern states.
When you wish to send away
money, but a bank draft at The
Tabor State Bank. Absolutely
safe, cheap and convenient. We
also nave complete facilities for
remittances to Europe.
The Tabor State Bank.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
Wanted,

Anyone knowing the where,
abouts of Frank Stepanek and
John Stepanek who resided in
Yankton and Bon Homme Coun-
ties, South Dakota about the year
1883 will confer a favor on the
undersigned by communicating
with him or with Holman & ia
nousek at Yankton, S. D. The
above information is desired for
the purpose of ascertaining the
Whereabouts OF the above persons
in order to close up the estate of
Vincent Stepanek deceased.
Chas. w. Mach
Tabor, S. D.
"OLD UNDERHILL", the finest
whiskey on earth. Nothing like
it or just SO good. For sale BY
M. b. Welt. FL
They say all whiskey is good
whiskey only some is better than
otners-"Some" means Harper,
the others are 'alsorans'.-Call for
Harper at Hruska & Trunec.
For Sala-Eour onod farm boroaa
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17

Farm for sale:--- The Patrick
Mcdonald farm of 100 acres, 6
miles Southwest of Tabor. Fair
improvements. 1870 acres under
cultivation &65.oo per acre. ]. A.
Wagner, Tabor. S. D.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17

Lost, gold watch charm with ini-
tial "a" in Tabor. Finder will please
leave it at Independent office. A. j..
Fillans, Dante, 8. D.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17

Farm for sale 100 acres improv-
ed s miles from Tabor at 5000
per acre. J. A. Wagner, Tabor,
S. D.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17

For Sale 24o acres of choice
land S miles west of AAon, 20 ac-
res broke, S47 per acre. Write
F. 0. Petrik. Tabor, S. D.