The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-07-13
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

J. EGAN--The grasshoppers are report
ed as getting in their deadly work on
the wheat fields in this county Many
.elds have already been destroyed.
UNDERWATER Biever, a
prominent farmer of this locality, has
been appointed to the office of county
commissioner from this district, in
lieu of j. II. Anderson.
/. ABERDEEN-As the result OF at
tempting to steal ride on a freight
train, Clement Lengor, II years old,
lies in st. Lukes hospital with his left
leg gone below the knee.
FAULKTON--A fire here early this
morning destroyed q restaurant, pool
hall and saloon building. The loss was
lpartially covered by insurance. The
fire started in the restaurant
! PARKER-Bert Evans has installed
an irriGating outfit on his potato patch
on the river bottom near town. A
traction engine is running the pump
which furnishes 200 gallons per minute.
| Big spuds are expected.
| ABERDEEN-Th Aberdeen city
commissioners are consulting with
water meter manufacturers with a
view to putting the meter system into
effect in this city. The plan will prob
ably be adopted within the year.
I YANKTON-Dr. James Buchanan,
once prominent physician of Yank-
| ton, but Of late years settled near
Burke, where he drew a good claim
I'm the Rosebud drawing, is in hos
pital in serious condition. He is 75
years Of age.
| P1ERRE-Among the possible candi-
dates at the primary next year will be
George III. Pinckney for the position of
| state treasurer. Mr.. Pinckney has been
deputy In that department for the past
three years and would not object to
acting as principal for n time.
WEBSTER-The residents of this
place are feeling quite "chesty" be-
cause they already have captured three
state gatherings to be held next year
! the Ab"rdee1. District Educational as
ISOLATION, the State Gun club and the
State Cd, Ollie Order of Foresters.
BOWDLE-In accordance with the
| result of recent special election held
In this (Walworth) county, when the
voters, by majority of 1854, decided in
favor of the issuance of bonds for the
erection of a new court house and Jail.
steps have been taken to place the con-
tract at the earliest possible date.
YANKTON--Yankton first chau-
tauqua begins here Monday i'm a big
tent at Garfield park. DR.. Frederick A.
Cook. the arctic explorer. will open the
weeks program with lecture. The
chautauqua belongs to the Midland
circuit and a very fine weeks program
has been arranged for.
DUPREE-The return OF Congress
man Burke to Pierre again calls forth
the rumor of his possible candidacy
for the United States senatorship The
people or this west river country are
deeply appreciative of Mr.. Burke's SER
vices in their behalf in securing mail
and railroad conveniences for the pub
lie.
HURON-Senator Coe l. Crawford
has returned from Washington, ID c..
FOR stay in Huron of 10 days or two
weeks. He is at home ostensibly on
private business. and appears to be en-
!oying the respite from the hot wealth
er or Washington. He has not an
nounced his business i'm South Dakota
to the newspapers here
BROOKINGS - Saturday afternoon
the second annual chautauqua for
Brookings county and eastern South
Dakota opens in the stock pavilion at
the fair grounds and continues until
SUNDAY night. July l6. 1t promises to
be even greater success than last
year. The Commercial club. of Brook
ings, is back OF the proposition.
misunderstanding have been
completed for the annual tournament
of the tennis clubs of western South
Dakota, which will be held here July
10 and IL. Clubs from that part of the
state lying west of the Missouri river
will be present. The winners i'm this
tournament will enter the state tour
nament. to be held at Sioux Falls the
week following.
HUMBOLDT-Report made at the
~ hn hnI .
farmers cooperative company,
proves the company to be in good con-
dition financially and otherwise. The
report shows net profits Of 1915 per
cent. The business showed a big in
crease over the business of the year
before.
DE SMET-At the annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Farmers Co
Operative Elevator company. a diyi-
dend of per cent was ordered naid
In addition to per cent interest on the
capital stock About St, 900 will be dis
tributed. New officers We're elected as
follows: President, j. L. Van Hook;
vice president. Luke Kelly; secretary
manager. F. W. Wright; treasurer
Louis Sterr. The directors have or
dered that all business during the com
ing year be transacted on a cash basis
LEAD-Rather than be in the minor
ity ID -. i atcS anu "A. ID. dlQleX tend
cred their designations as members OF
the local school board. Both had been
active supporters of President Fell OF
the board, who was defeated last month
for reelection to the board. The resig-
nations are expected to eliminate any
further contention in a strife that for
months has been bitter between two
FACTIONS. The present designations
complete the retirement of the old
old board.
DESMET-A petition has been filed
with the auditor of this (Kingsbury)
county requiring the county commits
sioners to suspend the operation of the
state good roads law so far as Kings
bury county is concerned, under the
option feature Of the new law. The pc
tition contained more than the legal
number of signatures. The law now
will have to be submitted to the voters
of the county at the general election
next year for adoption or rejection in
Kingsbury county.
CHAMBERLAlN-Th next big land
opening in South Dakota will take
place next October, when another large
section OF the Rosebud Indian reserva-
ton, lying along the South Dakota
Nebraska boundary line. will be opened
to white settlement The territory to
be opened consists OF about 400. 600
acres, this being the amount of surplus