The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-06-08
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

WAGNEh-H. d. James delivered
the Decoration day address here.
ESTELLINE - Local automobil,
owners will hold a meeting In the neal
future to organize an auto club.
CHESTER-A tennis club has beer
organized here with 10 charter mem.
pers. A fine court will be lifted up.
ALPENA--A baseball association has
Deen organized here and team placed
IN the field, with DR.. Burns as man.
ager and Karl Aisenbrey. captain.
MILLER--The Corn Belt race meet
mas been set for June 10, IA and Is, In
this city. Many horses have been en-.
tered.
SIOUX FALLS-Charles Schuster, O,
Sioux City. pleaded guilty to the chage
OF lntoxication and Judge Sites i'm
posed q sentence Of $40 or 10 days III
Jail.
ACADEMY-while driving to Acad-
envy, q black driving horse belonging
to w. E. Shepard became 30 frightened
at moving gasoline engine that ne
dropped dead
CLAREMONT-Ata mass meeting OF
citizens 1t was decided that Clare
mont should have another field day on
June IA. These events have become
very popular.
HOT SPRINGS--Congress e. w.
Martin returned here from Washing
ton TO strew flowers on the graves OF
MS parents buried here, and to deliver
tpe Memorial day address.
SIOUX FALLS-Company b Is drillS
ing several evenings each week in
preparation for the annual encampment
at Lake Wampeska, near WATERFOWL.
Inc encampment begins June 10 and
lasts 10 days.
ALBEE-The town trustees have
purchased at considerable cost a great
deal Of fire fighting apparatus, and AL
bee Will In the future have good pro-
lection. A movement 10 now on foot to
erect fine town hall.
WHITE-Rev August Atrops, of
olympia, wash, has accepted a call to
the pastorate of the three German
churches of White, Argo and Hendricks.
He Will reach South Dakota to assume
his new duties July g.
PIERRE--June / was the last date
Tor ming referendum petition laws Of
the last session. The petition to refer
the immigration department law was
not received and that law will go into
enect without vote.
ELK POINT-The High School
Alumni association, at it's banquet,
elected the following officers Presi-
lent, Miss Maude Fox; vice president,
George Feauto; secretary, Miss Bertha
Flannery; treasurer, James Kelley.
HIGHMORE-The $4,000 court house
IL under construction and the material
mas commenced to arrive by the car
load. The b0.000-gallon water works
tank Is about completed and the con-
tract will soon be let for the new school
house.
CLEAR LAKE-At the annual bust
ness meeting Of the volunteer fire de-
partrent. the following officers were
siected: Chief, Geo. Taylor; assistant
chiefs, Herman Newman and Geo. Eich-
niger; secretary, G. II. Reimer; treas
nrere, Geo. Artus.
COLTON-Committee have been
appointed for the 18th annual encamp-
mcnt Of the Lake Madison Veterans
association, which will be held here
June IL, IA, is and 16 II is expected
that several thousand old soldiers from
Eastern South Dakota will be in al
tendance.
OLIvET-W. A. Williams, a local
man who some weeks ago
startled the scientific world by the an
nouncement that he had perfected a
new wind turbine. is having a sample
turbine manufactured and will soon be
able to give a practical demonstration
Of his unique invention.
HOT sPRINGs-James Dolliver.
nephew OF the late Iowa senator, won
the first prize of the McRoberts ora
torical contest. Second and third places
were awarded Chester Woodcock and
Raymond Gillespie. Delivers father
Is superintendent Of the Black Hills
mission.
FAIRVIEW-The citizens of this
place have contributed a fund to lease
1--WE acres adjoining the town limits
and At 1t up for baseball grounds.
The new grounds will be in readiness
for big celebration to be held here
June z, a feature OF which will be ball
games between leading teams of north
western South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS - Application has
been made for a pardon in the case
Of Ohio X. Hull. young man who
g serving term Of three years in
the penitentiary for the robbery OF a
farmer named Billings in Aurora coun-
~ several years ago. Hull now has
served more than two years OF his
term.
SCOTLAND-The city council has
Issued a call for a special election, June
y. at which the proposition of issuing
Donds or 10000 to pay for new steel
tower and city waterworks tank will
be submitted. When the Improvement
ID made Scotland will have one OF the
best municipal waterworks system in
the state.
SIOUX FALLS-Committee are
making preliminary arrangements for
he 25th annual encampment of the
lake Madison Veterans association,
which will be held at Cotton, northwest
If Sioux Falls. June 1916. Speakers of
rational and state reputation will ad.
lress the veterans, and various sports
will be provided.
VOLCANIC volga Century club
ield it's last meeting OF the year when
he following officers were elected:
Mrs. c. w. Smith, president; Mrs.
Robert Henry, vice president; Mrs.
Iouis Haag, secretary; Mrs. A. T.. Hor-
on. club reporter. The club Will study
he history Of Norway, Sweden and
Denmark the coming year.
MADISON-General Beadle, who re-
emily returned from the Pacific coast
tates, finds demands upon his time
which will keep him busy. He has been
invited to address the graduate ting class
4 Yankton college. June Is. AS General
3eadle was prominently Identified with
erritorial affairs he will be- a guest |
f Yankton, his former home, during
he Jubilee. June Is he will attend a
eunion at Ann Arbor,. Mich. OF the