The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-11-23


calls for the installation of the system
by January !. but the company expect t.
be doing business by Christmas. The
power plant installed by the company is
| sufficient to furnish from 1900 to 1900
lamps. and the equipment will be IN
| creased as the business justifies.
ABERDEEN-vital statistics report for
Brown county for the month Of October,
just issued, shows Is marriage licenses. "a
DOLAND-The new public school build
Ing was completed and dedicated this
| week.
MENNO-An electric light system will
be among the Improvements to be made in
the near future.
HURLEY - Extensive improvements
| have been made to the interior of the To-
cal Masonic temple.
WINNER-The first grain elevator to be
erected here is rapidly nearing completion
| and will be opened for business In the
near future.
YANKTON-Little Rob Roy MacGregor,
| 6 years old, was attacked by vicious
| dog here and received three very serious
| bites In the face before the boy was PES
cued.
ABERDEEN-Capt Richmond Pearson
| Hobson, the naval hero of the Spanish
American war, lectured at the First Meth
, odist Epescipal church here last night to
| crowded house.
PIERRE-The supreme court has heard
| the case of Jennie Fellows VS.. Alex Chris
Hanson, II. A. Durham appearing for the
plaintiff and c. @. Sherwood for the de-
PENDANT.
LAKE PRESTON-The seventh annual
| ball Of the local volunteer fire department
will be held In the opera house on Friday
evening, December g. This Is always one
Of the big social events of the winter.
CHALK BUTTES-A herd Of some rs
elk was seen quietly feeding on the range
between here and White Owl yesterday.
1t is thought they wandered here from
| the Black Hills or Montana timber dis
tricts.
YANKTON-Chief Hollow Horn Bear a
Yankton Sioux, whose picture adorns The
$40 bills, and who formerly was a Yank-
ton resident before his tribe ceded the
Yankton site, Is a Yankton visitor once
more.
HERRICK-The little daughter of j. II.
Plummer, homesteader living near here,
| lost the sight of one eye as the result OF
| falling In such a manner that the point
of an open knife blade penetrated tho
eyeball.
ROSEBUD INDIAN AGENCY-Ral-
eigh b. Swartz, until recently deputy
postmaster at Dallas, has arrived here and
assumed the duties Of assistant clerk ar
| this agency, to which position he was re-
Gently appointed
ABERDEEN-Seth Richmond, chief OF
the Aberdeen police force, has resigned
and 1t is rumored that three of the pa
trolmen have also handed In their Cesig-
| nations. Fred M. Jump. deputy sheriff.
| will be appointed as chief.
| YANKTON-The Yankton Commercial
| association has reorganized here with 1870
| members. Directors chosen we're Messrs.
| Ferris. Quincy, Roane, Magne, Lusk. W.
| j. Fantle NJ. M. Bennett, Olof Nelson.
| John Max and w. T.. Heaton.
WINNER-A movement has been inau-
gurated here to have a combined theater
| and city building erected. Winner needs
such structure very badly, as at present
| there is no building In town suitable for
public entertainments or public meetings.
lROQUOIS-The fire loss in the recent
Iroquois hotel fire has been adjusted. and
| already the work of putting the partially
burned structure back into first class con-
dition is In progress, with the expectation
| that next week the hotel will be doing
| business the same as usual.
ARMOUR-Circuit court Is In session
here with Judge Trip presiding. There
are II civil cases on the docket but none
of them of any great Importance. The
, docket contained one criminal suit ap-
pealed from justice court growing out OF
| trouble between farmers over stock.
vERMILLION-H. II. Snipe, a ,carpen-
| ter, was severely injured this morning by
falling from a scaffold where he was
4 To fol Of ri
on his head, and was in an unconscious
condition for hours afterward. The doc
tors, however. believe he win recover.
| vERMILI.ION-Having discovered that
the excavations made for the foundation
to the new court house which Is to he
| erected in Vermillion are inadequate, It
was decided to allow $2.350 for the deepen
ing and widening Of the footings Con-
tractors H.ntz and Malloy will perform
| the work.
| SALEM-Reports made at the annual
business meeting of the stockholders OF
| the McCook County Fair association, held
here, show the association to be In veIy
1 good financial condition. The association
decided TO invite the old settlers associ-
alton of McCook county to hold its annual
picnic and celebration next June on the
| fair association grounds.
| ABERDEEN-Th recent series Of SNOW
| storms covered the ground to depth Of
| liz inches on the level an inch and half
| having fallen prior to Thursday night!
when 10-inch snow fell. Railroad traffic
was seriously impeded, especially west OF
the Missouri river along the branch lines
of the Milwaukee railroad
I PIERRE-With 81 out of 81 counties OF
the state reporting collections for game
license funds up to October l, the number
of-resdent hunter licenses In those cotD-
ties is H,57S. Fifty-seven nonresident
hunters took out licenses in those coun-
ties, and l76 nonresident fishermen tried
their luck in the streams OF tho state in
the counties reporting.
RAPID CITY-With Mrs. Frances Buell.
Olson, of st. Paul, superior chief OF honor,
as the principal guest, the tenth annual
convention of the Black Hills lodges OF
Degree Of Honor Is being held here. All
the lodges in the Hills are well repre-
scented and have degree teams here fot
the competitive drill work, which was
won by Rapid City. Mrs. Olson addressed
the meeting, after which musical pro-
gram was given and the actual business
will commence with the second days
session.
WHITE OWL--It has been discovered
that what was first thought to be all the
work Of the big gray wolf In the slaugh-
ter of range stock here. has been In reality
shared with a large mountain lion, which
.lAAI Axn.y to-