The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-11-02
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

| Pherson county.
wINNER-After having been aband-
oned for a time, the matter OF providing
| Winner with q municipal system Of wa
| terworks again Is being agtated.
ARTESIAN-Rev. John Graf. for some
time pastor OF a local church, has left
for Gayville, s. D.. to which point he has
been transferred.
ONIDA-An organization has been
formed and football team placed In the
field, which will have the enthusiastic
support of the business men.
DELL RAPIDS-The Dell Rapids Globe
is the name of a new weekly newspaper
which, has made its appearance here.
Grant Mallory is editor and publisher.
PIERRE-Wolves are reported to be
very thick in the west country. 1t Is pro-
posed near Midland to organize a great
roundup and gather in all of these beasts
from great area.
SCOTLAND-A reading club has been
| organized here, with the following off,
GERS: President. DR.. III. ]. G. Koobs; vice
president. Geo. Dunmire; secretary-treas-
| urer, Mrs. III. A. Reeves.
TYNDALL-W. j. p. Hagarty, of Avon,
has purchased the drug stock belonging to
| the DR.. L. K. Elliott estate Of this place.
Mr.. Hagarty will replenish the stock and
open another drug store in Tyndall.
DELL RAP1DS-In period of two days
$4,000 pounds-nine tons. Of poultry was
| shipped from here to eastern markets, and
a considerable sum was distributed among
the farmers of this vicinity in payment.
AGAR-S. f. Jarvis, jr., for some time
publisher of the Agar Argus, a local
weekly newspaper, has decided to aban-
don newspaper work and will engage in
truck farming near st. Paul, Mimi, to
which point he has departed.
PIERRE-This weeks crop of new no.
| taries is especially slim, the average run
being about IS. Commissions were grant
ed to S. ID. Hills, Dallas; j. G. DAILY, ABB
erdeen + f. Fosdick. Mitchell; c. c.
Brawner, Huron; Minnie l.. Hous, Cham
'berlain. .if re- .s.
| PIERRE-The Dubuque and Sioux City
line operated by the Illinois Central, with
about Is miles of track in South Dakota,
has filed It's annual report with the rail-
way commission showing an expense Of
$4,000 and a revenue of $4,000 from Its
| South Dakota business last year.
ARnioUR-Thc Armour postoffice on
Wednesday became a postal savings de-
pository. A postoffice inspector has been
present for several days instructing the
force as to the new system. The Armour
office Is the first to be made a depository
In this section of the country.
DELL .RAPIDS-Charles Merrill had
remarkably narrow escape from death as
the result of his clothing catching in the
drive shaft of power well drilling ma
chine while himself and other men were
drilling wen on the farm of Nick
Schmidt, near here
.LENNO X-Residents of the farming
community near Lcnnox have petitioned
the Milwaukee railway company for the
removal of a huge obstruction at q cross
ing near town, which prevents travellers
along the road from seeing approaching
trains. Only few days ago Joe DeNeui,
farmer, narrowly escaped death there,
his horses being Killed and DeNeui thrown
a considerable distance
HOT SPRINGS-The annual convention
or the Black Hills Federsx on of Women's
clubs began here. yesterday afternoon.
Club women from Deadwood Lead, Belle
Fourche. Sturgis, Rapid City and Edge
mont are guests of the Travellers and
shakespeare clubs of this city. A recep-
ton at the. Evans hotel occupied the eve-
ming and today is devoted to trip to
Wind Cave and other sightseeing
DEADWOOD-Fire at 4 a. m. in the
shop of the Daily Telegram, one of the
string of newspapers owned by e. L. Sem,
nearly put the newspaper out of commits.
sion. The fire burned through the ceiling
and part of wall before 1t was discoy-
cred. pied" most Of the type, melted roll.
ers and some machinery and caused the
paper to be issued from the office of the
Pioneer Times for some time to come. The
origin Of the fire is unknown
HOT SPRINGS-A, company has been
organized here as the outgrowth Of the
iGnn k.xvA To- IL M
mere, that alfalfa is beneficial for human
consumption. Rich left tonight for Dem
yer to interest capital for the purchase of
machinery. He proposes to produce from
this forage plant, tea, breakfast food,
syrup, meal and flour. IT Is Incorporated
for 100000 shares at.H per share Rich Sc
cured patents and. copyright on his plans.
ROOKINGS-Clarence Pier, of Woon-
socket; Rullel Jensen, of Mitchell; Henry
Erdmann, OF Corsica; A. p. Ryger, state
dairy expert, and Professor c. Larsen, all
connected with the department of dairy
husbandry of the state college, are in at
tendance upon the national dairy show at
Chicago this week. Messrs Pier, Jensen
and Erdmann are students and are en-
tered In the dairy judging contest in this
great show.
PlERRE-The immigration department
Is very anxious TO find some municipality.
commercial club, or real estate firm which
Will donate 40 acres of South Dakota land
TO be given away at the state booth at the
Chicago land show Commissioner Deets
thinks that. such prize would attract a
great zeal or attention to the South Da-
kota exhibit. He suggests guessing con-
test as the best way to determine the win
ncr.
DEADWO0D--In order to settle a law
suit over possession of a calf between
Fred Ross and James MCNEIL, two st.
Onge farmers. Justice Alderman SUBJ
poenaed the calf into court to determine
the brand. The suit was tried u hours
far into the night when the Justice de-
cided that the calf's presence was neces-
sary to end the. trouble. AS soon as he
issued the subpoena the litgants got to-
gether and settled by giving the calf to
MCNEIL The $40 calf cost over 500 before
its owner was decided
PIERRE-The Chicago, Burlington g.
Quincy railroad has filed its annual report
with the state railway commission. and
for the first time in the history OF the
road in this state admits that II has re-
ceipts IN excess of it's expenses The.
statement shows operating revenues of
$l27s,04,.95. with operating expenses of ST.
24o, 220.S4. the revenues being $4,000 in ex-
cess OF expenses. The expenses of oper-
ating, as shown by that system in its re-
port last year, was S1,673,2s4.S5, or practi-
caiiy $2o,Ooo more than for this year
DUPREE-Tolbert Maup.n, one of the
prominent business men of Dupree Is