The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-25
DAKOTA STATE NEWS


AURoRA-Groundh has been broken
for the new Catholic church hui ling
1t will be constructed of cement blocks
BANCROFT The town board has
awarded the e ct for the erection
of town ia town hall building
combined.
BRUCE-Through the efforts OF n
large number of the leading women o
this place public library has beer
opened in Bruce.
KIMBALL--The mid-year meeting
OF the Ministerial association of this
district will be held I'm Kimball May 23.
25. A fine program has been prepared
ROCKHAM--The local musicians
have organized band, with Z. j
Hand. president; G. F. Wolter, secre.
tary, and Walter> Strasberg, treasurer
ELK POINT-Clark S. Thomas viii
arrive soon and take charge of the
Courier which he recently purchased
with the intention Of building It into o
strong paper.
WINNER--Irving Best, a well known
newspaper man. formerly OF Gregory
has purchased the plant Of the Winner
Advocate, and will in future give the
paper his personal attention.
CUSTER--A defective fiue caused o
III d.
holds, two miles from here. The house,
barn and all buildings except a gran
airy and sheep shed, were destroyed.
STURGIS-Prospects are reported to
be bright for Fort Meade. near here. to
be transformed into brigade post, in
which event the military reservation
surrounding the post will be greatly
enlarged.
CUSTER-Efforts are being made tc
have the department of agriculture set
aside an entire township in the forest
reserve in this county as game pre-
serve. into which may be turned elk
and deer.
GEDDES-Fire, OF unknown origin.
started in the linen room ON the third
floor of the Padley hotel and for q short
time it appeared the building was
doomed. The firemen confined the
flames to a few apartments. The dam
age was about $500.
YANKTON-In the annual election
Of manager and editor of the College
Student. III. Stratton was elected editor
and George thinner manager, by good
majorities. ]. Watson was elected
president Of the students association
and Grace Lewis. secretary.
ELK POINT-Memorial services will
be held at the Congregational church
III tuiS CITY OuHudy, may 20. rev. H.
e. Rice. pastor Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, will deliver the memo
rial sermon. Clark S. Thomas, editor
OF the Union County Courier, will de-
liver the address on Decoration day.
wESSINGTON-Ela prepare
tons are being made for the celebration
of the Tooth anniversary Of the birth
of the mother Of Mrs. A. E. Curtiss, of
this place. She has "a descendants, and
most Of them are planning on being
present to aid her In celebrating her
LANGFCRD--Frank Craft, state fire
marshal, Is completed an investiga-
ton of f.eswhich recently destroyed
the farmers elevator here. The fire
was supposed to have been of in
cendiary origin and may always remain
a mystery. If the fire marshal learned
anything definite he did not make 1t
public,
LEAD-Another effort is being made
to secure a pardon for Eli Raich, the sal.
oonkeeper whotwo years ago commenced
to serve 15-year penitentiary term
for the killing of fellow Slav after q
wife and several children and previous
to his trouble always bore a good
record.
SIOUX FALLS-The people of Will
low Lakes are making arrangements
for the entertainment Of the several
hundred delegates who will attend the
21st annual convention Of the Fifth
district, w. C. T. u, which will be
held at that place on Wednesday and
Thursday of next week.
HUDSON-Jacob Mantel, a we'll
known farmer living near here, mar
rowly escaped death as the result of
being bitten by pet cat. His left
hand was badly lacerated and blood
poisoning set In. For several days he
was in a serious condition, but hard
work on the part of physicians pulled
him through.
CHAMBERLAIN--Th forty first an
nual conference Of the Congregation
al church for South Dakota, adjourned
at late hour last evening with ban
quet given In the church basement by
the members Of the local church, In
honor Of the visitors. The last day
was filled with business, and It required
q lot of hustling to clean up all mat
tiers on hand for disposition.
DEADwOOD-On the admission that
they had tied"a 2-inch pipe with bal
Ing wire on the Northwestern railroad
tracks near Whitewood, the two Jacob
rested by detectives and face the re-
form school. But for the fact that a
hand car preceded passenger train
the latter would have been wrecked.
The boys say they were only playing.
SIOUX FALLS - Representatives
Burke and Martin, who generally pull
together, do not agree on the candidate
for postmaster at Vermillion. w. c.
Huyck and e. A. Lambert are candi-
dates for the Office. Accordingly they
decided to have the case settled by the
patrons and have suggested that an
election be held at which the people of
vermillion are permitted to indicate
their choice.
WOOD-Although this town. situa-
ted In the portion Of Mellette county
which Is to be opened to white settle
ment next fall, is only a few weeks
old, II already has a newspaper, the
Mellette County Journal. which is the
first paper to be established in the
new county. The publisher is E.
Crook, Of Winner, while w. G. Squires,
Of the Winner Advocate, Will be it's
editor.
PIERRE-Chairman Latta. Of the
state firemen's association, has been
working out the situation following the
protest of the state insurance depart
ment in regard to a tournament at
Lead on the Fourth Of July, and re-
ports that the troubles which started
with the action and from other causes