The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-28

mirror when he fired the shots. and the
revolver dropped Into the drawer under
the mirror from which 1t had been taken.
For q day or two before his act of self de-
struction Heller had talked at times In a
rambling manner. He is survived by the
widow n three sons, aged l., 3 and a.
He had life insurance of 5000.
PIERRE-New corporations are the
Armour Mill compan at thai place, and
the Manufacturing company at
Canton. The latter company will manu-
facturs gas and gasoline engines and
tractors.
SPEARFISH-An elaborate program is
being prepared for the annua meeting
of the Blacks Hills horticultural associa-
ton, which will be held here January
10. There will be both forenoon and after
noon sessions.
PIERRE-During the past week Pierre
merchants have been having a great deal
Of trouble with shoplifters. The articles
pilfered ave in every case been small,
but In the aggregate have amounted TO
considerable. No one has been detected.
DELMONT-The infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur McCafferty, of this place,
was badly burned as the result OF a Pc
culiar accident. The baby was sitting In
q high chair beside the stove when In
some manner the chair tipped over,
throwing the child face forward upon
hot stove. q
PIERRE-Sheriff Coleman, of Sully
county, this evening arrested Frank Rip
lev, mail carrier on the charge of having
written the ''black hand letter. In the
Sully county cases. Ripley win be taken
to Onida, the county seat OF Sully county,
for a preliminary hearing.
BERESToRD-Jesse wiriple. son OF A.
J.. .wimple, the corn king of the state. SUR
fered the loss OF his right hand at the
! wrist In q corn shredder. While endeav-
oring TO clear away the chaff that was
not being properly elevated, his hand was
caught and was drawn into the rollers.
1t required some 20 minutes for orkme
to take. the rollers apart ard release the
hand. Amputation followed.
FAIRVIEW-The Sioux Valley Power
company. which will install a mammoth
water power plant on the Big Sioux river
here, has matters we'll In hand, and 1t Is
expected thai active work on installing
the plant will as early in the
spring as possible. The plant Will be one
OF the largest of its kind on the Big
Sioux.
BROOKINGS-Football r~aonograms have
been awarded the following players at
the South Dakota State college for this
| year. N. JcHScu, f. StioS ~ 100
Stearns, Treacy, Kremer, Lynch, Cald-
! well, Catlett, LOckhart. Pence and Bibby.
In addition to the monogram each man
was awarded an athletic diploma. The
awarding OF diplomas for athletic work IL
a new feature and immensely popular.
ABERDEEN-Ben Everson. a pioneer
OF Brown county, is desperately Ill at q
local hospital because of an accident. lie
was hauling wood from his farm to his
home in. Aberdeen, when the bobsled on
which the wood was piled upset, and the
toad was precipitated on top of Everson'
A. sharp-pointed stick punctured the blad-
der, and the heavy load injured his hips
Hills recovery Is doubtful.
SIOUX FALL.S-A rate of a fare and
: one-third has been granted by the rail-
!. roads entering Sioux Falls for those who
attend the state conservation congress, tt
be held In Sioux Falls January 9, 10 ant
IL. These rates will be good only within
the state and will not apply to interstate
passengers. Governor Eberhart, or Min
: nesota, In addition to other men OF ma
tional reputation, has been secured as ont
. of the speakers at the congress.
! BRANDT-one of the most successful
: organizations of its kind in eastern Soutf
Dakota is the Farmers Mutual Fire ant
lightning Insurance Company of Deue
2 county, which has held its annual meet
1 ing here. During the past year the com
: pany made an unsusual record, its losse
amounting TO only SIS. The outstandinl
S insurance aggregates 500, 100. The follow
ing officers were elected for the coming
( year: President, O.. c. Thompson; vic,
:. president, O. A. Rastad; secretary, c. J
Peterson; treasurer, Peter Paulson.
HURON, S. D.-A. 7. Buel, a resi-
dent here almost continuously sine
the town was located and for NOR
{ than 20 years a letter carrier, being
the oldest in the service here, die
Sunday, aged 20.
Merit Knowlton, who was injured b,
ieaping from a burning automobile
" week ago, also passed away. He wa
. the owner of one of the best equippe
barber shops I'm the state and ha
lived here almost a quarter of a cen
= tury. He was well known among tn
Elks of the state.
RAPID CITY--On account of the dee
y snow in the limestone country west {
. here. County Surveyor Ballard, who wa
surveying a road from Deerfield to New
Il castle, Wyo., was obliged to quit and II
turn 10 town. Over five feet of sno
now Hes on the level there, the deepe'
for many years. Deer are being drive
- by the snow into the foothills and al
" greatly harrassed by the coyotes, and
some cases the younger animals al
ne slaughtered. In Perkins county a pao
~ of buffalo wolves are reported to be dan
IN aging stock, even attacking horses.
A. LEAD-Whether to call a special ele
as ton here for the purpose of voting on Il
louest.on OF three or five COMMISSIONS
~ when the city goes under commission go
III eminent May / next is now agitatir
T. Lead. A year ago the city voted on Il
xt commission form under the state law pr
yiding FIVE commissioners, but it viii n
on go into effect here until May. Since tn,
In the state law was amended to permit
three commissioner with higher salar
H. II the city chooses by popular vote, al
n many arc now advocating this chang
lis Mayor Howard has decided to invite {
n meeting TO organize cites in South ID
kota under the commission form to
ok held here, and is now In communicate
m with Mayor Hall, Of Aberdeen, who sta
o. ed this movement, to get the meeti
here In February.
ne PIERRE-Technical defects in their q
m preparations are causing the education
IL department a good deal of trouble.
short time ago the carrying on of sch'
Dr. investigation work vas stopped, throu
Ied the fact that the failure to include an
en press though there was an implied &
,e preparation clause in the profession
no fund.- rendered 1t impossible to draw WI
10 rants on that n Lately Attorney G.
~ eral johnson has held that the depa
ment is not privileged to pay the exp